At what age do hipsters usually sell out?

[JesseJB]

Dating hipster girls is confusing, annoying and fun. But every girl has a price. At some point she will meet a guy who makes wads of cash or get a corporate job and sell out.

At what age does this normally happen?

 

[FLMountainMan]

The age her parents stop paying for things.

 

[Piobaire]

Do they sell out, per se, or just out grow it? Or is it just a way-station on the path to mature adulthood?

 

[Vintage Gent]

It depends on if there's graduate school involved--that prolongs the inevitable.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Vintage Gent

It depends on if there's graduate school involved--that prolongs the inevitable.

Excellent point, and I think tied to the ones by me and FMM.

 

[Tarmac]

when a childbirth and mugging happen in any single 12 month period

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by JesseJB

Dating hipster girls is confusing, annoying and fun. But every girl has a price. At some point she will meet a guy who makes wads of cash or get a corporate job and sell out.

At what age does this normally happen?

There is nothing to sell out, the countercultural values adopted by hipsters aren't anti capitalist, contrary to what they might think. So the answer would be; never.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

There is nothing to sell out, the countercultural values adopted by hipsters aren't anti capitalist, contrary to what they might think. So the answer would be; never.

They just continue shopping at Whole Foods.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

There is nothing to sell out, the countercultural values adopted by hipsters aren't anti capitalist, contrary to what they might think. So the answer would be; never.

I agree with that, which is why I stated they basically just outgrow the phase. I think women have a greater imperative to do this than men, as due to our social norms, and basic biology, men have a longer shelf life on the singles market.

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

That's like asking "when do you consider a corpse dead?"

 

[LA Guy]

Fuuma is completely correct. The rest of you guys don't seem particularly knowledgeable about the whole "hipster" culture. What it is in essence is a specific form of consumerism, and the "counter culture" aspect of it is not a rejection of capitalism but a rejection of normative consumer habits. So, as Fuuma said, never. I've known very successful, forty something hipsters who run the gamut from banker to university professor to lawyer to boutique owner. Interestingly, those professionals who play more at being a hipster but do not need to benefit from their consumer habits seem, ime, to be more fully immersed in playing the part.

 

[Davidko19]

Ive known 2. One was 30 maybe and worked at Trader joes as a store manager (of course) and the other was like 23 and worked in fashion photography or some **** where that stuff slides until your like 40.

 

[JesseJB]

I've noticed a lot of female hipsters (and girls that identified themselves as "hardcore" and "metal" in 2003) tended to move on to high fashion and lost that angsty disposition they used to be so proud of. Maybe todays hipster chicks are tomorrow's SF members' wives.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by JesseJB

Maybe todays hipster chicks are tomorrow's SF members' ex-wives.

Fixed - that's the plan.

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

They just continue shopping at Whole Foods.

yep, go to Whole Foods and you'll see "hipsters" of all ages, from early 20s to 60s+

and +1 on Fuuma....hipsters are probably the biggest consumers out there, they just feel their purchases are "hipper - cooler" than yours.