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Death of the Hipster Douche

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The term Hipster Douche has a somewhat contentious reputation at Pajiba. I, for one, enjoy the phrase as a means of categorizing a certain caste of hipsters or douches because that’s what I do. I separate people into groups that I only refer to with general and all-encompassing titles and then I insist that every single person I’ve relegated into said group is exactly the same because I’ve not accounted for personal variation or the fact that someone that looks the same as everyone else may, in fact, be different. It’s just my thing. There are some, however, that take offense to the phrase and rail constantly and loudly every time it’s used. I don’t take issue with that as here at Pajiba, they are free to do so if that is their wont. It is a bit of a tricky phrase though as it seems it can pertain to various douches and hipsters rather than just hipster douches. For the purposes of this piece, let’s just assume the term follows fairly closely to its definition found in the Urban Dictionary:

hipster douche

n. A uniquely annoying breed of hipster that is particularly skilled at ruining culture. Found in cool cities like Austin, the hipster douche takes self-irony and uselessness to a whole new level. Often seen wearing a flip brim cap and plaid, the hipster douche may pass judgment on (or ignore) anything under the sun with absolutely no knowledge of it. One may not, however, criticize him.

Now I would tend to lump a whole lot of other people under the hipster douche moniker but that’s just me. Nevertheless it has been suggested that the term be retired as some people do not appreciate its use and others find the term too generic. I’ll admit that I don’t have an issue with this as long as a suitable substitute is found. Well, it appears that the British of all people have provided the world with an alternative.


I think that will work just perfectly. By the way, if you didn’t enjoy the post or just didn’t care; go have a Pabst. Dickhead.

(H/T Dan Carlson)









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Comments

One word: Fucking Brilliant.

Posted by: Spender at September 20, 2010 8:10 PM

And for the record, Pabst tastes like someone Pibsst in a can.

Posted by: Spender at September 20, 2010 8:13 PM

Dickheads have been around since the beginning of time. How about Hipster Dickhead? The evolution...

Posted by: Cindy at September 20, 2010 8:47 PM

And for the record, Pabst tastes like someone Pajiba in a can.
Posted by: Spender at September 20, 2010 8:13 PM

Fixed it for ya, Doc...

Posted by: Xtreme at September 20, 2010 9:02 PM

For the record... only hipster douchebags drink PRB... the real hipsters now drink Schlitz!

Posted by: El L Cool J at September 20, 2010 9:24 PM

Dickhead is pretty cool, but I think I'm more fond of "tramp balls." Did anyone else see that?

Posted by: Lake at September 20, 2010 9:41 PM

Pabst is my go to beer when I'm at a bar and only want to spend 2.50 on a beer. Maybe I'm a liiiittle bit of a hipster, but only a little. Promise.

Posted by: the_wakeful at September 20, 2010 10:10 PM

Why is shitty beer cool, though? It's cool to have a headache and the runs the morning after? I am so out of touch.

Posted by: Cletus at September 20, 2010 10:47 PM

I drink micros and only the very occasional Black Label. That must make me a pretentious dickhead.

Well, then: Here's to me!

Posted by: , at September 20, 2010 10:53 PM

Posted by: Cory at September 20, 2010 10:57 PM

Posted by: E-Money at September 20, 2010 11:08 PM

Did not the resident gay porn star post this on Pajiba Love recently? I know I saw it somewhere (maybe it was digg). Either way, yeah, it should be posted again.

"I started a blog, all about my balls."

Posted by: pissant at September 20, 2010 11:22 PM

Whenever people say that it's not fair to group hipsters together, I think of an old Dave Chappelle sketch-

(to paraphrase, that is...)
"Just because I'm dressed this way...does not make me a hipster."
"Well then I guess you shouldn't be wearing a hipster's uniform. That shit is fucking confusing."

Posted by: phaedawg at September 20, 2010 11:30 PM

This 'Hipster' thing reminds me of the 'Grunge' thing in the 90's. These morons too shall be mugged by reality. I feel little need to acknowledge their existence.

Besides which, even after all of that explanation, I STILL don't really know what Hipster means. I guess it is like porn. You can't always DESCRIBE it, but you know it when you see it.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 20, 2010 11:34 PM

The word 'hipster' is like the word 'gay'. It no longer means what it used to.

