In defence of hipsters (2 Viewers)

[sleepy]

Well, they had Sazerac, Old Overholt, Rittenhouse, Templeton and Whistlepig.

You'd be riding pretty low in the saddle after a few of those.

I remember having a couple of drinks called Bison kicks in there one night. I can't remember what was in them but they tasted lovely and I ended up pretty hammered.

 

[Hector Grey]

I walked past a tattoo parlour after 10 last night, and there was someone in there getting "inked". I wondered to myself, who desperately needs a tat on a Monday night and had a goo. Guess what I saw.

Yup, regulation, off the peg Hip young man. With all accoutrements in place: hip-hitler hair, pointed beard. That fucking shirt.

"What kind of tattoo would you like, sir?"
"something vaguely ironic that will look ridiculous in ten to fifteen years time."
"Of course, sir. You know you can spend a small fortune getting it painfully removed when you finally decide you look like an eejit."
"Don't worry, my inky friend, I have a start up."
"Oh, very good, sir. I Like your shirt."
"Oh, this thing? I saw everyone else wearing exactly this shirt and I thought to myself, how can I look like everyone else. Except different in some way. I know! I'll get the fucking shirt that everyone has, but I'll get a tattoo to express my individuality!"
"You know in some cultures they express individuality in words and deeds."
"Fuck those guys."
"Agreed. Losers."

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Probably knew the guy in the tattoo place if it was that late.

After hours is usually for mates.

 

[therealjohnny]

I walked past a tattoo parlour after 10 last night, and there was someone in there getting "inked". I wondered to myself, who desperately needs a tat on a Monday night and had a goo. Guess what I saw.

Yup, regulation, off the peg Hip young man. With all accoutrements in place: hip-hitler hair, pointed beard. That fucking shirt.

"What kind of tattoo would you like, sir?"
"something vaguely ironic that will look ridiculous in ten to fifteen years time."
"Of course, sir. You know you can spend a small fortune getting it painfully removed when you finally decide you look like an eejit."
"Don't worry, my inky friend, I have a start up."
"Oh, very good, sir. I Like your shirt."
"Oh, this thing? I saw everyone else wearing exactly this shirt and I thought to myself, how can I look like everyone else. Except different in some way. I know! I'll get the fucking shirt that everyone has, but I'll get a tattoo to express my individuality!"
"You know in some cultures they express individuality in words and deeds."
"Fuck those guys."
"Agreed. Losers."

I need one of these shirts. Where can I get one of these shirts?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I’ve never seen these shirts but I want one too. I have a shit tattoo as well.

 

[Hector Grey]

Probably knew the guy in the tattoo place if it was that late.

After hours is usually for mates.

If one of his mates looks like that, then all of his mates look like that.

"Hey! Cyrille"
"Um. Yes. Cyrille."
"I recognised you from that fucking shirt and the beard and the hair. It's unique!"

It didn't look closed, to be fair. Door was open. Lights were blazin.

 

[Hector Grey]

I need one of these shirts. Where can I get one of these shirts?

Ask a hipster, I don't know. If I knew, I'd be one of them.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Doesn't every scene have a look?
I mean it's not necessarily about looking different, just looking different from everyone else that's not on your wavelength.
Teds and hippies and beatniks etc. all looked the same to an extent, the point was they didn't look like people that weren't that.

 

[therealjohnny]

The hipster is a strange one though. As has been mentioned here they aren't into any particular music or scene. There is no gang mentality at work as far as I can see.

The quiff and beard is a 'strong' look. How can a guy think, "he looks good I will also get a quiff and beard"?

I can understand having long hair to be part of the metal scene or shaving it to be a part of the skinhead scene but hipsters aren't really anything other than 'trendy'

It perplexes me

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I think beards are getting an unfair rap though.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

beards are fine. i like my my beard. don't beard shame me

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The hipster is a strange one though. As has been mentioned here they aren't into any particular music or scene. There is no gang mentality at work as far as I can see.

The quiff and beard is a 'strong' look. How can a guy think, "he looks good I will also get a quiff and beard"?

I can understand having long hair to be part of the metal scene or shaving it to be a part of the skinhead scene but hipsters aren't really anything other than 'trendy'

It perplexes me

Trendy is a thing.
The internet killed organic scenes to an extent.
This is as organic as it gets now, I think.

 

[hydromancer]

They do be in there getting tattooed that time of night in Australia except they have the kids with them

 

[therealjohnny]

Trendy is a thing..

like Oxo boxes?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

My friend did tattooing for a while. You could get the mates discount after hours.

Maybe the new young urban cultural pace setters live on a different time schedule to the rest of us though.

 

[Lili Marlene]

What clothes are ok to wear?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

What clothes are ok to wear?

Anything that's fit for purpose.

Or fits.

 

[therealjohnny]

Nothing wrong with tattoos, or quiffs, beards, penchant for vinyl, braces, doc martins, etc

but when you put it all together because your men's style magazine tells you to

then you are a knob

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Why did anyone do any of these things in the first place?

Because they were copying someone or something they saw, surely?

The kids are alright is what I'm saying.

 

[therealjohnny]

My brother got talking to someone in a pub and after a while it came up that he was looking for work. She suggested he look for work as a window dresser or stylist. Perplexed, he asked why on earth she thought that. She said " Well I can tell by the way you dress you obviously care about fashion and style " to which he replied "I'm a fucking skinhead!"




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