"indie"?

Hallo!
What a weekend we've all had here...
Went to a bar Friday night where I met a fun group of german hipsters and had a great conversation about the differences between America and Germany. The main consensus has been that Europeans see Americans as of course fat, religious, racially biased, stuck up and sloppy! Yahoo... : / Met a British/German guy named Steven who was fun to talk to. We had a hilarious conversation about what being indie means here and it seems to be the same. As he put it.. It is a compliment and an insult at the same time to be called indie (similar to the US I'd say), because it is saying you're cool but at the same time are trying too hard to be cool and unique therefore you inevitably are not unique anymore. He also told me German indies wear colored jeans and tight shirts that have English words on them. Apparently English is "cool" and when you compliment a European on their English they are very happy! I've met many Swedish people here and have noticed they have perfect English. I discovered the reason that is is because they don't dub movies in Sweden so they are in English with Swedish subtitles. So, from hearing English spoken so often through American movies they have developed very good English! Interesting huh? Everyone here watches Friends and How I Met Your Mother! Haha, bring it up and they will go a-wol. Germany is so much more environmentally friendly than the U.S. They don't bag your groceries at the store, you must buy each bag. Also, you must pay a euro for a cart and then you get it back once you're done so that they aren't stolen (laughs). Went to a gay club last night! Had way too much fun. It is refreshing to be able to dance at a club and not have men hitting on you every second. They payed American music the entire time. I often hate on Lady GaGa but I must admit that I see what she has done for the gay community now. Seeing them all singing "I Was Born This Way" and having fun, not having to worry about what society is saying about them was inspiring. I was quite impressed with how all the Europeans in the club new all the lyrics to our music! Saturday we went to an Egyptian museum, it had an eerie vibe to it, lots of coffins! Check the pic. Time to go read more, will upload lots of pictures from the past week onto facebook later tonight.