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[pearwaldorf]

What exactly are hipsters?

AHHAHAHAHAAAA. I'm sorry. I just find it utterly inconceivable that somebody moving to the Pacific Northwest wouldn't know what a hipster is.

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[aprilbegins.livejournal.com]

*coughs* I've never been quite sure myself

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

Signs you may be a hipster (http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/the_nonexpert_hipster.php)

Hipster bingo (http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/bingo.html)

Does that help?

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

Miller High Life is hip now? Oh crap, Leland won't be happy...

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess PBR's finally gotten old. And I guess it truly is hipster, now that Bishop's is serving it instead of PBR.

[foxtrot318.livejournal.com]

I'm with April on not knowing (though I'm from Nebraska, so maybe that excuses my ignorance)..

But this:
>>A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.<<
from http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/

::snort:: remind me not to move to the Pacific Northwest and/or try to 'become' a hipster... at least not without losing 100+ pounds

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

I think that only applies to men - particularly, the kind of man who shows off his stick-thin figure in super-tight black jeans and t-shirts - because I would say that most of the hipster women I see in Portland are chubby.

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

Because I can't stop replying to this post:

SIGNS THAT YOU ARE A PORTLAND HIPSTER

* Your favourite bars are Holocene and Porky's.

* ...And you claim that you went to Porky's before it was hip.

* You can frequently be seen on Mississippi Street, even though three years ago you never would have even considered setting foot in North Portland.

* ...And now you call it "NoPo."

* You attend PCC Cascade not because it's cheaper, but because it's in "NoPo" and closer to Porky's and Mississippi.

* You actually think PSU has a "scene."

* You shun the Pearl District for being "too corporate" but have no problem with 23rd.

Any more?

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

And more!

* You're a DJ.

* And you only use vinyl.

* You have said the following: "Have you heard [80s pop band that has not had a real hit in 10+ years]'s new album? It's amazing."

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

AHHAHAHHAAA.

(I hear the latest New Order album sucks.)

[mydarkstar.livejournal.com]

(Julian AND DJ Gino both claim that the new Tears for Fears is awesome. They're also two of the most hipsterish people I know, so there you go.)

I have more!

* You tried to sell your clothes at Buffalo Exchange and they actually took more than half of them.

* You only get your hair cut at Bishops.

* You're vaguely aware that there's more to Portland than 23rd, the Pearl, Hawthorne/Belmont, Clinton, Alberta, and Mississippi, but it's not like you've ever seen any of it.

* You've actually bought clothes at any of the places reviewed in the Mercury Fashion Issue.

* The Mercury is the only newspaper you will read.