The Starbucks Experience

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

That's because Detroit hipsters wouldn't be caught dead in a Starbucks.

This.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

That's because Detroit hipsters wouldn't be caught dead in a Starbucks.

Originally Posted by AGDee

This.

I'm confused. Honestly, I've really never heard of the term "hipster" before. I was just thinking that you guys meant "hippy". I didn't know there were Detroit hipters, Novi hipters, Westbloom hipters.... Totally confused.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I'm confused. Honestly, I've really never heard of the term "hipster" before. I was just thinking that you guys meant "hippy". I didn't know there were Detroit hipters, Novi hipters, Westbloom hipters.... Totally confused.

From the Urban Dictionary -
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=2705928

Short version - (also from UrbanDictionary.com)

hipster - 2. Hipster's can't be defined because then they'd fit in a category, and thus be too mainstream.
3. Someone who listens to bands you've never heard of, wears ironic tee-shirts, and believes they are better than you.

In other words - if since you asked, you must not be a hipster.
(I am obviously a geek and not one either...)

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by HQWest

From the Urban Dictionary -
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=2705928

Short version - (also from UrbanDictionary.com)

hipster - 2. Hipster's can't be defined because then they'd fit in a category, and thus be too mainstream.
3. Someone who listens to bands you've never heard of, wears ironic tee-shirts, and believes they are better than you.

In other words - if since you asked, you must not be a hipster.
(I am obviously a geek and not one either...)

lol
I read the whole thing. Thank you for posting this. I've seen them before, but I didn't pay much attention to them. I've never seen them at the Starbucks I go to, though. The only people who I see there, who are...well...kind of different, are the two chess players who come in all the time. They both look like "Dungeons & Dragons" people. Based on the information you've posted, hipsters don't seem any different from the hippies of the late 60s and early 70s.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

lol
Based on the information you've posted, hipsters don't seem any different from the hippies of the late 60s and early 70s.

They're not at all the same.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

They're not at all the same.

That's why I said "based on what I read" they don't "seem" to be any different.....

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

That's why I said "based on what I read" they don't "seem" to be any different.....

There's a lot of differences. I was a hipster in my younger years and my friends and I weren't into anything near the hippie counterculture. Maybe shared an affinity for Volvo or Subaru station wagons but that's about it..

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by HQWest

From the Urban Dictionary -
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=2705928

Short version - (also from UrbanDictionary.com)

hipster - 2. Hipster's can't be defined because then they'd fit in a category, and thus be too mainstream.
3. Someone who listens to bands you've never heard of, wears ironic tee-shirts, and believes they are better than you.

In other words - if since you asked, you must not be a hipster.
(I am obviously a geek and not one either...)

#2 is perfect. And yeah, the "listens to bands you've never heard of" takes care of half of Seattle, and most of Portland. Except for people who maybe appreciate the occasional Kanye/Katy Perry/Disco/80s "ironically." I swear, everyone I know listens to alternative or public radio here (myself included, but I also listen to Top 40 and country).

If you've ever watched the IFC show "Portlandia," it is filled with hipsters. Here's one example - notice all the glasses (Wieden + Kennedy is really Nike's advertising agency): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPt5P3CYY4