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{{quote|''"'Tell me your company, and I'll tell you your opinions,' might be said to many a man who piques himself on a select and superior view of things, distinct from the vulgar."''|'''William Hazlitt''', "On Consistency of Opinion," in ''Winterslow'', making certain aspects of hipsterdom [[Older Than Radio]]}} |
{{quote|''"'Tell me your company, and I'll tell you your opinions,' might be said to many a man who piques himself on a select and superior view of things, distinct from the vulgar."''|'''William Hazlitt''', "On Consistency of Opinion," in ''Winterslow'', making certain aspects of hipsterdom [[Older Than Radio]]}} |
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In the [[The Forties|1940s]], hipsters were middle-class white people who [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|emulated]] the lifestyles of black [[Jazz]] musicians. This was, for them, an existentialist rejection of society. These hipsters were an unorganized movement that eventually morphed into [[Beatnik|the beatniks]] of the [[The Fifties|1950s]] and [[New Age Retro Hippie|the hippies]] of the [[The Sixties|1960s]]. |
In the [[The Forties|1940s]], hipsters were middle-class white people who [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|emulated]] the lifestyles of black [[Jazz]] musicians. This was, for them, an existentialist rejection of society. These hipsters were an unorganized movement that eventually morphed into [[Beatnik|the beatniks]] of the [[The Fifties|1950s]] and [[New Age Retro Hippie|the hippies]] of the [[The Sixties|1960s]]. |
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Sometime in the late [[The Nineties|1990s]] - [[Turn of the Millennium|early 2000s]], the term hipster was dusted off and applied to a new generation that expressed the old hipster ideals in new ways. They were now predominantly middle-class, urban, white 20-something-year-olds interested in alternative culture: left-of-center politics, [[Alternative Rock|alternative music]], independent films, thrift-store or vintage fashion, and a diet of locally-grown, organic and/or vegetarian/vegan food. |
Sometime in the late [[The Nineties|1990s]] - [[Turn of the Millennium|early 2000s]], the term hipster was dusted off and applied to a new generation that expressed the old hipster ideals in new ways. They were now predominantly middle-class, urban, white 20-something-year-olds interested in alternative culture: left-of-center politics, [[Alternative Rock|alternative music]], independent films, thrift-store or vintage fashion, and a diet of locally-grown, organic and/or vegetarian/vegan food. |
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These days, self-identified hipsters (if such a thing can even be found as no one seems willing to call themselves by this name) view themselves as intellectuals who reject the mainstream and carefully define their own identities, taking [[Post Modernism|a buffet-style approach]] to elements of other cultures and subcultures. Your typical hipster outfit will appropriate and/or cannibalize elements from the punk, hippie, rave, and LGBT scenes, plus [[The Nineties|'90s]] [[Grunge|geek-chic]], and some token from a non-Western culture; lacking the ''[[Post Modernism|raison d'etre]]'' of any of these subcultures, the hipster will instead use [[Irony|an air of irony]] to tie the ensemble together. Hipsters' musical tastes are generally centered around indie rock, [[Baroque Pop]], [[Alternative Hip Hop]], [[Garage Rock]] and [[Punk Rock]], and minimalist [[Techno]]. Particular bands hipsters tend to enjoy include [[Arcade Fire]], [[Beach House]], [[Belle and Sebastian (band)|Belle and Sebastian]], [[Jens Lekman]], [[Animal Collective]], [[Joanna Newsom]], Grizzly Bear, Dr. Dog, [[Best Coast]], and all [[Elephant 6]] Collective bands (especially [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]), although only knowing those bands is only [[G.I. Joe|half the battle]] as an obscure and eclectic taste in music is preferred. ''Pitchfork Media'', a music blog, is probably the most important hipster taste-maker. Arcade Fire has been betrayed by many hipsters after they became more popular from Grammy nominations and uses in movies like ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' and ''[[The Hunger Games]]''. |
These days, self-identified hipsters (if such a thing can even be found as no one seems willing to call themselves by this name) view themselves as intellectuals who reject the mainstream and carefully define their own identities, taking [[Post Modernism|a buffet-style approach]] to elements of other cultures and subcultures. Your typical hipster outfit will appropriate and/or cannibalize elements from the punk, hippie, rave, and LGBT scenes, plus [[The Nineties|'90s]] [[Grunge|geek-chic]], and some token from a non-Western culture; lacking the ''[[Post Modernism|raison d'etre]]'' of any of these subcultures, the hipster will instead use [[Irony|an air of irony]] to tie the ensemble together. Hipsters' musical tastes are generally centered around indie rock, [[Baroque Pop]], [[Alternative Hip Hop]], [[Garage Rock]] and [[Punk Rock]], and minimalist [[Techno]]. Particular bands hipsters tend to enjoy include [[Arcade Fire]], [[Beach House]], [[Belle and Sebastian (band)|Belle and Sebastian]], [[Jens Lekman]], [[Animal Collective]], [[Joanna Newsom]], Grizzly Bear, Dr. Dog, [[Best Coast]], and all [[Elephant 6]] Collective bands (especially [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]), although only knowing those bands is only [[G.I. Joe|half the battle]] as an obscure and eclectic taste in music is preferred. ''Pitchfork Media'', a music blog, is probably the most important hipster taste-maker. Arcade Fire has been betrayed by many hipsters after they became more popular from Grammy nominations and uses in movies like ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' and ''[[The Hunger Games]]''. |
