The Difference: A hipster makes a point to outwardly make it apparent what there TASTES are as a way of socially constructing their identity. Much the same way a douchebag yuppie would use objects, such as a red corvette or antique oak coffee table, to construct their social identity. This is in opposition of being a genuine person.

You may say, "Hey, I like red corvettes, or the latest music, or hip clothes, or fixed gears." Well so do I. Just don't use them as supplements for having genuine character…or a small johnson.

James Spader

I don’t like this article for different reasons than most so far. I don’t feel like any person or groups of people should be classified as a “type of thing” regardless if they have a signed labeled “HIPSTER” taped on to their plaid flannel or not. Hey, some people just REALLY like plaid (me)! This article makes me feel like you’re giving me instructions on how to become friends with people who I might consider to be “hipsters” and that all the people who do fit that bill are one and the same. I think if you’re going to write an article that celebrates the paradigmatically open-minded, and “liberal” lifestyle that some young adults conform to then write about what it is all really about (eg. freedom of expression in art or politics, or whatever it means to you). Drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon has nothing to do with “being a hipster” and while I read that I felt like you really have no idea as to what you are writing about. In fact, I’d love to read an unbiased article that supports and portrays this type of lifestyle. But all being said, I just don’t like the way you took a demographic of people with common interests and called them a “type of thing” because of the x number of things they have in common. I love to drink wine, does that make me an alocholic? No. Then I cannot be a hipster for wearing a lot of plaid and enjoying cheap beer either unless I run around screaming, “I am a hipster”, or if someone else judges me by acknowledging that I must be a “hipster” if I talk the talk and walk the walk. I didn’t mean to get all metaphysical about the identity of a thing, and I’m not saying your article sucks, but what I’m trying to say is that I disagree with your reasoning. You did not properply defend “hipsters”; you just added more stigma for those who try to follow their own paths in life, and encouraged others to categorize people for what they are and not who they are.

They do sometimes throw fun parties though, I can't lie.

I'm not a hater, until you personally do something to me. I don't care how you look, or what group you're part of, or what brand of shoes you wear, or other useless shit like that. It's stupid to dislike someone just because they're different from you.