The thing with these fashion trends is that there's always a percentage of people that never move on. I'm sure that these aliens can find the guys they're looking for somewhere.
I had a professor who never moved on from his hipster phase. Every once in a while he'd switch it up and wear tech bro sports jackets and graphic tees, like he was trying to branch out but he was more comfy with what he cultivated on his twenties and thirties lol
More like that's not what hipsters look like anymore. There's always hipsters, although given how strongly that word is associated with the 2010s they'll probably get called something else.
They're definitely out there. TikTok is actually pretty good for all these little micro niche communities at least as far as seeing people who are still keeping the culture alive.
My favourite kind of guy was always the Ed Hardy guy. Guys with bedazzled shirts, ripped jeans and blonde hair. Even better when they were 40+ years old. I think these people just vanished
That guy works in our building. He's got the beard, rolled up trouser legs to show pleather boots, tattoos and the hat, the whole nine yards. Btw, he's vegan
I briefly had a manbun in 2011 before they were a huge thing (I was like 20 or so and just wanted to grow my hair out, give me a break), I've had a curled handlebar mustache for shits and giggles, and I now use an Arch based OS (CachyOS btw).
Fuck CrossFit and fuck endurance sports, I was a sprinter swimmer until it injured my shoulders. I did have a brief vegan phase though. I still eat some of those recipes, but it's not a full time thing.
Hmmm let's see what else might check some boxes. I hate coffee, so not that.
Ah shit. Today is 3 years since I quit drinking, but I still drink (non alcoholic) IPAs. That's a massive check...
I'm currently wearing a plaid flannel. I have a full beard at the moment though, not just a stache.
Hmmm. Yea I'm at least part hipster. Hopefully not more than 50%
I also have one and it's great! Although I did buy it because a man so hipster that he literally listened to vinyl records at his desk recommended it. Tbf, he was spot on with many recommends
I remember when s guy tried to sue a news outlet for using his picture without permission for an article about how hipsters all look the same…and then it turned out that it wasn’t a picture of him
Funny story, though I do question the study they referred to, because there's different flavours of counter-culture that look pretty different from each other. Hipster is one, but there's also goth, emo, trench coat aesthetic, people who chase outdated trends, punk, metal, those who don't dress up any differently if they are going out or staying in, otaku (like the ones that wear clothes with hentai on them, I wouldn't call cosplaying a counter culture so much as a costume hobby unless cosplay wear is their default)...
All of those looks are very different from each other while not wanting to follow the main culture's trends and flaunting its definition of beauty.
And tbh, I'm not sure I'd even call hipsters a counter-culture. There was a desire to rebel, but looking at the aesthetic, I can't tell what they were really trying to rebel against. Looking sloppy? Business casual? Maybe it's because the aesthetic has been absorbed into the culture itself or maybe it was an advertiser-led "rebellion" in the first place? Or trying to be ahead of the curve means eventually the mainstream "catches up" and the look just looks normal now?
Also, thinking about it more, I wonder if the hilariously apt story was genuine or if someone there realized how they could really push their story by inventing an angry reader to prove their point.
I think the "hipster" look is alive an well with all the guys who opened overpriced barbecue or taco joints that serve whiskey and tequila. Trends fade because the people who keep to them grow old and the younger generation does something different to not be "like their parents" or gen whatever the fuck category people are bulked into.
Eventually performative males will eventually open matcha and boba tea shops. To than be replaced by something else people can make fun of for 10 years.
TBF I have nothing against the hipster look - except for the various beards and 'staches. I tried it: a sculpted beard is a fuckton of work, like a second hairdo basically. It also requires appropriate growth; not all men have it.
I wish. Everyone's doing those little mustaches now. We've stumbled backwards from the peak fashion of the Lumberjack Sheek 1970s to the Saddam Lip look of the 1980s.
The thing with these fashion trends is that there's always a percentage of people that never move on. I'm sure that these aliens can find the guys they're looking for somewhere.
I had a professor who never moved on from his hipster phase. Every once in a while he'd switch it up and wear tech bro sports jackets and graphic tees, like he was trying to branch out but he was more comfy with what he cultivated on his twenties and thirties lol
wait, what, hipsters are not cool anymore?
They were, until everyone else started doing it.
More like that's not what hipsters look like anymore. There's always hipsters, although given how strongly that word is associated with the 2010s they'll probably get called something else.
they may have dropped the flannel shirts, but there is more hipster barbershops in my neighborhood than starving people in north korea...
Were they ever?
I haven’t seen a scene girl with stripey hair in so long.
probably all turned to goth
Yes goth is the next pokemon stage before evolving into witchy crochet cat lady.
🎶It's the circle of life🎶
There is also the Goth2Boss evolution pathway as an alternative.
Saw one at the grocery store a few weeks ago.
All is well in god’s earth.
Most of the scene girls I've seen/hung out with are newer edition girls.
They're definitely out there. TikTok is actually pretty good for all these little micro niche communities at least as far as seeing people who are still keeping the culture alive.
Belgium! They are all in Belgium.
My favourite kind of guy was always the Ed Hardy guy. Guys with bedazzled shirts, ripped jeans and blonde hair. Even better when they were 40+ years old. I think these people just vanished
Exactly, they are all in Portland, OR.
Is the dream of the 90s still alive in Portland?
1890s...
https://youtu.be/0_HGqPGp9iY
I was gonna say that is not a dead look in Vancouver either.
It's practical when you live in a temperate rainforest.
Just come to Eastern Europe where every trend arrives a decade later.
https://imgur.com/gallery/when-netflixs-new-release-turns-out-to-be-old-tv-show-nLCBsoz
Yep. And more likely in large cities than the rugged outback.
