Beardless Hipsters paying for beard transplants

[trackercowe]

Doesn't the whole hipster movement go back to the grunge days 20 years ago? Everyone seems to emulate musicians like Kurt Cobain, even though he would never be considered a hipster. But I still see many hipsters trying to recreate his style to this day.

Speaking of which, here are some Russian hipsters wanting to be like Kurt Cobain.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n...eo/495070.html

Although to be fair I'd much rather say Kurt Cobain is my idol instead of some ####### from Duck Dynasty.

[strombad]

Yeah, beards have been cool for wayyyyyy longer than the past two years.

It's obviously why I haven't shaved my beard once in the past 5 years. I'm way too cool.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by strombad

Nothing is more Hipster than a redneck that dislikes gay people.

I hear ya, accepting homosexuality is just soooooo mainstream these days. I mean, I was totally cool with homosexuality back in the 90s before most people were, but jeez, now everyone's accepting it, openmindedness just doesn't have the same cachet. Gay people totally sold out by having politicians and athletes marching in their parades, like they want those sort of associations. And gay marriage? Is there anything more sell-out than marriage? I'm not saying that they shouldn't be allowed to, I'm just saying they're not what they used to be. I dunno, man, I've thought joining a hate group would be a cool thing to do sometime, but those Westboro guys, they just want to get on TV, that's not what I'm about. I want to find somewhere you can hang around and hate things, not to be recognized for hating, but just for the, you know, the experience of it. I mean, I think that would be pretty authentic, right?

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Doesn't the whole hipster movement go back to the grunge days 20 years ago?

I think the inspiration goes back further than that. Everything from vintage Americana, the Civil War, Punk, New Wave, David Bowie, The Smiths, the Graduate, 60s Mod, Preppy culture....it's all been influential, I think appropriating bits of the past is a big part of Hipster culture. Half the thrill is probably finding new things to rip-off.

I think the grunge look has made a bit of a come back lately, but that's probably because it fits into that "urban woodsman" look that is popular with people who like to pretend that they are one with the land by buying fancy axes and taking woodworking classes. 10 years ago these would be the guys wearing trucker hats and drinking Pabst. To me though, Grunge was always more of a slacker thing...at their root they didnt really care about being cool. Hipsters on the other hand definitely care about coolness.