Fred Armisen Explains Why None Of Us Are Actually Hipsters

And who would be a better expert on the subject than the relentlessly cool star of “Portlandia?” Recently, Fred spoke to MTV about the definition of the world “hipster” and wound up proving anyone who has ever deemed themselves to be one dead wrong.

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      he’s wrong.

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    • TheSwedish a year ago

      Oh hipsters exist, Fred. You just haven’t bothered to venture down to Richmond. Don’t let New York or Portland(ia) spoil you. When you have the top art school in the US in a gritty little city it’s gonna happen. Something to see.

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    • joeb11 a year ago

      THE “H” WORD AND WHY I STILL USE IT It seems like every couple of days there’s a new refutation of the word hipster, usually by people accused of being hipsters, such as Fred Armisen. Hipster-deniers are many, and their counterargument always boils down to the theory that people who use hipster as a pejorative are just jealous and/or insecure. I’m here to say that we are not jealous or insecure. We are annoyed and at our wit’s end. I continue to use the “h” word and still feel that it is a valid label. What Armisen and others don’t seem to grasp is that a hipster is not someone who is hip. Hipsters are trend-following nitwits who latch on to the silliest and most pretentious fads in the hopes of seeming cool. They flaunt their pretension and trendiness in an arrogant, often condescending way. A hipster is not cool. A hipster is someone who is trying way too hard to look cool and who ends up looking ridiculous instead. That’s what a hipster is, Fred. Whether you are one, I don’t know. But make no mistake about it: these people are real. I see them in Chicago every day. I am subjected to their annoying and idiotic conversations. They are a public nuisance, and until they disappear I will continue to use the word hipster. So there.

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      What typeface is that in the images?

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      Ben Folds said this a while ago.

    • melanyw a year ago

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxkM_cnjFfw

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    • edgerrton a year ago

      this makes a lot more sense if you just go to the link and read the interview

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