Hipster Olympics

[@kajkjellesvig7110]

I will never forget this video. A KZbin classic. KZbin Criterion collection.

[@ZaddyZavid]

Lulz youtube criterion nice..

[@CaptTerrific]

@@DoBetterBetter I remember

[@CADsAnonymous]

absofuckinlutely

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

Hello, I am from 7 years in the future. It’s still not in the Criterion collection…😭😭😭

[@b-six-twelve]

15 years later and every now and then I still think of “Conica Freesby reporting from the hipster Olympics-what a day!!!”

[@metallitech]

Remember when society's biggest problem was hipsters?

[@raavenzen6100]

If only we knew what shallow self obsession and Marxism can create

[@nicolettehays2768]

How I long for those simpler times.

[@randymulder9105]

@@raavenzen6100 and the ridiculous amount of money they shoveled around while pretending to look "less fortunate"? Whatever less fortunate looks like from their perspective...at the moment. They don't blend in well once they talk, stop inviting you because you are actually working to live. Lol. Well, I definitely didn't blend in with them. 14 years ago!!!

[@NewWaveArch90]

@@raavenzen6100 marxism hahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@raavenzen6100]

@@NewWaveArch90 peace be on u 🙏

[@PoisonousPen]

WHY!?? Has this only JUST been recommended to me by KZbin!? I’ve watched “being a dickheads cool” about 4000 times and yet somehow, this one wasn’t a priority, yet “which twitch streamer has sworn the most in 2018” somehow is? I don’t even watch Twitch. ....it’s too mainstream now.

[@TheMightyKinkle]

Ahahah yes. I got reccomended this from that song too!

[@punklover99]

Fuck i remember that song

[@12321dantheman]

I liked this. But ironically.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

Classic video has on my favorites for 16 years

[@SabinBlitzMove]

It's funny watching this video 7 years later. These days Williamsburg is full of chain stores, tall glass condos, tourists, babies in strollers, clean-cut upper class buying into a manufactured prepackaged 'cool' neighborhood, all nice and sanitized for them. It's pricier than most parts of Manhattan. The gritty, underground bohemian culture that was so dominant from the early 90's - mid 2000's is long since dead. It's nearly unrecognizable. If a humorous video was made in today's Williamsburg, it would be the Yuppie Olympics rather than Hipster Olympics. I lived there from the early to mid 2000's, it was a wild and surreal place unlike any other. Such good times. But no neighborhood can stay frozen in time forever, especially in NYC.

[@talktal]

+Matt M nyc has lost all its culture because its too expensive to live there. the yuppies have destroyed it all. you'll never have bands like the velvet underground, ramones, or even the strokes coming out of there again.

[@joshuaporterfield6774]

+Matt M They just moved to a different neighborhood.

[@RCAvhstape]

lol y'all sound like hipsters complaining about NY and how you liked it before it was cool.

[@Shimlarian]

Isn't that all of NYC?

[@Shimlarian]

@@RCAvhstape New York was always cool, well except maybe now

[@COUNTVLAIDMIR]

scary how this video still relates to the hipsters of 2015.

[@proserpine714]

+Viper Guard it's now 2016, & their worse. worsen every year, in fact.

[@fartfarmer4951]

Hell even now in 2017. I was surprised this was so old lmao

[@Cam-pt9ex]

2019

[@BoonMcNougat]

Even scarier how it still relates to the hipsters of, *gasp*, 2020!!!

[@bangleyjelly]

I'm really missing 2015 right about now. The communist anarchy stuff has really gotten out of hand here in Seattle..

[@thekidfromiowa]

This video came out 15 years ago so its now vintage.

[@RCAvhstape]

"If they only knew he was a 9/11 hero." "Oh no, they know."

[@vitalityfox]

`You can't wear Oakley's in public without people automatically assuming you're either law enforcement or military. I am neither and I sure notice a big difference in the amount of dickheads that stare at me in public like I'm a baby killer or something whenever I got the Oakley inmates.

[@trivialcallipygian]

Favorite part of this is that it's mocking hipsters before mocking hipsters was cool.

[@mechengineer4life]

So much gold here, haven't watched this since I first was shown it back in 2007. Hard to name a best part but I think it has to be the profile of the "square": Likes things earnestly. or SC 1 "It's too bad they didn't know he's an EMT who rescued people on 9/11." SC 2 "Oh no, they know." DED

[@raetilly]

here in 2022 and this still slaps.

[@Galidorquest]

2007?! This looks hella recent...

[@volundrfrey896]

That's because hipsters does't change and all look virtually the same.

