That certainly exists in many other genres. Just look at guys who ride Harleys or people who play golf. Both adorn themselves in costumes to gain acceptance from other costume wearers.
I wasn’t equating them to hipsters other than their fondness like dressing like each other. And, yes, they love them but it seems that also leads to their hating others, particularly Asian bikes.But most people who love Harleys really, really love them. Know a lot about them. Might even be able to repair them.
That’s very unhipster like.
Non-conformist conformity is a strange phenomenon, but quite common. Like street fashion (Japanese Harajuku street fashion comes to mind).
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I have a feeling that hipsters would also have animated discussions about what it means to be a hipster.
This will really date me, and may not resonate with those who are not in North America, but I can't resist asking:
"Would Maynard G. Krebs have been a hipster?"
Of course he would! He was the very embodiment of it as it was for a couple years or so.
This is 2020. A "boomer" might be 70yrs old now.
From experience with my C220, I can confirm that TLR, for whatever reason, are great conversation starters. More than 35mm SLRs that are not so different from DSLRs, but also more than folders.
Some years back, C220 on tripod, checking on the ground glass for framing.
- Is that a camera?
- Yes, please have a look if you wish...
- Ooooh! it's in color!
In an interesting parallel to "is that a Hasselblad?" I ride a Yamaha V-Star, a V-twin cruiser but definitely not a Harley. The term among bikers is "metric cruiser." But among people who don't know motorcycles, any cruiser is a "Harley" and it's usually taken to be one.I wasn’t equating them to hipsters other than their fondness like dressing like each other. And, yes, they love them but it seems that also leads to their hating others, particularly Asian bikes.
There was an interesting study of the biker world by sociologists that listed the stratifications in the Harley world. On one end are the “outlaws” and on the other end the yuppies who don the the dew rags and chaps and are likely to trailer their bikes to Sturgis. That latter group is disliked by all others.
Luckily, when I rode a BMW boxer, nobody ever asked "is that a Ural?"In an interesting parallel to "is that a Hasselblad?" I ride a Yamaha V-Star, a V-twin cruiser but definitely not a Harley. The term among bikers is "metric cruiser." But among people who don't know motorcycles, any cruiser is a "Harley" and it's usually taken to be one.
No matter what field one has significant interest in, there always seem to be those around who know just enough about it, much of it wrong, to be annoying.
I rode a R75/6 for a number of years. There was a shop just around the corner from my sisters house in Danboro, PA, Stan's BMW, that was a BMW specialist. He would modify a R69 US specifically for sidecar use. Part of it was adding a larger alternator to help run more lights, updating the suspension and as an added bonus, adding an extra gas tank under the chair. It was way better than the Ural.Luckily, when I rode a BMW boxer, nobody ever asked "is that a Ural?"
Going totally off the topic now. My first "real" motorcycle was a 1950 BMW R25. It had been used by the local police and at one time had a sidecar. It was still fitted with the rear differential geared for that and was great off the line. Top speed wasn't very high,, but that probably kept me out of trouble.I rode a R75/6 for a number of years. There was a shop just around the corner from my sisters house in Danboro, PA, Stan's BMW, that was a BMW specialist. He would modify a R69 US specifically for sidecar use. Part of it was adding a larger alternator to help run more lights, updating the suspension and as an added bonus, adding an extra gas tank under the chair. It was way better than the Ural.
Going totally off the topic now. My first "real" motorcycle was a 1950 BMW R25. It had been used by the local police and at one time had a sidecar. It was still fitted with the rear differential geared for that and was great off the line. Top speed wasn't very high,, but that probably kept me out of trouble.
That's why I said "as it was". However, I've been thinking about that answer since last night. The character was sincerely weird and not faking it as I believe current hipsters are. However, a guy like Kerouac, the Beatest of all Beats, upon encountering a real live Maynard G Krebs may have considered him a fake. Or maybe just a stupid fool.The character was a Beatnik. Not quite the same.
That's why I said "as it was". However, I've been thinking about that answer since last night. The character was sincerely weird and not faking it as I believe current hipsters are. However, a guy like Kerouac, the Beatest of all Beats, upon encountering a real live Maynard G Krebs may have considered him a fake. Or maybe just a stupid fool.
Seems like they're mostly on the internet.Still there has to be a place for stupid fools in this world.
Still there has to be a place for stupid fools in this world.
God knows there's enough of us.
It is us versus them!
Fools always win the argument anyway.
On recent travels I encountered. an attractive young woman toting a Hasselblad over her left shoulder. I think she was too young to be a hipster. Maybe she was just a serious photographer.
My old friend Roger used to say, "If you're so hip, why aren't you rich?"
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