This new article by a Vice writer is being fervently passed around among our trendsetters, and has already been re-posted on bigger blogs such as Gawker.com.  Before you read it, though, here's some context:

Vice Magazine has long been the center of the "neo-cynics," otherwise known as hipsters. They feed on tight pants, whiskey, irony, and eye-rolling. Though the bulk of this crowd are technically Gen Yers, their attitude -- and their indisputably trendsetting influence on the rest of their generation -- has long been at odds with the widely reported Gen Y trends of optimism and civic-mindedness. Generational authors such as Strauss and Howe have argued that such cynical scenes are just "Xness raining down" on the Y generation; that once they come to power, they will formulate their own more optimistic version of hip.  This article is the first convincing evidence we've seen from within the generation that this might finally be happening

It's written by a blogger who is closely associated with Vice Magazine.  (The blog he posts on is owned by the founder of Vice, who is so cynical, he recently boasted that he didn't bother voting.)  This blogger, in marked contrast to Vice and everything it represents, proclaims hipsterdom "dead" -- rendered irrelevent by the Obama campaign. "Now prepare yourselves," he says. "This is an era in which you will find many people becoming inspired by government. You are going to see a lot of regular people asking what they can do for their country, applying to work for the Obama administration, and trying to make a difference in real life." Of course, he quickly saves his Vice credibility by excluding himself from this group: "I myself won’t be participating, because I’m too $#@*ing lazy, greedy, and scared. But I don’t harbor any illusion that my selfish path somehow makes me smarter than the people who are actually trying to help."

This may not seem like a big deal if you're not familiar with the prevailing attitude of Vice. But to our trendsetter panelists who read these magazines and blogs, this is a huge shift. Hipsters everywhere are applauding this mysterious blogger, forwarding the article to fr. It's going to be an exciting few years, watching how the leaders of this generation form their own version of what's cool.

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