How To Disappear Completely

John the Baptist Is Not a Hipster

In case you ever wondered, the Hipster Handbook clarifies this debatable point for us all.

Of course, no self-respecting hipster would ever be caught reading this book ["Hipsters never admit to being Hipsters" (13)], unless, of course, they did so ironically. You can get away with anything if you do it ironically.

And of course the music is all-important:

"It's easy to spot hipsters in the personals. Instead of describing their hair and eye color, they say 'I like Cave-In and The Clash.'" (12)

So true. So true.

I refuse to say the word deck, though. I've never heard anyone else use it, and would feel somewhat counter-counter-cultural doing so.