Hipster vs Indie
While the majority of both indie and hipster people participate in Movember year round, engage in shopping only from thrift shops, or listening to nonmainstream music exclusively, it would seem that these two subcultures clearly have many similarities. To the untrained eye this is true, however the differences reside in the subcultures’ origin and life values.
Hipsters, a subculture of men and women who value independent thinking, counterculture, and an appreciation for art, music, creativity, and witty banter, are most commonly stereotyped as being cliquey, elitists, arrogant, unfriendly and superficial.
Many indie people have an image of being generally nice, happy, people with a quick wit.
The term ‘hipster’ was coined in the 1940s Jazz age where the adjective "hip" emerged to describe aficionados of the growing scene. While the origin of “hip” is disputed, some say it was a derivative from ‘hop’, a slang word for opium, and others believe it comes from the West African word ‘hipi’, meaning
"to open one's eyes”. Either way, ‘hip’ eventually acquired the prefix ster, such as with gangster. As for the indie beginnings, the late 70s were the precedents to indie music. It began with the initial punk rock explosion, and soon following was new wave. It originated in the UK in the mid80s and was a bit more experimental and polished than punk was. By the mid80s the United
States was referring to the underground scene as college rock or alternative. Americans weren’t referring to this new genre as indie until the 90s to differentiate between the alternative acts and the underground. It wasn’t until the late 80s to early 90s when indie became a known genre for music and soon thereafter, a lifestyle.
The number one rule in hipsterism is to never call oneself a hipster because by doing so, one is confining oneself out of their unique potential and creativity. Common practice amongst hipsters is to shun everything mainstream, how society thinks
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Hipsters, a subculture of men and women who value independent thinking, counterculture, and an appreciation for art, music, creativity, and witty banter, are most commonly stereotyped as being cliquey, elitists, arrogant, unfriendly and superficial.
Many indie people have an image of being generally nice, happy, people with a quick wit.
The term ‘hipster’ was coined in the 1940s Jazz age where the adjective "hip" emerged to describe aficionados of the growing scene. While the origin of “hip” is disputed, some say it was a derivative from ‘hop’, a slang word for opium, and others believe it comes from the West African word ‘hipi’, meaning
"to open one's eyes”. Either way, ‘hip’ eventually acquired the prefix ster, such as with gangster. As for the indie beginnings, the late 70s were the precedents to indie music. It began with the initial punk rock explosion, and soon following was new wave. It originated in the UK in the mid80s and was a bit more experimental and polished than punk was. By the mid80s the United
States was referring to the underground scene as college rock or alternative. Americans weren’t referring to this new genre as indie until the 90s to differentiate between the alternative acts and the underground. It wasn’t until the late 80s to early 90s when indie became a known genre for music and soon thereafter, a lifestyle.
The number one rule in hipsterism is to never call oneself a hipster because by doing so, one is confining oneself out of their unique potential and creativity. Common practice amongst hipsters is to shun everything mainstream, how society thinks
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