GOOD Asks: How Did Hipsters Become So Uncool?
Mark Peters explores the “Hipster” phenomenon in his GOOD article “How Did Hipsters Become So Uncool?”.
People love to make fun of hipster glasses, ridiculous facial hair, inappropriate hatwear, and other signs of being too cool for school and the rest of the planet. But why does hipster humor seem to be, according to my hipster-dar, more prolific than hipsters themselves? And how did making fun of hipsters become so hip?


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