N + 1 Kills The Hipster, Again, In New Book (POLL)

Literary journal n + 1 will be releasing a small book entitled 'What Was The Hipster' -- a "sociological investigation" into the hipster trend, and whether or not it has left for good. The journal's editors convened a year earlier to discuss the topic, a forum which the Observer profiled. At the panel Christian Lorenzen, a senior Harper's editor, had this to say:

"the truth is that there was no such culture worth speaking of, and the people called hipsters just happened to be young, and, more often than not, funny-looking."

It is a culture, or trend, or style, or way-of-being, that many have tried to kill before.

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What do you think -- is the hipster dead?

Yes, the 2000's are over.

No, hipsters will live forever and ever.

What is a hipster?

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Comments

[Max Shaw]

04:00 PM on 10/08/2010

Silly article..the Hipster cant die..only reborn into new forms like Fauxhemian or Neo-Hipster. Or the Ironic-ister and such....

[ARandomGuy]

02:32 PM on 10/08/2010

Hipsters tend to be well off young adults who like to dress in old/ worn clothes and look poor, have no job, and yet can afford to pay 2k in rent for a studio because they have mommy and daddy's money.

[onceler]

10:30 AM on 10/08/2010

"Hipster" simply means anyone under the age of 40 who lives in an urban environment and likes music. That's it.

[sph272]

01:07 PM on 10/08/2010

Yeah. That's about right. Just add 'unjustified arrogance' and you'd be spot on. You'll notice that they never call themselves that, just other hipsters.

[ARandomGuy]

03:12 PM on 10/08/2010

By that definition Id be a hipster. Check out what I said above which is a more detailed definition.

[VanTroi]

07:57 AM on 10/08/2010

It' still alive and well in BK unfortunately

[hey0there]

07:05 PM on 10/07/2010

Never seen a hipster irl..