Being a Dickhead's Cool

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This blog is called ‘The Writer’s Journal’, not ‘The Bitch’s Journal’. But, I am going to break the rule, by uploading this video and commenting on it.

Thanks to my friend Brighton David (who’s sarcastic blogs always make my day), I came across this epic video called ‘Being a Dickhead’s Cool’, which pokes fun at hipsters donning bright skinnies and lens-less ‘Where’s Wally’ glasses. Yes, the latter are truly awful.

To some people who consider themselves trendy or normal, this video may come across as being nasty to bohemians and alternatives in general. But alas, it is NOT. There is nothing wrong with being different. In fact, being different is good. But there is a difference between someone who is genuinely bohemian and someone who isn’t but is either trying very hard to be one, or is trying to heighten their ‘hipster status’.

What is meant by ‘heighten hipster status’, is that some of these people will consume certain beliefs, religions and items, just to show off. For example, my ex knew a few people at university who joined Buddhism and took a feverish interest in the Mighty Boosh, just to show how cool and “with it” they were. I try not to judge, after all they could be very pleasant people. But if I must be honest, doing certain things to prove you’re worth/superiority to others is a minor pet peeve of mine. But that is not the point.

The true problem I have with many of these hipsters is that, many of them are horrifyingly fake. I have known some of these “dickheads” in the past. In fact, one of them was a horrid girl I despised at school. When I accepted her friend request (after all, she seems to have put her grudge behind her), I found that she was now into bands such as ‘The Horrors’ and ‘The Arctic Monkeys’. At school, she loved Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. She now dresses like a nerd in checked shirts, cardis and converses. At school, she called me a “swot” for being too studious. And she now favours that scruffy look that she accused me of having at school (even though my hair was Barbie Doll sleek and I dressed neatly). I’m sorry, but her new image screams of desperation to be in with “what’s cool and trendy”. And no, I am not being judgemental here, she even said on her page that she wants to go to Brighton "where all the cool kids are".

Not only that, but some of these dickheads are grotesquely arrogant. My friends, all of whom are alternatives, have met many of them and have complained about them being very sneering and aloof. Unfortunately, I met one when I went out clubbing once. She was many of the things described in the video…pretentiously dressed, on the dole and up her own arse. The worst thing was that she was shallow, taking excessive pride in the fact that she was “fit” and hated anyone who took attention away from her. Don’t get me wrong, there are conformist girls who do behave like this. But this sort of behaviour is coming from someone who claims to be Indie, a type of person who isn’t shallow at all. It is like a “Punk” stressing about not having an Aston Martin.

I must stress that I do NOT have anything against hipsters who are genuinely hipster and most importantly, down-to-earth about it. My friend Robbie is considered an Indie kid, but he genuinely loves Vintage clothes and bands as much as I do and is not doing so to be purely “cool” or to “show off”. Moreover, he is one of the nicest, carefree people I know.

But these pretentious ones are no better than the chavs, fashionistas and ‘Wagtastic’ plastics and jocks who think they are above everyone else; just because they wear gold jewellery from Argos, weird “on trend” shoes and they shag footballers/glamour models respectively.