Quote from: cranebump;847168This satirical article snippet sorta covers it:

"I listen to Fleet Foxes and I knew that song before it was famous. I know the location of every thrift shop within a 30-mile radius of here, and my record player was given to me by a member of Modest Mouse (I won't say which one because I'm intriguing and mysterious). I can totally fully relate to Holden Caulfield, and judging by his movies, it was almost as if John Hughes knew me personally. Sometimes I read Hemingway on the bus while I wear my oversized reading glasses that I found at a Fleetwood Mac concert.

If I'm not complaining about how the show Freaks and Geeks was cancelled then I'm scouring New York City for a denim jacket that is the appropriate level of distressed. You may find me strolling along the streets in the fall wearing my yellow Doc Martens and avoiding eye-contact. I sojourn in coffee shops made entirely of bamboo that sell only acai seeds, Larabars and freshly ground coffee from obscure places in South America. I appreciate any homage to the great Woody Allen, and have a single cactus plant that I keep by the window to attract others of my kind. I own several guitars and no tuner and if anyone asks it is because I have perfect pitch, not because I cannot play. I wear plaid shirts around my waist and make witty references to movies you've never seen before. Ok so maybe I don't actually use that typewriter, but it looks really good on that driftwood shelf next to all my mason jars.

But I am not a "Hipster" because the title itself confines me to a stereotype and I believe self-definition is overrated."

http://getthestandard.com/scoop/field-guide-hipster-pt-1/

That one's pretty spot-on.

Quote from: Arkansan;847103In all fairness I live in the most populated area of the state so it's not as bad as it could be, but I do have trouble finding anything other than PF and D&D players. I have lived in rural areas before where the entire gaming scene consisted of me and like two other dudes.

Strangely enough I'm in the third most populated area and I don't know of any D&D or Pathfinder gaming going on around here. Savage Worlds, Earthdawn, Shadows of Esteren, 13th Age, Cthulhu, and GURPS campaigns have all been done in the last year or two, but there haven't been any D&D/PF games among the gamers I know for at least four years.

I really consider myself lucky because I did grow up in a rural area but we still had nearly a dozen people who regularly cycled in and out for games.

Funny video. For some reason I was under the impression hipsters played White Wolf games.

The thing about hipsters isn't their taste in clothes, grooming, coffee, beer, or music. Craft beers, vinyl, and roots music are all things I personally enjoy as well. It's the fact that they passionately champion authenticity and originality, and yet by an astonishing coincidence, they've authentically and originally ended up dressing and behaving remarkably similar to hundreds of thousands of other people of their socio-economic cohort.

Anyway, I hope the makers of the video do more. I'd love to see those characters argue over what their favourite RPGs is. The true hipster would champion Traveller or Empire of the Petal Throne. Maybe Metamorphosis Alpha. Something old, neglected, and 'authentic'. Or they'd go full ironic and play Dragonlance era D&D.

It's the self-conscious, trying-too-hard bohemian. Every age has its counterculture, but this one is deliberately tongue and cheek about everything pop, and gravely serious about the obscure.

I live in SF Bay Area. We know these things. It was over and done here before it became cliché in the rest of the nation.

Hipster chic is so last decade. It's like totally retro, like the entire 90s, except those were cool, like the 80s seem now. Which is totally unlike the 80s when you were stuck living the diet pepsi, miller's outpost, pegged/flooded jean suburban mall of them instead of the coke-fueled, day-glo MTV image of them sold on the fashion runway.

I'm too old for all this. Buy my knitting and crayon drawings already. I have more food allergies and socially conscious sensitivities than you, so you owe me. :mad:

I'm kinda-sorta Hipster-y in some ways. Some friends and co-workers think so anyways. Not a compliment allthough said friends/co-workers Are also Hipster-y in some ways. :idunno:

Not style vise though unless Hawaii shirts and sideburns become Hipster-y.

Why does the thread title go, "Hipster/TBP"? :confused:

I don't see TBP as very Hipster-y at all. Maybe it was a decade or so ago (actually I guess it kinda was, really, a decade or so ago. Allthough in a geeky way) these days it's really quite lowbrow* (ironically, what with the widespread and sometimes virulent classism against the Working Class there) and that doesn't mix well with hipsterism, and a frequent lack of irony wich really doesn't mix well with hipsterism. Hipsterism and slacktivism can mix - see: Britta in Community - but not in this case IMO.

*=note the popularity of metal, especially Viking Metal, Manowar style metal, symphonic stuff with fantasy lyrics, Sabaton, etc.

(For the record I'm kinda lowbrow behaviour vise but everyone knows it's just a thing I do so I'm still Hipster-y )

Main common point between hipsters and TBP is that Pundit hates both. :pundit:

Sure lots of Tangencites sport murderhobo beards but beards Are basically mainstream now, real hipsters wearing moustaches. Hm, that makes Pundit Hipster-y :rotfl:

I'd say the OSR is roleplayerdom's most Hipster-y thing (yes, moreso than indie storygames )

We have an entirely different thing going in my part of Colorado.
4 wheel drive vehicle (crucial element)
Dog
Own lots of gear (outdoor/camping stuff)
Encyclopedic knowledge of micro brew beer and/or locally grown weed.
Dress like hobo/escaped convict regardles of politics
Music is tastes vary widely here.

I am dogsitting otherwise I wouldn't fit the criterea, and I actually need a 4wd vehicle and outdoor gear for work sometimes, which is kind of cheating. Fwiw, we get a lot of hiking masters, been everywhere, walked every trail, at work, who fall apart within a day of going off trail- which is all we do.

Quote from: Haffrung;847204The thing about hipsters isn't their taste in clothes, grooming, coffee, beer, or music. Craft beers, vinyl, and roots music are all things I personally enjoy as well. It's the fact that they passionately champion authenticity and originality, and yet by an astonishing coincidence, they've authentically and originally ended up dressing and behaving remarkably similar to a large cohort of other people of their socio-economic cohort.

Anyway, I hope the makers of the video do more. I'd love to see those characters argue over what their favourite RPGs is. The true hipster would champion Traveller or Empire of the Petal Throne. Maybe Metamorphosis Alpha. Something old, neglected, and 'authentic'. Or they'd go full ironic and play Dragonlance era D&D.

They have a gangsta D&D video, as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTJiDeP0Wv8

And then, of course, this classic:
https://vimeo.com/39114507

Quote from: Haffrung;847204Anyway, I hope the makers of the video do more. I'd love to see those characters argue over what their favourite RPGs is. The true hipster would champion Traveller or Empire of the Petal Throne. Maybe Metamorphosis Alpha. Something old, neglected, and 'authentic'.

The OSR is the most hipster branch of D&D.

No one can define Hipsters but we know them when we see them! Like the Devil or porn!

Quote from: Nexus;847253No one can define Hipsters but we know them when we see them! Like the Devil or porn!

The devil does have a pretty well groomed goatee.....

That's not a knife.

This is a knife.

(Just up today.)

Quote from: Zak S;847257That's not a knife.

This is a knife.

(Just up today.)

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