I remember that wonderful post. I agree wholeheartedly with: When I use the word 'hipster', as I have tried poorly to explain in this thread, I am using it in a complimentary way to describe the former group. People who keep chickens because, fuck it, it's cheaper and almost certainly less morally bankrupt than buying eggs every week. They have reacted to a certain part of society -- in this case, maybe, our fucked up food industry -- and found an 'alternative' solution. For which they are labeled hipsters. But there ain't nothing wrong with that.So maybe these chicken keepers in my neighborhood aren't "hipsters" because they have kept chickens for many years, they are doing it to provide food not because it's the "hip" thing to do. Maybe it's the people who keep chickens and give them up who are "hipsters."