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[Assaultman67]

pfft well I think it's fun.

and i have a front brake installed so whats the beef?

Are you ... a hipster


P.S. From a statics perspective I can tell you right now that it's better to have those brakes on the back.

[Renegade_Turner]

I do wear skinny jeans, not sure if that counts, since they're mens'. I don't know what American Apparel is but I would like a purple hoodie. Also what is a PBR Tall Boy? I do own a pair of skate shoes, but they're not Vans and they're not crusty. I don't understand the association of the trust fund check. The keychain thing is definitely not a hipster thing because it's been around years and all types of people have them, however I myself have never had one because I only own one key. I'm not generally unkempt but if I'm not arsed shaving it can vary...also correct me if I'm wrong but the whole neon shades thing seems like a very non-hipster thing to do, if I have the whole "idealist" side of the apparent hipster subculture right in my head...

Also, I know that was intended as a joke, but I expect jokes to make sense, and therefore I felt I had to deconstruct your image from the inside-out or the top-down or something like that.

[Assaultman67]

I do wear skinny jeans, not sure if that counts, since they're mens' ...

It does.

... I don't know what American Apparel is but I would like a purple hoodie. ...

I actually wear a lot of hoodies too ... but really only three colors, black, red, or grey.

... Also what is a PBR Tall Boy? ...

Pabst Brewing Company. PBR stands for Pabst Blue Ribbon.

It's stereotypically drank by rednecks and hillbillys ... but hipsters tend to drink it ironically because its stereotypically drank by rednecks and hillbillys.

... I do own a pair of skate shoes, but they're not Vans and they're not crusty. ...

I don't own a pair of skate shoes so ... close enough.

Actually, ask yourself: "Do you use them for skateboarding?"
Yes => Not a hipster.
No => Probably a hipster.

... I don't understand the association of the trust fund check ...

Basically they live off their parents. People wealthy enough to live off their parents tend to compensate by trying to look thrifty and do/like things ironically with a lethargic attitude that show hints of a sense of entitlement, aka hipster.

... The keychain thing is definitely not a hipster thing because it's been around years and all types of people have them, however I myself have never had one because I only own one key. ...

I have a shit ton of keys, keys for buildings, keys for lab rooms, keys for cars, and keys for cars I no longer own. They're always carried with me, but they're always completely in my pocket.

... I'm not generally unkempt but if I'm not arsed shaving it can vary ...

I range from being cleanly shaven with combed hair to severe bed head with 3 week old facial follicles. It depends on who I have to impress as well as how stressed out or how busy I am.

... also correct me if I'm wrong but the whole neon shades thing seems like a very non-hipster thing to do, if I have the whole "idealist" side of the apparent hipster subculture right in my head ...

Hipsters try to look thrifty without actually being thrifty. Neon sunglasses are a product of the 80's and early 90's and tend to end up in attics and goodwill stores. The idea is to stereotypically look like their wardrobe came from a goodwill donation store without ever actually going to a goodwill donation store and buying the shit at low prices. Otherwise, it wouldn't be ironic and you would just be considered poor.

(although, this also means that poor people could potentially fit pretty well into a crowd of hipsters if they just maintained a lethargic attitude about everything. They would only be discovered when they have to fork up the cash in front of others to maintain their image. Once hipsters realize someone is actually poor and not doing it ironically, they're in a entirely different clique)

... Also, I know that was intended as a joke, but I expect jokes to make sense, and therefore I felt I had to deconstruct your image from the inside-out or the top-down or something like that.

His bike screams hipster. Look at that 80's speed bike style with bright colors!

The style looks old, yet it looks like he just bought it new.

[underthedeep]

lol you can call me a hipster if you wan't... i really don't give a fuck though. i'm sure you've all seen what i look like but here is a reminder.


