I think in some ways the feeling of this piece embodies the phenomenon, real or not, it attempts to describe. The writer clearly harbors some negative feelings

I think in some ways the feeling of this piece embodies the phenomenon, real or not, it attempts to describe. The writer clearly harbors some negative feelings about hipster culture and his perception of its salesman roots, but he won't come out and explicitly rip it--similar to the attitudes of the hipsters he finds so enigmatic.