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The difference matters
How much hipsters giveth unto pop culture, but also how much they taketh away
Dear Hipster: You write often of the quirks and idiosyncrasies that differentiate hipsters from what I will call, for lack of a better word, the bourgeoisie. I want to hear about the inverse principle. Namely, ...
How to avoid hipsters
“Man, I remember when it wasn’t so played out”
Dear Hipster: I’ve noticed the way this column often provides helpful (dare I say “invaluable”?) advice on how to distinguish various varieties of hipster from each other, on where to find hipsters, and on why ...
Where San Diego hipsterness begins
Save $2 and get the shredded beef burrito instead
Dear Hipster: What is the most San Diego-specific hipster thing you could do? — Kyle On balance, our local hipsters are much the same as hipsters in any other urban locale worthy of an Eater ...
Don't try to predict the next big thing
Pick a number between 35 and 7892, divide it by a rye Manhattan...
Dear Hipster: Why do so many hipsters harbor ambitions as musicians? — Ernesto It’s actually the other way around, many musicians live hipster lives. The part of the human brain that makes music begins to ...
Seasoned with a hint of social conscience
A home-cooked meal drowned in the sauce of creative necessity
Dear Hipster: I’ve been following your advice about eating all the food in the house in order to make space, but its not been so easy. Why do I have all these cans of sun ...
Brick & mortified
More "doomed to obsolescence"
After an outpouring of creative ideas from the brightest minds among the Reader’s local fan base, I offer the following list of neologisms that might fill the gap in the English language where there really ...
A Hip Hopera
“Slicker than a porpoise and thicker than a horse is”
Dear Hipster: What kind of music is best for working out? — La Jolla Spin Class Junkie I wouldn’t know. We hipsters prefer to remain thin by smoking cigarettes and eating kale. Dear Hipster: I ...
Doomed to obsolescence
Blockbuster syndrome?
At the end of May, I put out a call for suggestions from readers for a word meaning “the pain you feel when you realize something you love about the world is doomed to obsolescence.” ...
Where have all the cowboys gone?
Why aren't they ordering craft cocktails in North Park alongside the lumberjacks?
Dear Hipster: I was idly browsing Westworld reddits the other day, trying to figure out exactly what the heck has been going on the past couple weeks, and that got me thinking about cowboys. Real ...
Dads who like booze donuts and sausage cocktails
"Am I no longer cool? Do I even care?"
Dear Hipster: I’ve been having a kind of hipster crisis lately. I fear I am gradually becoming less and less cool. It seems like just yesterday I was tending bar, sleeping in, getting drunk at ...
Martinis and kidney shaped pools
and; Can one be both retro and creative?
Dear Hipster: Consider the following a sort of follow-up to your recent missive about weather and seasons. Which is the more hipster destination, the desert or the beach? — Dale J. Hmmm, both certainly have ...
Tech, you were my brother, and I loved you
But the future doesn't look bright for us
Dear Hipster: What was your favorite hipster moment during the royal wedding? — Erin Not watching it. Dear Hipster: Did you hear Yanny or Laurel? — Derek I don’t get what all the fuss is ...
Why isn't there Amerivision?
California could kick in the occasional gangsta rap-surf-punk-norteño fusion number
Dear Hipster: I have no opinion on the chicken song, but I sort of wonder, why doesn’t the US have something like the Eurovision Song Contest? — Denny Beats the heck outta me. I would ...
And the winner is...
The most hipster thing ever!
Dear Hipster: What are the five most hipster things that have ever happened? — Derek I guess this is it. Number one. The hipsterest thing of all. We began this journey by learning about some ...
Eat everything in your house
How rad is it to live in such a world of plenty?
Dear Hipster: What are the five most hipster things that have ever happened? — Derek I’ve already plumbed the depths of my knowledge and summoned the three most hipster things ever. Based on completely objective, ...