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A critical mind might see '''Hipsters''' as yet another subculture dedicated to individuality ended up manifesting just as much herd mentality as the mainstream it rejected, along with a tendency to act as though [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|popularity and quality are inversely proportional]], and to be [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hipster&defid=2705928 very smug] about it. |
A critical mind might see '''Hipsters''' as yet another subculture dedicated to individuality ended up manifesting just as much herd mentality as the mainstream it rejected, along with a tendency to act as though [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|popularity and quality are inversely proportional]], and to be [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hipster&defid=2705928 very smug] about it. |
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From this was derived the strawman hipster of numerous parodies: A person who spends $60 on a new, designer-brand t-shirt which was faux-aged to look like something you could buy for $2 at Goodwill. A person whose taste in music is calculated to win "Whose iPod playlist is most obscure?" contests, and who disowns their favorite band for being played on the mainstream radio. A person who, upon admitting that she partakes in any form of mainstream entertainment—especially anything with a [[Deep South|"redneck" stigma]] (like [[NASCAR]], [[Nickelback]] or [[Mixed Martial Arts]]) -- claims that she's only "[[So Bad It's Good|enjoying it ironically]]". A person who [[Hypocritical Humor|mocks every other hipster he sees]] but vehemently denies being a hipster himself. In short: ''that jerk who thinks he's better than you because he's so aggressively different''. |
From this was derived the strawman hipster of numerous parodies: A person who spends $60 on a new, designer-brand t-shirt which was faux-aged to look like something you could buy for $2 at Goodwill. A person whose taste in music is calculated to win "Whose iPod playlist is most obscure?" contests, and who disowns their favorite band for being played on the mainstream radio. A person who, upon admitting that she partakes in any form of mainstream entertainment—especially anything with a [[Deep South|"redneck" stigma]] (like [[NASCAR]], [[Nickelback]] or [[Mixed Martial Arts]]) -- claims that she's only "[[So Bad It's Good|enjoying it ironically]]". A person who [[Hypocritical Humor|mocks every other hipster he sees]] but vehemently denies being a hipster himself. In short: ''that jerk who thinks he's better than you because he's so aggressively different''. |
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Due to this strawman, the term "hipster" is frequently used as an insult, lobbed in the direction of anyone deemed pretentious or the slightest bit "artsy". Further confusing the issue, hipsters themselves will, owing to their "indier-than-thou" attitude, [[Ruined FOREVER|frequently disown]] any hipster fashions or artists that [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|catch on in the mainstream]]. One year, hipsters may wear distressed jeans and t-shirts with ironic vintage logos; the next year, self-professed hipsters will stop wearing those because they're available at every Wal-Mart in America, while the latecomers who start wearing those ''will still be labeled hipsters'' by outsiders. Which only further contributes to the decay of the label (although the term "scenesters" is sometimes used for these johnny-come-latelies). But the real reason hipsters get so much hate is probably just the smugness. According to certain alarmists, hipsters are not just [[Acceptable Targets]], but [[The New Rock and Roll|an occasion for]] [[You Can Panic Now|outright panic]]. To them, hipsters represent [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s Last Man: they stand for nothing and believe in nothing, so their ironic sneer is [https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html a harbinger of the downfall of Western civilization]. |
