History Main / Hipster

*** '''Grand Theft Auto Online''' released the "I'm Not a Hipster" update in July 2014, adding several hipster-themed clothes and vintage cars.

* ''[[http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/ Look at this fucking hipster.]]'' Seems to have stopped updating once the book was published.

In TheNewTens, 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 [[{{Postmodernism}} 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 and rave scenes, plus [[TheNineties '90s]] {{Grunge}} and modern geek-chic, as well as some token from a non-Western culture (usually Asian or Native American); lacking the ''[[{{Postmodernism}} raison d'etre]]'' of any of these subcultures, the hipster will instead use [[DeadpanSnarker an air of sarcasm]] to tie the ensemble together (the '60s hippie did much the same, only without the irony). Hipsters' musical tastes are eclectic but generally centered around such genres as IndiePop, AlternativeHipHop, PostRock and minimalist {{Techno}}. Particular bands hipsters tend to enjoy include Music/BelleAndSebastian, Music/BenFolds, Jens Lekman, Music/AnimalCollective, Dr. Dog, Music/BestCoast, and all of the Elephant 6 Collective bands (especially Music/NeutralMilkHotel), although only knowing those bands is only [[Franchise/GIJoe half the battle]] as an obscure and eclectic taste in music is preferred, and much of which is collected on vinyl. ''[[http://pitchfork.com Pitchfork]]'', a music blog, is probably the most important hipster tastemaker and gatekeeper of the past decade. It's often joked that this is what {{Emo}}s turn into when they grow up.

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "MegaCorp big business]]" and believing strongly in social justice, but still wary of things like taxes and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views. This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a [[PoliticalOvercorrectness politically overcorrect]] [[StrawmanPolitical liberal strawman]] who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]. A more modern example that emerged in the 2010s, inhabiting more or less the same side of the political spectrum but with very different preoccupations, is the self-described socialist who associates themselves with 20th-century left-wing revolutionary imagery and, living in a gentrified urban neighborhood, fixates on issues like student debt relief, cannabis legalization, and bringing back rent control that specifically affect urban residents.

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, [[DarthWiki/RuinedForever frequently disown]] any hipster fashions or artists that [[ItsPopularNowItSucks 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 UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} in America, while the latecomers who start wearing those ''will still be labeled hipsters'' by outsiders. This 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 perceived smugness.

In the [[TheForties 1940s]], "hipsters" were middle-class white people (often Jewish, or at least [[AmbiguouslyJewish ambiguously so]]) who [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy emulated]] the lifestyles of black {{jazz}} musicians. This was, for them, an existentialist rejection of "square" mainstream society. These hipsters were an unorganized movement that eventually morphed into poetry-reading, Marijuana-smoking [[{{Beatnik}} the beatniks]] of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and [[NewAgeRetroHippie the psychedelic drug-using free love-oriented [[hippies]] of the [[TheSixties 1960s]].

Sometime in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]] - [[TurnOfTheMillennium early 2000s]], the term hipster was dusted off and applied to a new generation that expressed the old hipster ideals--being against mainstream trends-'in new ways. They were now predominantly middle-class or upper-middlw class (especially the "trust fund hipster"), college-educated, urban, white 20-something-year-olds, usually from the Pacific Northwest, New York City, or New England, interested in "alternative" culture: left-of-center politics; [[AlternativeIndie alternative music]]; independent, cult classic, and foreign films; thrift-store or vintage fashion; [[IProduct Apple products]]; a diet of locally-grown, organic, or vegetarian/vegan food, and craft beers.

Sometime in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]] - [[TurnOfTheMillennium early 2000s]], the term hipster was dusted off and applied to a new generation that expressed the old hipster ideals--being against mainstream trends-'in new ways. They were now predominantly middle-class or upper-middlw class (especially the "trust fund hipster"), college-educated, urban, white 20-something-year-olds, usually from the Pacific Northwest, New York City, or New England, interested in "alternative" culture: left-of-center politics; [[AlternativeIndie alternative music]]; independent, cult classic, and foreign films; thrift-store or vintage fashion; [[IProduct Apple products]]; a diet of locally-grown, organic, or vegetarian/vegan food, and thrift store or vintage clothing.

