Hipster Kitty (2009)

added Feb 08, 2010 at 12:49AM UTC

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About

Hipster Kitty (a.k.a Hipster Cat) is an image macro series featuring a fashion-conscious kitten wearing a lavender hoodie and a pair of thick-framed glasses, derived from a painting called “Allison” by artist Craig Wheat.

These image macros are typically paired with tongue-in-cheek sayings to poke fun at the self-righteous lifestyles of vintage-lovin’, cheap beer-sippin’, Bukowski-quotin’ urban folks. To a certain extent, Hipster Kitty can be seen as a self-parody phenomenon.

The Artist’s Reaction

Craig Wheat seems to be embracing the Internet’s adoption of Hipster Kitty.

Essentially the internet ate a piece of my art and turned it into a ever collaborating beast. here is the piece entitled “Allison” collage, acrylic ink, spray paint

Origin

The earliest known instance of “Hipster Kitty” image macros was uploaded via Tumblr on August 24th, 2009. Posted by Brittnie on her blog, the image description read “well, it doesn’t matter who is better because Hipster Kitty will doubt EVERYONE’S indie cred.” Since August 2009, the kitty macro has been re-blogged hundreds of times on Tumblr:



Etymology of Hip

Hip is an American slang term vaguely meaning “fashionably current.” But since the term doesn’t refer to one specific quality (similar to “cool”), what is actually considered hip is ever-changing and therefore impossible to define. The early usage of terms like “hipster” and “hip cats” can be traced back to the popular jazz & swing era in the 1930s, when it was used to describe someone who was “in the know” about Bebop music and social scenes. Also check out the Charleston Dance Remix meme for more.

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The square version of indie kitty macro and customizable template were made available via Memegenerator on November 22, 2009. Since its debut on Tumblr and Memegenerator, the Hipster Kitty series has spawned over 6,000 variations as of February 2010 and currently stands at the demigod tier on Memegenerator. 1,000 variations as of March 2010. You can also check out the F*ck Yeah, Hipster Kitty single topic blog.

Notable Examples







Hipsters in Pop Culture & Internet

Today, “hipster” is predominantly used as a pejorative label to describe anyone who’s visibly engaged in anti-mainstream music/art scenes, chiefly through means of niche consumerism and overt display of creative expression. While this macro series captures the essence of a self-confused cultural phenomenon, people on the internet have been cracking observational jokes and parodies about “annoying hipsters” since the mid-2000s.

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Jackal Lantern
Jul 11, 2010 at 04:06AM UTC , Jackal Lantern wrote:

AND IT’S HIP CUZ IT’S UNDERGROUND!

sausyy
Jun 03, 2010 at 04:50PM UTC , sausyy wrote:

I know a guy like this… its sad because most of those pictures remind me of things he does/ says.

Elita
Apr 27, 2010 at 11:21PM UTC , Elita wrote:
Elita
Apr 27, 2010 at 11:20PM UTC , Elita wrote:

I screencapped Hipster Butters.
I’m not clever enough to think of any captions, but people can use this if they want.
: ]

Hope I don’t HTML fail!!

Raegan Ball
Apr 25, 2010 at 06:57PM UTC , Raegan Ball wrote:

Can it b episode tiemz now pleze?

yatta
Apr 09, 2010 at 09:58PM UTC , yatta wrote:

This entry should concentrate on Hipster Kitty with perhaps some content on hipsters in general for context.

Techercizer
Apr 05, 2010 at 06:01PM UTC , Techercizer wrote:

“Hipsters” are more of a social concept than a meme, similar to that of vagrants or tools. As for “hipster kitty”, It seems like an advice dog spinoff at best and stale knockoff at worst. I strongly disagree that this has pervaded the internet in an original and distinctive manner to a degree that it deserves to be called a meme.

tl;dr: +1 deadpool

ilovemusic924
Apr 05, 2010 at 01:33AM UTC , ilovemusic924 wrote:

the 4th photo under submitted photos just raped my whole life. i’m not even a fucking hipster.
and ‘how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb’ made my day. it’s true.

Señior Killington
Mar 26, 2010 at 10:31AM UTC , Señior Killington wrote:

what is this. I don’t even

Poonapple
Mar 25, 2010 at 06:51PM UTC , Poonapple wrote:

I hate hipsters

Brad
Mar 22, 2010 at 11:32PM UTC , Brad wrote:

i dunno, do dirty hipster really deserve their own piece of internet history?

but an old ex of of my cousin’s friend is in the know with the black-belt hipsters and indeed, word on the street is they do lots of stuff on the intarweb. sooo, i dunno lol

Shnorlax
Mar 22, 2010 at 10:48PM UTC , Shnorlax wrote:

Shouldn’t hipsters be its own article?

Lanthus
Mar 20, 2010 at 06:34AM UTC , Lanthus wrote:

Mmm I love the Smell of Confirmed.
even though this is another advice dog… I still like it.

Elita
Mar 20, 2010 at 03:58AM UTC , Elita wrote:

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It’s sad how many of these pictures apply to me.
I don’t think I’m a ‘hipster’…

Brad
Mar 19, 2010 at 08:45PM UTC , Brad wrote:

yeup. the entry now reflects the updated info from memegenerator.net.

also, is this legitimate information? think i’ve seen the guy in the template in other ones too..

Nickoliavich
Mar 19, 2010 at 08:37PM UTC , Nickoliavich wrote:

Is it going to stay confirmed this time?

Vlad
Mar 05, 2010 at 06:47PM UTC , Vlad wrote:

+1 for making this into a Sub-Meme of Advice Dog.

MusicMaker113
Mar 05, 2010 at 05:57PM UTC , MusicMaker113 wrote:

i suppose it’s more of an aquired taste…for the 2% of /b/tards who think it’s funny. and i’m being generous with that statistic.

i’m saying no. +1 deadpool

Brad
Mar 05, 2010 at 12:25AM UTC , Brad wrote:

@Tomberry, actually that was just me trying to adjust to updated info. this entry’s waiting for another admin confirmation.

i reckoned this as an extension of online & IRL commentaries on hipsterisms. youtube videos are there to demonstrate the stereotypes of which
we’re unable to describe in details.

and i think we need a broader term to refer to AD-standard format. i <3 advice dog, but now it’s evolved into a genre of some sort.

are these forced memes? or instant lulz? discuss?

Nickoliavich
Mar 04, 2010 at 06:22PM UTC , Nickoliavich wrote:

Part of series on Advice Dog mabye hmm yes possibly?

TheSauce
Mar 04, 2010 at 07:36AM UTC , TheSauce wrote:

These are dead on and hilarious.

Tomberry
Mar 04, 2010 at 07:32AM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

This entry is swinging back from one place to another (and I’m not even the one doing so)
Despite the fact that the Youtube videos parodying hipsters are more of a confirmation of the IRL trend in mocking on hipsters, and are in no way related to the Hispter kitty thing, are there enough material to confirm this ?
Is there a strong debate about its confirmation ?

Brad
Mar 04, 2010 at 05:27AM UTC , Brad wrote:

interesting, looks like memegenerator cleaned up the entries. hipster kitty has 287 submissions now, vs. ramirez w/ 490 submissions. gotta update these numbers.

Jamie Dubs
Mar 04, 2010 at 04:56AM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

Confirmed? This seems pretty fr3sh

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