i think they hit it on the head somewhat -- especially when alluding to the ubiquity of the culture.

I think the reason it's so reviled by the previous generation (s) is that being a hipster is actually so mainstream -- it's not a counter-culture that was eventually commercialized like it's predecessors, its a mainstream culture posing as a counter-culture that actually evolved out of consumerism in the fist place.

I always catch s*** from people when I say I hate Vice magazine -- everyone always tells me to chill out. In fact, if you really look at Vice it's a conservative-leaning piece of consumerist normalizing crap that says nothing but buy this, don't buy that.

Sorry suckas -- you been had. Not that riding fixed has anything to do with being a hipster at all -- only a hipster or an ignorant journalist would say that, actually, as they wouldn't necessarily have the historical perspective to defend it's current place among/apart from today's fashion-conscience flash-in-the-pan user.

If you're just doin' it for fun who cares though...