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I agree with this. IMO the author is projecting and generalizing. If anything, with the rise of online socializing, I've noticed a strong embrace of sincerity. In every age there are aimless folk that will adopt any fad to feel purpose, but IMO most hipsters are just solid folk, wearing a chosen style of their times.
Notice how I tied in Monster in the above? See, it wasn't a totally worthless record. "You said that irony was the shackles of youth", so says Michael Stipe (both quotes from "What's the Frequency, Kenneth"); I guess maybe he agrees with her, then??? But that was released in what, 1994? That kind of throws a blanket on her irony is a modern force for evil thesis.