Hipster Douchebag: is there a threshold?

[slatergirl]

I've been wondering if it's possible to descend, slowly and unnoticed into the land of hipster douchebag.    Is there some line that you can see coming?

• Recently, i was hanging out in a slightly hipster-y neighbourhood in Seattle and I suddenly realize i'm wearing skinny-type jeans and flip-flops. 
• Walking to slightly pretentious sushi restaurant

Comments

[hey_its_dave]

http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/types-of-hipsters-part-one/

[janna_lagomorph]

Sounds like we're *all* hipsters - eee gads!

[sharolyn]

I don't know, but if I catch you wearing arm warmers, I'm going to shoot you for your own good.

Also: http://www.latfh.com/

[bebby]

I don't have an answer to your question. But I'd like to chat about the word itself. I recently used this word in a speech (for school) and someone younger than me provided me with feedback and said that I shouldn't use words like that. Not everyone knows what a hipster is.

But the word has been around since (and perhaps even before) the 1920s. Even my grandpa can define hipster - it makes him sound like a modern with-it kind of guy.

But gosh darn it. The word hipster isn't all that hip. At the same time I don't think there is anything wrong with having you take on certain specific hipster qualities. But I'm with Sharolyn on the whole arm warmers thing.

[the_megstress]

Trust funds and sense of *absolute entitlement* are usually the defining characteristics to push you over the edge...