Wow, taking Mangle off ignore proved to be entertaining.
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Originally Posted by Mangle
You didn't read the article. Not to mention, we still have bonafide hippies some 40 years after Woodstock and punks 30 years after the Sex Pistols.
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And there are still metalheads 20 years after Metallica, and Rivetheads 15 years after Nine Inch Nails. And Ravers 10 years after Prodigy.
[quote] The difference is hipsters have no agenda or rallying points. The article makes the point that they are the end result of every other subculture, with no real music (since they can't agree on the Animal Collective)[quote]
Disco kids couldn't agree on Donna Summer. Goths couldn't agree on Marilyn Manson. Ravers couldn't agree on Oakenfold.
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or easily identifiable clothing fad (like hemp and dreads for hippies and piercings/mohawks/leather jackets for punks).
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all-over-print, dressing like you just got there from the gym, unbroken brims on caps with the stickers still on, neon...
You don't understand how these trends go.
Pretty soon some flailer-in-training kids will pick up a copy of that adbusters and discover that hipsters are the cool thing, start calling themselves hipsters, and then you'll refuse to call yourself one because you don't want to be associated with all the stupid teenager shit that they all do.