[The Beast1]

This article has me thinking, how hard is it to fool hipsters into thinking you are in fact a hipster?

(article http://nextstopmagazine.com/article/2014...Dont-Exist)

I work in publishing and tend towards conservative in my looks and ideals. I have the perfect job, but my attitude is loan yuppie when I enter into a health food store.

Is faking hipsterdom difficult? Can I just go to a second hand store, spend $20, grow my beard out, fake being blue pill, and talk about bands that don't exist to score girls?

Are they even that good at smelling out posers?

[Virtus]

That would be ironic

[Que enspastic]

It's not that hard.

I just moved into a London flat where there is a record player, vinyl albums and no TV (they watch downloaded movies on the wall using a projector). No one eats meat, there are pictures of aquatic mammals on the wall, a sticker reading 'I love feminism' on the door, and the bookshelf includes such gems as Camus, Orwell, Russian Revolutionary Posters, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Gender Trouble, Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth and a few Richard Dawkins classics.

Oops

[TheMachinist]

It's whatever.Just don't go to wearing them damn skinny jeans.

[Que enspastic]

They interviewed some 15-20 people.

Maybe they thought picking a womanizing asshole Rooshbag would be ironic.

[Marlfox]

(01-13-2014 12:22 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  

It's not that hard.

I just moved into a London flat where there is a record player, vinyl albums and no TV (they watch downloaded movies on the wall using a projector). No one eats meat, there are pictures of aquatic mammals on the wall, a sticker reading 'I love feminism' on the door, and the bookshelf includes such gems as Camus, Orwell, Russian Revolutionary Posters, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Gender Trouble, Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth and a few Richard Dawkins classics.

Oops

[ikkyu]

(01-13-2014 11:55 AM)frenchie Wrote:  

Is faking hipsterdom difficult?
...
Are they even that good at smelling out posers?

C'mon man, the video lays out the truth as plain as day:

All these hipsters are posers pretending to be hip.

That's pretty much what a hipster IS.

If I wanted to get analytical about it I'd say that the hipster phenomenon works by divorcing the quality of "hipness" that denotes social value within a subculture from it's foundations in prior subcultures that had a generally recognizable vision or set of values. Hipness is a floating signifier that doesn't refer to anything fixed or generally agreed upon. Therefore anyone can make a credible claim to hipness (i.e.: social value within the subculture) with the proper presentation.

You see what I did there? It's like the paragraph itself is proving it's own argument. Being a hipster is fucking easy.

Anyhow Tuthmosis wrote a pretty neat little set of tips for "hipster game" in that really old thread down in the relateds:

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-7823-p...#pid113422

As you'd expect his advice is pretty legit. Various different sorts of hipster infested scenes have generally been my niche since forever. I don't even want to think about how my dick might have fared all of those painfully blue-pill years if that hadn't been the case. It can be pretty fuckin' easy.

[WanderingSoul]

What's with dudes on this forum and wanting to fake being a hipster to try and get laid?

It reminds me of when Mixx wrote about dressing up goth to try and fuck goth chicks.

Lame as fuck, IMO.

[The Beast1]

(01-14-2014 05:37 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  

What's with dudes on this forum and wanting to fake being a hipster to try and get laid?

It reminds me of when Mixx wrote about dressing up goth to try and fuck goth chicks.

Lame as fuck, IMO.

The challenge. That's the only reason why.

[j r]

The best way to fuck any woman is to look the best you can and use good game. Why should hipster chicks be any difference?

Walk into any bar in Williamsberg and you'll see herbs in tight jeans and flannel shirts not getting any love from girls. If all it took to get laid was wearing some costume, there would be no need for game.

[The Beast1]

(01-14-2014 07:12 AM)j r Wrote:  

The best way to fuck any woman is to look the best you can and use good game. Why should hipster chicks be any difference?

Because custom suit game works well in hotel bars, upscale venues, and clubs.

Custom suit games in a hipster bar gets you blown out fast. Look the part, easier to "fit in" hence the post.

Believe me, I've tried...

[j r]

(01-14-2014 07:20 AM)frenchie Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 07:12 AM)j r Wrote:  

The best way to fuck any woman is to look the best you can and use good game. Why should hipster chicks be any difference?

Because custom suit game works well in hotel bars, upscale venues, and clubs.