-i wear legit raybans
-i know what american apparel is, and i honestly think it is overpriced. they do have some decent clothes though and i enjoy the looks of their purple hoodies. THOUGH I DO NOT OWN ONE SINCE I WOULD RATHER DROP 50 DOLLARS ON A REAL DESIGNER.
-i do not get trust fund checks, i work 40+ hours a week at a job i obtained myself.
-i have a generally unkempt appearance, i drink heavily and play music. go fuck yourself.
-i fucking love pabst, and thats because i am a cheap bastard when it comes to alcohol. i also really enjoy the taste for the buck spent.
-i don't have any keys except for my housekey and by bike key.
-my pants are tighter than your girlfriends pussy.
-i own a pair of skateshoes(nike 6.0 maverics) because they are ballin' as fuck. i do skate, and these are really bad for it. skateboarding is more fashionable then ever and if you don't believe that then go to any skate retailer and tell me otherwise. plus the vans you are referring too are "retro classics" which are even WORSE for skating, they just look good.

i got that bike for 400 off retail price, plus custom parts are on it. I bought it used from a co-workers room mate, i believe it is a 2008. i would have rather had a roadie, but the price was right and i can still haul ass on that thing. plus the ability to be able to sprint on a bike is pretty fucking fun. bianchi is a very respected bike company, and hipsters usually stray away from buying from them because they think going custom is way more "cool". they are more likely to buy a frame from Pake, Surly, Origin 8, or Fuji. After they will probably buy cheap components and a colorful wheelset so they stand out. if they want to cheat they will go to www.urbanoutfitters.com (the hipster store) and make a custom on their website..... which sells really shitty bikes in pretty colors.

i have front break because i am trying to teach myself how to skid-stop. i can break with my legs, the front break is more of a safety precaution.

and yeah my bike is a very attractive fixed gear, but if you really knew what a hipster fixie looks like then you would know it looks more like this.

key give aways: no brakes (stupid for city living), stupid fucking aerospoke(front wheel) which has really no applicable use aside from aesthetics, and the goddamn hipster riding it.

sources:i live in los angeles (hipster central) i know my shit

note: not taking offense really, just defending my honor i was well aware of the snarky hipster comments i would get when i was purchasing my lovely bianchi.

[Assaultman67]

I honestly was just giving you shit for the sake of giving you shit

[underthedeep]

and you knew i would post a lengthy reply.....


you motherfucker.

[underthedeep]

by the way andy.

a fixed gear bicycle (fixie) is a bike where the rear wheels gear and the gear on the pedals are fixed together along with the chain.

easier put: as long as the rear wheel is moving forward, so are my pedals. same goes if its backwards.

[Assaultman67]

What can I say! I got bored ...

Your defensiveness does raise some interesting theories though ... LOL

(p.s. can I live with you in los angeles ... it's cold here and the cold makes me sad. )

[Freshbite]

[...] it's cold here and the cold makes me sad.

For me it's the complete opposite.
I fucking hate warm weather, but the cold makes me feel cozy and at ease.

Then again, what else did you expect from a Scandinavian?

[Jacktheawesome]

Jesse I thought I heard you say a while ago you lived in San Diego? Did you move? Cool to see someone else from LA. I have to disagree though, there are a lot of hipsters here but if you've ever been to Portland you would recognize the king. Anyways, there are a couple hipstery things about your look (especially the bike), but overall not what I would call a hipster. I had a friend who was a pretty hardcore hipster, and her thing was all this vintage stuff. She had an old bike (a roadie, equally hipstery), she wore old jeans, ugly sweaters, occasional kilts, she was obsessed with vinyl records, steampunk, she loved Portland, she went backpacking to Argentina for a year (I'm not sure if this is a thing in Europe too, but a recent hip thing for Americans to do is go to Argentina, because they like us and you can say you went to "Sur de America" without getting murdered). She is 15, so not much Pabst going on, and she never really wore Hipster glasses, but she was one of the best examples of a Hipster I knew.

Expanding on the "irony" trend in Hipster culture, ironic facial hair. For the same reason that they drink Pabst, some hipsters will grow beards that look like they belong in the 19th century.

Also for female hipsters, Tom's shoes.

[Dudeman]

[...] it's cold here and the cold makes me sad.

For me it's the complete opposite.
I fucking hate warm weather, but the cold makes me feel cozy and at ease.

Then again, what else did you expect from a Scandinavian?

Same here, except I'm Californian.

...Scandinavian on the inside

I'll be going now.

[Assaultman67]

I think I have really poor blood circulation.

If I have enough layers of clothes on the cold doesn't bug me. It's when your apartment's gas has been turned off due to an investigation of a gas leak for about 6 months that makes me hate the cold.

Also working on cars in the cold. In the middle of January you just can't keep your hands warm picking up tools unless you work in a heated garage. You might as well stick your hands in a snow bank for a few hours.

You also can't wear winter gloves when working on cars because you lose too much dexterity with hand tools.

