September 3, 2008
Are we Fat or "Churlish"?
A quick search of SFist's archives shows at least 315 uses of the word hipster since our inception in 2004. A quick scan of those results suggests that the term was not always used with love, which might be why we found ourselves squirming uncomfortably as we read this quote in Fashionista today:
I've always found that word ('hipster') is used with such disdain, like it's always used by chubby bloggers who aren't getting laid anymore
As we read the article from whence the quote came, we got even more anxious. Our occasional contemptuous use of "hipster" seemed to evolve from making us celibate fat asses to, yikes, "churlish"? Suddenly, that Vice guy's quote (and, yeah, we're considering the source) seems almost complimentary.
Seriously, if we had any idea that calling someone a hipster was so incendiary, we never would have done it. Maybe it's like some other equally loaded words, in that you can only use it if you're one yourself. What say you, SFist readers? Should we retire the term "hipster," because using it makes our ass look fat (fatter than in hipster skinny jeans? Whoops!) and unpenetrated? Give us your assessment in the comments.
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huh?
At times like this, I am compelled to link to the following "Cat and Girl" comic:
Costume Shop
And that's all I have to say about that.
Who cares? As the recent Adbusters article pointed out, no one ever admits to being a hipster, so making fun of hipsters is really a victimless crime. Besides, it's fun!
WTF is a hipster, anyway? It's always somebody else, I guess.
"First they came for the hipsters ..."
I just thought it was a term I used to describe (and annoy) those under-30s who still fit into their high school jeans...
This site is ran by under cover hipsters, indicated by the smarmy condescending self righteous attitudes put forth daily on a mediocre website that is only frequented for lack of other local daily news coverage. Youre so very hip if only for your pride in your geographic location and proximity to like minded megalomaniacs.
I think the word hipster died when hipsterrunoff.com started becoming a breakout success.
Mmm, retire it. It's used negatively by most people anyway.
Hipsters are the new other. Hell, I know I look like a hipster, but I would never tell you I look like a hipster.
(I swear, I've been wearing sports coats and fedoras since high school! I didn't know everyone else would!)
do fat hipsters even exist?
Zach Galifianakis.
Replace it with "hipster dufus". Much more accurate.
You guys are gonna go down in Hipstery.
Who told pist it was fat? You guys are mean.
Thing is, by national standards everyone in San Francisco is a 'hipster'. Even my parents, even the darn Brown twins.
Still I would really embrace churlish - it is great to be churlish.