[@mistressofthewoods5333]

Recent is the new 2007, just like 2020 is the recent old...just saying...

[@nathanmcgill7249]

I was surprised when they namedropped Vice magazine. These stereotypes go back a lot further than I thought

[@vitalityfox]

@@nathanmcgill7249 what's really frightening is these days hipsters are the ones actually running society. Apparently they all never grew out of being a social justice warrior and are now the dickheads in charge of everything. We are so fucking fucked my friend. They have the logic and emotional maturity of a toddler... prepare for the apocalypse my friend

[@nathanmcgill7249]

@@vitalityfox If you say so, Dad

[@yeahrightbear8883]

The white guy wearing sunglasses looks like Bill Hader playing Johnny Knoxville.

[@HolyJuan]

What's funny about this video is the lack of the word, "selfie."

[@FixedFace]

and influencer

[@vitalityfox]

when this video came out there was no iphone, and the phones with cameras had just been invented. I really believe cell phones are the devil, so I only carry a flip phone from tracfone with a set number of minutes, unlike everybody else whose got the new iphone 500

[@jacksfilms]

Didn't think you guys could top the Mario sketch... but you did! Loved it. Very well done, awesomely funny/true.

[@JohnDoe-vc5qb]

Holy shit, it’s really him!

[@talktal]

oh man, reading these comments make me feel old. first of all, 07 was the beginning of the end of this era of "hipster". these people came out of the the strokes and dandy warhol era as i like to call it, and that was started in the late 90s. by 07 this type of burn out bohemian/hipster was already kind of done with

[@PauperPeccator]

+talktal well, well, but if it isn't an authentic hipster of the highest caliber

[@talktal]

DeffGrapes who gives a fuck whether something is a hipster or not? im just saying there was a period when that term meant something completely different than today

[@ahmadsharifi7315]

DeffGrapes

[@talktal]

well, if it isnt a jock. go eat some pizza, jock boy.

[@ChewyThomson]

I enjoy how this came out a good seven years ago but it's still funny and relevant.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Yep, you definitely see a lot of these elements in the modern breed of hipster.

[@techdeathology]

"so ironic its not, so un-ironic it is" brilliant.

[@Oliba07]

Monty Python Twit Olympics rebooted.

[@deldo963]

Holy fuck Hipster have been here since 2007? Wow

[@AngelusDlion]

2007.. vintage.. :)

[@WhiteAsylumMind]

7 years ago......this was made 7 years ago. See, if watched today, you'd think the MySpace thing was just cuz it's not Facebook, because Facebook is too mainstream. No actually, in that far away era MySpace was still mainstream. This solidifies my realization that hipsters are as seemingly outdated (my poor way of saying no longer newly noteworthy) like being goth or emo...or scene. I wonder what's going to be the next notable subculture that will annoy the mainstream? A'kahnika Friesbie is what I'd imagine a hipster would name their child...and I'll assume that's already happened. I got to admit I kinda like the name.

[@Lexington101]

2007 hence the MySpace reference.

[@camazotzz]

***** oh pa-leez! arabs are so mainstream, you gotta go with a persian name like Yashar. My roommate at santa cruz state was persian so-yeah

[@fan-qd3ww]

will never forget these days.

[@vycka7360]

Buzzfeed olympics*

[@VarnasL]

MySpace. Fuck, time flies...

[@Marcofloat]

Nothing has really changed since 2007, except the fact that myspace has been replaced by facebook and twitter, and that photocameras have been replaced by smartphones, selfies etc.

[@Pshizle1]

hipsters still use photocameras because to them its cooler, just like vynil over cd's and just everything old ahh u get it lol

[@jaymthegenius]

Smartphones have a shitty quality though, DSLR or bust.

[@timothy790110]

amazing how relevant this still is.

[@PrimericanIdol]

There needs to be a sequel. With the same hipsters.

[@DaniBlasterBcn]

I've just discovered this channel and I think I don't need nothing more... even eat. Cheers from Barcelona!

[@bluealnico]

“So Ironic,it’s not and so unironic it is” !! If I were a hipster watching this,it would have to be a one way ticket to the San Francisco Bridge......

[@Zimtseepferdchen]

I love number 2...she runs like an anemic raptor. XD

[@sundown798]

3:44 before the word "selfie" was invented. Narcissism and the word selfie in social media took off a few years later. Was considered cheesey to take self portrait's of yourself like this video up to the mid 2000's. Now from the late gen X to the common melinneal to present it's programmed in their vocabulary.

