What is cool??

I have always wondered who has the say of what is and who is “cool”, not only this but who gets to set the bar.  Who is the person that says you must where this, act like this, and do this t be “cool” and only when you do all of these things you will finally fit in to the cool group.  Not only this but when did the term “hipster” come about and who was the first person to say it? Why do so many people have this need to be a hipster? But of course you can only be a hipster if you make it seem like you are not trying to be a hipster. Purposely going out of your way to wear this, drink that, and  overall acting like this appearance of “cool” simply comes natural with no effort when in reality said “hipster” is spending a lot of money to look like they did not spend any money. To me it’s a mind-boggling that people are still stuck in the “high school” faze of trying to please other people and fit in. As we discussed in class, how can they be hipsters if there are so many of them? I decided to talk about this subject for the soul reason that I believe our campus to be filled with these so called “hipsters”. For example, as I walk to and from class I always pay attention to my surroundings and I notice all of these so called “hipsters” wearing thick black framed glasses that might not even have actual lenses in them, and if they do sometimes the lenses in these glasses are simply clear plastic. Along with the whole “hipster” look it is a must that you spend hundreds of dollars on a bicycles to make it “unique” by making it a fixed gear bike. Which, to me makes absolutely no sense at all, why would you spend more money on a bike to make it harder to ride? Well the answer is simple, by doing all of this and dressing like that you become cool… isn’t it so obvious?? But of course if all of this does not make you cool, wearing a cotton or wool cap just barely resting on top of your head will surely make you cool… DUH.