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A continuation of the Bohemian "tradition" originating in France around the turn of the 20th Century.  These folks were anti-bourgeois, anti-Victorian, and anti-traditionalist.  They were avant-garde artists who disdained what they considered ordinary but ended [up in] a futile cycle of radical change for the sake of change soon drifting into silliness and nihilism.

The Beat Generation and then the [Hippie movement] tried to pick up this stand of thought and way of life in the mid twentieth century.  The [existential] hero who is cool and detached, not caring what anyone else thinks of him is also a mid century fashion that picked up on this theme.

The cool hipster assumes a persona of crass selfishness, irresponsibility, mindless rebellion, cynicism, ironic mocking of anything meaningful or noble, cold reserve, uncaring indifference toward others while paradoxically advocating a politics of [compassion] toward certain groups favored by leftists, a dull, dumb countenance, and most of all, being constantly out of sorts--a real sour puss.  They usually take on a studied disheveled appearance to further the affection of not caring what others think of them.  They also prefer to dress in black.

[Of course], most of these folks are as phony as you can get. They look as though they are dead on the inside--enthusiasm or being earnest or being genuine are completely missing from their emotional repertoire.  They shun kindness,loyalty, [spirituality], or empathy as uncool.

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