Hipster

The word hipster defined by dictionary.com is as follows:

hip·ster

¹    [hip-ster]  Show IPA

–noun Slang .

1.

a person who is hip.

2.

hepcat.

3.

a person, esp. during the 1950s, characterized by aparticularly strong sense of alienation from most establishedsocial activities and relationships.

From this definition we get somewhat of an idea of what a hipster is.  To be quite honest I am not sure how I feel about hipsters.  It is what we might call a love hate relationship.  I have many acquaintances and quite possibly a few people I would call friends that are hipsters so this is all baffling to me.  The love part is that I have spent quality time with the hipsters in my life and would not trade it for much.  There has been many beers shared over bowling and great music.  However, a few things about them bother me.

One of the big issues stems from the fact that they all seem to work and shop at Whole Foods.  This one particular experience just made me laugh and shake my head all at once.  To keep things simple security guard kept me under a watchful eye for most of my time in the store.  While most people may be irked by the situation it made me laugh that ole boy decided to watch me with all these damn weirdos in the store.  Reaaally, he works in a store with people tatted the f*ck up who have bandannas tied around the head and have the longest, dirtiest hair I have seen and you watching ME??  I know they can't steal anything out of the store with their tight as* jeans but they sure could put a loaf of bread in that bird nest on their head.

Another part of this love hate relationship that kills me is that I might be scared of them.  The hipsters I bump into seem to run in packs when I see them on the streets.  Secretly I might be scared that they are going to jump me, beat me up and force skinny jeans on me.  Then kidnap me and not let me shave or shower so I blend in with the rest of them.  Then some days I see them with their dogs that look like they have just escaped the gates of hell and would gnaw your f*cking ankle off.  Apparently there is a term for these types and are not hipsters from what I hear but you could have fooled me.