This is what you shall do. Forget everything you know, and everything you think you know.
Question everything. Question books, the Bible..., teachers, lessons, lectures, everything. If these said notions do not add up to your outlook on life, simply disregard them. Absolutely praise drop outs, gangsters, athletes, and unique individuals (who really aren't that unique in the first place). Shun the sciences, mathematics, and other gifted intellectuals, because let's all face it, no one wants to watch a reality show on a scientist, and mathematician, and a wise guy. Treat girls like dirt, because after all, "treat em like dirt and they stick like mud!" When meeting new people, disregard their first impression, and turn your back on their values. If they aren't rich, move on, if they are, $JACKPOT!!!$ Always have your phone out, even if you aren't really talking/texting anyone, just pretend you are. Trust me on this one. Spend all your money on accessories that will eventually go out of style the next day, and neglect things that really matter (paying of any debt, loans, payments, savings, etc...) Next on the itinerary, having kids with someone you aren't even married to and then no longer continuing the relationsh- OMG, I LYK HAVE 2 GO BCUZE IM GTNG A TXT ;)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
What is a hipster?
For one to try and define the word "hipster" is like trying to find a needle in a haystack...a really big haystack. Words certainly have more than one meaning, but for a word to have a set meaning, it must have a definition first, and with that being said, there is really no universally agreed upon definition of "hipster."
Taking a stab in the dark, I would have to say that a hipster is one who is always "in the loop" when it comes to the latest trends. Because let's all face it, when someone doesn't know what the latest trend or must-have is, that person is thought of as just a regular person, or in this case, a follower.
Apple has done a great job by portraying that in order to have a mac or an ipod, you have to be either:
A.) An idiot.
B.) A tortured artist.
C.) In a band.
D.) A pseudo-intellectual. (you know, the guy who hangs out at the coffee shop all day on his laptop, challenges everyone's ideas or belief, and thinks he is too smart for class, etc...)
Then of course, people who are one or all of the above, go out and buy macs and ipods because they feel that apple has done a great job by reaching out to them, and understanding them. Since laptops and ipods were not around during the civil war, and during the days or slavery, I would have to say that "hip" has an always changing definition. Based off the reading, hip during those times would have taken for form of using slave lingo, and being against or for slavery (depending if you lived in the north or the south).
Today it seems as though for one to be hip, they almost need to branch off of a sub-culture. Football in Texas is a sub-culture, since it is taken far more seriously there than it is in Idaho. The next step would be for a football fan in Texas to bring something unique to that specific sub-culture, which in turn would spark yet another group of football?
Trying to define hip is like trying to remember the dream you had from last night. Hip really does not have a definition etched in stone, because hip can't be defined. The word is as flexible as silly puddy, and will most likely remain that way for centuries to come.
Taking a stab in the dark, I would have to say that a hipster is one who is always "in the loop" when it comes to the latest trends. Because let's all face it, when someone doesn't know what the latest trend or must-have is, that person is thought of as just a regular person, or in this case, a follower.
Apple has done a great job by portraying that in order to have a mac or an ipod, you have to be either:
A.) An idiot.
B.) A tortured artist.
C.) In a band.
D.) A pseudo-intellectual. (you know, the guy who hangs out at the coffee shop all day on his laptop, challenges everyone's ideas or belief, and thinks he is too smart for class, etc...)
Then of course, people who are one or all of the above, go out and buy macs and ipods because they feel that apple has done a great job by reaching out to them, and understanding them. Since laptops and ipods were not around during the civil war, and during the days or slavery, I would have to say that "hip" has an always changing definition. Based off the reading, hip during those times would have taken for form of using slave lingo, and being against or for slavery (depending if you lived in the north or the south).
Today it seems as though for one to be hip, they almost need to branch off of a sub-culture. Football in Texas is a sub-culture, since it is taken far more seriously there than it is in Idaho. The next step would be for a football fan in Texas to bring something unique to that specific sub-culture, which in turn would spark yet another group of football?
Trying to define hip is like trying to remember the dream you had from last night. Hip really does not have a definition etched in stone, because hip can't be defined. The word is as flexible as silly puddy, and will most likely remain that way for centuries to come.
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