Web Service Called 'Hipster' Has Hipsters Scratching Beards in Confusion

As the notion of the "hipster" has pretty well crossed the threshold into banality, TechCrunch has a pressing question to ask: is this new Web service 'Hipster' cool or not?! While nobody's entirely certain of what Hipster does yet (as the company is just trying to collect e-mail addresses from interested early adopters), folks are certain that, if the name 'Hipster' is meant ironically, it's cool. And, if it ain't, it ain't.

So, the question before us: is Hipster The Beatles or The Monkees? 'Repo Man' or 'Valley Girl'? Is it a genuine offshoot of the contemporary youth culture, or is it a shaky facsimile of that culture, made to dupe the poseurs? Is it marked with the irony so dearly held by those young folks, or is it just trying too hard? We think it's the latter on both counts, but marinate on this for a second: It's totally hip to wear a Monkees T-shirt, and lame to wear a Beatles tie-dye. And 'Valley Girl' posters adorn many a hipster's dorm room wall. Because it's ironic. (Duh.) So, our suggestion to the tried and true hipster? Bookmark Hipster. Since it's not at all ironic, doing so would be totally ironic.

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