Vigilans
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pensieve
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As far as I know hipsters are the illegitimate child of the indie and emo scene. It's not a developmental disorder. These people have a choice to be whoever they want. They end up choosing to be a bunch of posers. They don't go the extra mile to be knowledgeable about their interests. It's false advertising for the real geeks.
Yeah. I don't like hipsters. What I believe to be hipsters anyway.
The word has existed for about 60 years. I haven't caught up with its evolution yet.
I'm sure I can find the word in a Kerouac novel though.
If someone called me a hipster because of the glasses I wear (actual prescription lenses) I would punch them in the nose.
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ocdgirl123
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| My parents say I am not a hipster, but the thing is I don't like the label and I think the label is good fit for me, I think that I am a hipster. |
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2wheels4ever
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| Also as I see it, aspies are not flocking to certain neighborhoods and disrupting the lives of the citizens who lived there longer. Aspies will tend not to call an electrician when their light bulbs need replaced. And really; how many aspies do you see riding around on a unicycle everywhere? |
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ciano
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| As someone who's been called both an aspie and a hipster, I'd have to say that hipsters seem more accepting of aspies than most social groups, which may contribute to the similarities. Perhaps hipsters represent an evolutionary branching of people who are more willing to accept aspie traits? |
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OliveOilMom
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AspieRogue, I have AS and am not a social reject, mentally abnormal nor have I been excluded by the world. I hope you didn't meant that you think all aspies fall into those catagories.
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Joe90
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What the hell are Hipsters? Obviously we're not talking about trousers that come below the waist here.
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Keeno
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| I have found in no uncertain terms that hipsters see me as particularly different to themselves, compared to what other people do. Hipsters particularly show a disdain towards me, that other people don't do. |
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JoeRose
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for me, in England, I find hipsters extremely annoying. They used to be called "indie kids" over here. Basically they're just kids that follow a trend because it's "in" and "cool". I know quite a lot of hipsters. They're alright people besides when they're being false and trying to live up to their image. From what I know and have experienced about hipsters they have nothing in common with aspies for me. (unless there's some aspie hipsters knocking around!). Generally they're social people constantly trying to be cool and different.
Where as I find aspies don't have to try to be cool and or different  |
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OliveOilMom
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| AspieRogue wrote: | | OliveOilMom wrote: | | AspieRogue, I have AS and am not a social reject, mentally abnormal nor have I been excluded by the world. I hope you didn't meant that you think all aspies fall into those catagories. |
I didn't. But as other people have pointed out, your comparison of aspies to hipsters in the OPost couldn't possibly be more inaccurate and clueless. Hipsters are different by CHOICE and not by chance. And as someone who has run into quite a few of them, I can say with complete certainty that they are not socially inept(which is the defining feature of asperger syndrome).
Perhaps your asperger syndrome isn't nearly as severe(or at least as obvious to those who see you IRL even without having actually talked to you)as mine is. |
Mine is a mild case, or at least seems to be now. I had lots of problems when I was younger, but back then when I didn't know I had it (nobody knew about it really, I don't think) I thought that I was like everybody else and that I just wasn't trying hard enough. I made myself do things and keep doing things until I could do them with a lot of effort. Eventually it became easier and almost natural, although I still make a lot of social mistakes. I've found that you can get by with a lot if you act confident and like you feel that you are perfectly ok doing whatever it is that you are doing, even if you aren't at all confident.
I was simply comparing two groups of people who many times appear nerdy and socially different in similar ways. While Aspies can be part of any subculture, it just seemed that the Hipster subculture would be a much easier fit for lots of people with AS.
It seems that my OP and the attempt at light humor upset you. Why is that? Do you dislike hipsters that much?
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NeueZiel
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| Jory wrote: | | Aspies genuinely like the things they're obsessively interested in, and hipsters only pretend to like things, whether they're pretending to like something because they think it's cool or whether they're pretending to like something because it's ironic. Do they actually like Star Trek? Nope, they're just wearing that pre-faded Star Trek t-shirt ironically. Do they actually enjoy listening to that indie band nobody else has ever heard of? Of course not, because they'll abandon that band the moment they become popular. Hipsters are phonier than three dollar bills. Try to engage one in a conversation sometime. It's like talking to a robot. |
This is pretty true in all aspects about them and I do like certain aspects of hipster style. Every self-proclaimed hipster I've seen on the internet is an exact cookie cutter replica of another one of his or her brethren. "Likes" Haruki Murakami on facebook? Check. All favorite bands are obscure and so indie you have never seen or heard of them before? Check. Heroes listed include Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jem , Charizard?
The best thing you can do to annoy a hipster is to check his or her list of "wacky" interests and initiate conversation with them about the topic. Actually that's incredibly frustrating, don't. Hipsters bother me because on the outside they appear to be people who just want to be themselves, embrace it, dress tacky or wear sh** like they like but let me ask you this..if I go out in public wearing a bright yellow shirt emblazoned with the Russian Knights logo (acrobatic jet team), wear some tight jeans, do my hair however I want and listen to the music I like..does that make me a hipster? Hell no. It makes me an uncool dweeb, just ask any hipster. Its about being stylishly uncool so that's its chic. Not everyone can be a hipster.
Being a hipster is about being part of the hipster scene (assuming you are accepted), wherever you live (assuming it has one), being into "the culture" (I'm sure there is one, I just don't care to learn about it) and assimilating yourself further to the hivemind. You have to really look a certain way too, I've noticed. Its really the same as every other social clique but it probably values individuality less since if you're a goth you can at least be one because you like the color black and enjoy Bauhaus or The Cure. I've never seen hipsters who seemed happy beyond just being as snide, condescending and "obscure" on all fronts as possible. I really don't think Hipsters like anything period. Except for themselves.
I'm not holding a grudge or anything because one insulted how I looked once, not at all. 
| Keeno wrote: | | I have found in no uncertain terms that hipsters see me as particularly different to themselves, compared to what other people do. Hipsters particularly show a disdain towards me, that other people don't do. |
Because (a large portion of them) are assholes. |
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2wheels4ever
Just Another Weirdo From L.A.
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This says so much in such a short time
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/2dK1uFwmtqk[/youtube] |
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rpcarnell
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I may have provided this link before, but this is hilarious:
Bacon-loving Hipsters Can Kiss My Vegan Ass (<---- this is a clickable link)
The irony here is that these people, even the mastermind behind it all, are hipsters themselves.
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