Custom suit games in a hipster bar gets you blown out fast. Look the part, easier to "fit in" hence the post.

Believe me, I've tried...

I'm responding to your original question, which was can you just put on a hipster costume and score girls? The answer is probably not. Guys have been adopting random identities to try and bang girls forever. It's not enough. You need game or you need to be attractive.

Can you alter your appearance somewhat to help you fit in better at a certain venue? Of course.

Bottom line is that pretending to be a hipster doesn't really make any sense, because hipsters are all pretending to be hipsters as well. It's a while scene based on pretension.

[LeBeau]

(01-13-2014 12:22 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  

It's not that hard.

I just moved into a London flat where there is a record player, vinyl albums and no TV (they watch downloaded movies on the wall using a projector). No one eats meat, there are pictures of aquatic mammals on the wall, a sticker reading 'I love feminism' on the door, and the bookshelf includes such gems as Camus, Orwell, Russian Revolutionary Posters, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Gender Trouble, Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth and a few Richard Dawkins classics.

Oops

This sounds like it could go a few different ways...

Possible huge trolling potential.

Or Red Pill conversion opportunity in the making.

[RXB]

Not sure when "fitting in" became a good game strategy.

For a forum that talks about maximizing exotic factor, dressing sharp to stand out, and getting swole to attract girls I'm surprised that everything does a complete 180 once hipsters are thrown into the equation.

Those Brazilian girls? Yeah make sure they know you're not from around there.

Those models at the club? Remind them that you aren't just some average dude.

Hipster girls? Make sure to blend in and act just like all the guys in their culture.

[commiejoe]

It's not about being one singular thing, then you would be no better than a woman.
It is about adjusting and adapting to all situations, like what Bruce Lee says, 'be like water', and just flow.

[Billy Chubbs]

1) Plaid tops are fine although overdone. An old military jacket works just as well, bonus points if it's from a European army and still has the flag patch on the shoulder. No other patches though - you're a hipster, not a punk.

2) Don't have an opinion that isn't thoroughly hard left, and don't be the one to initiate any political discussion. Get excited when some stupid hipster chick starts talking about liberalism and eagerly agree like it's your own opinion but you were too shy/quirky to say it.

3) Pop culture references are the only jokes you are allowed to make. Watch plenty of 90s/early 00s cartoons, bad movies (see the room, birdemic, gymkata, miami connection for what I mean) play some old nintendo/super nintendo/64 games, remember slightly funny scenes or situations out of them, then repeat them. Boom, hipster humour.

4) Booze - honestly, PBR is a little overdone, sooooo 2010. Anything European is phenomenal (Heineken is good), but really it's starting to come around that drinking Budweiser and Labatt's is the ironic thing to do now.

5) Music. Go on youtube, try and find bands that are popular yet still obscure to most people. I know, I know that sounds retarded but I'll give you a couple of examples.

Related videos on those are gold, but hipsters love Radiohead, Lana Del Ray, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, The Strokes - basically any kind of moody or feminist or college rock.

Boom, just using those 5 points and you'll be the hippest hipster who's ever hipped. In short, faking it is not hard at all. I get taken for being a hipster all the time. It's a style of the lazy and unimaginative, which is why it's so popular with those young kids nowadays.

[Kieran]

^^ It must be different in US, but over here you don't need any of that - pop culture references etc. You just need to go to the alternative bars / clubs, or minimal tech. etc. raves, befriend and talk to girls with the same cocky attitude you would anywhere else (albeit in a slightly more verbose way), and wait for an opportunity to escalate.

You obviously need to look the part, but there's no need to wear plaid shirts, ironic jumpers, big beards, or rock star hair. A normal conservative haircut, slim fit jeans, tailored overcoats, and chelsea boots will do fine.

[Architekt]

(01-14-2014 05:53 PM)Billy Chubbs Wrote:  

4) Booze - honestly, PBR is a little overdone, sooooo 2010. Anything European is phenomenal (Heineken is good), but really it's starting to come around that drinking Budweiser and Labatt's is the ironic thing to do now.

Budweiser isn't actually that bad... Is there anything these kids won't ruin by turning it into a stupid fashion statement?