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "big business" and believing strongly in social justice, but still wary of things like taxes and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views. This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a [[PoliticalOvercorrectness politically overcorrect]] [[StrawmanPolitical liberal strawman]] who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]. A more modern example that emerged in the 2010s, inhabiting more or less the same side of the political spectrum but with very different preoccupations, is the self-described socialist who associates themselves with 20th-century left-wing revolutionary imagery and, living in a gentrified urban neighborhood, fixates on issues like student debt relief, cannabis legalization, and bringing back rent control that specifically affect people of their background.

Spiritual--if not actual--descendant of the {{Yuppie}} (albeit with less materialism and class anxiety). Also, compare EmoTeen, {{Beatnik}}, GranolaGirl, NewAgeRetroHippie, BourgeoisBohemian, TechBro. See also [[AgingWouldBeHipster Aging Would-Be Hipsters]] who are characters who either were hip years ago and are now desperately trying to get back into "the scene" (despite having little or no idea of what's going on) or are long-term hipsters who sense the world is drifting away from them.

In the [[TheForties 1940s]], "hipsters" were middle-class white people (often Jewish, or at least [[AmbiguouslyJewish ambiguously so]]) who [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy emulated]] the lifestyles of black {{jazz}} musicians. This was, for them, an existentialist rejection of "swuare" mainstream society. These hipsters were an unorganized movement that eventually morphed into poetry-reading, Marijuana-smoking [[{{Beatnik}} the beatniks]] of the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and [[NewAgeRetroHippie the psychedelic drug-using free love-oriented [[hippies]] of the [[TheSixties 1960s]].

In the [[TheForties 1940s]], "hipsters" were middle-class white people (often Jewish, or at least [[AmbiguouslyJewish ambiguously so]]) who [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy 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 [[TheFifties 1950s]] and [[NewAgeRetroHippie the hippies]] of the [[TheSixties 1960s]].

Sometime in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]] - [[TurnOfTheMillennium 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, college-educated, urban, white 20-something-year-olds, usually from the Pacific Northwest, New York City, or New England, interested in "alternative" culture: left-of-center politics; [[AlternativeIndie alternative music]]; independent, cult classic, and foreign films; thrift-store or vintage fashion; [[IProduct Apple products]]; and a diet of locally-grown, organic, or vegetarian/vegan food.

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "big business" and believing strongly in social justice, but still wary of things like taxes and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views. This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a [[PoliticalOvercorrectness politically overcorrect]] [[StrawmanPolitical liberal strawman]] who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]. A more modern example that emerged in the 2010s, inhabiting more or less the same side of the political spectrum but with very different preoccupations, is the self-described socialist who fetishizes 20th century "revolutionary" imagery and, still being an upper-middle-class hipster living in a gentrified urban neighborhood, fixates on issues like student debt relief, cannabis legalization, and bringing back rent control that specifically affect people of their background. This kind of political hipster is more likely to identify as working-class, despite otherwise having very little in common, politically or culturally, with actual working-class people.

Spiritual--if not actual--descendant of the {{Yuppie}} (albeit with less materialism and class anxiety). Also, compare EmoTeen, {{Beatnik}}, GranolaGirl, NewAgeRetroHippie, BourgeoisBohemian, TechBro. See also [[AgingWouldBeHipster Aging Would-Be Hipsters]] who are characters who either were hip years ago and are now desperately trying to get back into "the scene" (despite having little or no idea of what's going on) or long-term hipsters who sense the world is drifting away from them.

Spiritual--if not actual--descendant of the {{Yuppie}} (albeit with less materialism and class anxiety). Also, compare EmoTeen, {{Beatnik}}, GranolaGirl, NewAgeRetroHippie, BourgeoisBohemian, TechBro. Related to {{Irony}}, {{Postmodernism}}, PopularityPolynomial. Often holds the belief that TrueArtIsAngsty.

** Morinth herself counts as one, as her typical [[HornyDevils prey]] includes artists and creative persons. She also loves anything which celebrates hedonism and the grotesque.

* Creator/GilbertAndSullivan wrote a song entitled "If You're Anxious for to Shine in the High Aesthetic Line", which mercilessly mocks "aesthetes" -- a sort of 1890s equivalent of the hipster. One of the reprehensible types of people mentioned in "If Someday It Should Happen ([[RefrainFromAssuming I've Got a Little List]])" is "The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone/All centuries but this and every country but his own."

