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Is that not the definition of a hipster?!?!

• untog 14y ago
  I suspect that a real hipster wouldn't be seen dead working for Kickstarter, they're so mainstream these days. Aside: I was watching Austin Powers the other day (it's fun, sue me)- Dr. Evil calls Austin an "aging hipster", using the actual real real definition of the term. Funny how words can change in a relatively short space of time.
  • lazerwalker 14y ago
    Define "real real definition". My understanding is that "hipster" was original a jazz subculture term from the 40s; as "hip" came to be a more popular term than "hep", people who used to be "hep cats" became "hipsters".
    • mistercow 14y ago
      Wikipedia agrees with you. This is a term that has undergone so many transformations in such a short time that it's completely pointless to argue about its "true" meaning anymore.
      • bruceboughton 14y ago
        Just like a hipster.
    • untog 14y ago
      That, I believe, is the definition intended in the movie. From wikipedia: " The hipster adopted the lifestyle of the jazz musician, including some or all of the following: dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes." That doesn't describe the Powers character entirely, but it would sort of fit Dr. Evil's own 'un-hip, aged' attitude towards the 60's. And that this point I am going to stop cross-examining comedy movies on HN.
      • officemonkey 14y ago
        Funny, that sounds like the current use of the word hipster.
  • 32bitkid 14y ago
    Lenny Bruce would probably agree with you.
• jenius 14y ago
  Allow me to clear up some confusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subcultur...