Due to this strawman, the term "hipster" is frequently used as an insult, lobbed in the direction of anyone deemed pretentious or the slightest bit "artsy". Further confusing the issue, hipsters themselves will, owing to their "indier-than-thou" attitude, [[Ruined FOREVER|frequently disown]] any hipster fashions or artists that [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|catch on in the mainstream]]. One year, hipsters may wear distressed jeans and t-shirts with ironic vintage logos; the next year, self-professed hipsters will stop wearing those because they're available at every Wal-Mart in America, while the latecomers who start wearing those ''will still be labeled hipsters'' by outsiders. Which only further contributes to the decay of the label (although the term "scenesters" is sometimes used for these johnny-come-latelies). But the real reason hipsters get so much hate is probably just the smugness. According to certain alarmists, hipsters are not just [[Acceptable Targets]], but [[The New Rock and Roll|an occasion for]] [[You Can Panic Now|outright panic]]. To them, hipsters represent [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s Last Man: they stand for nothing and believe in nothing, so their ironic sneer is [https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html a harbinger of the downfall of Western civilization]. |
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== Advertising == |
== Advertising == |
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* The Mac guy from the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads is considered by many to be a hipster stereotype. In fact, many people who appear in Apple ads appear to be hipsters. This is likely the result of Apple trying to tell people "Buy a Mac and be a hip counterculture artist rather than a PC using drone," which is a bit ridiculous when you realize that Mac OS X forces more conformity on its users than any other OS. |
* The Mac guy from the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads is considered by many to be a hipster stereotype. In fact, many people who appear in Apple ads appear to be hipsters. This is likely the result of Apple trying to tell people "Buy a Mac and be a hip counterculture artist rather than a PC using drone," which is a bit ridiculous when you realize that Mac OS X forces more conformity on its users than any other OS. |
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** Plus, Apple's net worth now exceeds that of Microsoft, meaning that Apple is now "the Man." |
** Plus, Apple's net worth now exceeds that of Microsoft, meaning that Apple is now "the Man." |
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* The "Don't Be So Mayo" campaign for Miracle Whip tries to appeal to hipsters. |
* The "Don't Be So Mayo" campaign for Miracle Whip tries to appeal to hipsters. |
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* Allison in ''[[Yes Man (Film)|Yes Man]]'', if her strange fashion sense, a penchant for indie music and unusual hobbies are any indication. A rare non-satirical example. |
* Allison in ''[[Yes Man (Film)|Yes Man]]'', if her strange fashion sense, a penchant for indie music and unusual hobbies are any indication. A rare non-satirical example. |
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* Zooey Deschanel plays a bisexual hipster in ''[[Our Idiot Brother]]''. |
* Zooey Deschanel plays a bisexual hipster in ''[[Our Idiot Brother]]''. |
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* In ''[[Juno]]'', Juno and her boyfriend are pretty much hipsters, though her friend Leah is only a marginal example. Jason Bateman's character attempts to seduce Juno through their shared appreciation of hipster media. |
* In ''[[Juno]]'', Juno and her boyfriend are pretty much hipsters, though her friend Leah is only a marginal example. Jason Bateman's character attempts to seduce Juno through their shared appreciation of hipster media. |
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* [[Wes Anderson]]'s oeuvre is basically hipster bait, but hardly any of his characters are actually hipsters. |
* [[Wes Anderson]]'s oeuvre is basically hipster bait, but hardly any of his characters are actually hipsters. |
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* Rob, Barry and Dick in ''[[High Fidelity]]'' think themselves this, with the usual results. |
* Rob, Barry and Dick in ''[[High Fidelity]]'' think themselves this, with the usual results. |
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* Pretty much everyone in ''[[Heartbeats|Les Amours imaginaires]]'' (also known as ''Heartbeats'')--basically everyone in all of Xavier Dolan's films, actually. |
* Pretty much everyone in ''[[Heartbeats|Les Amours imaginaires]]'' (also known as ''Heartbeats'')--basically everyone in all of Xavier Dolan's films, actually. |
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* How many hipsters can you get into a phone booth? One, any more and it would be too mainstream. |
* How many hipsters can you get into a phone booth? One, any more and it would be too mainstream. |
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* How did the hipster burn his mouth? He was eating pizza before it was cool. |
* How did the hipster burn his mouth? He was eating pizza before it was cool. |
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* Why did the hipster cross the road? To get to the other Starbucks on the other side. |
* Why did the hipster cross the road? To get to the other Starbucks on the other side. |
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* If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around to hear it - a hipster has bought the soundtrack on limited edition vinyl. |
