Forget Hipsters and Yuppies — you might be a Yuccie
Are you a millenial that is too hipster to be a yuppie and too yuppie to be a hipster? David Infante thinks you might just be a yuccie (pronounced yucky).
It takes one to know one. The Brooklyn-based writer and former Liberal Arts major self-identifies as a Young Urban Creative. He joins guest host Gill Deacon to argue that the term "hipster" has lost all meaning, and that we need a new term for this corner of the "despicable millenn-intelligensia".
Yuccies are progressive but also privileged. They're creative but not bohemian. And they're probably gentrifying a neighbourhood near you.
"It's this contradiction between what you want to represent and what you actually enjoy," says Infante.
WEB EXTRA | Are you a yuccie? Here's a handy checklist, as adapted from our interview and the original list on Mashable:
__ Doesn't like gentrification in theory; loves artisanal donuts in practice
__ Is more clean-cut than the bearded hipster stereotype. Jeans aren't torn up. Nice button down shirt — but not too corporate.
__ Doesn't mind expensive flourishes, like real Ray Bans and "premium t-shirts"
__ Takes boozy painting classes
__ Used to be "in banking" and occasionally still pronounces finance "fuh-nontz"
__ Avoids visible tattoos (not a prudent career move)
__ Loves Seinfeld even though it went off the air when they were 16
__ Gets the NYT Weekend Edition but doesn't read the news
__ Has thousands of Instagram followers, but almost no Twitter followers
__ Has been called a hipster and a yuppie. Balks at both.