That guy works in our building. He's got the beard, rolled up trouser legs to show pleather boots, tattoos and the hat, the whole nine yards. Btw, he's vegan
that seals the deal, he is the one.
Lissan al-Gaib!
Made me laugh in the middle of a restaurant, thanks 🤣
Flip the phone over and get back to your date!
Hot
Good for him.
Ask him if he uses Arch btw. I want him to be a crossover hipster/neckbeard nerd
Fuck. I'm catching strays over here.
I briefly had a manbun in 2011 before they were a huge thing (I was like 20 or so and just wanted to grow my hair out, give me a break), I've had a curled handlebar mustache for shits and giggles, and I now use an Arch based OS (CachyOS btw).
Do you do CrossFit, run marathons, are vegan?
Fuck CrossFit and fuck endurance sports, I was a sprinter swimmer until it injured my shoulders. I did have a brief vegan phase though. I still eat some of those recipes, but it's not a full time thing.
Hmmm let's see what else might check some boxes. I hate coffee, so not that.
Ah shit. Today is 3 years since I quit drinking, but I still drink (non alcoholic) IPAs. That's a massive check...
I'm currently wearing a plaid flannel. I have a full beard at the moment though, not just a stache.
Hmmm. Yea I'm at least part hipster. Hopefully not more than 50%
Sorry bro, beards are definitely part of the hipster look. They just need to be well kept. XD
And ask him to empty his V60 coffee filter and put it on the draining board when he's done with it
I just searched this, and um, yeah, I know what I'm getting for my birthday - thanks!
I also have one and it's great! Although I did buy it because a man so hipster that he literally listened to vinyl records at his desk recommended it. Tbf, he was spot on with many recommends
thats the sad problem with hipsters, they're actually really interesting people
I really love is comics, say hi next time you see him
"Portland, y'all want Portland."
The fuck is a portland?
Is that some store selling hipster clothes?
It's a city on the US
There's a documentary about it:
https://youtu.be/U4hShMEk1Ew
There was even a sequel:
https://youtu.be/0_HGqPGp9iY
"That's it boys, back to Hipsilon 7."
Deep Space 90s
I remember when s guy tried to sue a news outlet for using his picture without permission for an article about how hipsters all look the same…and then it turned out that it wasn’t a picture of him
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5046925/man-angry-his-photo-was-used-to-prove-all-hipsters-look-alike-then-learns-it-wasn-t-him-1.5046933
Funny story, though I do question the study they referred to, because there's different flavours of counter-culture that look pretty different from each other. Hipster is one, but there's also goth, emo, trench coat aesthetic, people who chase outdated trends, punk, metal, those who don't dress up any differently if they are going out or staying in, otaku (like the ones that wear clothes with hentai on them, I wouldn't call cosplaying a counter culture so much as a costume hobby unless cosplay wear is their default)...
All of those looks are very different from each other while not wanting to follow the main culture's trends and flaunting its definition of beauty.
And tbh, I'm not sure I'd even call hipsters a counter-culture. There was a desire to rebel, but looking at the aesthetic, I can't tell what they were really trying to rebel against. Looking sloppy? Business casual? Maybe it's because the aesthetic has been absorbed into the culture itself or maybe it was an advertiser-led "rebellion" in the first place? Or trying to be ahead of the curve means eventually the mainstream "catches up" and the look just looks normal now?
Also, thinking about it more, I wonder if the hilariously apt story was genuine or if someone there realized how they could really push their story by inventing an angry reader to prove their point.
Trends are cyclic. They could just wait it out.
Or, you know, just go to Portland
Nah that's too far away
The Dream of the 90s is Alive in Portland
I feel like this is the newer variant Performative males for this era?
I think the "hipster" look is alive an well with all the guys who opened overpriced barbecue or taco joints that serve whiskey and tequila. Trends fade because the people who keep to them grow old and the younger generation does something different to not be "like their parents" or gen whatever the fuck category people are bulked into.
Eventually performative males will eventually open matcha and boba tea shops. To than be replaced by something else people can make fun of for 10 years.
Also dads who took up brewing as a hobby (at least around here)
I want to be friends with all of those guys.
Omg I love WikiHow
TBF I have nothing against the hipster look - except for the various beards and 'staches. I tried it: a sculpted beard is a fuckton of work, like a second hairdo basically. It also requires appropriate growth; not all men have it.
yeh and keeping the 3rd area properly trimmed takes fucking practice.
stakes are much higher on that one.
Hey now there's also my method, which is to say I keep my beard clean but by the time I trim it down again it's looking right feral.
The beards stayed
I wish. Everyone's doing those little mustaches now. We've stumbled backwards from the peak fashion of the Lumberjack Sheek 1970s to the Saddam Lip look of the 1980s.
That's because all the good trees are gone and we live in a giant parking lot. We can't be living a lie, now
Sheek? Did you mean "chic"?
Guy with a baseball cap, beard, and sunglasses is default mode these days
"wdy mean they're all wearing clothes and have hair on their bodies"
Edit 14h laters; none of the aliens even have beards
I must have missed my ride back to the mothership.
A decade? I thought it was closer to two decades.
I feel like I was still seeing hipsters up until the mid 2010s.
I interviewed for a surgery residency in Brooklyn in 2014, and one of the attendings came with a huge beard, flannel shirt, the whole deal.
Some say fashion is cyclical, but maybe it's topology is triangular, or a Klein bottle.
2006 was defiantly had them
In defiance of whom? 😉
I’m glad this is dead.
Hipsters are dead. Nice.