Help me become more hipster

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Mixolydian

Lifer
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Move to a hipster neighborhood in the city, ride a bike, listen to electronic music, wear skinny jeans/boxer briefs/flannel shirts, protest for some "cause", use Facebook/Twitter/YouTube, go to popular hipster restaurants. The list goes on. Why would anyone want to be more hipster? D::hmm:
 

Oil

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Aug 31, 2005
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Just listen to Neutral Milk Hotel. That is instant hipster status
 

AyashiKaibutsu

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Move to a hipster neighborhood in the city, ride a bike, listen to electronic music, wear skinny jeans/boxer briefs/flannel shirts, protest for some "cause", use Facebook/Twitter/YouTube, go to popular hipster restaurants. The list goes on. Why would anyone want to be more hipster? D::hmm:

What's wrong with boxer briefs or riding a non-fixie bike? They're the underwear of the gods; before I knew about them, my life was measurably worse.
 

HeXen

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Dec 13, 2009
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II fail to understand how you would want to become part of a group that is universally ridiculed.

if you like the trends then what difference does it matter. You actually care about what others think of you?
haha:D
 

foghorn67

Lifer
Jan 3, 2006
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Buy a POS car. But one that nobody else has.
-Like a Subaru Justy, but beat up.
-Mazda 323 hatchback. The way older one.

Listen to indie, always advertise you do. Once people mention they have heard of the band you are listening to, stop liking that band.

Think of ironic things to say.

Wear ironic t shirts.

Don't iron your shirts.

Use Hipstamatic on your iphone

Download the Hipster app, Yelp and Foursquare. Let everyone know you don't want to be noticed. While using Foursquare, complain about the death of Gowalla.

Your girlfriend cannot have big breasts.

You need more pairs of shoes than your girlfriend.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Dude...quit trying to be what you're not.

Hipster isn't something you can make yourself into...either you're hip...or you're not.

Oh, BTW, stop dressing like a "vagisil-lipped homosexual Ornamental." That MIGHT help.
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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I refuse to change the way I dress. I also already have a moped. What's next?

Get a helmet that exactly matches the color of your moped. Extra points if it is a pastel color. Riding gear should consist of a hoodie, tight jeans, and a pair of old school sneakers.
 

slayer202

Lifer
Nov 27, 2005
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well maybe not goth but not hipster. hipsters smoke cigs not cigars. and hipsters don't wear sneakers. the armani glasses you posted were kind of hipster, but the second pair are lame tool glasses. maybe a more accurate title would be faux sophisticated half emo half future hipster
 

sjwaste

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Aug 2, 2000
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I think a lot of people covered what you need, but the most important thing needs to be emphasized.

Hipster is about where you live, first and foremost. For instance, you can be wearing your same perfected hipster outfit in these two places:

1. Statesboro, GA - you look like a poorly dressed retard
2. Portland, OR - you are irony, personified

For instance, where I come from originally (Philadelphia), a real hipster has a loft in Fishtown. If he's riding his fixie around the Northeast, he just looks like an idiot.

You want to be a hipster? Move to an existing hipster hive. Hipsters do not originate in place, they congregate with other hipsters.