# The hipster's dilemma. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753 "2008-06-04T13:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/1 "2008-06-04T13:54:24Z")
I really like that new Coldplay song, Viva La Vida . OMG, how am I gonna break it to my peers? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/2 "2008-06-04T14:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] I really like that new Coldplay song, Viva La Vida . OMG, how am I gonna break it to my peers? [/QUOTE] I like it too. ---
**Author:** ![exclamation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@exclamation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exclamation)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/3 "2008-06-04T14:14:48Z")
I’m going through exactly the same thing. I also really like [Violet Hill](http://youtube.com/watch?v=IakDItZ7f7Q) as well. I think it’s the little soldier boy drums the do it for me, and the beat that circles my brain for ages. I…I think I might actually like Coldplay. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/4 "2008-06-04T14:16:40Z")
I’m horribly unhip, but I want to learn. Can someone explain to me why it’s hip not to like ColdPlay? I seem to remember when they first appeared on the music scene all the alternative music radio stations were soiling their pants over them. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/5 "2008-06-04T14:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I’m horribly unhip, but I want to learn. Can someone explain to me why it’s hip not to like ColdPlay? I seem to remember when they first appeared on the music scene all the alternative music radio stations were soiling their pants over them. [/QUOTE] “When they first appeared” is the important phrase here. If every other jerk likes them then they’re not hip. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/6 "2008-06-04T14:30:13Z")
I blame the iTunes commercials. They make it seem like Coldplay is the new U2 and if you aren’t hip to that then you’re out of the loop; sorry, but I don’t “discover” up-and-coming bands that have international endorsement deals without some suspicion. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/7 "2008-06-04T14:33:43Z")
_Yellow_ completely destroys any good that Coldplay can ever do. That song is icepicks piercing my face. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/8 "2008-06-04T14:36:37Z")
I also enjoy Coldplay and I love the new song. Big fan ever since I heard Yellow. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/9 "2008-06-04T14:37:35Z")
Never apologize for something that you like, even if it’s horribly unhip. If challenged and you you absolutely must, say that you enjoy them “ironically.” ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/10 "2008-06-04T15:08:53Z")
I think I must be out of the hipster age group now, because they’re quite likable (I think by hipster standards I shouldn’t like Arcade Fire or Interpol anymore, though). But, Coldplay funs, what’s up with “Talk” on X & Y? As a Kraftwerk fan, the first time I heard that song I thought "WTF? I’going to assume that this is a conscious homage. . . " (And I’m grumpy about having to feel unhip in ownership of old U2 albums already. What’s wrong with Boy, October, or War?) ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/11 "2008-06-04T15:12:27Z")
I don’t think it was a conscious homage as much as them going to Kraftwerk and asking to use the sample. It was pretty deliberate; there was nothing underhanded going on. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/12 "2008-06-04T15:17:26Z")
Are you really a hipster? Find out: [Hipster Bingo](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2005/07/fear-of-hipster-planet.html) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/13 "2008-06-04T15:28:56Z")
The true definition of hip is to not give a flying fuck what anybody else thinks about anything. ---
**Author:** ![ZenDenizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@ZenDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/14 "2008-06-04T15:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Are you really a hipster? Find out: [Hipster Bingo](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2005/07/fear-of-hipster-planet.html) [/QUOTE] Thanks for the link, it’s a topic I have a lot of fun with on my blog: [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/11/po-po-mo.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/11/po-po-mo.html) [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/10/diwali-cocktails.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/10/diwali-cocktails.html) [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/04/am-i-hipster-doofus.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/04/am-i-hipster-doofus.html) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/15 "2008-06-04T15:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=ZenDenizen] Thanks for the link, it’s a topic I have a lot of fun with on my blog: [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/11/po-po-mo.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/11/po-po-mo.html) [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/10/diwali-cocktails.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/10/diwali-cocktails.html) [http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/04/am-i-hipster-doofus.html](http://zen-denizen.blogspot.com/2007/04/am-i-hipster-doofus.html) [/QUOTE] hehe. Awesome! I actually saw the hipster-doofus one first. Great blog! 🆒 ETA: So. . .did you see people coming to _your_ site from _this_ page and . . . Yep, I’ll bet that’s how it worked! You hipster! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/16 "2008-06-04T15:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] The true definition of hip is to not give a flying fuck what anybody else thinks about anything. [/QUOTE] Terry Pratchett in _Lords & Ladies_: [QUOTE=] The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/17 "2008-06-04T15:50:44Z")
(pulls out a tape measure and does a few contortions) Cool. I’m hip. ---
**Author:** ![ZenDenizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@ZenDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/18 "2008-06-04T15:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] hehe. Awesome! I actually saw the hipster-doofus one first. Great blog! 🆒 ETA: So. . .did you see people coming to _your_ site from _this_ page and . . . Yep, I’ll bet that’s how it worked! You hipster! [/QUOTE] I write about anything and everything so yes, I’m always excited when I reach a new audience by any means! Me, a hipster? Nah, I’m only interested in them in the anthropological sense. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/19 "2008-06-04T15:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=ZenDenizen] Me, a hipster? Nah, I’m only interested in them in the anthropological sense. [/QUOTE] Which is _exactly_ what I would expect a hipster to say! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753/20 "2008-06-04T16:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] The true definition of hip is to not give a flying fuck what anybody else thinks about anything. [/QUOTE] And suddenly, millions of “hipsters” disappeared in a puff of irony. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hipsters-dilemma/451753.md?page=2)