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His premise that hipsters are nonconformists is false. AdBusters has a great article on this: Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization https://www.adbust

His premise that hipsters are nonconformists is false. AdBusters has a great article on this: Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html

Gracana 12y ago
Yeah, this is a common smugly-stated POV on many subcultures. Being a hipster (or goth, or punk, or whatever) may have some counterculture aspect or appeal, but there's a lot more to them than just "not conforming."
the_cat_kittles 12y ago
that was an interesting article, though i dont understand the grave tone. what are the actual problems and harm that come of it? people want to feel special, unique, original and authentic... or at least look the part. so what? trying to achieve that by dressing the right way and going to ironic parties is silly, and kind of pointless, but i think thats just "kids being kids". people are usually more shallow when they are young, and deepen as they get older. the writer seems to be committing the bigger mistake by thinking all the hipsters discussed in the article aren't just normal kids looking for a social group. he treats them like a disease- thats a shitty way to talk about someone who hasn't done anything actually harmful.
- freyr 12y ago
  that was an interesting article, though i dont understand the grave tone. Most likely, the grave tone is intended to be ironic. The article adopts the perennial complaint that "the new generation is the worst generation." But Adbusters has a hipster readership, and magazine targeting their fan base is ironic. Hipsters thrive on irony. The article even describes a woman who fits every hipster cliché, including being critical other hipsters and refusing to self-identify as a hipster, and the magazine/article does exactly the same. Oh, the irony. Finally, a Google image search of the author reveals a young mustachioed man who is, to judge a book by its cover, himself a hipster.
DonHopkins 12y ago
He said anti-conformist, not non-conformist.
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Gracana 12y ago

Yeah, this is a common smugly-stated POV on many subcultures. Being a hipster (or goth, or punk, or whatever) may have some counterculture aspect or appeal, but there's a lot more to them than just "not conforming."

the_cat_kittles 12y ago

that was an interesting article, though i dont understand the grave tone. what are the actual problems and harm that come of it? people want to feel special, unique, original and authentic... or at least look the part. so what? trying to achieve that by dressing the right way and going to ironic parties is silly, and kind of pointless, but i think thats just "kids being kids". people are usually more shallow when they are young, and deepen as they get older. the writer seems to be committing the bigger mistake by thinking all the hipsters discussed in the article aren't just normal kids looking for a social group. he treats them like a disease- thats a shitty way to talk about someone who hasn't done anything actually harmful.

freyr 12y ago
that was an interesting article, though i dont understand the grave tone. Most likely, the grave tone is intended to be ironic. The article adopts the perennial complaint that "the new generation is the worst generation." But Adbusters has a hipster readership, and magazine targeting their fan base is ironic. Hipsters thrive on irony. The article even describes a woman who fits every hipster cliché, including being critical other hipsters and refusing to self-identify as a hipster, and the magazine/article does exactly the same. Oh, the irony. Finally, a Google image search of the author reveals a young mustachioed man who is, to judge a book by its cover, himself a hipster.

DonHopkins 12y ago

He said anti-conformist, not non-conformist.

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