Hipster Forum

2011-12-27 10:13:08

#101

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6688

Jay wrote:
That's the thing, uzi, I don't have an identity. I do whatever I want and don't worry about labels. It's just stuff. I play softball, I don't call myself a softball player or identify as such. I'm an engineer, but I lack the social awkwardness attached to their identity. I was a jock in high school, but had no problem performing in theater.

You seriously have to get over caring about image. It will always make you unhappy.

of course you have an identity. what a ridiculous thing to say . you don't have an ego? you don't have a human psychology? you don't have a conception of yourself? what utter lengths of bullshit you will go to to deny having the slightest hipster tendency. where am i caring about image? where am i unhappy? i'm merely pointing out that which has been philosophically and psychologically self-evident for 120 years. what does it have to do with me preening myself in a mirror and placing all of my self-esteem on the designer labels i wear? nothing. you're evading.

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2011-12-27 10:14:24

#102

gurdeep: +812|4972|prolly

whats this thread all about

2011-12-27 10:22:44

#103

Roc18: `; +655|6008|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

Usqueek

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2011-12-27 10:37:35

#104

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6688

gurdeep wrote:
whats this thread all about

i quit bf2 for like 3 months cause i was bored. people thought i had created some other forum. i hadn't.

but it was funny cause whilst i was gone a bunch of 30 year olds queefed like sandy vaginas about 'hipsters', grumble grumble

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2011-12-27 11:06:46

#105

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6809

Uzique wrote:
but it was funny cause whilst i was gone a bunch of 30 year olds queefed like sandy vaginas about 'hipsters', grumble grumble

FFS, Uzi.

Give me your address, so I can UPS a 55 gallon drum of "Sand-be-gone medicated vaginal wash" to you.

It ain't all about you, sweetheart.
Even when we're poking fun at you, it's not all about you.

Set fire to a straw man, it's not about the strawman in particular - it's about the point at hand.

2011-12-27 11:23:16

#106

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6688

if you think i'm bothered in any of these posts, you're clinically ill. methinks you're completely misreading my tone.

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2011-12-27 11:26:36

#107

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5476|foggy bottom

gurdeep wrote:
whats this thread all about

Tu Stultus Es

2011-12-27 15:02:04

#108

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6323|eXtreme to the maX

Uzique wrote:
authenticity is to do with the self, not authenticity in the antique-hunting material-possession is-it-a-counterfeit sense.

basically imo the reason everyone is so obsessed with cliques and group identity and fashion fads and 'hipsters' is because nobody knows how to be anymore in the modern world. bombarded with way too much stuff, in the most general sense of the word. so many things being sold to us, advertisements everywhere, pressures from work/family/friends/school to conform to certain expectations (all becoming ever more niche and specialized) etc.etc. being authentic to your true self in the 21st century is almost impossible because the external world is full of untruth.

I guess you're right, people latch onto all the bullshit because they're basically hollow inside.

Did Ernest Hemingway give a crap what brand his underpants were? I doubt it.

There aren't many people who know how to be real by themselves, without all the props of branded possessions, or to have a lifestyle which doesn't fit within a predefined identikit template.

Fuck Israel

2011-12-27 15:07:28

#109

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6688

yuup. basically everything today in the postmodern age is some form of cliché, or has otherwise been colonized in the unconscious/subconscious way by the invasive effects of advertising and the 'big business' bogeyman. we're all sold the image of individualism, self-determination and autonomy, without even realizing that these 'lifestyles' and 'images' have been marketed to us just like any other. that's why i laugh about people like galt... saying he has no identity and pays no heed to any external influence. this coming from the guy that got a hipster herb-farm for christmas. we're all equally guilty and all equally entrapped within the belly of this horrible machine!!!!

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2011-12-27 15:45:15

#110

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5575|London, England

Uzique wrote:
yuup. basically everything today in the postmodern age is some form of cliché, or has otherwise been colonized in the unconscious/subconscious way by the invasive effects of advertising and the 'big business' bogeyman. we're all sold the image of individualism, self-determination and autonomy, without even realizing that these 'lifestyles' and 'images' have been marketed to us just like any other. that's why i laugh about people like galt... saying he has no identity and pays no heed to any external influence. this coming from the guy that got a hipster herb-farm for christmas. we're all equally guilty and all equally entrapped within the belly of this horrible machine!!!!

Uzi, really, I don't have any identifiable identity.

I like good food, but wouldn't classify myself as a foodie.
I like riding my motorcycle, but I wouldn't classify myself as a biker.
I am a war veteran, but I mention it only rarely.
I am an engineer, but I don't fit that stereotype.
I'm really into sabermetrics, but I don't go out of my way to hang out with like-minded people.

My friends have diverse tastes and they all seem to be ok with not having identities either. My best friend is in law school right now, likes good beer, and is into baseball stats too. The maid of honor at my wedding is marrying a guy that's really into graphic novels.

I guess my point is that you seem to be falling into the youthful trap of thinking you have to actually belong to a group. You don't. You make your own group with whatever hodgepodge of friends life deals you. Some people are into this stuff, others are into that stuff, and you overlap just enough that you have a good time together. That's all life is really about.

