All white Brits naturally tend towards the condition of hipster. They do so, however, with a singular mix of denial and self-hatred. They may be brogue-wearing humanities graduates with an exaggerated love of hip-hop, but they do not recognise these hipster traits in themselves.
These, they think, are endearing and idiosyncratic quirks. Instead, white Brits direct their vitriol at anyone whose shoes are slightly pointier than theirs, whose moustache is more ironic, whose jeans are skinnier, or whose knowledge of obscure alternative bands is greater. Areas such as Hackney or Shoreditch are populated entirely by people who hate each other, and, secretly, themselves.
This widespread feeling has caused a great proliferation of hate websites, the humour of which depends on the white Brit being reassured that there are people out there who are slightly more like a hipster than them. White British idols Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris encapsulated this disgust for the hipster in their creation of guerrilla filmmaker, screenwriter, DJ and all-round twat Nathan Barley.
The white British scorn for hipsters is matched only by their abhorrence of “suits”. White Brits therefore inhabit an uncomfortable liminal space between the two extremes, gravitating rather more strongly in the direction of ‘hipster’. Nevertheless, the self-loathing that would be caused by moving towards “the norm” would be far greater. Because of this, white Brits are destined to a future of semi-hipster existence characterised by a subtle but constant feeling of self-revulsion.
[...] White Brits Like skriver om hipster-karma, alltså om att om man kallar någon annan för hipster så är det ett relativt [...]
The poster makes an excellent analysis. The excessive love of hip hop in particular is a theme I have also picked up on here: http://notbiginjapan.blogspot.com/2011/06/4-things-white-middle-class-non-racists.html
Apologies if the title of this post seems a bit similar to your blog title: unintended. I’m a big fan!
Oh I know – I hate hipsters *so* much right now!!
[...] Much of white British hatred is directed at anyone who reads a different newspaper or voted differently from them. This explains white Brits’ hatred of flashy businessmen, girls who wear Ugg boots, and most of West London. However, hardly anyone escapes their wrath, which is occasioned by what might seem like relatively minor offences. White Brits hate fans of Michael McIntyre, people who watch The Apprentice, an endless list of public figures including Grayson Perry, Chris Martin and Bono, people who think Jack Daniel’s is a good whiskey, anyone who does not like The Wire, and, especially, they hate hipsters. [...]
[...] probably VICE spoof Dalston Superstars, or Nathan Barley. Of course, seeing as ‘hipsters’ are intrinsically annoying, the show pre-empts this criticism by slathering itself in [...]