[@blckjade05]

"He's also examining each for the level of tightness in their pants" "He's watching for an overall level of nonchalance , and a reddison air of superiority" - this made me cry lmao. I'll never be cool enough to understand why nuthugger pants are popular.

[@Lolbama2012]

Damn. Really ages the video when they talk about MySpace.

[@ErinFinnegan]

This was amazing and changed my life forever! And I'm saying this as a nerd, not a hipster, so I mean it. Amazing graphics! Great script!

[@FixedFace]

“so ironic it isn‘t, so unironic that it is”

[@journerdism]

This is one of the funniest things I've seen this year. There's so many layers of jokes, I keep watching it and find more hilarious stuff. Bravo!

[@Ojthemighty]

13 years later and nothings changed. Unless you count more insufferable as change

[@user-lp3ew1xb5u]

Wait, wow, this was 2007 ... still good.

[@theevilmoneybag3533]

2007 was the best :(

[@jeffschneider1289]

Artisanal video.

[@supershea2000]

How so?

[@shadowratchet13]

DUNKS THE COFFEE CUP!!

[@carterrouth7801]

So when can we expect to see the 2023 Hipster Olympics?

[@Thesupercoconut98]

I knew from the start it's a tribute to Monty Python

[@talktal]

these are the kinds of hipsters i remember. williamsburg and silverlake are now over ran by young dorky professionals trying to be "hip". i miss the days of burn outs

[@xPURPLExKILLERx]

i miss old silverlake

[@talktal]

+xPURPLExKILLERx i miss old echo park when i could get a cocktail for $3. you cant find that anymore

[@foodiusmaximus]

exactly. the hipster aesthetic went normie and now its hard to figure it all out.

[@joeycovington4681]

It's 2020 and the hipster looking people are suburbanites, dressing like hipsters from fifteen years ago.

[@randymulder9105]

@@talktal correct hipsters follow people go to holes in the wall...and then fill the bar....and ask the owner to arbitrarily raise prices...just enough to keep you out. They learned it from their parents who donate millions to low income housing in order to keep those people out for their neighborhood. They create spaces to only include themselves through pricing. Lol. Burger joint I went to had a burger and fries for 8$. Hipsters took over and made less and charged 15$ dollars for the burger and the fries for 5$. 20$ for all of that in 2005 or so!! They went out of business. Not enough hipsters eat burgers I guess. Lol. I "had" hipster friends. They never worked. They didn't need to. I couldn't afford lobster randomly once a week, here and there.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

The shit's gonna hit the fan when Hipsters hit middle-agedom

[@mfb5642]

They have. Hipsters aren't new. 80's and 90's hipsters have been middle aged for sometime. I love how kids today think they're the first generation to have things.

[@mrscoles100]

Little Gator Farm that's such a hipster thing to say lmao

[@Londonfogey]

Seven years and one economic depression later, and these clowns have still not been laughed out of existence....!

[@fiatvoluntastua9183]

“AND THEY’RE BACK TO THE MIRROR!”

[@KingAndrew5000]

you should do a 'where are they now' hipster update. new hipster video using the same actors.

[@ArisztidZ]

Too mainstream.

[@ALEXISGNFR]

the beggining of selfie!

[@lewisgibbs3881]

Wait, hipsters don't run...

[@KKND420]

It blows my mind that this is almost 100% still applicable.

[@ReddyMcReddingsworth]

Hi. Just some guy from 2021 checking in on the race. Have we found a winner yet? Is gold the new gold yet?

[@poisax]

Heh, noticed the similarities to that Monty Python sketch, looked in the description, and it was. I knew it before it was cool

[@fatboyjones2]

hahahaha i love the logic in the beginning, "we're forced to assume our participant's participation are strictly ironic." so fucking funny i love you guys

[@LeninsBoyToy44]

LMFAO the guy in the Red is by the best hipster.

[@numbernine8571]

Their poor parents thought that it was just a phase that would pass when they turned 14.

[@jonwhite7087]

Just keep having these races, maybe one day they'll all end up in that park. Together.

[@jinxadnix8886]

First one across the line isn't a hypster!

[@lkbwheewhee53]

I remember hanging out in (ok, playing in a band in) Wmsburg in 2003ish. It was so different and new back then but this video makes it look downright quaint 😭 Glad to see the Turkey's Nest again!

[@pimpsonparade]

Although this video was uploaded in 2007, I think we can all agree that it's more accurate now, since more people use their Facebook profile than their Myspace.

[@PrimericanIdol]

Who's watching this in Feb. 2021? Mid pandemic?

