Listens to bands that you have never heard of. Has hairstyle that can only be described as "complicated." (Most likely achieved by a minimum of one week not washing it.) Probably tattooed. Maybe gay. Definitely cooler than you. Reads Black Book, Nylon, and the Styles section of the New York Times. Drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon. Often. Complains. Always denies being a hipster. Hates the word. Probably living off parents money - and spends a great deal of it to look like they don't have any. Has friends and/or self cut hair. Dyes it frequently (black, white-blonde, etc. and until scalp bleeds). Has a closet full of clothing but usually wears same three things OVER AND OVER (most likely very tight black pants, scarf, and ironic tee-shirt). Chips off nail polish artfully after $50 manicure. Sleeps with everyone and talks about it at great volume in crowded coffee shops. Addicted to coffee, cigarettes (Parliaments, Kamel Reds, Lucky Strikes, etc.), and possibly cocaine. Claims to be in a band. Rehearsals consist of choosing outfits for next show and drinking PBR. Always on the list. Majors or majored in art, writing, or queer studies. Name-drops. May go by "Penny Lane," "Eleanor Rigby," etc. when drunk. On PBR. Which is usually.

if you don't know. don't worry. you're not one.

We've got too many here as it is. Glad you're not one, and welcome, jkzen!

a true hipster also has at least one parent who is a dandy!

Forgot to mention a fixed gear

SamSam, I was going to write the EXACT SAME COMMENT. Weird.

this all sort of proves that hipsterism is subject to the same consumptive popularization that it seeks to react to....like hipppies, beatniks, grundge, etc.

as long as you live in Echo Park, you will be fine

PBR and chunky glasses are so 2005...

I live right next to a huge hipster hangout (a former dive bar where there used to be only old neighborhood guys who were on "permanent disability"- we'll see how long it lasts).

males: grow a beard and dress like a bicycle messenger. own a pair of back-to-the-future II style nikes - vintage flannel shirts with snap buttons seem to be in at the moment - if you see the movie "milk" - you are basically dressing like a gay guy from the 70s - or a lumberjack...
females: wear legwarmers, giant 80s-style glasses, leggings with a vintage dress... and 60s or 80s-style haircut.

- only listen to and see bands likely to be reviewed on pitchfork.com (but before they get a chance to review them, because once they do, the band has completely sold-out). and you have to either be in a band, or know someone in a band...

- your career choices are: graphic designer, barista at an obscure independent coffee-house, freelance writer (or freelance something arty - while not being an actual artist), perpetual grad student, or anything that requires little actual work while your parents pay for your lifestyle.

- and - you have to be under 30... otherwise you're just a sad sad old person.

hipsters are basically the grandkids of jack kerouac and james dean.

Don't forget the skinny jeans. I liked it better when they were all wearing trucker caps though..

type hipster olympics into you tube....classic

ah ha ha ha, toasteroven, nailed it.

only correction i would make is that a hipster employed as a "graphic designer" basically makes their own t-shirts, posters for their friends' rock and/or art shows, and updates their facebook page regularly. someone who is a real graphic designer is probably too busy to be a hipster.

so wait, are hipsters just un-depressed emo kids?

I think it's just a continuation of the "thrift store chic" from the 90s... combine that with former indie snobs and you get hipsters.

Any other Angelenos out there enjoying this?

My mother sent me that olympic clip like a year ago. Oh, to be pigeonholed by your own mom.....

ha ha, yes, it's great thread.

just go to intelligentsia in silverlake and enjoy the hipster watching with your 5 dollar coffee.

was there this morning. there's never any seats

ha ha ha, we should make a game of seeing how many macbooks/cardigan sweaters/beards, etc. we can spot in one hour at intelligentsia.

haha, I know! But I can't stay away! Sometimes i'll substitute with Groundworks on traction, it's a lot closer anyhow, and never as crowded.

nothing beats an ice cold PBR in the heat of summer while fly fishing with your buddies on the river.

I heard that some hipsters are now packing heat ... guns, seriously ... crip and blood hipster shit ...

be careful

but for real did anyone check out the animal collective review on pitchfork 9.6! well fucking deserved! best record of the past few years.

I cut myself while listening to My Chemical Romance today in Silverlake..

i love that i am wasting time looking at the internet and reading about people wasting time by making broad, generalized judgments about young people they don't know. people that are probably highly educated in pluralism and overtly non-linear thought. should have stayed up for some quality pap like top chef with my tasty coffee, european stylings, good music, fun-to-ride-bike and enlightening lit.

Silverlake! no way I did the same to deathcab for cutie in downtown

im reading this thread while listening to Wolf Parade

hipster olympics is williamsburg, brooklyn. they show the street sign right at the beginning of the clip... Bedford & North 6th. this is the epicenter of the hipster universe. LA's got nothing on Brooklyn.

omg...packing heat?! did they watch gran torino and think that they are clint eastwood?!?! im seriously disturbed by this thought...

*runs away&hides*

fixed gears are old news, its all about the fixed push now...

I'll take one Type 3, please.

this is how real hipsters bounce...

If you want to be a hipster these days, it's very important that you decide how you feel about Animal Collective. Where you come down on this crucial issue, will orient you in the hipster universe.

I'm still upset over hipsters co-opting the nerd pride movement. Give us back our plastic-framed glasses (because we keep breaking the wire-ones) and our cardigan sweaters!

hipster fashion = most unoriginal trend?

Are we forgetting American Apparel?
Your one stop shop for instant hipster transformation!

Are there are any other budding hipster areas in LA other than the silver lake/ echo park/ eagle rock area?

Like say in the valley? Or maybe around Chinatown/ downtown?

Nah, Hipsterism is so last year... You need move somewhere to be around like minded folks interested in Performance

Lmao!!!

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