Friday, February 4, 2011

Does This Count as a Post?

I liked this because it clarified something for me. A message board poster named rubygreta (Ruby Greta? Rubyg Eta?) wrote it on city-data.com:

What is a hipster? A hipster is someone from an affluent Westchester, New Jersey or Nassau suburb whose parents paid 100% of the costs of attending an expensive liberal arts college like Bard. Upon graduation, God forbid the hipster takes a job with a corporation like Mom or Dad did. So they live in a crap hole in Bushwick or other butt-ugly areas with four roommates thinking about how cool they are while they create "art" or play their guitar. Of course their parents are paying the rent, while the "uncool" kid from the working-class family moves back to his parents suburban home to save some money from his $35,000 job. You can tell who they are by their dress and demeanor, and they may do strange things like wear winter hats in the summer. After a year or two, when Mom and Dad get tired of paying the rent, many give up and apply to law school. Those who have trusts (a/k/a Trustafarians) can keep it going indefinitely.

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