Post #637991 by JOHN-O on Fri, May 25, 2012 11:36 PM

On 2012-05-25 10:21, lucas vigor wrote:
"Hipsters" is exactly what modern tiki afficionados are.

Lucas, is that you finally coming out of the closet ?? !! :)

The term "hipster" has come to be like the term "Yuppie". At first it's kind of cool there's a specific label for the social demographic you might fall into but after a while it accumulates negative baggage. Then everyone talks about them but NO ONE will admit to being one.

Maybe "Tikiphile" will come to mean former "Punker" who is now a "Yuppie" but who really wants to be a "Hipster" (but who has grown too old to be labeled as such). And like these labels, if you're really defensive that's not you, THEN IT REALLY IS YOU. :D

Edit - And Lucas please don't read into that last paragraph as being directed toward you. It's more of a rhetorical question. Actually I think of you more as the grumpy old man at the dive bar but in your case 20 years ahead of the curve. :)

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-05-26 00:17 ]