# Not the hippest .... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158 "2011-06-28T17:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/1 "2011-06-28T17:09:30Z")
I was just talking to a coworker, and had occasion to say (with charming self-deprecation) “Never heard of that, but then I’m not the hippest … uh … hepcat amongst the daddios.” Yeah, that’s pretty much the look he gave me. So what should I have said? How would you finish the sentence “Not the hippest \_\_\_”? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/2 "2011-06-28T17:12:27Z")
Cat on the street? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/3 "2011-06-28T18:03:13Z")
hipster in Starbucks? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/4 "2011-06-28T18:09:15Z")
paper shaker in the passion pit. fream in the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/5 "2011-06-28T18:12:40Z")
person in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/6 "2011-06-28T18:14:07Z")
… no, check that. I _am_ the hippest, for I am **twickster** , feared moderator of The Straight Dope Message Board. If I haven’t heard of it, it must not exist! I’m not saying that wouldn’t get you a look too. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/7 "2011-06-28T18:33:14Z")
I probably would have said, “…hepcat, daddio.” Or something else entirely. Probably, “I’m not the hippest square but I am pretty hippy.” ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/8 "2011-06-28T18:35:55Z")
“Never heard of that, but then I’m not the hippest breed of cat.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/9 "2011-06-28T19:09:59Z")
I’m not the hippest pair of skinny jeans in the black plastic frames store. OK, sorry. I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/10 "2011-06-28T19:29:40Z")
Potamus? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/11 "2011-06-28T20:42:51Z")
I gotta go with Greg. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/12 "2011-06-28T20:45:57Z")
Y’all would be astonished to learn that my status here doesn’t evoke interest, let alone respect, let alone awe, in anyone I know IRL. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/13 "2011-06-28T20:53:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Y’all would be astonished to learn that my status here doesn’t evoke interest, let alone respect, let alone awe, in anyone I know IRL. > > Go figure. They are beneath you, M’Lord, as maggots crawling in camel dung. They waste the resources of intelligent people by breathing their air. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/14 "2011-06-28T20:59:24Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Potamus? Win. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/15 "2011-06-28T21:12:13Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Y’all would be astonished to learn that my status here doesn’t evoke interest, let alone respect, let alone awe, in anyone I know IRL. Are you trying to tell me that the SDMB is not part of real life? 'Cause I’ve got a postcard here that would disagree with that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/16 "2011-06-28T22:03:18Z")
Actually what you said made your point perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/17 "2011-06-28T23:10:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Actually what you said made your point perfectly. Thanks! Uh … ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/18 "2011-06-28T23:57:43Z")
hippest … uh … hepcat strikes me as redudant, i would have looked at you funny too. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/19 "2011-06-29T03:21:03Z")
I’d have probably just left it at, " I’m not the hippest." What you said, would have made me laugh and nod in commiseration. And maybe snap my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158/20 "2011-06-29T03:57:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Win. And I tried _so_ hard! ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-hippest/587158.md?page=2)