Thanks to the keen eyes of The Daily Swarm, we recently got a glimpse of the hilarious eHow article “How to Be a Music Hipster.” The guide includes such helpful tips as, “Create a livejournal account and join the group ‘indie exchange,’” and “For songs that will make you cool at a party, check out The Hood Internet and MAD DECENT.” Impressed by the deep insight of writer “tronjavolta,” we searched eHow for other articles on hipsterdom in hopes of understanding this mysterious subculture. Lo and behold, eHow is kind of obsessed with hipsters! Our search yielded pages and pages of entries. After the jump, check out excerpts of the most notable, hilarious (intentionally or otherwise) guides and adjust your tragically un-hip life accordingly.
(We’re sorry. We can’t simply excerpt this one. The full article is a must-read.)
How to Argue Music with a Hipster
How to Find a Job as a Hipster
How to Be a Hipster, a Real Hipster
(Yes, that is actually the title of this article.)
Comments (21)
Wow. Who’s obsessed about hipsters? Does it never get old? Cause I find it agonizingly dull. I swear I’ve seen the content of this article every year for the past decade. Did you need reprint it? You all have much more interesting things to write about for chrissakes.
If I see another article from you criticizing “hipsters”, I’m unsubscribing. The only people who think this is an actual thing are morons.
This is hilarious! How to be a hipster, a real hipster…..priceless.
Is there any How-To that explains “How To Make Hipsters Go Away Forever”? Because that’s the one I’d use.
“Hannah • August 5th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
If I see another article from you criticizing “hipsters”, I’m unsubscribing. The only people who think this is an actual thing are morons.”
Spoken like true hipster douchebags! Well done Hannah and drain!
Great article btw mocking hipsters never ever gets old!
I’m sure I’m the only one who will say this, but I like to read about hipsters because I wish I was one. They seem to have a cool life.
lol at Hannah… your threats are so sincere! please dont unsubscribe! the website will crash!! 0_o
get lost, hipster.
Is this 1993?
Jane, I find your honesty blisteringly amazing. I too, have always felt that way. When I read articles about hipsters, I feel a little bit closer to a group that I know I could never be a part of. I also think its really interesting from a sociological standpoint.
Jane and James, hipsters are just nerds in uniform–the uniform gives them a sense of belonging from which they can look down on others. The hipster pose is hostile, fearful, boring and unimaginative. Believe me, the most interesting, fun people don’t give themselves to a subculture.
Myspace, faux hawks, trucker hats? how old is this dumb fucking article?
Of course it’s fun to mock hipsters. I haven’t seen goths in years! The whole hipster thing is always everything but what it Should be, really. The fact that “they don’t care” about anything or labels should mean everyone is easily “accepted.” Instead, they turn up their noses to anyone not “indie” enough. I LIKE Converse shoes, they bring back awesome memories. So I sometimes wear them I see hipster types looking at me like “ugh, get a clue.” And I just think to myself ” ‘ugh’ get a life.” Besides, everything has a brand name so it doesn’t matter what decade you bought it in, really. And if you’re thinking “you just want to be us.” Wrong, lol. I wear what I want and when I want to. If I look like I just rolled out of bed it’s because I did and had no time to get prim and proper. Oh, and Pabst Blue Ribbon is a watery disaster of a beer – there, I said it.
Not to sound like a hipster, but isn’t it ironic that “Hannah” is such a hipster-like name?
To NoOneYouKnow,
Yeah, I have heard that, and sometimes it seems like the case. Unfortunately, in this zeitgeist, the most interesting and fun people are still placed within a subculture by those around them. Even hipsters usually won’t admit to being hipsters. I have always worn strange clothing and acted like a nerd, because I have always been a nerd and I am comfortable with that. But I still get called a hipster regularly. I think there are interesting and fun “hipsters” out there too and its a bit closed-minded to say there are not.
Obsessed with a label?
I laughed when I read “skinny panta”, there called skinny JEANS. xD
And no, I am not a hipperster, I much prefer wearing what I want when I want. I wear my own personality. :)
Okay, hipsters…… what is going on with the beards. I mean REALLY? Really? It’s the style to look like a mountain man now?
i have same question as judy …
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if you hate hipster you are hipster
no offense but i dont really see how peyton has ever been there for brooke
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