hackney hipster hate

[Madusa]

no you're not.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I've never been a hipster, unless it could be used to describe a lady with a larger thighs.

 

[strung out]

no you're not.

i am, i converted last month

 

[Madusa]

bullshit strungy. you're a typical brit jeans and tee boy.

 

[strung out]

she said see you later boi

 

[Wolveryeti]

The new craze in Hackney seems to be cross-dressing inspired theme in which young men try and dress like old women. I kid thee not.

 

[Madusa]

Hot!

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The new craze in Hackney seems to be cross-dressing inspired theme in which young men try and dress like old women. I kid thee not.

Not only is this novel, it would also make it easier to find the clothes in charity shops.

 

[Madusa]

Bet they look totally sex too. It's always the hot, pretty boys who are a little more adventurous.

 

[Steel Icarus]

It's a shame they're called (or call themselves) hipsters, what with the origin of the term and all. Is this what emo kids have become?

It's like a Pokemon evolution for the 2010s, just like in the early 90s it went: Goth -> Crusty -> Chartered Accountant

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Not only is this novel, it would also make it easier to find the clothes in charity shops.

But what will the elderly ladies do? Will they have to wear skinny jeans and baggy vests? ((((old ladies)))

 

[Madusa]

fear not Queenie, plenty of frills n slips to go round!

 

[QueenOfGoths]

fear not Queenie, plenty of frills n slips to go round!

Phew - my *cough* their wardrobe is safe!

 

[strung out]

Is this what emo kids have become

no

 

[Steel Icarus]

no

Then who are the hipsters? What do they believe in? What do they WANT?

 

[Madusa]

most of them are art students(think Central St Martins crowd)/tech geeks/adult nerds/net whores/cross dressers/sexually ambigs/London dandys etc.

Harmless and pretty pretentious but a lot of the guys and girls, look freaking hot.

 

[Red Cat]

Then who are the hipsters? What do they believe in? What do they WANT?

They don't believe in anything. Belief is not ironic.

 

[Madusa]

Oh the 'irony' thing is pretty dead now, I believe.

 

[Steel Icarus]

So do the hipsters know who Neal Cassady or Herbert Huncke were?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Why would they?

 

[Madusa]

errr ya probably. I mean you might not like how they look or act or whatever, but this is a subculture that kinda values geekdom, culture and the likes innit?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Why would they?

Why wouldn't they? is maybe the question.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Why wouldn't they? is maybe the question.

No, I'm pretty sure "why would they?" is the question.

 

[Red Cat]

Oh the 'irony' thing is pretty dead now, I believe.

Oh, really? I thought that was a pretty defining attribute of the whole thing.

Hey, I'm old. And I live in Birmingham. What do I know?

 

[Madusa]

Err come on fridge, every self respecting ''trendy'' has read SOME beat.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

errr ya probably. I mean you might not like how they look or act or whatever, but this is a subculture that kinda values geekdom, culture and the likes innit?

I'd expect there to be a higher chance than average certainly, but not because it's all supposed to be about the Beats or something because they wear thick rimmed glasses, which seems to be a possible implication.

 

[Madusa]

Oh, really? I thought that was a pretty defining attribute of the whole thing.

Hey, I'm old. And I live in Birmingham. What do I know?

nah, i think the ''ironic'' thing was a cover to let the freak flag fly basically. They should be beyond all that now.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Err come on fridge, every self respecting ''trendy'' has read SOME beat.

Yeah, but you could say the same about Kurt Vonnegut, or H P Lovecraft, or y'know lots of things.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Seems like it's all surface, then, and no depth. Fashion as rebellion. Just a massive circle-jerk of people pretending to know something nobody else does, like people collecting rare records with misprinted sleeves but about everything. Is this accurate?

 

[Madusa]

I'd expect there to be a higher chance than average certainly, but not because it's all supposed to be about the Beats or something because they wear thick rimmed glasses, which seems to be a possible implication.

well no, it's not really anything to do with ''beats''...there's far too much money and posteuring involved although perhaps it's the back in day equiv, yeah. Beats dressing like edwardian ponces, perhaps.