Why so much hate?
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- Pixter0
Fixed gears and no brakes. Trend over function.
I think hipsters are adults feeling some late need for self-assertion. No need to hate then, though.
- zoozoo0
because the trendies are followers and have no soul.
they bike not to enjoy biking but to fit in with another trend.
- So are you some fashion leader? You don't follow any trends? I guess you'd classify yourself as a trailblazer?MarleyMarl
- no. im old and dont give a shit.zoozoo
- what does riding a bike have to do with soul? what a jokescarabin
- dumbass its an example of trend following i could have also used a musical genre or other pop itemzoozoo
- ask the trendies scarabin.uuuuuu
- the convo is using bikes at the moment. or have u not noticed?zoozoo
- riding a bike to have soul is trend following. it's believing in a marketed image. at least hipsters are victims of themselvesscarabin
- riding bike is fun. riding bike to seem cool sucks.zoozoo
- jesus christ this is elementary. who are u people? lolzoozoo
- Irony at it's best zoozoo.MarleyMarl
- stop antagonizing me stupid asszoozoo
- Antagonizing? No. Poking holes in your argument? Yes.MarleyMarl
- your stupidzoozoo
- you are stupidzoozoo
- you are really stupidzoozoo
- CALLES0
besides im not gonna hate on the ufc or capoeira crowd. they'll kick my ass... this is a lot more feasible
- uuuuuu0
the hipster joke is old, so are most hipsters.
- *cymbal crashprophetone
- where's the ba dum ba...?uuuuuu
- Irony at it's best zoozoo.MarleyMarl
- marley you need to loosen up a touch yauuuuuu
- zoozoo0
primo>marley marl
- oey0
Among other stuff sometimes I also repair regular bicycles, like flat tires, brakes and other daily problem from the regular everyday client.
The guys there also build custom fixed gear bikes.
They are old school anarchist and hardcore punks, the hate that hipster shit and all fashion.
They just love bikes, BMX, fixed, old school Dutch bikes, custom bikes, whatever...
It's the best place in Amsterdam to get a bike!
- oey0
Really nice bike by the way.
I also have a fixed gear, they gave it to me as a present. 60's RIH frame. It's in the garage for 6 months now...
Hehehehe!- You have a fixed gear? You must be a hipster then. According to QBN law you are.MarleyMarl
- Well, I'm not. But I also have a beard and tattoos...oey
- I'm making a logo for a fixed gear brand and made two logos for bike polo teams.oey
- hehehe!oey
- Raniator0
Do people here confuse Hipsters with just being individual. Sure, some of the outfits these guys and gals wear are a little 'out there' but come one, how many of you wear plain black t-shirts, black jeans and shitty black shoes every day of your lives?
So what if 'they' are unapproachable, arty-farty types who smoke rollups and like hats. Better than looking like any other boring cunt on the planet if you ask me.
- MrT0
There's always backlash towards something fashionable. If you're old enough to remember, there was at the time towards goths, baggies, homeboys, shoegazers, wearing North Face everything (whatever that was called) etc etc etc. It just appears so much more prevalent and acidic because of the web which is marvellous for taking the piss and generally disliking.
IMHO.
- Hombre_Lobo0
I certainly dont hate hipsters, I have friends who are hipsters.
What does annoy me about hipsters is that its not like they are going for a certain look. I can understand why people dress a certain way, like Goth's, teddy boy's, emo, punks etc What annoys me about hipsters is that it seems they will wear anything to try and look different, cool or individual. Then again I suppose much like the other styles (goth emo etc), they are just trying to fit in with fellow fashionistas of the same style.
But hey it would be a pretty shit world were people couldn't wear what they want.
- dan53820
To hate is to truly know your inner hipster.
- vaxorcist0
the oldest joke in the world is the "rebel individualists" watching and wearing the same stuff as the other "rebel individualists"
I think there's a Mark Twain quote about nonconformists hating other nonconformists who don't conform to their standard of nonconformity....
- jacklalane0
That's a sweet bike. The only thing I will hate on is the improper seat position - too far forward. Maybe they are compensating for wrong frame size.
- detritus0
It's not the bike alone, it's the whole ensemble, which no matter how pushed, no matter how personalised, merely across as a uniform for the self-involved and socially weak.
The culture serves to consolidate the awkward truth that we haven't suffered a 'proper' existential threat for so long that we've let our younger selves become increasingly effete and emasculated, to the point of dandy-esque ludicrousness.
When I see a guy dressed like Where's Wally in lederhosen, at the height of a London winter, shivering as he gets on to the train because he's gone out in fucking shorts and light shoes, of course I'm going to be filled with hate.
it's not because I hate myself (I mean, I do), it's because I despair at our collective future,
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That said, I'm hoping to get a single speed wooden bike this year.
:D
- love itmonospaced
- nailed it.Claymantis
- nicely saidvaxorcist
- so a proper war should blow those hipsters out of existence, is that what you're saying?_salisae_
- Basically, yes.
We need a modern Somme.
:|detritus
- prophetone0
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280…
related... funny tumblr of a bitter old man skater...
http://whyidontskateboard.tumblr…- apparently my jpg embed skills are insufficient, i'm new hereprophetone
- doesnotexist0
i think it's more about the fact that they're unsafe. didn't berlin ban them? not having brakes is totally uncool.
also, "hipsters" have the stereotype of having mommy & daddy pay for everything. like fixies and their rent.
- ThePublics0
what a faggoty thread.
- Homophobe.i_monk
- lol...how exactly am I a homophobe?ThePublics
- tgqt0
I believe that by 'hating' on hipsters one is able to disassociate themselves from being a hipster. Classifying someone else negatively they also free themselves from the negative associations they are making.
"Look at the hipsters" is a self proclamation of "I am not a Hipster" and who really cares anyway.
- good point. "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. "Hombre_Lobo
- wayne dyer said that apparently.Hombre_Lobo
- look at the big brain on tgqtzoozoo
- oey0
shut up pubics!