[Suits]

(01-15-2014 06:33 AM)Architekt Wrote:  

(01-14-2014 05:53 PM)Billy Chubbs Wrote:  

4) Booze - honestly, PBR is a little overdone, sooooo 2010. Anything European is phenomenal (Heineken is good), but really it's starting to come around that drinking Budweiser and Labatt's is the ironic thing to do now.

Budweiser isn't actually that bad... Is there anything these kids won't ruin by turning it into a stupid fashion statement?

Ya, I'm a beer snob, and I think Budweiser is a predictable, but acceptable choice. Labatt on the other hand is painful to drink. I'd happily go with a Molson, however, when available.

[FrenchCanadian]

(01-14-2014 05:53 PM)Billy Chubbs Wrote:  

1) Plaid tops are fine although overdone. An old military jacket works just as well, bonus points if it's from a European army and still has the flag patch on the shoulder. No other patches though - you're a hipster, not a punk.

2) Don't have an opinion that isn't thoroughly hard left, and don't be the one to initiate any political discussion. Get excited when some stupid hipster chick starts talking about liberalism and eagerly agree like it's your own opinion but you were too shy/quirky to say it.

3) Pop culture references are the only jokes you are allowed to make. Watch plenty of 90s/early 00s cartoons, bad movies (see the room, birdemic, gymkata, miami connection for what I mean) play some old nintendo/super nintendo/64 games, remember slightly funny scenes or situations out of them, then repeat them. Boom, hipster humour.

4) Booze - honestly, PBR is a little overdone, sooooo 2010. Anything European is phenomenal (Heineken is good), but really it's starting to come around that drinking Budweiser and Labatt's is the ironic thing to do now.

5) Music. Go on youtube, try and find bands that are popular yet still obscure to most people. I know, I know that sounds retarded but I'll give you a couple of examples.

Related videos on those are gold, but hipsters love Radiohead, Lana Del Ray, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, The Strokes - basically any kind of moody or feminist or college rock.

Boom, just using those 5 points and you'll be the hippest hipster who's ever hipped. In short, faking it is not hard at all. I get taken for being a hipster all the time. It's a style of the lazy and unimaginative, which is why it's so popular with those young kids nowadays.

Wow, that is the total opposite, of the very definition of a hipster.
Being "hip" is the opposite of being cliché.
Do not follow this advice, unless you're trying to be a loser. Because thats what real hip chicks will think of you when you pull this cheesy stuff off.

[RockHard]

Just for laughs, an article (written by a chick), How to Pick Up a Hipster Girl. I'm sure you guys realize this, but it's not earnest advice. I just got a laugh out of the hamstering and entitlement on full display.

Step 5 is pretty awesome: "The last time anybody I know made and stuck to solid plans was somewhere around the spring of 1989". Little girl, anybody you know was not yet potty trained in 1989.

[runsonmagic]

I roll in new age and spiritual groups, where the men are all effeminate and the women want to learn tantra.

Giggity.

[runsonmagic]

Jeffy from RSD is a total SF hipster in his look. It's not hard.

Personally, I'm not sure I like hipster girls enough to go for it. They're young, but they deliberately dress unattractively. I've never had a hipster girl turn me down because I wasn't hipster.

[The Beast1]

I'm really just looking for a new challenge. Breaking into social cliques and learning how to make yourself more "universally" appealing to people with your red pill ideals is an incredibly difficult trick.

Saying, "Be a boss! Learn the moves! You're the prize™" is about as helpful as saying, "Be yourself!" when trying to get a girl. At least in my experience, it is very much an effort of dressing up a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I appreciate the advice here.

[Giovonny]

I game hipster girls. I am not a hipster.. (I don't think)

Before they are hipster girls, they are simply girls.

All girls will respond to confidence, humor, percieved status, social intelligence, etc.

I don't really talk about hipster stuff, I just talk about "people stuff". Likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, fears, food, tv, music, dating, etc.

I don't have to be a hipster to connect with a hipster girl. I try to connect on a deeper level.

Most hipsters are not even hipsters. They are just trying out a new social scence and in 2 years will likely have evolved to another social subset.

No matter their current social scence, they wil always be curious about a confident, well dressed, and well spoken man of a different scence.

If you like hipster girls and you think that dressing more like them wil help you bang them, more power to you.

We all get dressed in the hopes that it will help us bang the women we want to bang.