A fork of Rural Dictionary
The belief of disowning your past interests/friends in fear of scrutiny and the possibility of humiliation. The followers are called, "Deserters", "Hypocrites" or in some cases "Desertocrites"
Regular Guy: "American Pie, the original, was a great film. It was hilarious!" Deserterism Believer: "American Pie is NOT a film! It's a piece shit movie." Regular Guy: "But didn't you own it on VHS and DVD, and have a poster of it on your wall back in the day?" Deserterism Believer: "Well yeah, but that was, like, 10 years ago. So, yeah." Regular Guy: "Oh, okay... I guess."
The belief that the world revolves around you and your elite group of friends. The followers are known as "Hipsters".
Hipsterism Believer 1: "Who's that kid?" Hipsterism Believer 2: "No one worth talking about." Hipsterism Believer 1: "Did you hear that new MGMT song?"
The new "Hipster" generation born between 1987 and 1991 that is more self absorbed than the hipster generation of 1982-1986. More narcissist than the common present "Hipster" generation. The cause of this being the omnipresence of online profiles (Facebook, MySpace) and present "Hipsters".
Neo-Hipster Guy 1: "Hey man, let's listen to some 90's rock electronica music and talk about how all the music today sucks." Neo-Hipster Guy 2: "Okay, but there are some bands today that are legit, like, Kings of Leon, The Shins and Portugal. the Man. Every new band besides those bands suck. Right?" Neo-Hipster Guy 1: "Fuck yeah you're right! I'm asexual!" Neo-Hipster Guy 2: "What was that?" Neo-Hipster Guy 1: "Nothing. Let's listen to some Air!" Neo-Hipster Guy 2: "Okay, that sounds pretty chill."