Context: The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same
The relative aesthetic merits of waxed moustaches and steam-punk tattoo affectations notwithstanding, it seems that all of our (all too human) aspirations to subjective individuation are always already marching to an unseen probabilistic and statistical rhythm.
All counter-cultures degenerate into stylistic equilibrium and unintentional uniformity through the implicit semiotic elasticity of a reflexive drive to participant social psychology.