I generally have to set up heat lamps and put my tools in front of them an hour before I start just so I don't get frostbite in my fingers.

[Renegade_Turner]

It does.

No.

I actually wear a lot of hoodies too ... but really only three colors, black, red, or grey.

Fantastic.

Pabst Brewing Company. PBR stands for Pabst Blue Ribbon.

It's stereotypically drank by rednecks and hillbillys ... but hipsters tend to drink it ironically because its stereotypically drank by rednecks and hillbillys.

Sounds like you're reading far too into this.

I don't own a pair of skate shoes so ... close enough.

Actually, ask yourself: "Do you use them for skateboarding?"
Yes => Not a hipster.
No => Probably a hipster.

Absolute bollocks. Skate shoes are comfy. I've never skated in my life, except on a friend's one when I was 10 and his mum used to mind me. But I've been wearing skate shoes casually since I was 16 or 17. The concept that comfort and being a "hipster", as you Americans love to tag it, are in any way interlinked is complete and utter bollocks.

Basically they live off their parents. People wealthy enough to live off their parents tend to compensate by trying to look thrifty and do/like things ironically with a lethargic attitude that show hints of a sense of entitlement, aka hipster.

The sense of entitlement is a product of our generation, not of this supposed hipster subculture. How else could this 99% fad be explained? As a unit, the post-1986 era are generally comprised of a bunch of malcontent entitled shitheads.

I've for the most part been funded by parents because, until this year, I was going through college to get a degree, a rite of passage which would apparently guarantee me a good job, which it hasn't and which no one should ever be under the illusion of, thus why I work in a bar.

I have a shit ton of keys, keys for buildings, keys for lab rooms, keys for cars, and keys for cars I no longer own. They're always carried with me, but they're always completely in my pocket.

Plenty of people have a "shit ton of keys" and still keep them on a keychain which then goes inside their pocket. The idea is that the keys are attached to the chain which are then attached to their belt as an added form of security. I don't understand how this is difficult to understand, it's a fairly simple practical concept. It's just not for some, and that's cool. Giving out about it makes you seem aged and annoying.

I range from being cleanly shaven with combed hair to severe bed head with 3 week old facial follicles. It depends on who I have to impress as well as how stressed out or how busy I am.

Cool I guess.

Hipsters try to look thrifty without actually being thrifty. Neon sunglasses are a product of the 80's and early 90's and tend to end up in attics and goodwill stores. The idea is to stereotypically look like their wardrobe came from a goodwill donation store without ever actually going to a goodwill donation store and buying the shit at low prices. Otherwise, it wouldn't be ironic and you would just be considered poor.

(although, this also means that poor people could potentially fit pretty well into a crowd of hipsters if they just maintained a lethargic attitude about everything. They would only be discovered when they have to fork up the cash in front of others to maintain their image. Once hipsters realize someone is actually poor and not doing it ironically, they're in a entirely different clique)

You seem to give these people a great deal more in-depth thought than they give themselves, if they actually exist. Or maybe society is creating this image around a fashion sense which will inevitably generate in itself during any given era of existence. I don't buy this whole thing of being able to define a whole era of people with a few bullshit stereotypes, such as keychains and fashion habits.

His bike screams hipster. Look at that 80's speed bike style with bright colors!

The style looks old, yet it looks like he just bought it new.

Right. Liking things which seem old but have yet remained tactile is an integral facet of being a hipster. I guess anyone who's ever bought a single thing from an antique store is a hipster too? What pointless redundant bullshit.

Sufficiently levelled. Work here is done.

[Jacktheawesome]

Ren your logic is for the most part sound, but it seems a bit like you simply don't understand hipsters. They know exactly what they are doing. They strive for irony. There may be some who drink Pabst for the taste and yet are not rednecks, but I can guarantee you from personal exposure that there is a subculture surrounding buying shitty/old/"vintage" things for the irony of it. Hipsters are a real threat. We must prepare. *cocks shotgun*

I have to admit though Bryan, the keychain thing was a bit of a stretch. I'm not sure if I've even ever seen a Hipster wearing one.

[Grayswandir]

but I can guarantee you from personal exposure that there is a subculture surrounding buying shitty/old/"vintage" things for the irony of it.

How do you buy old things for the "irony of it". What makes it ironic?

Over the past few months, I've tried growing a mustache and a beard. It looks terrible.
Here is a picture:



I lied, you aren't getting a picture. I think I'm going to go shave this off.