Comments on: Why We Hate Indie Kids

By: Riley D

Riley D — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:49:03 +0000

You’re talking about Hipsters not Indies (you probably know that by now anyway).

A lot of people getting Indies mixed up with Hipsters, they’re not the same thing. Here’s a few small details about the labels:

Hipsters are generally quite up themselves and love to talk about how “unmainstream” they are and rub it in people’s faces. Plus they’re the ones who generally like to wear the black glasses and stuff. They limit themselves by desperately trying to listen to types of music that nobody has heard of. Although they deny it they all fall into a very typical stereotype and all look the same. Hipsters hang with hipsters.

Indies on the other hand are not mainstream OR typical, they’re all generally quite nice people (depends of course), and they DO NOT rub things in people’s faces. They generally listen to all (or at least a large varying amount) of music genres, because of this a lot of the music they listen to just happens to be unheard of by “mainstream” folk. They DO NOT judge others for liking other things. Indies hang with everyone.

If society can’t even get our own labels right, we should just scrap them all together.

But besides all that – Good Article :)

By: Anya

Anya — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:32:38 +0000

I totally agree. Being a teenager who is just TRYING to express herself is so fucking difficult when everyone is listening the the modern crap they call ‘folk.’
Indigo girls are the Fucking best!! <– Thats an opinion. But it's not an opinion if you're only claiming it to be true because its in fashion. Get a life of your own people. Learn how to be free in yourself. and stop ruining music. (Please)
-Banya x

By: ashley

ashley — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:57:51 +0000

You’re simply jealous so you have to hide behind a computer and bash on people.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:30:05 +0000

k SICK now all of you get a real life
&stop trolling all around and saying “OMG STOP HATIN ON ME IM A REAL INDIE KID~” cause its just someone’s opinion. i’m sure yall open your mouth at times too. and some of you not only to talk

By: freddie

freddie — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:09:15 +0000

Well if people feel the need to hate, let them hate. I couldn’t care less.love everything about indie; the music, the people,the art and cloths. I always wear my cheap mondays rolled up, my hear is a curly mess and I listen to indie music. you can hate me all you want, like I said I couldn’t care less. So to all the hating MR.Joneses out there haha relax, take a smoke or something.

By: Ashlynn

Ashlynn — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:14:41 +0000

I think Indie people and Hippie people had sex and created the Hipster…That’s the new fad. I dislike these hipster folk.

By: nicole elizabeth linker (now look me up and harass me you br00tal fucktards)

nicole elizabeth linker (now look me up and harass me you br00tal fucktards) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:41:00 +0000

I hope people snap out of this shit someday, useless stupid shit is what it is. What’s up with the indie kids acting like little hippies these days? Cool, you finally tried pot in college, now you’re wearing tie dye and headbands and hemp necklaces and pretending to like phish when you know nothing about them at all. Those are the indie kids I REALLY hate. Please stay away from real shows, concerts, festivals. We don’t need all of you tainting our shit!

By: nicole elizabeth linker (now look me up and harass me you br00tal fucktards)

nicole elizabeth linker (now look me up and harass me you br00tal fucktards) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:28:52 +0000

“indie kids aren’t mainstream and dress different and in my opinion better than otyher people. they don’t do what everyone else in the world is doing and dont give a shit what other people think.”

^^^you are a complete idiot. They don’t do what everyone else in the world is doing?! By that you mean being a working class citizen like everyone else then yes, and maybe that’s why they dress like COMPLETE fools. No money. Oh but wait they have plenty of money from their mommies and daddies to go to “shows” so that can’t be the case. Oh wait maybe you’re talking about how artsy they are…..hahaha PLEASE. all you indie kids are the butt of the worlds jokes.

Lmfao, jeez you indie kids sure get defensive for none of this being true (which, it is completely on point, you all are just a separate set of drones following the sounds of terrible “music”, each other of course because indie kids need other indie kids around so they can make fun of everyone else together because they aren’t indie, and your horrible, tasteless, “i wanna dress like I lived in the thirties and fourties mixed with the eighties and nineties at the same time. Fucking dipshits.) I hope one day you all look back at photos of yourselves are feel really fucking stupid for how ridiculous you were and how stupidly you dressed just to not
fit in with society but to fit in with the multitudes of other indie kids in the world so you can all be individual together, and be exact replicas of each other. Fuck all you cry babies, go listen to some grateful dead and free your goddamn robotic mind. You all are fools.

By: A Regular Guy

A Regular Guy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:10:09 +0000

I cant believe some of these comments im reading. Fuck indie with their chinos and converse (stop ruining them), i bought converse because I liked them not because some kid from down the street told me to. Indie bands are sometimes tolerable, but cmon people, you cant honestly tell me that your non-conformity has got you anywhere. Just live life as yourself! And dont try to aspire to a stereotype, that just fucking sucks.

