Thought I would start my blog off with my pet peeve: Hipsters. Here's to you hipster....a list (after a rant) of things no one likes, not even you guys. One might say to themselves, "I know this chick, she is- herself- a hipster." Not quite. My complaint is the "smarter than you" ideology I would classify as "hipster." The idea that you liked everything before it was likable. It's the martyr syndrome of feeling like you were cool before your time, then watched as everyone catastrophically started trying to be you. Once one hipster starts to like something new and uncharted, everyone pretends it's the coolest thing since idioms. It's the never ending search to find those things that no one even likes but pretends to....such as....
1) Turkish coffee- for those of you in the dark, it's coffee with fine grounds that eventually settle- or end up gagging you on the way down. It's just gross. I was handed a cup of this "delicacy" once, and everyone else in the group thought it was liquid gold.
2) Boys who wear skinny jeans- not much needs to be said. No one needs/wants to see that.
3) Going "natural" with hygiene- I am all for being less of a jerk to the environment and believe it is something we all need to strive toward....but does it have to be at the cost of everyone's noses around you? There are environmentally friendly ways to maintain hygiene.
4) Causes no one has ever heard of/ boycotting popular causes- Do we really have to make our charity cool? Do popular causes deserve our wrath because they dared to become mainstream?
5) Pabst Blue Ribbon- taste like dirt, but you don't show up to a hipster party with some Miller Light or something else mainstream. Only PBR for our friends who enjoy the finer things in life.
6) Breaking the bank to look poor- if you really want to look like a hobo go to Goodwill and rip up some clothes.
What about those of us who were uncool before it was cool to be uncool? Are we, in turn, cursed to be the ultimate hipsters?
Authors note: Yes, I used Helvetica font, yes I watched a documentary on it, and yes I would say I am a recovering hipster.
Wow! This is great. So true!!! I now live in a neighborhood called Williamsburg in Brooklyn which is essentially the hipster capital of America...it's a great neighborhood to live in but sometimes it just makes me want to build a McDonald's franchise with a drive-thru and drive a gas-guzzling SUV through it while listening to country music (and not ironic hipster country music--yes that does exist) just to spite them. They are soooo over-the-top--it's out of control. Have you seen the new(ish) show Portlandia? If you haven't, DO IT!
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