One of the funniest things I've seen in awhile. Hipster Superheroes!

[proteus_lives]

Greetings True Believers!

Did you ever see those pics of superheroes dressed up like hipsters? Well, they were funny. CollegeHumor.com found them funny enough to create a animated video about them. It had me rolling! Enjoy!

"Please. Hulk only smashing ironically."

Yes, Snake-Eyes approves.

Comments

[greenmask]

You're a brave man, sir.

I wear vintage clothes and flat shoes, I also have a distinctive hat or two, I ride an old bicycle and sometimes I make my family eat vegan food. I am with you, hipster brother.

[greenmask]

Now that is a smart plan.

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

This is why my working definition of hipster is "trying too hard". Admittedly, I have-- fat ass notwithstanding-- never been particularly hip or cool, so take it as you will.

[jlbarnett]

that was in Ultimate X-men actually.

[icon_uk]

Thanks, that would have been my second guess.

[icon_uk]

I am the label everyone only ever applies to others. I am the thing nobody can ever admit to being. I am the Untrue Scotsman.

You ARE the terror that flaps in the night...

[icon_uk]

Given the industry these days, a decent telepath might spend days trying to find the brain-pan in a music exec.

[icon_uk]

The difference between poser and poseur perhaps?

[karunya]

Amen to that.

[bradhanon]

We stand united! Denying being a hipster is so frigging over, people!

[greenmask]

I was admitting I was a hipster, like, way before any of these new kids tried it. Fchuh. *scarf toss*

[proteus_lives]

And you knew about narrow-brim fedoras before anyone else.

[kamino_neko]

Untrue Scotsman would be an awesome supervillain name...

[psychopathicus_rex]

'Poseur'?

[salinea]

It's French therefore per se charged with meanings of snobbishness and arrogance.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Oh. Right. Makes sense. What does it mean, though?

[salinea]

huh, hard to define. Someone who likes posturing about who they are and the things they like in order to appeal more cool and distinguished and look down on other people, kinda?

[combatsoup]

Objection! Thor would obviously be pre-med...

[psychopathicus_rex]

So basically, if 'posers' HAS any sort of French root, that's it.

[salinea]

No: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseur

The term coined from the French verb "poser" in the 1870s, to refer to people who "affect an attitude or pose"; earlier versions of the verb in Old French meant "to put or place". Etymonline, an online etymology dictionary, argues that since the "word is Eng.[English] poser in Fr.[French] garb", thus it "could itself be considered an affectation."[2]

Dictionary.com says the word refers to "a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not."[1] The Merriam-Webster dictionary notes that the term was also used to refer to a "person who pretends to be what he or she is not" or an "insincere person".[3] The Encarta dictionary states that the term is used to describe a "pretentious person" or "somebody who tries to impress others by behaving in an affected way".[4] The Cambridge Dictionary defines a "poseur" as "someone who pretends to be something they are not, or to have qualities that they do not have."[5]

Many individuals misspell the word as Poser, which by Merriam-Webster's definition is either "a puzzling or baffling question" or "a person who poses" as if for a portrait.

It's a common misspelling of poseur.

[psychopathicus_rex]

So 'poseurs' is, in fact, NOT an affectation; it's just being accurate, but everyone will think it is, because it sounds more French.
...
Oy.

[auggie18]

...I really love the Batman costume. Sadly, I would totally date that guy.

[badficwriter]

Omigod DARKWING DUCK IS A HIPSTER!

[sir_mikael]

Same! :D

[sir_mikael]

That is the CUTEST Spider-Man EVER.

And the Prof X thing has a point for pretty much anything creative. Rarely does what you have in your head translate entirely onto the page/easel/recording so that would be cool.