[@shaneharrington3655]

April 2021

[@ryanpb16]

These kinda people wouldn’t be able to live in Williamsburg. Too expensive

[@jrdnshw]

Still one of the funniest videos on KZbin ☠️

[@christopherm487]

Took me three minutes to figure out this wasn't Portlandia lol

[@jayman691]

"sponsired by Vice magazine" loooooool, that shit had me rolling..

[@MrSexyPirateDisco]

Next year they should hold the Hipster Olympics in Brixton, London. Brixton is the Brooklyn of London.

[@Prnnce]

It's 2011 and there are Hipsters everywhere. Being a hipster is the cool thing to do Infinite paradox

[@syugo]

The term hipster has been around since at least 1950s, describing people interested in new-age/modern fashion for the time.

[@julianwhitee]

This is legendary!

[@rdcvgr88]

Me and my brothers walked into a Hipster bar/lounge in Williamsburg BK, just to check it out, and some Hipster guy looked at us as if we weren't allowed inside and said sarcastically "Whats up Amigos?". I didn't like the "Amigo" part, but i let it go. It was my Older brother who walked up and asked "excuse me? what was that?" and the "Cool" Hipster dude said "A-MI-GOS". My Brother just punched'em right in the mouth LoL, and told'em "show some fuckin respect" and his Hipster friends were SHOCKED!

[@yt4joe]

Love this video ... been watching it since it got posted. I was (in-line with some of the other comments here) lucky enough to have lived in (east & very rough-around-the-edges) Williamsburg from 2000-2001. This video always brings me back to hanging out around Bedford & 7th at the Verb reading books and drinking coffee. Or Galapagos around the corner which I believe is still open? Anyway, hilarious video and glad it's still online but is there any chance of getting a higher-quality version at some point? Also, how do I enter the next Hipster Olympics.... I've been training now for about 15 years and think I'm finally ready (to finish, not place)!?

[@TheStonersList]

895 people are so underground you've probably never heard of them before

[@afromannen]

Dunks the coffee cup!

[@PaparoniFilms]

the term comes from the 50's. There are two different hipster cultures. The first from the Beatniks and the second, the modern version (a sort of revival). Hippie comes from Hipster. Elaine was referring to the original hipster subculture

[@jordoex]

Totally a rehash of Monty Python's Twit of the Year. Well done.

[@stocker104]

Hipsters are gonna make MySpace popular again

[@GReck4]

In the 2012 Hipster Olympics, they need to replace with the MySpace photo shoot with a Tumblr photo shoot.

[@MrTempest8]

"If only they knew he was a 9/11 hero..." "Oh no, they knew." Hahahaha!

[@punkgrl325]

Well, that was around when it really started gaining popularity and taking over MySpace, but MySpace was still widely used at the time.

[@OctoberCorax]

I want to see this re-done with Kristen Schaal, Bill Hader, Zach Galifianakis, Dave Chappelle and Fred Armison as the Hipster athletes.

[@sgtank123]

The whole time I was like "myspace?" and then I checked the upload date lol

[@willphillify]

Myspace that takes me back.

[@Vestat1]

OH MY GOD, this video was mainstream before the concept of hipsterdom became mainstream in 2011!!! HOLY SHIT. Mind = blown.

[@badicalpower]

If this was made today, they'd have to have their contestants drunkenly dancing to dubstep and hard electro.

[@Thompson1246]

I watched this video along time ago, and it's still awesome :)

[@RickhatesScott]

You should have gone to Portland for this.

[@demiarchh]

I liked this before it was mainstream. But I like the acoustic version in that bar back alley even better, you've probably never heard of it.

[@gmakepiece]

This was really wonderful. Thanks.

[@chronobot2001]

That one guy should have been disqualified for not having enough 5 o'clock shadow.

[@koolperson99]

2011 Hipsters are doing the Tent Obstacle Race in Zucotti Park

[@firecracker591]

who ever did that video double killed it !!

[@s99bf0c8]

He's shaking his head from side to side as if to say "No" LOL

[@MrColdWaffuls]

The hipster aesthetic is the best thing to ever happen to ugly people.

[@Chintiki16]

Back in 2007 I didn't even know what a Hipster was...

[@squirrelnibbler19]

Somehow relevant and yet quaint. MySpace and paper letters. But ironic T-shirts and Daddy’s checks never get old.

[@alwaystayintheloop213]

You know how I know that I'm a hipster? The comments I leave on KZbin videos about hipsterism are so articulate and serious, no one even understands that they're a joke.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

total hilarious. Great farce. I thought it was real for a moment. Good job actors :D