Hipster rant, as promised.

[cassiacat]

So, I've been conducting something of a social experiment lately, but it hasn't really gone the way I thought it would.  I've been telling this little story to hipsters and people who are not hipsters but who are familiar with the subculture:

A friend gave me this book called 'The Hipster Handbook'.  It's kind of a like a field guide, studying the

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[haldira]

Tom's of Maine is the best toothpaste ever! Colgate, crest? Why would I brush my teeth with SUGAR? Pointless!

:)

[cassiacat]

You would use Tom's, you fucking hipster! ;)

[haldira]

But, but...I like killing bunnies and eating meat!

[cassiacat]

Nope, too bad. You use Tom's; therefore you are a fucking hipster. Fucking hipster.

[caropal]

Um, my mom uses Tom's of Maine... but she also does the Cabbage Patch Dance to Ricky Martin. So how does that fit in?

(I'm definitely not a hipster, but I smiled and though of a mildly clever (to me) retort, if that skews your scale a little.)

[cassiacat]

If she does the Cabbage Patch Dance to Ricky Martin to be ironic, or if at the very least her doing the Cabbage Patch Dance to Ricky Martin can be *construed* as ironic, then your mom is a fucking hipster.

Alright, now I must hear your mildly clever retort! Spill!

[caropal]

Well, uh... Holy shit! You're right! My entire perception of my mother has been completely altered. I shall tell her that she must become vegetarian and develop an eating disorder, post haste!

Well, it would be something more appropriate in a conversation, rather than a snarky stand-alone comment on livejournal. A snort, and a, "Well, clearly, you hypocrite... HA! Hip-ocrite. Oh, man, I'm hilarious..." See? And it would be an unplanned (unoriginal, as shown by your post) pun, as I almost always realize them after the fact. And then giggle to myself for ages.
Can't you just WAIT to meet me??

[cassiacat]

So...if you think it's funny *and* you're going to use the hip-ocrite joke on me, that makes you *and* your mom hipsters. Damn. It must run in the family.

[madcorbin]

I was offended by this, but then I realized that means I'm not a hipster, which consequently made me happy.

Fucking hipsters.

[cassiacat]

I love the fact that you will pretend to be offended by something just so you can be a not-hipster.