"hipsters"

i can't remember if i've talked about this in this blog before or not, but it's popping up in threads all over the internet and i want to punch each single search result in the face. it's an overdone conversation in real life too, so i won't specifically talk about the actual things these people say, except that while defining a hipster it always mentions at least 3 of these things: american apparel, irony, wicker park or williamsburg (depending on location), getting money from one's parents, art school, indie rock, pretentiousness. the tone of this discussion is most often vicious and hateful. it's not uncommon for a member of the discussion to imagine violent scenarios where hipsters are being killed, while other people in the conversation applaud and empathize with their anger and disgust.

it's also a cliche point that the people criticizing hipsters do many of the things they are talking about, while vehemently abhoring "hipsters" and pointing out that they do many of the aforementioned "hipster" things, while acknowledging their hypocrisy (hipsterocrisy!!! new word!). so in a sense they are being quite ironic about the whole thing. then, as the thread goes on, usually it is brought up that if you go to a hipster bar dressed like an average joe they all "stare at you like a ____" because you weren't wearing skinny jeans. i suppose i have an ironic (actually meta-ironic) tattoo and wear leggings and tapered jeans and went to art school and used to live in wicker park so i am a hipster. so what. i am not an asshole and i am interesting.

so everyone just needs to shut up with the "hipster bashing" and jump on the fuck it train, and realize that with the lack of concrete subcultures and the new internet culture, that kids and young adults now have access to a wider variety of material, and therefore cultivate a wider variety of interests than previous generations -- who mostly heard about things from actual people IRL, therefore having an actual tangible herd of people to bond with and feel comfortable around -- instead of the way it is now: feeling isolated and knowledgeable and awkward because you spent all of jr high/high school/college on the internet and never knew how to make friends (such as most people on discussion boards). i think the only thing we should care about in people is whether they are interesting or boring and whether he/she is a person who hurts others and the world or a person who is considerate and treats people the world in a good way.

also quit giving irony a bad name.

talking about hipsters = boring
talking about hipsters = assholish

me reading these posts = waste of time
me writing this = i don't know, i would hope one person would read this and change their mind, then it will have been worth it.

the whole thing needs a huge "who fucking cares" thrown at it..........agh!!! i think this is why i don't ever want to participate in anything.