I Should Be a Hipster

When I hear the word "hipster," I think of young guys who dress like lumberjacks and wear strange hats.



They hang out at independent coffeehouses because they're "too hipster" for Starbucks.



They thumb their noses at pop culture and attend poetry readings, where they proudly announce they don't even own a TV.



But hipsters are really, in essence, people who can't be defined. They're hipsters because they don't follow rules of fashion. They could look like this:



Or this:



Or this:



Or however else they want to set themselves apart.

I can't think of a better place to be than an independent coffeehouse or bookstore. The very hangouts of hipsters are the same hangouts I want to frequent.



How do you define "hipster?"