Humorous intent aside, I think the fundamental error here is the author(s) conflating a trend with the counter culture of yore. The hipsters of today do not fol

Humorous intent aside, I think the fundamental error here is the author(s) conflating a trend with the counter culture of yore. The hipsters of today do not follow from the counter culture of the 60s nor the punk movement that followed. They're not non-conformist nor do they have an internal set of political beliefs. They're just people dressing a certain way -- often combined with an excessively groomed beard in the case of men. The only sense that they're a group or movement is that they may share socio-economic status, cf. the yuppies of the 80s. Though the beards do crack me up, I don't think this group deserves any more derision than any collection of (young) people struggling to find Heideggerian authenticity. Growing up I saw the same struggle in arguably more authentic subcultures like punk and skateboarding.