Hipsters are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay. They're the people who wear T-shirts silk-screened with quotes from movies you've never heard of and the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer. They sport cowboy hats and berets and think Kanye West stole their sunglasses. Everything about them is exactingly constructed to give off the vibe that they just don't care.Annoying, yes, but harmless, right? Not to hear their critics tell it. Hipsters manage to attract a loathing unique in its intensity. Critics have described the loosely defined group as smug, /opinion/lisa-pryor/2008/10/24/1224351538147.html" target="_blank">full of contradictions and, ultimately, the dead end of Western civilization.
Time Magazine tells us about hipsters
Because of course, who better than Time magazine, a publication that hasn't been edgy since the Hoover administration.