1) Arment's style solicits this kind of response. Trust that the suggestive title "alternative lifestyles" and simple dismissal of emacs while admitting no actual experience was absolutely intentional.

2) It's widely understood that Arment is a hipster, though his cred is slightly lessened now that he moved out of Brooklyn to Westchester.

1) Isn't it possible this is just "being clever and writing well"?

2) Where? By whom? What are you calling a hipster? By an standard, a man who listens to Phish CANNOT be called a hipster. Please avoid assigning categories (especially derisively) to people, especially categories that you do not understand .

1) You know, now that I think about it...no. I don't see anything particularly clever about intentional flamebait. I'm sure it drives plenty of traffic that wouldn't otherwise care to visit the site, but not particularly clever.

2) Please avoid attempting to refute one anecdotal statement with another.

3) I'm famous. The Marco himself has taken notice.

http://twitter.com/marcoarment/statuses/234122334645137408

1) meh

2) meh

3) lol