12 Signs You Just MIGHT Be A Hipster

Are you always “down" for a cause with fashionable yet practical t-shirts? Did you like that Indie-Rock band with classical samples way before the rest of your friends? Do you stay trendy but it’s a total coincidence for it took years for you to perfect your trademarked style? Well, you just MIGHT be a hipster. Here are 12 sure fire ways one can assess their hipster vibes.

1. " New" Vintage Clothes

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That's right vintage can be new! Newly made that is, if you like the vintage feel but not the vintage smell than that's one tally for joining the hipster brigade! Newly vintage items are great finds in consignment shops and on Etsy, perfect for any hipster.

2. Suave Facial Hair

Was No Shave November a way for you to show the posers what real facial hair is? Come on down cause you're the first contestant on "The Hipster is IN" ! Your locks are never limited and your sleek hair makes up for your furrowed 'stache in a business meeting for your start-up. No facial hair? What are you, a baby?!

3. Dark Tight Pants

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Your buns of steel often go unappreciated in the wrong pair of drop-crotch sweats so of course you have to rock your Supreme Jeans or black washed denim Levi’s. Throw on a pair of trainers or desert boots and your every “Nasty Gal's “dream.

4. Making Friends Music Festival

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You find yourself jammin' to Avicii when you spot a couple in the group next to you that reminds you of you and your S.O. . Too cool (or too hot) to be doing Molly, with beer in hand you make acquaintances and invite them to your EP release party two Fridays from now. Make sure they click the attend button on Facebook! Now let’s get back to talking about how crazy kids are these days while your girlfriend does another roll whom; which you have to take care of later.

5. Cheap Booze for a Good Reason

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You know the saying “Beer before liquor, never been sicker". You learn the best from experience so after your first couple Jack and Cokes you start to slow down by drinking PBR or HighLife, nothing wrong with being broke when you look as cool as you do. Plus you're saving a few bucks to score some pot to take the edge of this long work week. Say 'maybe' to drugs!

6. Menthol is so Bad for You

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Marlboro 27's make an iconic fashion statement as the box top peeks out from your jean jacket front pocket. Beware whipping these 'Smooth Rich Mellow' drunk bitch magnets out at a shindig as you just might leave with an empty pack. Actually, you will. The font of the number 27 is so chic and gold is forever, you'd be honored if these smokes landed you a spot in the 27 Club.

7. Shhh it's A Secret

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It's 7:30 am and with three people in front of you ordering Grande Blonde Roast you think you have everyone's time to spare by ordering the Zebra Mocha, because you don't see color, just character. This secret menu item is to die for and you anxiously await for someone to ask " what is that?". But all you get are death stares for holding up the line because this is your 'pre-workout coffee'.

8. Whats your URL?

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Tumblr. The Mecca of gifs, memes, and suicidal teens. Your posts often include high fashion street wear stating flannels are not only for lumberjacks. You'd probably wear leather underpants if it wouldn't induce a fever blister. Whenever your sub tweet is longer than 140 characters you can always rely on Tumblr to receive your anguish. FOREVER REBLOG.

9. Do Aspirations have an Expiration?

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Creating is your thing. You've always had a love for the arts; street art, fine art, Instagram posts, art is life. And life is art to you, thing is - you are constantly having writer's block and when you do get inspiration your roommate has loud company over. Sometimes you wish you'd had bought a bed frame instead of that $700 desk but hey - Carpe Diem!

10. I Discriminate Against Everyone Equally; I Hate Everyone

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You don't have to take it back to your MySpace days to be all emo. Your group of friends are more diverse than Rutgers University but you only reveal deep secrets to those who share similar upbringings. Thank God you're half Jewish cause those jokes are starting to make you sound like a Neo-Nazi. Regardless, any progressive movement or exploited people will be heard!

11. The Film Adaptation was Not as Good as the Book

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No one knows the nights you've stayed up to finish Game of Thrones or how serious the Quarter Quell really was in Catching Fire as you. Your hip, ahead of your time, young mind was drawn to titles as such and now the mainstream world has latched on, producing live action films with expectations that are never met. Not to worry, even D.B. Weiss doesn't know how the winter will end.

12. Your Body is a Canvas

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Sleeves and finger tats are a walk in the park compared to that side piece you've been getting colored in for the past two months. Mullets are a thing of the past thanks to septum piercings and its swooping convenience to be taken serious, with a flick of your finger it was never there! You think tattoos are a way of expression and you can't wait to be green and wrinkly, cause at least you'll have stories to tell!

There you have it - if you are reading and find yourself morphing into a hipster, don't panic. Hipsters are a misunderstood subculture and loves to keep it that way. There is nothing wrong with preference and pants that fit. Now go have more followers than you follow, conformists!