Dear Hipster: So…hipster girls: slender, cute, creative, feminine, pretty. Hipster guys: kind of the same. If it weren’t for the beards I’d have a hard time telling the men from women in the hip community. …
May 28, 2014
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Gruff, ironic façade
Vitriolic toward hipsterkind
Dear Hipster: Why are all you such pretentious douches? Is it wrong of me to want to hit all of you in the face? What is especially troubling is how you guys are now starting …
May 21, 2014
No place in the sun
Dear Hipster: What’s the best beach in San Diego? — Sara O.B. has too many hippies. P.B. has too many bros. Shores has too many tourists. I.B. is in I.B. Mission has too many tourists. …
May 21, 2014
Pour-over coffee, unfiltered pretense
Dear Hipster: Two questions. First, how did the hipster burn his mouth? Second, if I used a Melitta before it was called “pour over” does that make me hip even though I am an old …
May 7, 2014
So '90s — so 2012
Mr. Hipster: Why is it okay to use the terms “moron” and “idiot,” yet “retarded” is not okay? The terms moron and idiot are former categories of retardation. Moron and idiot are used frequently in …
May 7, 2014
Giant, vinyl sac of uncoolness
Dear Hipster: I was thinking about getting a waterbed. Is that cool? — Bob Will you not get a waterbed without the okay from yours truly? I would love to wield such absolute control over …
April 30, 2014
Escape the elephant graveyard
Dear Hipster: Now that Facebook has become the elephant graveyard of boomers searching for their lost youth, and Reddit and Imgur are full of trolls and creepers looking for a joke of the day, where …
April 30, 2014
Flannel fashion history need not be
Dear Hipster, I look good in flannels. I like them a lot, too. Does the whole world see me as a hipster wannabe for the rest of my days simply because I like the “dad’s …
April 23, 2014
Your only recourse is to gift ironically
Dear Hipster, I’ve been invited to a cookout where most everyone has an Ivy League pedigree and buttloads of money. I don’t have either. I need a host gift they won’t just throw out later. …
April 23, 2014
Mix CDs passé?
Dear Hipster: I was thinking of making my girlfriend a custom mix CD for her birthday. Good idea or bad idea? — Jamie Yeah. Sure. Great idea. If you guys still listen to CDs, which …
April 16, 2014
Racism is not cool
Dear Hipster: My sister’s boyfriend let fly a few racist remarks at a recent family gathering, and I’m pretty sure his bigotry runs deeper than that. Am I out of line if I just hit …
April 16, 2014
Vodka verus gin
Dear Hipster: My friend and I go back and forth on which is the right spirit for a Martini. Gin or vodka? — Joe, Kensington Gin drinkers are either old men or luxurious Noel Coward …
April 9, 2014
iPhone versus Nexus
Dear Hipster: It’s new cell phone time for me, but I can’t decide between the Nexus 5 and the iPhone 5. Which one should I get, and why? I use a Macbook, and the iPhone …
April 9, 2014
The lust for what feels real is irrepressible
Dear Hipster: I went out on a pretty horrible date the other day with some Tinder hipster who seemed totally cool, at least till I actually met him in person. No big surprise there, right? …
June 25, 2008