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((The layout is a chart with a series of plots reaching a stable equilibrium one after another, with the shape characteristic of a predator-prey model. In order, the labels are))
How often I see...
Hipsters -->
Complaints about hipsters -->
Complaints about the constant use and discussion of the word "hipster" -->
Complaints that every level of meta-opinion on hipsters represents the same tedious navel-gazing by insecure people -->
graphs making it all worse -->
Now
[[The horizontal axis is labeled time. Where the final curve rises is marked 'now'.]]
{{Title text: You may point out that this very retreat into ironic detachment while still clearly participating in the thing in question is the very definition of contemporary hipsterdom. But on the other hand, wait, you're in an empty room. Who are you talking to?}}
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