The reason the 'angry 30 somethings' make fun of hipsters is because a lot of them never figure out that you don't need to contort yourself into some defined grouping in order to have friends and enjoy life. There's nothing sadder than a mid 30s, early 40s, dude running around in neighborhoods full of trust fund kiddies 'trying to find himself'. The secret to life is just to have fun. You don't need to force your horizons to expand, let it happen over time as you meet new people that can act as a guide. Take a little from here, take a little from there, but never force it. Stop being in such a rush all the time because you end up missing the forest for the trees.

I went on a walking tour of Greenwich Village in Manhattan today, a place that I've been to dozens of times to party, and it was a total eye opening experience. Old Federalist architecture mixed with newer brownstones, and a bunch of really good shops that I would normally walk past without giving it a second thought. We finished the tour and then sat in a little Cuban restaurant that we'd never been to before. New experiences lead to evolution of mind and body. That's why it's so important to not pigeonhole yourself into a niche or try to attach labels to yourself.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-27 15:46:48

#111

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6370|what

We need validation. It's what our ego and super-ego drive for.

You get that validation by joining a group and seeing yourself reflected back. "I can't be wrong cause look how many dress as I do."

It doesn't make them hollow. It's human instict to seek validation.

2011-12-27 15:52:36

#112

Roc18: `; +655|6008|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

What the hell is going on in this thread. Walls of text

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2011-12-27 16:46:23

#113

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6688

fuck off roc, sorry all this shoots over your head so you have no witty reddit images to reply with.

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2011-12-27 17:11:44

#114

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5803

Jay wrote:
Uzique wrote:
yuup. basically everything today in the postmodern age is some form of cliché, or has otherwise been colonized in the unconscious/subconscious way by the invasive effects of advertising and the 'big business' bogeyman. we're all sold the image of individualism, self-determination and autonomy, without even realizing that these 'lifestyles' and 'images' have been marketed to us just like any other. that's why i laugh about people like galt... saying he has no identity and pays no heed to any external influence. this coming from the guy that got a hipster herb-farm for christmas. we're all equally guilty and all equally entrapped within the belly of this horrible machine!!!!
Uzi, really, I don't have any identifiable identity.

Contrived libertarian.

2011-12-27 17:20:21

#115

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5575|London, England

Macbeth wrote:
Jay wrote:
Uzique wrote:
yuup. basically everything today in the postmodern age is some form of cliché, or has otherwise been colonized in the unconscious/subconscious way by the invasive effects of advertising and the 'big business' bogeyman. we're all sold the image of individualism, self-determination and autonomy, without even realizing that these 'lifestyles' and 'images' have been marketed to us just like any other. that's why i laugh about people like galt... saying he has no identity and pays no heed to any external influence. this coming from the guy that got a hipster herb-farm for christmas. we're all equally guilty and all equally entrapped within the belly of this horrible machine!!!!
Uzi, really, I don't have any identifiable identity.
Contrived libertarian.

lol, ok

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-27 17:48:29

#116

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6323|eXtreme to the maX

AussieReaper wrote:
We need validation. It's what our ego and super-ego drive for.

You get that validation by joining a group and seeing yourself reflected back. "I can't be wrong cause look how many dress as I do."

It doesn't make them hollow. It's human instict to seek validation.

Maybe for the sheep.

Fuck Israel

2011-12-29 00:25:36

#117

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,813|6323|eXtreme to the maX

Uzique wrote:
i quit bf2 for like 3 months cause i was bored. people thought i had created some other forum. i hadn't.

but it was funny cause whilst i was gone a bunch of 30 year olds queefed like sandy vaginas about 'hipsters', grumble grumble

if you think this thread is anything other than a postmodern ironic 'take' on the concept of hipsterism itself then you're a bigger mong than I thought.

Fuck Israel

2011-12-29 08:15:27

#118

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6809

There are the things that are truly important in life,
then there's "shiny things for mongos" that really don't mean shit.

Your friendly neighborhood 'angry 30 somethings' are pointing out that the current crop of hipsters are hyper-obsessive about so many things that don't really matter, and purposely willfully ignorant of things that really do matter.

Seriously, if Dilbert, Jay, and I are in agreement on a topic, it must be blatantly obvious.

2011-12-29 08:37:51

#119

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6809

Uzique wrote:
yuup. basically everything today in the postmodern age is some form of cliché, or has otherwise been colonized in the unconscious/subconscious way by the invasive effects of advertising and the 'big business' bogeyman. we're all sold the image of individualism, self-determination and autonomy, without even realizing that these 'lifestyles' and 'images' have been marketed to us just like any other. that's why i laugh about people like galt... saying he has no identity and pays no heed to any external influence. this coming from the guy that got a hipster herb-farm for christmas. we're all equally guilty and all equally entrapped within the belly of this horrible machine!!!!

Ran out of existential angst about my mid 20's, and life was much better for it.

2011-12-29 08:50:12