* If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around to hear it - a hipster has bought the soundtrack on limited edition vinyl. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionatly used]] in [[Game Mod]] [[Red Alert 3 Paradox]] with the Viet Cong, who are hipsters by virtue of being ''underground'' and because no one has ever heard of them when they attacked. |
* [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionatly used]] in [[Game Mod]] [[Red Alert 3 Paradox]] with the Viet Cong, who are hipsters by virtue of being ''underground'' and because no one has ever heard of them when they attacked. |
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* [[BlazBlue|Who stuck Tao in a Hipster?]] |
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== Web Comics == |
== Web Comics == |
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* ''[[Cyanide |
* ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2239/ occasionally] [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2295/ makes fun of] [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2318/ hipsters]. |
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* ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'' looked at some of the [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 historical] [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=229 precursors] of the hipsters. |
* ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'' looked at some of the [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228 historical] [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=229 precursors] of the hipsters. |
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{{quote|'''Kate Beaton:''' I think it's funny when people complain super loud about how 'hipsters ruined' this or that as though if hipsters would just go away the problem is solved and you can go back to wearing plaid shirts too or something. Because I mean, directionless youths have always appropriated things and made them annoying!}} |
{{quote|'''Kate Beaton:''' I think it's funny when people complain super loud about how 'hipsters ruined' this or that as though if hipsters would just go away the problem is solved and you can go back to wearing plaid shirts too or something. Because I mean, directionless youths have always appropriated things and made them annoying!}} |
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* ''[[Hipster Hitler]]'' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] as a hipster. |
* ''[[Hipster Hitler]]'' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] as a hipster. |
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* ''[[Homestuck]]'': |
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': |
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** [[The Lancer|Dave Strider]] is initially a parody of hipster culture, as he's obsessed with ([[You Keep Using That Word|his interpretation of]]) [[Irony]], and with living in the most ironic way possible. Although, unlike most hipsters, his taste runs more towards hip-hop and dance music rather than indie rock. In any case, the events of Sburb have caused quite a bit of [[Character Development]], and his interest in irony is no longer emphasized so much. It's also implied that Dave's obsession with irony is a coping mechanism for dealing with his brother Dirk's creepier obsessions. |
** [[The Lancer|Dave Strider]] is initially a parody of hipster culture, as he's obsessed with ([[You Keep Using That Word|his interpretation of]]) [[Irony]], and with living in the most ironic way possible. Although, unlike most hipsters, his taste runs more towards hip-hop and dance music rather than indie rock. In any case, the events of Sburb have caused quite a bit of [[Character Development]], and his interest in irony is no longer emphasized so much. It's also implied that Dave's obsession with irony is a coping mechanism for dealing with his brother Dirk's creepier obsessions. |
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** Dirk Strider is also very interested in [[Irony]]—except he takes his irony so far that it twists back around to sincerity. Sometimes even he himself can't tell at what point his treatment of, say, the ''Detective Pony'' novel, transitions from mockery to celebration. |
** Dirk Strider is also very interested in [[Irony]]—except he takes his irony so far that it twists back around to sincerity. Sometimes even he himself can't tell at what point his treatment of, say, the ''Detective Pony'' novel, transitions from mockery to celebration. |
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** [[Royal Brat|Eridan Ampora]] actually gets called an "ugly scarfnecked douchebag hipster" at one point, and he certainly [[Rummage Sale Reject|dresses the part]]. (He's even earned the [[Fan Nickname]] "hipster fish".) On the other hand, he doesn't do very much hipster-ish ''besides'' dress the part. |
** [[Royal Brat|Eridan Ampora]] actually gets called an "ugly scarfnecked douchebag hipster" at one point, and he certainly [[Rummage Sale Reject|dresses the part]]. (He's even earned the [[Fan Nickname]] "hipster fish".) On the other hand, he doesn't do very much hipster-ish ''besides'' dress the part. |
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* [http://dieselsweeties.com/archive/1763 Indie Rock Pete] from ''[[Diesel Sweeties]]''. |
