Hipsters fucking love the hurdy-gurdy

[Jenne]

[Don Coyote]

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1

This is for the Doktor.

What does that have to do with anything?  We're talking about Hipsters and my hatred for them, not jacking off in front of the family dog.

http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1195

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

In more related news, I got one of my friends to tell me to go fuck myself after I posted the hurdy-gurdy video with the comment "Starts off slow but SO WORTH IT to watch to the end!"

[Doktor Howl]

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1

This is for the Doktor.

What does that have to do with anything?  We're talking about Hipsters and my hatred for them, not jacking off in front of the family dog.

http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1195

Still fucked.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1

This is for the Doktor.

What does that have to do with anything?  We're talking about Hipsters and my hatred for them, not jacking off in front of the family dog.

http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1195

That appeared to be the unfunniest comic I have ever seen. I am submitting it to unfunnies.com.

[E.O.T.]

OH,

         you mean like YOU - who just got into STRYPER, WINGER & KYX in the last few years because I turned you onto them?!

ALSO;

         -don't mess with the metalheads cuz they're like fucking librarians of guitar and you CANNOT WIN!!

Here's a question for you; in what way am I definitely NOT a hipster? If I was sitting at the Nest and someone looked at me and decided I was a hipster, what would make me not a hipster?

The horrible beating you would deliver.

HA! THIS!

          couldn't have put it better.

[Doktor Howl]

OH,

         you mean like YOU - who just got into STRYPER, WINGER & KYX in the last few years because I turned you onto them?!

ALSO;

         -don't mess with the metalheads cuz they're like fucking librarians of guitar and you CANNOT WIN!!

Here's a question for you; in what way am I definitely NOT a hipster? If I was sitting at the Nest and someone looked at me and decided I was a hipster, what would make me not a hipster?

The horrible beating you would deliver.

HA! THIS!

          couldn't have put it better.

I've only met her once (well, twice, but the first day she was zombified), but I could tell she'd fucking some shit royally.

[Requia ☣]

Except that... as hip as it is to hate on hipsters... "Hipster" is pretty much just a term that describes young urban people. It's nothing more than monkeys being monkeys; "THEY are hipsters; WE are better than them".

90% of the people here are indistinguishable from "hipsters" from an outside perspective. Since "Hipsters" are almost ALWAYS defined by an outside perspective, that makes the majority of us "hipsters".

When I was first introduced to this idea about two months ago, it pissed me the fuck off. Why? Because I'm not a fucking hipster... right? I mean... I'm not... really... oh wait. Who defines "hipster"? Who decides who is a hipster? Hipsters don't consider themselves hipsters. Hipsters HATE hipsters and would argue bitterly against being labeled a hipster. So... who decides who is a hipster? Who even knows what a hipster is? Lots of people don't know what a hipster is, and couldn't point out a hipster in a crowd. They don't hate hipsters. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that those people are definitely NOT hipsters.

Also, hurdy-gurdies are fucking awesome. I don't care WHY likes them; they're just fucking rad.

You don't follow the trends.  Yeah you fit some of the hipster criteria, but you pretty much always fit that criteria, the hipsters are imitating you not the other way around.

In further news on the SLC hipster infestation, I saw two fixed gear bikes while I was out walking.  

[Don Coyote]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

[Elder Iptuous]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

ironic, isn't it?

[Don Coyote]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

ironic, isn't it?

I will stab you. Fucking 'irony'

I still don't understand how shit is 'ironic' to hipsters.

[Requia ☣]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

It's trendy, its the same reason people pay 4$ for a pint of PBR in a bar that has 3.75 imports.

[Don Coyote]

http://www.yelp.com/topic/seattle-whats-with-hipsters-and-fixed-gear-bikes

I think I have to kill hipsters now.

Pragmatically speaking, there are fewer moving parts to maintain, so they're easier and cheaper to repair.  They can also be retooled more easily with alternative gearing if you know you're going to be riding in an especially hilly area on a particular day, or simply whether you change your mind about what you want as your "around town" gearing (that, here, should work for both hills and flats).

They provide a much more "intimate" feel of the road: the transmission on a more traditional, multi-geared bike "muffles" the experience.  As mentioned, they encourage excellent cadence.  If you are so inclined, you can perform a track stand on them  (staying upright on the bike without removing one's feet from the pedals by balancing using the handlebars, and minute back and forth adjustments on the crank) at traffic lights and thus remain in ready position the whole while--and simultaneously refine balance skills.

As mentioned earlier, they promote excellent cadence.  Not only downhill, but over obstacles and bumps you must continue to pedal regularly, even if you need to unload the saddle in order to miss out on the brunt of a rough patch in the road.

Because of the nature of the direct drive, they are exceptionally quiet.

Bike guru Sheldon Brown has a nice article on his site: http://sheldonbrown.co...

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Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

ironic, isn't it?

I will stab you. Fucking 'irony'

I still don't understand how shit is 'ironic' to hipsters.

"This obsession with "street-cred" reaches its apex of absurdity as hipsters have recently and wholeheartedly adopted the fixed-gear bike as the only acceptable form of transportation – only to have brakes installed on a piece of machinery that is defined by its lack thereof."

www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html

[Requia ☣]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?