Posted by: replica at September 21, 2010 12:25 AM

so in western NY a lot of people drink PBR. Perhaps we haven't gotten the memo about hipster douchebags yet, we are a little slow 'round these parts...

Posted by: Even Stevens at September 21, 2010 1:36 AM

My friend is the guy in the video still for the clip above. He's a bit peeved about all the hubbub about it. He's a nice guy who happened to be papped by a hipster photoblog, which was used as source material for this vid.

Nevertheless, the tune is so catchy and the observations on East london are too true. The fact that this video is technically about where I hang out (intentionally or untentionally, depends on the music) in London and has now been posted on Pajiba, blows my mind and makes it even funnier. Sorry, friend in video still. It's still funny.

Someone make a LA/Brooklyn version now to take the heat on off my pal. But Bee Gees chorus is a must.

Posted by: Teresa at September 21, 2010 7:53 AM

Oh and guy in the picture is perfect example of a dickhead/hipster douche/a-hole.

My personal peeve is the glasses without lenses, but guy with a t-shirt of himself on works too.

Posted by: Teresa at September 21, 2010 7:57 AM

That was fabulous. I think Seinfeld put it best when Elaine calls Kramer a "Hipster Doofus" then shoves him to the floor.

Posted by: Danielle Lilly at September 21, 2010 8:56 AM

Brilliant video, especially the line about "now we're taking over their estates".

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 21, 2010 9:19 AM

i don't understand why everyone hates on pabst...it won a fucking blue ribbon people. they don't just hand that shit out for nothing.

Posted by: RomeoCranberry at September 21, 2010 9:31 AM

To clarify, they don't mean 'estates' in a nice fancy way. As in estates, council flats, govt issued housings that used to house actual jobless, people but instead now houses hipster douche/dickheads who go on the dole (kinda like welfare) and do fashion art/band bullshit instead of real jobs.

Posted by: Teresa at September 21, 2010 9:38 AM

Yes Teresa, I'm well aware of that. I grew up on an estate.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 21, 2010 9:51 AM

Ever since I watched Spaced, I've wanted to go on England's dole. It's my American dream; ain't nobody gonna take that away!

Posted by: RobP at September 21, 2010 10:09 AM

so in western NY a lot of people drink PBR.

Posted by: Even Stevens at September 21, 2010 1:36 AM
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And you have Southern Tier right there.

*weeps for western New York, but not much*

Posted by: , at September 21, 2010 10:27 AM

I don't really care how people dress. I might think something looks shitty, but I don't usually share that opinion with the person in question. I got better things to do. I tend to judge people by how they behave (ie, are they churlish and rude or relatively cool?), not by how they dress or what beer they drink.

It's a very easy and usually highly accurate way to tell the assholes from the OK people ("hipster" never meant much to me).

If someone acts like a dickhead, he's a dickhead, wardrobe and beer preference have nothing to do with it. I prefer the epithet "asshole" because "dickhead" sounds too gender-specific. Everybody's got an asshole.

It's actually a very hard-working part of the body, so maybe I should stop insulting it. It's just that it's fun to say and is firmly entrenched in the culture as shorthand for "mean, clueless and/or unpleasant person."

Posted by: Slash at September 21, 2010 12:26 PM

I don't care what the hipsters do as long as they stop drinking PBR! 15 years ago I could get a 12 pack for $3.99. Now thanks to all the fucking hipsters it's just as much as everything else. Assholes.

Posted by: PaulterA at September 21, 2010 1:21 PM

I agree with PaulterA. I looove my shitty PBR (yes, the hipster fucks have hijacked it as of late, but they can't outlast me!) precisely because it's cheap and not Budweiser.

Posted by: Edwina the Magnificent at September 21, 2010 9:47 PM

Life's too short to drink shitty beer at any price.

Posted by: , at September 22, 2010 1:16 AM

Good to know Paddy dog, I had to be schooled on such things (dole, estates, the meaning of 'safe' etc) when I arrived last year.

Posted by: Teresa at September 22, 2010 6:46 AM