* Kahimi Karie's "Harmony Korine" rails against both hipsters and WereStillRelevantDammit behavior.

** [[TheLancer Dave Strider]] is initially a parody of hipster culture, as he's obsessed with ([[YouKeepUsingThatWord 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 CharacterDevelopment, 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 Bro's creepier obsessions, and by the end of the story he admits that basing his entire life on irony has made him miserable and just once he wants to be able to genuinely enjoy something.

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "big business" and believing strongly in social justice, but still wary of things like taxes and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views. This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a PoliticallyOvercorrect [[StrawmanPolitical liberal strawman]] who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]. A more modern example that emerged in the 2010s, inhabiting more or less the same side of the political spectrum but with very different preoccupations, is the self-described socialist who fetishizes 20th century "revolutionary" imagery and, still being an upper-middle-class hipster living in a gentrified urban neighborhood, fixates on issues like student debt relief, cannabis legalization, and bringing back rent control that specifically affect people of their background. This kind of political hipster is more likely to identify as working-class, despite otherwise having very little in common, politically or culturally, with actual working-class people.

Usually this trope is in opposition to TheMan. Yeah, we just had to point that out.

* The song ''"Me gustan las hipsters" (I dig hipster chicks)'' by the Mexican band Mongosaurio ([[SelfDemonstratingArticle it’s an obscure band, you have probably never heard of them]]) has a great TakeThat: A hopeless guy with a serious {{Meganekko}} fetish digs hipster chicks, [[EmoTeen nerd girls that pretend to take heavy drugs]] and always treat him like crap… [[PretenderDiss because the guy is not interested at all in the hipster subculture]]. The guy laments his own mediocrity and lack of pretentiousness:

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "big business" and believing strongly in social justice, but still wary of things like taxes and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views. This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad politically correct]] [[StrawmanPolitical liberal strawman]] who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]. A more modern example that emerged in the 2010s, inhabiting more or less the same side of the political spectrum but with very different preoccupations, is the self-described socialist who fetishizes 20th century "revolutionary" imagery and, still being an upper-middle-class hipster living in a gentrified urban neighborhood, fixates on issues like student debt relief, cannabis legalization, and bringing back rent control that specifically affect people of their background. This kind of political hipster is more likely to identify as working-class, despite otherwise having very little in common, politically or culturally, with actual working-class people.

* The ''Music/{{AJR}}'' x ''Daisy the Great'' song "[[https://youtu.be/oyuIHyOBFsU Record Player]]" uses hipster culture as a means of exploring life and keeping things interesting just to prove that you're not stuck in a rut. The refrain that plays throughout the song speaks the most about it.

* The ''Music/{{AJR}}'' x ''Daisy the Great'' song "Record Player" uses hipster culture as a means of exploring life and keeping things interesting just to prove that you're not stuck in a rut. The refrain that plays throughout the song speaks the most about it.

'''Shepard:''' If you've heard of it, it's already too mainstream for me.

** [[RoyalBrat Eridan Ampora]] actually gets called an "ugly scarfnecked douchebag hipster" at one point, and he certainly [[RummageSaleReject dresses the part]]. (He's even earned the FanNickname "hipster fish".) On the other hand, he doesn't do very much hipster-ish ''besides'' dress the part.

Sometime in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]] - [[TurnOfTheMillennium 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, college-educated, urban, white 20-something-year-olds, usually from the Pacific Northwest, New York City, or New England, interested in "alternative" culture: left-of-center politics, [[AlternativeIndie alternative music]], independent, cult classic, and foreign films, thrift-store or vintage fashion, [[IProduct Apple products]], and a diet of locally-grown, organic or vegetarian/vegan food.

*** One of Trevor's {{Berserk Button}}s is being called one. Michael even mocks him for living like a hipster, going so far as to call him a "proto-hipster" and exactly the kind of person that all hipsters aspire to be. Also, one of Trevor's Rampage missions sees him slaughtering a horde of hipsters.

Sometime in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]] - [[TurnOfTheMillennium 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, college-educated, urban, white 20-something-year-olds, usually from the Pacific Northwest or New England, interested in "alternative" culture: left-of-center politics, [[AlternativeIndie alternative music]], independent, cult classic, and foreign films, thrift-store or vintage fashion, [[IProduct Apple products]], and a diet of locally-grown, organic or vegetarian/vegan food.

