Hipsters, like nearly everything they wear, are officially no longer cool.
A nationwide poll has revealed that a large proportion of Americans not only dislike the cripplingly ironic sub-culture, but 27 percent even believe they should be subject to a special tax simply for “being so annoying.”
The survey was carried out by Public Policy Polling, a distinguished research facility that correctly predicted the results of the last presidential election. The questions asked were not exactly unbiased; respondents were asked if they thought hipsters made a positive cultural contribution to society or “soullessly appropriated cultural tropes from the past for their own ironic amusement.” A whopping 46 percent went with the latter.
