Post #742739 by AceExplorer on Mon, May 11, 2015 6:07 AM

On 2015-05-11 03:53, tikiskip wrote:
Saw a Starbucks coconut coffee mug the other day, the end is nigh.

Skip - I see that two ways - good news that tiki is getting further into the mainstream consciousness, and bad from the standpoint that tiki is being kitsched-out in the mainstream consciousness. But then I immediately think of how the whole mid-century tiki think was kitsched out in and of itself, so we may be in the sweet spot of where we want to be.

I took some photos this past Friday of plastic tiki "mugs" and coconuts being sold at Wal-Mart. I will post them later when I get some more time.

On 2015-05-11 03:34, tikijackskeleton wrote:
Now that they have the cash flow in better jobs after all these years, they're more than happy to wax nostalgia over tiki bars and get into scene.

So stop with the stupid hipster hate, folks. Hipster isn't even a proper way to describe these, or any folks. It's usually the catch all to describe someone who simply is not like yourself. And in a subculture like Tiki, we really shouldn't be hating on others.

So how about we curb the hate for new blood, cause Uh-oha knows that we're going to need a next generation of tiki lovers to keep the craft going in a few years.

tikijackskellington - I think you made many good points. For the record, I don't hate hipsters. But they're fun to poke fun at because they are so in-your-face trying to look and act a certain way and they're easy to spot. It's like the emo and old punk groups - they really stood out. And many tiki folks either are, or have become, fairly keen observers. And hipsters (or whatever we call them) seem to be getting caught up in that. I have never met an a-hole hipster, they're all trying to do the same thing I am at a tiki venue -- have some good drinks and have some good times with friends. They don't seem to look down on me, and I don't look down on them, although I do see common traits with beards, suspenders, certain hats, etc. But some of them hang with phenomenally good-looking women, and that brings up the quality of my surroundings, and they're generally friendly. I do admit to having a sense of humor, and hopefully I don't offend anybody. But I never ever feel "hate" towards anyone, and I hope you can see where I'm coming from. Just trying to have some good-natured fun.

On another note, hipsters and others are important fuel for the economic machine that helps keep tiki places open and profitable. I'd be pretty stoopid if I didn't acknowledge that. So hang in there with us, tolerate the finger-poking and rib-tickling you'll occasionally see here, and let's continue to have a good time and welcome one and all into our tiki places. Reality is such that there will always be a few who don't fit in, or who behave badly at times, or who don't handle their alcohol well. That's part of the bar scene, and I overlook it no matter how bad it may seem at times. Those things are rare.

Cheerio!