I'm a hipster, so are you.

Let’s face it. If you're under 30 and do not work in finance or law, you're probably a hipster.

Chances are you really want to be in a creative industry, read Vice, live green, like getting your picture taken at parties (as long as you look good), are nonchalantly fashion conscious, and live for being slightly more "in the know" than your peers. There are hundreds of thousands of *new* adults with these same interests. This is especially prevalent in New York where youth and creative cultures have always been in large population. Sample the LES or Williamsburg on a Friday or Saturday night. It's like Disney Land for those 18-30. The lines to bars and clubs are filled with slightly bored, but eager hipsters waiting to be let in to ride the same ride for the hundredth time.

So why all the hipster bashing when it may very well become what our generation is known for? (I'm not saying this is a good thing, I'm just reporting.) Because being a hipster no longer means being part of a counter-culture like it did for generations past. The word's connotations no longer imply edge or danger. The definition has changed, and being a hipster now means you possibly live off of your parent's money or you have a daytime office job. (You need to pay for living in pricey NYC somehow.) Frankly, you're a wuss and not very dangerous at all. Worse yet, the hipster's culture is now mainstream culture. Advertisers already know this, but the general population of hipsters are in denial, still thinking they are something unique. If you're so unique, then why are you all wearing American Apparel?

Hipster bashing is so great that mainstream mag Timeout New York decided to dedicate their latest issue to the phenomenon: The Hipster Must Die (for New York to be edgy again?). But there's way cooler stuff on Time Out's website: Play "Guess what train stop that hipster came from". Fun! I'm guessing Metropolitan?

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