All I know is that it's hip to be square.

This "study" was conducted by guys so out of touch that they think that this is "news". Paging Ric Romero!!!

/Hell, I bet they think that The Wombats and Modest Mouse are still obscure.

I used to like this thread before it had 5 comments.

Wait a minute: so if five hipsters go to see "The Poxy Twats", and all five agree that The Poxy Twats are totally awesome underground coolness, and they all experience the show and all agree they enjoyed it, does this mean all five of them subsequently hate The Poxy Twats because the other four hipsters liked it?

It gets so complicated.

I masturbated to the B52's before I knew they were gay. (new window)

You've never heard of them so you are ghey. (There's a difference between gay and ghey so get over it -loser).

Arkanaut: Whatever, I read about this study BEFORE it was cool.

Link (new window)JohnAnnArbor: CitizenTed: Wait a minute: so if five hipsters go to see "The Poxy Twats", and all five agree that The Poxy Twats are totally awesome underground coolness, and they all experience the show and all agree they enjoyed it, does this mean all five of them subsequently hate The Poxy Twats because the other four hipsters liked it?

It gets so complicated.

That would be a good name for an all-Kardashian band.

Kardashian's were cool about 10 years ago which means when they weren't cool which means that they aren't cool now which means that it's cool to be post Kardashian.

I hate them.

Maybe I'm just not cool enough. But in a world of how many f-in people, I don't think I'm the only one who likes ANYTHING. I don't care who you are. That guy making music liked it enough to make it, does that make you less hip because you and him both like it?

/okay maybe I missed the point.

//Yeah my generation sucks.

12349876: All hipsters do is drive mindless consumerism.

/that's so last week, gotta get something NEW

Here you go... something "new"

The team found that when your friends start getting into something you really rate - say an indie band - the hipper you are, the more likely you are to stop liking it.

Ugh. Did Rick Romero write this thing? Yeah, that's what "hipsterism" is. Congratulations. You just did a four-year study to discover the definition of of the word "hipster".

daddy, what's a hipster?

well, son, it's someone who wears a jeff hornacek jersey to a box social.

went to see a show in somerville a couple weeks ago that would be categorized as "hipster" by the greater fark community. i had a lot of fun (one band covered "locomotive breath" by jethro tull, but had a violin play the flute part and it was awesome), but then i realized on my way home that every indie/hipster band i've ever seen has been trying to emulate the sound of modest mouse. not to say every band is actually trying to do that, exactly, but when they play live, they all end up sounding like that.

so glad i can come home to some tom waits. that dude was hipster before hipsters hipstered hipsts.

I ate soup BEFORE it was cool.

Now my mouth hurts like hell.

trappedspirit: A new study from Harvard University has revealed that setting yourself apart from your peers is the answer to eternal hipness.

A nice judgmental attitude is the core of hipsterism. And that automatically sets yourself apart. Let's not pretend that being labeled a hipster doesn't revolve around that core component.

i've known a lot of hipsters. that judgement is all in your own head. hipsters are way too busy thinking about themselves and their friends/books/music/fashion to consider judging you. relax, it's okay. they're just weird and douchey, not judgemental. :)

bmwericus: Cripes, I just got bold black plastic frames for my bifocals with lines - is it possible to be a hipster with real bifocals?

And I've gotten compliments on them - they are bold and innovative.

/and they look good
//with the Carhartts

I've always been dumbfounded by people wearing fake glasses. Knew a few girls back in highschool that wore them.

I should've just feigned outrage over a perceived slight against us normal glasses-wearers. At least it would've kept me entertained while I failed classes.