Hipster? Me? Surely you jest….
Posted By kage / 6th May 2010
Perhaps I have a bit of the dreaded hipsterism. Let’s explore shan’t we?
1. Okay maybe I’m not. The first sign is that you paid top dollar to see Conan. I did try (unsuccessfully) to score some free tickets from a source but failed rather miserably. So there’s that.
2. Guilty here. Kind of. Apple sticker on my Prius? No. I have a Volkswagen. It does have an Apple sticker though.
3. Another point in my favor. The article says that if you militantly recycle, you’re a hipster. I recycle beer bottles and plastic stuff. But not in a militant way. So…I’m good there.
4. Huge points in my favor here. #3 in the article is something to do with loving Wilco and Radiohead. I can’t stand Wilco and I can tolerate Radiohead. So yeah, I’m doing pretty good here.
5. um…toss up here. #5 on the original list is that you can’t enjoy anything at face value, then goes on to mention Jack Kerouac. I can in fact laugh at stuff that needs to be laughed at. And I do it quite well. I’m taking the points here for myself.
6. I win here. In the original article it says you’ve seen Little Miss Sunshine like 36 times, own it on DVD…etc. This movie sucks huge donkey balls. I wouldn’t watch this movie if it promised free cookies served by triple jointed Swedish trollops.
7. #7 on the list is about an unkempt beard and man purse. Working on the beard and I do carry a backpack sometimes. Partial credit to me.
8. Totally a win for me. I don’t smoke. Ever. So I’m not a hepster here.
9. Win! I haven’t broken up with anyone over MGMT. I can tolerate them but don’t really care if my wife likes them or not. I think she does, but really…who gives a rats ass.
10. Win for me. Article says that you don’t like anything unless Pitchfork, NPR or somebody else raves about it first. While I do dig NPR…can’t say I read Pitchfork that much. So…
After much consideration, it appears that I’m totally not the hipster that I thought I was. I think I’m a little disappointed.