Jan
25

Harvard study says the secret to being a hipster is something you've probably never heard of

Since everybody’s been trying to define what a hipster is for years now, let’s put the issue to bed, because Harvard’s spoken, and that means science has decided to take it from here, thanks.

Basically, the secret to being hip is that your tastes not line up with those of any of your friends. They use The Decemberists’ in the following, totally-outdated-you-guys example: If you like The Decemberists and none of your friends know who they are, hey hipster! Once one of your friends starts jamming to The Legionnaire’s Lament however, sorry friend. You’ll have to get into something else nobody’s heard of.

So apparently, I’m a total hipster until one of my friends starts liking Metronomy, at which point I will declare the band lame and old and move onto the next thing.

So basically, just be a bit of a haughty, exclusionary asshat, and congratulations, you’re a hipster! Since this was science that got to the bottom of this and not just society that decided that a lazy catchall of a phrase used by people who are afraid of plastic-framed glasses and so-called “twee culture” defines “those people” to a T, you know it’s true. So there you go.

Source fark.com

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