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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip1a.jpgAttendees sign up to compete at the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21st, 2012, in Berlin, Germany. With events such as the Horn-Rimmed Glasses Throw, Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War, Vinyl Record Spinning Contest and Cloth Tote Sack Race, the Hipster Olympics both mocks and celebrates the hipster subculture, which some critics claim could never be accurately defined and others say never existed in the first place. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip2a.jpgAn woman holds her glasses at the event. The imprecise nature of determining what makes a hipster means the symptomatic elements of adherents to the group vary in each country. However, the archetype of the version in Berlin, one of the more popular locations for those following its lifestyle, along with London and Brooklyn, includes a penchant for canvas tote bags, the carbonated yerba mate drink Club-Mate, asymmetrical haircuts, and, allegedly, a heavy dose of irony. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip3a.jpgTeams compete in the Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War event. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip4a.jpgYou spin me right round: A contestant in the Vinyl Record Spinning Contest, in which competitors must run around a record player while keeping a finger on a record. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip5a.jpgGameplay accessory: An attendee wears a 1980s Nintendo controller as a necklace. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip6a.jpg'No, really, this was cutting-edge stuff back in the day . .' A man shows another his Polaroid Land Camera. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip7a.jpgPeople compete in a canvas bag jumping event. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip9a.gifContestants compete in the Confetti Toss, in which competitors must jump over sticks laid across empty Club-Mate crates and pass confetti to one another. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip10a.jpgMembers of the winning team, Jam FM, celebrate after winning the second annual Hipster Olympics. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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Hipsters at play in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/07/hip8a.jpgDancing at the games. To some in Berlin, members of the hipster movement have replaced a former unwanted identity in gentrifying neighbourhoods, the yuppie, for targets of criticism, as landlords raise rents in the areas to which they relocate, particularly the up-and-coming neighbourhood of Neukoelln. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
