Behavioural Tendencies of The Modern Day Basic: A Qualitative Case Study (Volume 1)

The subject in question displays an outward desire to confirm its own hipster-normative status within a specific demographic, in hopes of affirming a transcendental social status. This is usually asserted through Facebook¹ via a Samsung Galaxy device (See Fig 1.)


Fig 1

OMG some guy on the streetcar just called me a hipster ! Like yeah right just cuz I am wearing this scarf that was my Grandmas.. He was kinda cute tho even if he had a beard #girl #streetcar #hipster #cuteboys #scarf #vintage #iwokeuplikethis #notreally #lol

¹ Often connected across a blanket of social media (Facebook, Twitter, eBaum's World), whereby the subject will simultaneously post to multiple media outlets the exact same block of text--essentially creating what experts refer to as a humblebrag circle jerk