The Hipster Olympics Take Berlin By Storm (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: Berlin's Hipster Olympics
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The first rule of the Hipster Olympics: Tell everyone about the Hipster Olympics.

Over the weekend, a congregation of the young and the inebriated competed in a number of events to determine who would be crowned Berlin's biggest hipster, an impressive title given the city's reputation for artsy sloth. The competition was the second annual celebration of the Games and featured such events as confetti tossing, horned-rimmed glasses throwing and record spinning.

The winning team, Jam FM, took home the Golden Club Mate, a gilded bottle of Club-Mate, a less-than-tasty carbonated beverage beloved by aspiring graphic designers because, like them, it is as singular as it is unappealing. The drink's slogan is simply "You get used to it."

Though the event did recall this famous Monty Python sketch, the Hipster Olympics may have beaten out the London Olympics on a few levels. There were no transportation boondoggles, currency issues or rooftop missiles.

The winners and the losers accepted the results with grace, insisting that they really didn't care anyway.

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The Hipster Olympics
Hipster Olympics 2012(01 of17)
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Attendees dance at the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 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 that it never existed in the first place. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Hipster Olympics 2012(02 of17)
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A DJ plays music at the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The imprecise nature of determining what makes one a hipster means that the symptoms vary in each country, but the archetype of the version in Berlin carries canvas tote bags, a carbonated drink called Club Mate, 1980s neon accessories and an ironic attitude. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Hipster Olympics 2012(03 of17)
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Attendees dance during the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. To some in Berlin, members of hipsters have replaced the "Yuppies" as a gentrifiers. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Hipster Olympics 2012(04 of17)
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Teams compete in the 'Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War' event during the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Hipster Olympics 2012(05 of17)
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A team celebrates after winning a match of the 'Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War' event at the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Hipster Olympics 2012(06 of17)
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A member of the winning team, Jam FM, celebrates after receiving his medal. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A contestant competes in the "Vinyl Record Spinning Contest." (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Contestants compete in the "Confetti Toss" event, in which competitors must jump over sticks laid across empty Club-Mate crates and pass confetti to one another. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Contestants compete in the "Vinyl Record Spinning Contest," in which they must run around a record player while keeping a finger on a record. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Attendees throw graffiti during the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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An attendee kicks a beach ball during the second annual Hipster Olympics. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A man pretends to play keytar on stage during the second annual Hipster Olympics. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 21: An attendee dances during the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 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 that it never existed in the first place. The imprecise nature of determining what makes one a member means that the symptomatic elements of adherants to the group vary in each country, but 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, analogue film cameras, asymmetrical haircuts, 80s neon fashion, and, allegedly, a heavy dose of irony. To some in Berlin, members of the hipster 'movement' have replaced a former unwanted identity in gentrifying neighborhoods, the Yuppie, for targets of criticism, as landlords raise rents in the areas to which they relocate, particularly the up-and-coming neighborhood of Neukoelln. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A member of the winning team, Jam FM, holds the "Golden Club Mate" trophy after winning the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)

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