This requires some good preparation: Ask your graphic-designer friends about future vernissages, magazine releases or ?interesting? club events. Avoid shaving and showering at least one week before the event. If you haven?t got the correct clothing for a hipster disguise, stake out various flea markets and second-hand shops located in the less wealthier parts of town. Your appearance should slightly resemble a homeless person. Eat some leguminous plants. Find out which club hits and ironic songs were hip within the last year and burn them all onto CD.
At the event, stand amongst a small group of hipsters. Act as if you know some of them. Be touchy. Fart secretly. Talk loud and with an accent. Ramble on about how much you hate the band scheduled to play later on, or the artist being presented. If you are attending a magazine release, eat greasy food while flipping through the pages of the magazine. Avoid showing any interest in what you are reading or viewing.
Try to take over the DJ and throw on the CD mix you cleverly prepared earlier. Sing, clap and dance along with the music. Fight for that DJ position with your fists if you need to. If the CD gets stuck, turn up the volume and leave the event in an inconspicuous manner.

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Scratch a lottery ticket in the place where it says "Do not scratch here". Pour hot ash in a garbage can, that clearly states "Do not fill with hot ash". Smoke a cigar under the smoking prohibited sign. Cross the street when the little man turns red...

eat, smoke, dance, make babies, visit the zoo, listen to the beatles, play with kids, turn off the computer, turn on your partner, annoy somebody, write, meditate, clap your hands, pray, have a laugh, fart while peeing, scratch mosquito bites, clean your kids' ears, stay home, have a beer, make music, make bubbles, take naps, clean up, talk about it, watch squirrels, hit the light switch, think about boobs, imitate people or noises, print fake flyers for an existing party (and turn it into a toga party), chatroulette with a dog, fly to Rome, rap, watch images of Stephen Hawking in zero gravity, watch this video, guacamole, the sound of a vacuum cleaner sucking sand, all kinds of cheese, Sebastian Haslauer's face.

Post an ad on craigslist with a picture of a friend from another city/ country who does not have the money to visit you - respond to the person who looks most visually similar as possible. Take them out to dinner. Call them by your friend's name. Take a photograph together.

Get a bazooka. Search for uninhabited areas that overlap cliffs or the peak of a mountain. Shoot it! A less exciting way of extending your radius is with a remote-controlled car or aircraft. An even less exciting way is doing it with a snapper hand or a paper lazer. The most boring way would probably be via the internet.

Borrow a baby or child from a friend for the day. Volunteer to help out in a kindergarten or an after-school care. Avoid any teaching. Let them decide what the day will hold. This won't work if you have children of your own.

Bring a group of people together and create something everybody will like. It can be an object, a song, a performance or a game. The group of people can consist of complete strangers or close friends. Be a driving force. Stand on a bridge and wave to the people cruising by on the tourist boats until they wave back at you.