By: Sam Q

Sam Q — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:13:15 +0000

Dear article,
Fuck you.
<3 an indie kid.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:10:54 +0000

I believe this article now defines the stereotypical ‘Hipster’. I have friends who are considered indie by most other people in my class, however that is just because they don’t follow the latest trends and don’t listen to Ke$ha, Justin Beiber etc. I think that mostly people who are different are nowadays automatically put into the ‘Indie’ category, and now it’s getting a little out of hand. If someone want’s to be different, they don’t have to buy records, wear too big glasses or live in coffee shops, they just need to have their own views and be unique.
Labels are for soup cans, people.
~Jess

By: Al Ewing

Al Ewing — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:58:59 +0000

Yeah! I can’t wait to see what you indie-haters are doing in ten years OH WAIT HANG ON

By: i am the animal

i am the animal — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:59:57 +0000

Wow you have absolutely no idea what real indie actually is. First , its independent which means “indie” people have the guts to be unique unlike all of you other sods that say they are following a supposed trend or whatever. Second , if it became in fashion to wear a gstring over your jeans you would wear it because you are so blinded by society that you would only want to fit in with the rest of the squares in the world. Being indie isn’t a certain style , its being brave enough to show the world you can be yourself without being scared of your lower class judgment. So should we call you guys weirdass names because you listen to house music just like you chune “indie” people for listening to their own music ? I’m sure you will enjoy living your life far away from risks and maybe one day when your smart enough to realize you can’t get a good enough job because your just like the guy that came in for the interview before you then you should read back on these comments and realise what a fool you have made of yourself.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:52:24 +0000

so true im into “indie” fashion and thats what made me and my friends friends becuase we liked eachothers clothes and now i relaize thye try soooooo hard to be different. theyre not different and their music!!!! God forbid their fav band Arcade Fire wins a grammy! Now everyone knows about arcade fire so now they have to find a new band no one has heard of to obsess over. Now they like Animal Collective. UGHHHHH! So self obsessed and full of themselves. I like some indie bands but I really like all music. All music and I don’t get mad if someone knows my bands. Yea and they read books that they find at old garage sales and have like circa 1970 covers. Perks of being a wallflower???? ASK ANY INDIE KID IF THEYVE READ IT (THEY HAVE) AND SAY YEA ITS SOOO GOOD ALL MY FRIENDS LIKED IT. THEYLL NEVER ADMIT THEY READ IT AGAIN. Id you look through an indie kids ipod you will not know any of the bands and youll wonder how they know these bands. You will ask and they will say “I dont know i just come across them” BS!!!! YOU GOT ITUNES SUGGESTIONS CUZ THERE IS NO OTHER WAY YOU COULD FIND OUT ABOUT ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI UNLESS YOU GOT ON ITUNES AND BOUGHT PETER BJORN AND JOHN WHICH YOU PROLLY DID. ALSO THEY LOOK ON PANDORA AND URBAN OUTFITTERS. YEA YOU GUYS ARE SOOO ORIGINAL!!!!!! UGH!!!! ALL INDIE KIDS ARE POSERS AND THATS THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:21:42 +0000

You don’t understand what indie is if you think that because we like indie clothing and we are trying to be unique that it contredicts itself because 90% of the time indie clothing is one off peices and 99% of other people don’t wear indie clothing so we are still unique against them, and then other indie people wear different indie clothing, indie is also a different style from indie to indie so it’s unique to be indie even if it’s the same another indie or different.

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By: gracie kay

gracie kay — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:05:20 +0000

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. indie people suck. bitches go listen to some bromheads jacket or something you bunch of POSERS.

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By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:47:28 +0000

i love this article.
I’m in a band and sadly we get heaps of indie people coming to watch us play…
I’m so tempted on wearing a shirt that says “I am not one of them”.

By: Jamee

Jamee — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:58:30 +0000

LOL. I love how you insulted all the indie people and they refuse to see it’s a joke. xD

I lol’d at this.

Also, @LOL. You said 1-NO. So…Indie kids don’t like Indie music?

By: Jamee

Jamee — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:37:29 +0000

LOL. I love how you insulted all the indie people and they refuse to see it’s a joke. xD

I lol’d at this.

By: Realist

Realist — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:13:17 +0000

stereotyping is part of this world we live in, whether you like it or not. Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. Not all indie kids are like this, but most are.

By: LOL

LOL — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:33:11 +0000

LOL. This is the WORST interpret of an ‘Indie Kid’
1 – no
2 – no
3 – no
4 – no
5 – no
7 – no
8 – no
9 – no
10 – no
11 – no
12 – no
13 – no
14 – no
15 – no
16 – no
17 – no
18 – no

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Ha Ha Ha! Some of this article was funny. If you’re worrying about labels, you’re thinking too hard. I’ve been called an “idie kid” a lot. Honestly I don’t mind. If people like what I listen to, cool. If not, that’s cool too. What it comes down to is the music. Forget the rest.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:08:25 +0000

Why comment if you don’t like the article? I’m not saying that im indie or not. Just pointing something out. If you we’re REALLY indie then you wouldn’t give a damn what he/she has to say.