<story><title>I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything</title><url>http://www.theawl.com/2013/09/i-was-a-hated-hipster-meme-and-then-it-got-worse</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>drzaiusapelord</author><text>On top of it, geek culture is a hipster culture. Oh you listen to obscure geeky bands and wear comic&amp;#x2F;anime t-shirts all the time? You purposely disengage from mainstream society? You&amp;#x27;re overly critical of the status quo and only socialize with people exactly like you? Gee, that sounds like the guy you&amp;#x27;re criticizing.</text></item><item><author>potatolicious</author><text>Hipster-hate strikes me as just another thinly veiled form of bullying, and it&amp;#x27;s interesting to see how readily internet nerds - the people who are disproportionately to have been bullied in the past - engage in it.&lt;p&gt;Look! He&amp;#x27;s different! Let&amp;#x27;s make assumptions about his motivations and get him!&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also interesting to see how many times Reddit (and other communities) fly into a rage-fest because of lack of context, only to make an about-face when the full picture comes out. It&amp;#x27;s also interesting how no matter how many times this &lt;i&gt;exact&lt;/i&gt; situation happens, there is no stopping the next rage-fest.&lt;p&gt;Above all other things, internet communities is what makes me cynical about humanity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Torgo</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t help but feel that a large portion of the current &amp;quot;geek culture&amp;quot; is a collection of appropriations from a different group, selected for &amp;quot;authenticity&amp;quot;, similar to criticisms of the wider hipster culture.&lt;p&gt;I wore thick-rim glasses because 1. I didn&amp;#x27;t&amp;#x2F;couldn&amp;#x27;t care about fashion 2. my parents didn&amp;#x27;t have the money for nicer frames and 3. I actually could not see without glasses. So yeah, when I see thick rim glasses being worn _because_ they &amp;quot;look geeky,&amp;quot; or worse, without even any lenses because the person has perfect vision, it annoys me a little bit. Because I got treated like dog shit by the exact same class of person who now dresses in a parody of my life as a frivolous fashion decision.</text></comment>
<story><title>I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything</title><url>http://www.theawl.com/2013/09/i-was-a-hated-hipster-meme-and-then-it-got-worse</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>drzaiusapelord</author><text>On top of it, geek culture is a hipster culture. Oh you listen to obscure geeky bands and wear comic&amp;#x2F;anime t-shirts all the time? You purposely disengage from mainstream society? You&amp;#x27;re overly critical of the status quo and only socialize with people exactly like you? Gee, that sounds like the guy you&amp;#x27;re criticizing.</text></item><item><author>potatolicious</author><text>Hipster-hate strikes me as just another thinly veiled form of bullying, and it&amp;#x27;s interesting to see how readily internet nerds - the people who are disproportionately to have been bullied in the past - engage in it.&lt;p&gt;Look! He&amp;#x27;s different! Let&amp;#x27;s make assumptions about his motivations and get him!&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also interesting to see how many times Reddit (and other communities) fly into a rage-fest because of lack of context, only to make an about-face when the full picture comes out. It&amp;#x27;s also interesting how no matter how many times this &lt;i&gt;exact&lt;/i&gt; situation happens, there is no stopping the next rage-fest.&lt;p&gt;Above all other things, internet communities is what makes me cynical about humanity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jlgreco</author><text>Ehh, I think there is certainly some overlap, particularly in the &amp;quot;retro&amp;quot; tastes, but I don&amp;#x27;t think what you are describing as geek culture is really a subset of hipster culture.  Mario tshirts?  Sure, you could call that hipster.  Anime tshirts?  I wouldn&amp;#x27;t say so.&lt;p&gt;People with both styles are in many of my social circles, but they still seem relatively distinct to me.</text></comment>