# What are the most ultra-hipster things you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736 "2014-01-14T01:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/41 "2014-01-14T19:16:34Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > … I once saw a fellow in the same city with a regular bicycle modified to be about twelve feet high. Maybe he lives on the second floor and works on the second floor somewhere, and just hops on and off via second story window. That would actually be kinda awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/42 "2014-01-14T19:20:50Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > But it shouldn’t be long before the trend passes, the death knell for any subculture being when [companies market to it](http://www.motorcycledaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/030813middle3.jpg) with new products made to look like the old stuff they fix up. “Co-Opted to Death.” See: old, worn, raggedy jeans sold new. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/43 "2014-01-14T19:33:18Z")
We have a guy in our 'hood that we call “Reader Boy”. He wears a fedora and a black duster and walks everywhere, reading from either his Kindle or iPad or iPhone. I’ve seen him in all parts of the 'hood and at all times of day. I don’t think he has a job. He just strides along, reading. . .something. [Naked Bike Ride](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSrVH3NXyY). Just sayin’. [Share-it Square](http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=505) on Sherritt Street. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/44 "2014-01-14T21:11:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Naked Bike Ride](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSrVH3NXyY). Just sayin’. > > [Share-it Square](http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=505) on Sherritt Street. See? SEE??? My sister was in the naked bike ride last year. The thing is that most people don’t actually literally ride a bike NAKED… apparently underwear is worn… I did not want to see it. So I can’t be absolutely sure. 😉 AND, I give you THIS!! [Are you kidding me???](http://worstdayride.com/) At least they’re not the same event.😛 ---
**Author:** ![MrDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MrDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDurden)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/45 "2014-01-14T21:19:32Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I’m not sure it’s ultra-hipster, but I have both male as well as female co-workers who wear knit hats indoors. In the summer. This is just hipster, not ultra. Add a scarf or two, and ultra it is. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/46 "2014-01-14T23:23:47Z")
> [@Anise](#): > > See? SEE??? > My sister was in the naked bike ride last year. > > The thing is that most people don’t actually literally ride a bike NAKED… apparently underwear is worn… I did not want to see it. So I can’t be absolutely sure. 😉 > > AND, I give you THIS!! > > [Are you kidding me???](http://worstdayride.com/) > > At least they’re not the same event.😛 Some go partially clothed and some ride completely nude. Seems uncomfortable to me. You can see the totally naked people in some of the Youtube vids. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/47 "2014-01-14T23:30:38Z")
[This](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I7VZ/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1). Talk about misappropriating cultural memes! Yes, I own a copy. And I own a single speed cruiser bike. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/48 "2014-01-15T00:07:22Z")
Hey, hey…the Naked Bike Ride is awesome and not just for hipsters! 😛 And, no, you don’t have to be fully naked to participate. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/49 "2014-01-15T00:27:46Z")
I always get parts stuck in the spokes ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/50 "2014-01-15T00:31:09Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I always get parts stuck in the spokes That’s what happens when you try to stop a wheel with your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/51 "2014-01-15T00:33:58Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That’s what happens when you try to stop a wheel with your tongue. Man, I miss KISS concerts. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/52 "2014-01-15T01:34:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That’s what happens when you try to stop a wheel with your tongue. SOMEONE had to say it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/53 "2014-01-15T02:54:15Z")
I’m so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/54 "2014-01-15T02:55:22Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > I’m so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis You’re so cool you could keep a slab of beef in you ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/55 "2014-01-15T02:57:52Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > You’re so cool you could keep a slab of beef in you I’m so relaxed, I make coffee nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/56 "2014-01-15T03:00:48Z")
> [@Anise](#): > > Okay, HERE’S how bad it is around here… > > I saw someone riding a unicycle on Hawthorne with a ukelele on his back. He had to be at least 70. CHECK. Now that’s OLD SCHOOL HIPSTER. 😉 Have you seen Stick Boy at the concerts in the parks? Old hippy-looking dude who has three sticks. He uses two of them to keep the third one in the air. I see him everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/57 "2014-01-15T04:43:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Have you seen Stick Boy at the concerts in the parks? Old hippy-looking dude who has three sticks. He uses two of them to keep the third one in the air. I see him everywhere. I think… MAYBE… I don’t get to a lot of concerts in the parks, but I’m going to try to this summer… I will never be a hipster. I live in Tigard, you see. And I have a great big ol’truck. (Used for work! I don’t think that bicycle landscaping would get very far. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/58 "2014-01-15T04:44:32Z")
Never having had the privilege of attending a Burning Man event, I’m pretty sure it would have to be something surrounding Houston’s annual Art Car parade. Probably the '70s Volvo sedan covered in plastic replicas of lobsters and crabs, that are rigged to dance in time with music played on the car’s radio; if not that then the Elvis impersonator driving a giant wheeled guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/59 "2014-01-15T05:00:58Z")
Okay, okay, wait, wait… A friend once spent at least an hour showing me EVERY single picture she took at Burning Man as we drank coffee at the ONE place in town that HAS truly horrible coffee. There’s something hipster in there somewhere. 😛 Oh! Oh! The family business was totally ripped off by one customer who disappeared IN a Burning Man vehicle and went back to Montana, leaving behind a lot of angry people he owed money to. Does that count?? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736/60 "2014-01-15T17:38:13Z")
> [@Anise](#): > > I think… MAYBE… I don’t get to a lot of concerts in the parks, but I’m going to try to this summer… > > I will never be a hipster. I live in Tigard, you see. And I have a great big ol’truck. (Used for work! I don’t think that bicycle landscaping would get very far. 😉 They have varying levels of performance expertise, but hey, they’re free and you can do all the hipster gazing your heart desires. We usually can’t make it past the intermission unless it’s somebody like Devon Phillips, who is truly talented. All that hipsterness makes you want to stand up and scream **GUNGUNGUN!!!** just to get a reaction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-ultra-hipster-things-youve-ever-seen/678736.md?page=4)