Someone called me a hipster last night, but I cannot be a hipster
A hipster is a fan of obscure things, but relishes in the obscurity, in the superiority. They want you to know about the obscure thing but only so they can keep you out.
Meanwhile, I burst into the room, cradling a game you've never heard of, screaming out "HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF TALL TWINS TOWER PLEASE PLAY IT HEY PLAY PANZER DRAGOON SAGA TOO HEY HEY HEY"
I often thought about this - people who laughed at 'hipsters' tended to be known to have no real knowledge of anything outside the norm.
The joke was:
"What are you listening to?"
"(smugly) Oh, you've probably never heard of it. Ha ha ha. I am very, very niche."
But the reality was:
"What are you listening to?"
"(awkward) (internal screaming: it's my internet friend's Bandcamp track) Oh, uh, something I got online, it's unlikely you know it because--"
"(ROLLS EYES) There you go again, you hipster!"
I used to think it was funny because whenever someone called other people a hipster, it wasn't the "Look at this smug idiot" putdown they thought it was, and generally meant "I'm very basic and think everything I don't know is hipster."
i do relish in the obscurity of some things i like but i love introducing ppl to it. there's a key difference in liking something because it's outside the norm and liking something because it's fanbase is smaller and thus you can more easily gatekeep that thing.
there's also a bit of, i don't like things that are shit, if fewer mainstream things were shit i would like more mainstream things. there's a more eloquent and detailed way to say that but i don't have the energy right now
dislking something BECAUSE it is outside mainstream pop culture tho? probably the most boring reason to dislike something
