to feel a bit sad for the grumpy hipsters on holiday

[FatherHenderson]

We're in a very naice holiday town in the south west. Most holiday makers seem to be pretty happy to be here and are pleasant; the walkers say hello, the posh people off the massive boats seem quite cheery, the young harassed families all seem grateful for a smile, but my god, the London hipsters are so bloody miserable...

Everyone else manages a hello, or holds gates open, but the folk with asemetrical hair seem intent on scowling at everyone.

I'm not saying you should talk to people on holiday but AIBU to think that when you are on holiday, you should at least try not to be so bloody miserable?

Occasionally, I feel as though I've woken up in the 70s.

Especially when beardy DS1 comes to stay.

That there weird taxidermy stuff probably started when Dinner for Schmuks came out.

I feel very deprived that I haven't seen a penny farthing rider or a post modern ironical hipster.

spudmasher, sounds like we are near neighbours! There's been a rooftop bar/cinema in Peckham for some time, I believe. I was gobsmacked when I saw the Gap outlet last week. Is it a proper Gap or an outlet, such as M&S has on its first floor to get rid of the even more godawful stuff than they have on the ground floor ends of lines?

I grew up in a fairly rough town in SE London and recently there was a rumour that a barman in the local pub had a beard and had not yet been beaten up.
Hipster-bills beckons. They are even redeveloping Poundland.

cactusannie

add to that 1940s cupcake shite

BURLESQUE - aka 'stripping for fat birds'

my FIL has always had a beard. I find that line hard to cross

The penny farthing thing has broken through the city barriers and ended up in rural East Sussex. Our semi hipsterish ex neighbour (who had a collection of old US military vehicles and a beard) would occasionally be seen pedalling down the road in his penny farthing. He looked very out of place amongst the moleskin trousers and checked shirts.

I have Asymmetrical Hair

My MN haircut went awry

in Paris I saw a segway without the top

just a disc people rode on

I have an image of Mrs DV leading a revolt, and putting pink sparkly and ditsy print barricades at the end of roads yelling from the top, "the hipsters are coming, to arms, the HIPSTERS ARE COMING!"

Gasp, it is an outlet a la Marks and Sparks. But even so, very different to what I'm used to on this stretch of pavement which is this:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ltoxX85y_4

I've had many a fine burger in Lewisham McD's. There was a great chippy as well - the Rock and Grill Plaice?

I noticed Peckham was getting hip a few years ago went they started signposting it from the A2. It was like WTF? It's a destination now?

Ubik1, now might be a good time to go and visit Peckham because it sounds like most of the population is on holiday in the South West!

Amen to all of that, Mrs DV!

When did temporary and short-term get replaced with pop up?

If you're going to create something arty why not make it useful too - giant banquet for food bank users, enormous tent under which homeless people can shelter, something saleble to raise money to relieve suffering in disaster-struck areas...

Oh no, let's have a giant papier mache cow and waste a few more of the earth's limited resources

Well yes, but it wouldn't be quite so pointless iyswim

I feel I must withdraw my earlier comment about my ds looking like a hipster. I didn't realise that hipster was really just another name for North London achingly middle class pretentious wankers! Obviously not limited to Stoke Newington and Shoreditch any more either. I think I might avoid visiting my old South London haunts next time I visit the UK just in case they've turned to the dark side too

A lot of them tend to be Swedish I find.

I don't live in London and my DS has some hipster friends.

They would never admit to being hipsters though.