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 [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popularity and quality are inversely proportional]], and to be aggressively smug (read: shamelessly arrogant) about it.

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 playlist is most obscure?" contests and who disowns their favorite band for being played on commercial radio. A person who thumbs his nose at fans of ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}}, despite secretly enjoying it themselves. A person who, upon admitting that he or she partakes in any form of mainstream entertainment -- especially anything with a [[LowestCommonDenominator "redneck" or otherwise uncultured]] [[{{Eagleland}} stigma]] (like UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}, {{Music/Nickelback}}, or UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts) -- claims that s/he's only "[[SoBadItsGood enjoying it ironically]]" -- even though [[DudeNotIronic there is no definition of "irony" that fits this usage]]. An educated rich kid who [[SlummingIt superficially denies his privilege]] even as he flaunts his cultural capital. A person who [[HypocriticalHumor mocks every other hipster he sees]] but vehemently denies being a hipster him or herself. In short: ''that jerk who thinks he's better than you because he's so aggressively different''.

In TheNewTens, 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 [[{{Postmodernism}} 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 and rave scenes, plus [[TheNineties '90s]] {{Grunge}} and modern geek-chic, as well as some token from a non-Western culture (usually Asian or Native American); lacking the ''[[{{Postmodernism}} raison d'etre]]'' of any of these subcultures, the hipster will instead use [[DeadpanSnarker an air of sarcasm]] to tie the ensemble together (the '60s hippie did much the same, only without the irony). Hipsters' musical tastes are eclectic but generally centered around such genres as IndiePop, AlternativeHipHop, PostRock and minimalist {{Techno}}. Particular bands hipsters tend to enjoy include Music/BelleAndSebastian, Music/BenFolds, Jens Lekman, Music/AnimalCollective, Dr. Dog, Music/BestCoast, and all of the Elephant 6 Collective bands (especially Music/NeutralMilkHotel), although only knowing those bands is only [[Franchise/GIJoe half the battle]] as an obscure and eclectic taste in music is preferred, and much of which is collected on vinyl. ''[[http://pitchfork.com Pitchfork]]'', a music blog, is probably the most important hipster tastemaker and gatekeeper of the past decade.

Spiritual--if not actual--descendant of the {{Yuppie}} (albeit with less materialism and class anxiety). Also, compare EmoTeen, {{Beatnik}}, GranolaGirl, NewAgeRetroHippie, BourgeoisBohemian. Related to {{Irony}}, {{Postmodernism}}, PopularityPolynomial. Often holds the belief that TrueArtIsAngsty.

* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2239/ occasionally]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2295/ makes fun of]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2318/ hipsters]].

* [[http://dieselsweeties.com/archive/1763 Indie Rock Pete]] from ''Webcomic/DieselSweeties''.

* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-12/ hipster vampires.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=650 Monique and Slick discuss whether it's dead.]]

* Most of the characters in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell''. It takes place in Brooklyn, after all.

Politically, the typical hipster will be center-left, being against "big business" and believing strongly in political correctness and social justice, but still weary of things like taxes, and, like their fashion and music tastes, taking a mix-and-match approach to general views (This is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a StrawmanPolitical quasi-socialist who thinks EverythingIsRacist and that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical everything has political undertones]]).

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 playlist is most obscure?" contests and who disowns their favorite band for being played on commercial radio. A person who thumbs his nose at fans of ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}}, despite secretly enjoying it themselves. A person who, upon admitting that he or she partakes in any form of mainstream entertainment -- especially anything with a [[LowestCommonDenominator "redneck" or otherwise uncultured]] [[{{Eagleland}} stigma]] (like UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}, {{Music/Nickelback}} or UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts) -- claims that s/he's only "[[SoBadItsGood enjoying it ironically]]" - even though [[DudeNotIronic there is no definition of "irony" that fits this usage]]. An educated rich kid who [[SlummingIt superficially denies his privilege]] even as he flaunts his cultural capital. A person who [[HypocriticalHumor mocks every other hipster he sees]] but vehemently denies being a hipster him or herself. In short: ''that jerk who thinks he's better than you because he's so aggressively different''.