I believe hipsters were the bastard spawn of artists and designers. A lot of artists and designers sadly fall into the hipster category because they have a rather..uhh..unique sense of fashion.
They also fuel themselves on coffee (theres a stigma with Starbucks and hipsters) and use macs because its appropriate to do so.
As a designer, I have coffee running into my bloodstream every 3 hours but so does anyone so that doesn't make me a hipster. I have 2 macs and I also have 2 PCs for gaming and mobility..
In regards for a hipsters disregard for mainstream -- i'm absolutely against that notion. The mainstream inspires me as it shows how things can have a global impact if they're smart, creative or catchy. Great design is being able to communicate on the highest level, and that level is mainstream. Its something I hope i'll achieve in the future.
I feel your pain. I remember almost wanting to switch to anover course in university because of the astounding amount of hipster douches on my course just sitting around whining about the most trivial crap. As for coffee, I like it but I prefer energy drinks since i'm more partial to cold drinks. As for starbucks, I avoid it simply because of the whole "Venti, Grande, whatever" words they use instead of the uniformally accepted "Small medium or large."
I also agree with the manstream notion, I love to see how social media can be used to make astounding but effective viral marketing. Really inspirational stuff. But hipsters would have me sit and stare at a puddle.
One thing I have noticed about Hipsters is they always pretend to love bourban/whiskey/scotch and tend to drink it in public but never have I once seen one drink it with satisfaction let alone hold it down.
I thought it was all about skinny jeans and wearing those big Woody Allen type glasses?
I don't know, my city isn't really fashionable/artsy enough to have a real population of hipsters.
pretty much, dont forget the flaxen chest hair poking out from a v-neck tshirt.
And if you want to educate yourself on what a hipster is, read http://www.cracked.com/funny-4573-hipster/
Watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162346/ (if your brave enough.)
and read every comic strip on http://questionablecontent.net/