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C Chongolio Member The Coast of Kauai Joined: Oct 02, 2002 Posts: 2765	C Chongolio Posted posted on Thu, Mar 6, 2003 3:18 PM This was in the paper today. it may clear things up for those of you who really care. Hipster quiz So, are you a hipster? Or even a reasonable facsimile thereof? If you have never kissed a person of the same gender, or if you tend to buy greatest-hits albums, things don’t look promising. According to the "Handbook," a "yes" to any of the following dooms you to the hipster version of the Lake of Fire. You’re closer to hip surgery than hipster. Do you read novels with raised lettering on the cover? Do you say "think outside the box" or "ducks in a row"? Do you use the "high five"? Do you go out in public with an iguana, snake or ferret around your neck? Do you like cocktails with suggestive or dirty names? For men only: Do you wear your hair in a ponytail? Have you ever considered botox, implants or cosmetic surgery? Do you like college football? Do you frequent bars with dartboards? If you gathered more than a couple of nos, fine, you’re not a total stiff. But you’re still several goatees away from being a hipster. Yes answers to the following questions will bring you closer to the hipster elite. Do you now or have you ever worked as a record-store clerk, bike courier, production assistant, Web designer or massage therapist? Have you ever faked a European accent at a job interview? Are you a fan of Maggie Estep, Jim Jarmusch, Jeff Tweedy and/or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Do you own tiki-style cocktail glasses? Do you prefer the Italian Vogue to the American version? Do you know what http://www.nerve.com is? Do you enjoy declaring random things, like vodka martinis or exercise, passé? However elite they may be, hipsters aren’t a homogenous bloc, like the Kiwanis. "The Hipster Handbook" breaks down the various types you might be expected to run across from the style-conscious trust-funder (the UTF), the networking, career-minded party animal (the Schmooze), the blue-collar beer-guzzling hipster (the Bipster) and the bookish, super-serious, politically minded coffeehouse blowhard (the Polit). See the whole article here: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/March/06/style/stories/01style.htm

This was in the paper today. it may clear things up for those of you who really care.

Hipster quiz
So, are you a hipster? Or even a reasonable facsimile thereof? If you have never kissed a person of the same gender, or if you tend to buy greatest-hits albums, things don’t look promising.

According to the "Handbook," a "yes" to any of the following dooms you to the hipster version of the Lake of Fire. You’re closer to hip surgery than hipster.

Do you read novels with raised lettering on the cover?
Do you say "think outside the box" or "ducks in a row"?
Do you use the "high five"?
Do you go out in public with an iguana, snake or ferret around your neck?
Do you like cocktails with suggestive or dirty names?
For men only: Do you wear your hair in a ponytail?
Have you ever considered botox, implants or cosmetic surgery?
Do you like college football?
Do you frequent bars with dartboards?

If you gathered more than a couple of nos, fine, you’re not a total stiff. But you’re still several goatees away from being a hipster.

Yes answers to the following questions will bring you closer to the hipster elite.

Do you now or have you ever worked as a record-store clerk, bike courier, production assistant, Web designer or massage therapist?
Have you ever faked a European accent at a job interview?
Are you a fan of Maggie Estep, Jim Jarmusch, Jeff Tweedy and/or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
Do you own tiki-style cocktail glasses?
Do you prefer the Italian Vogue to the American version?
Do you know what http://www.nerve.com is?
Do you enjoy declaring random things, like vodka martinis or exercise, passé?

However elite they may be, hipsters aren’t a homogenous bloc, like the Kiwanis. "The Hipster Handbook" breaks down the various types you might be expected to run across from the style-conscious trust-funder (the UTF), the networking, career-minded party animal (the Schmooze), the blue-collar beer-guzzling hipster (the Bipster) and the bookish, super-serious, politically minded coffeehouse blowhard (the Polit).

See the whole article here:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2003/March/06/style/stories/01style.htm

Post #25546 by Chongolio on Thu, Mar 6, 2003 3:18 PM