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I’m not that creative, this was easy to make
but thanks for the acclaim/applause
I made the fonts of the URLs slightly bigger, hope that works JDLT
that is how you should tag things when you do graf
if you do graf
Idea taken from itsthereal
What is a hipster?
Tumblr, you are wildly incorrect on what constitutes being a hipster. You’ve made up your own set of expectations and rules, which more or less is stereotyping. Furthermore, hipsterism has its roots in the Beat (not Beatnik!) movement.
Earlier on my dash, someone posted something about how triangles and helvetica made something hipster. In fact, this is more of a representation of memetic patterns than hipsterdom. People repeat the formulas of a popular idea and then apply their own rendition. Thus, it’s more in line with “meme culture” than anything historically hipster.
A more appropriate analogy of the Tumblr community’s pejorative use of “hipster” is the malicious use of the word “emo”. Truthfully, “emo” just meant emotional, and teenagers attacked their peers for, well, being teenagers. It didn’t help that the music was oftentimes terrible.
Hipsters, on the other hand, are defined by their rejection of popular culture while simultaneously finding identity in it. It’s a conundrum, but it’s easier to understand if you realize that mass culture and popular culture are not the same thing. Hipsters tend to revile mass culture while making their critique of it their popular culture. Add to this their enjoyment of what could be called “indie culture” and how that, too, integrates into their popular culture. In short, making pictures with lyrics from shitty bands is not hipster.
What is with triangles being associated with hipsters?
Stephan Virgil was lighting it up in the secondary last year. He’s adding more help this year and Rock Carmichael is more of the INT threat. Heavy-handed Virgil joke.