* [http://dieselsweeties.com/archive/1763 Indie Rock Pete] from ''[[Diesel Sweeties]]''. |
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* ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]:'' "[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/540 I am of the opinion that the word hipster means absolutely nothing anymore.] People seem to use it to refer to people younger than 40 who wear clothes. And I’m sure even if they didn’t, that would be 'so counterculture' and end up being hipster too." |
* ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]:'' "[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/540 I am of the opinion that the word hipster means absolutely nothing anymore.] People seem to use it to refer to people younger than 40 who wear clothes. And I’m sure even if they didn’t, that would be 'so counterculture' and end up being hipster too." |
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* ''[http://www.latfh.com/ Look at this fucking hipster.]'' |
* ''[http://www.latfh.com/ Look at this fucking hipster.]'' |
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* Free Spirit, a superhero from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', is not only [[Camp Gay]], he's so hip he has trouble seeing past his own beltline. |
* Free Spirit, a superhero from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', is not only [[Camp Gay]], he's so hip he has trouble seeing past his own beltline. |
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* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'': Gracie Wainright and Rhory Anne Broderick of v4 both have tendencies of this trope. Bob Lazenby of SOTF-TV also fits, as do Leopold Sutherland and Eloise Winterburn. |
* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'': Gracie Wainright and Rhory Anne Broderick of v4 both have tendencies of this trope. Bob Lazenby of SOTF-TV also fits, as do Leopold Sutherland and Eloise Winterburn. |
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* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hipster-kitty Hipster Kitty.] That is all. |
* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hipster-kitty Hipster Kitty.] That is all. |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTI7eWaQbk Evolution of the Hipster] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTI7eWaQbk Evolution of the Hipster] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yv76csRTeto#! Expert Hipster Hunters at your service.] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yv76csRTeto#! Expert Hipster Hunters at your service.] |
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* Eric, from [[Mall Fight]]. He basically checks every box aside from being a vegetarian. Instead, he is a pecitarian(outside of Chinese food). |
* Eric, from [[Mall Fight]]. He basically checks every box aside from being a vegetarian. Instead, he is a pecitarian(outside of Chinese food). |
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* Grooveshark (a music streaming website) had a prank on [[April Fools' Day]] 2012, where any music you play would elicit on-screen commentary from Hipster Jen or Hipster Otis. "I have this song on limited-edition colored vinyl." "I guess this song isn't TOO embarrassing." "This makes my mustache sad." |
* Grooveshark (a music streaming website) had a prank on [[April Fools' Day]] 2012, where any music you play would elicit on-screen commentary from Hipster Jen or Hipster Otis. "I have this song on limited-edition colored vinyl." "I guess this song isn't TOO embarrassing." "This makes my mustache sad." |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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* On the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Lady and Gentrification", Peggy sells a lot of homes in Enrique's neighborhood to hipsters, who like it for its ethnic flavor. Eventually they start opening business and driving up property values, to the point that poor Enrique can't afford to live there anymore. |
* On the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Lady and Gentrification", Peggy sells a lot of homes in Enrique's neighborhood to hipsters, who like it for its ethnic flavor. Eventually they start opening business and driving up property values, to the point that poor Enrique can't afford to live there anymore. |
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{{quote|'''Hank Hill:''' Enrique's neighborhood sure has changed fast, I tell you what. All these "artists" have started moving in. They all look the same, all skinny and walk real slowly. |
{{quote|'''Hank Hill:''' Enrique's neighborhood sure has changed fast, I tell you what. All these "artists" have started moving in. They all look the same, all skinny and walk real slowly. |
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'''Dale:''' The people you are referring to are called hipsters, Hank. They walk slowly because they've got nowhere to be, man. }} |
'''Dale:''' The people you are referring to are called hipsters, Hank. They walk slowly because they've got nowhere to be, man. }} |
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