I'm such a fucking hipster today

with my skinny jeans and Converse high-tops and owl socks and denim soldier jacket and fingerless gloves and artificial ginger hair.

Seriously though, I don't get the whole hipster thing. I actually like the movement quite a lot, since I like many of the things that hipsters like, such as vintage fashion and owls and the sexiness of nerds, and the hipster movement means it's now easier to find those things. What I don't really get is the mentality; particularly the idea that if something is too popular, it's no longer cool. Personally, I like it if more people start listening to a band I like, since it means I can talk to people about the music and I'm more likely to hear it on the radio. (That's what happened with Owl City.)

Another thing, though, is that this whole mentality, kind of like the emo mentality before it, is inherently contradictory; if there are certain bands that all hipsters like, then technically, those bands are probably too "popular" for their standards. But they apparently choose to let that slide because the people who like the bands are the "right" people; THEIR people. (Also, with that rule, why the hell is Lady GaGa so popular among hipsters?) Same goes for fashion; both the emo subculture and the hipster subculture have this idea that their particular style makes them totally unique, when in reality, people within the subculture are all dressed in basically the same style.

What's wrong with just wearing or listening to something because you like it? Does it have to have the approval of your group - or, conversely, the disapproval of the rest of the world - before it's acceptable? And if you do like things that are really obscure, great; just don't act like you're superior to everyone else because of it. Get some variety; you might discover you actually like listening to Daughtry. Or whatever.