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8 Hipster Trends I Still See Everywhere And Genuinely Don't Understand

If I had a dime for every time I saw a hipster post, "Yo check out my SoundCloud and listen to the new single" and didn't go check out their SoundCloud and listen to the new single, I'd have my college tuition paid for.

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8 Hipster Trends I Still See Everywhere And Genuinely Don't Understand

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We all know the hipster community as a very tight-knit group of people with keen fashion sense, knowledgeable about all the latest trends in food, style, and literature. To those of us who could never identify as a "hipster", this world seems very foreign and strange and we often contemplate why hipsters are the way that they are. Who are these Jesus sandal-wearing 20-year-olds, driving Jeeps and hitting up small group every Wednesday night?

Us outsiders have many questions for you folk, most of them involving your fashion and food choices. From a non-hipster to the brave new world of hipsters, why are the following items... a thing?

1. Birkenstocks (Jesus Sandals)

If Crocs were banned from the fashion scene, why are Birkenstocks still relevant? Correct me if I'm wrong, but feet are not the most attractive feature on the human body. Why would we want to display them, in all their dirty glory (because heaven knows, Birks don't help with cleanliness), when we could just as easily be wearing sneakers? Or flip-flops that don't restrict your toes from wiggle movement? Why are these weird shoes still considered the height of fashion?

2. La Croix

Is it sparkling water or holy water to you guys? Not rhetorical- I genuinely want to know.

3. An obsession with kale & avocados

Do not get me wrong, I like avocados just as much as the next girl. But ordering avocado toast with a kale salad EVERY day at brunch? It's getting a little old, guys. Let's get some diversity up in here and maybe start paying attention to other fruits and veggies? They're starting to feel lonely.

4. Kombucha

Someone please tell me why drinking fermented tea sounds like a good way to spend your morning. I don't care what anyone says about getting "acclimated to the taste" or it being "different but good". This stuff is gross. I'm sorry, but it just is.

5. Huge thin-rimmed circular glasses

I'll be the first to admit even I did the thing where you buy a pair of non-prescription glasses and wear them because you think it makes you look cool (sorry, world). But seriously what is the DEAL with getting these huge circular glasses specifically and wearing them in every Instagram shot? Why must they look like that, hipsters? Why?

6. Vintage band t-shirts

Based on what I've seen from your extremely aesthetic Instagram pics, one is not a true hipster unless they own a large collection of vintage band tees- even if they have absolutely no clue who the band is or what any of their songs are. Let me just ask you, Ashley- have you even listened to a Guns N Roses song before?

7. Labeling yourself "a photographer" because you got a canon for Christmas

One of the most wonderful things about the hipster community seems to be how accepting they are of aspiring photographers. Even if one has never taken any picture but a selfie before, the moment they get an expensive camera for Christmas, they are allowed to change their bio to "Photographer" and immediately post their availability for bookings. So beautiful.

8. Having a SoundCloud... or worse, broadcasting it

Another truly incredible example of how open the hipster community is to sudden new career choices- the SoundCloud account... because yes, Chad, the world does need another 10-minute long EDM track.

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Syllabus Week As Told By Kourtney Kardashian

Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

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Winter break is over, we're all back at our respective colleges, and the first week of classes is underway. This is a little bit how that week tends to go.

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You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

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Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

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Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

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Now it's time to get back into the REAL swing of things. Second semester is really here and we all have to deal with it.

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Signs You Worked At Panera Bread In High School

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Whether you specialized in ringing people up or preparing the food, if you worked at Panera Bread it holds a special place in your heart. Here are some signs that you worked at Panera in high school.

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

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8 Hipster Trends I Still See Everywhere And Genuinely Don't Understand

If I had a dime for every time I saw a hipster post, "Yo check out my SoundCloud and listen to the new single" and didn't go check out their SoundCloud and listen to the new single, I'd have my college tuition paid for.

In This Article:

1. Birkenstocks (Jesus Sandals)

2. La Croix

3. An obsession with kale & avocados

4. Kombucha

5. Huge thin-rimmed circular glasses

6. Vintage band t-shirts

7. Labeling yourself "a photographer" because you got a canon for Christmas

8. Having a SoundCloud... or worse, broadcasting it

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Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus

You get homework assigned on the first day of class

There are multiple group projects on the syllabus

You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class

Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

Chips, apple or bread?

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

2. Chips, apple or bread is probably your most repeated phrase

3. Taking bakery items with you out to parties was a must

4. Taking bakery items home to your parents was also a must (if you wanted to live)

5. Your friends expected you to give them free stuff

6. Being put on dishes made you question humanity

7. You saw everyone and their mother (especially their mothers)

8. Working the opening shift was actually the worst thing to ever happen to you

9. Being able to predict what people would order

10. Making coffee was your least favorite thing to do

11.Being put on the dining room was the absolute WORST

12. Secretly putting in your Panera card number when other people didn’t have them or want them.

13. You would still come in on days you weren’t working to take advantage of your discount

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Making the world safer through language.

1. Use singular they for people whose pronouns you don't know, people who use those pronouns, and stop using him/her.

2. Stop using the words "opposite sex" or "both sexes" or "opposite gender" or "both genders".

3. Ask people's pronouns when you meet them.

4. Use the word cisgender.

5. Stop saying "born a boy/girl" about a transgender or non-binary person.

6. Stop using the term 'preferred pronouns'.

7. Stop using a transgender or non-binary person's dead name.

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