Why are "hipsters" elitist?

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<p>I don’t understand the whole obscure music sense of entitlement.</p>

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<p>What is a hipster?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture)[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture)&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v2/archives/19/19.3/images/hipster.jpg[/url]”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v2/archives/19/19.3/images/hipster.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Why would anyone go out of their way to reject mainstream culture and then reject their own tastes once those became mainstream?</p>

<p>Probably because, either subconsciously or consciously, they take pleasure from being outside of the mainstream. Which is basically a kind of elitism.</p>

<p>JMHO.</p>