There have been no fewer than 20 Tumblr-to-book deals on subjects from Fancy Fast Food to Stuff Hipsters Hate. It seems the second group makes an easy target, hence the popular expression, "like shooting hipsters at an open bar."

Christopher Weingarten has taken things one step further by introducing Hipster Puppies, which catches canines in the act of excessive coolness.

His blog that started as "an ironic take on the Internet sensation" has shed its baby teeth and is now part of the book club.

The site's success has sparked some fear in pet owners. Asylum spoke to the creator himself to find out how to tell if your pooch is harboring hipster tendencies.


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Find out how invested he is in music.
"Barney here is your standard music snob. The litmus test for these jerks is saying 'I'm really enjoying this X record.' If they say 'Do you mean the Los Angeles X, the Australian X or the Dutch band The Ex,' you know you're dealing with a world class hipster. I know dogs generally can't talk, but you'll see it in his eyes. Trust me."
Alison W / Hipster Puppies
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Check his glasses
"If they're decorative instead of prescription, he's probably a hipster. Also, if your dog wears glasses, that's probably a huge warning sign right there."
Val L / Hipster Puppies
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Ask if he has a TV
"He'll probably make a huge deal out of saying he DOESN'T own a TV and then brag that he doesn't know what things like 'Ugly Betty' are. But if he does happen to suckle at the cathode teat, all is not lost. There's always exactly one contemporary TV show that hipsters will have an encyclopedic knowledge of, even though they will completely feign ignorance of incredibly popular things like '24' or 'Lost.' For a while that show was 'The Wire'; currently it's 'Mad Men.' It will probably be 'Treme' in a few weeks, so stay on your toes."
Justin G / Hipster Puppies
02
Ask where he traveled to last
"Hipsters generally don't go to fun places like Berlin or Portland or the Bahamas or EPCOT. They like to go where it's 'real.' They visit the favelas in Brazil, or the ruins of civil war in Sri Lanka, or Chernobyl. They say they go to 'broaden their horizons,' but they really go just to have something to say in this very conversation."
Micki M / Hipster Puppies
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Ask him to take you to a show.
"Most shows don't let dogs in. If the dog is going to a show, he clearly knows a guy."
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