What is hipster?

[firecat]

There is a company that sells printed magnetic sheets the size of your whole refrigerator*. This one depicts 35mm cameras, Converse basketball shoes, round glasses, something that looks like a cassette tape, and something else I can't parse. This particular magnet is called "hipsters set."

http://www.kudumagnets.com/hipsters-set

I thought I had an idea of what hipster is. But this makes me think that hipster is nostalgia for the 70s, and that's not what I thought it was.

*If you ask me, that takes all the fun out of refrigerator magnets.

Comments

[yarram]

"It's the stink of people desperately afraid that if they give up trying and just be who they are, their lives will be over."

Not to rain on your parade, but this is pretty much the thing that keeps QUILTBAGs in the closet. I do understand what you're pointing at, it's just that the phrasing bugs me, and I wanted to name for myself why.