As someone who used to be very much into the NEIPA hunting scene, yes, people talk like this. Everyone is into different things, different cultures, different hobbies, etc. Don't go poopyting on someone because you don't share the interest.
The NEIPA HYPE! breweries have very real cult followers. I've seen and participated in many of the things listed. It's fun once and a while to go hunting for a rare release and brag about it (as if anyone outside the hype beer community cares). I stopped once I realized how much money I was wasting on beer. My room mate and I did a tour of VT one day a couple summers ago, hitting Hill Farmstead, Alchemist, Burlington Beer Co, Frost, Foam, Citizen Cider and then added up the total spent when we got home. It was like $400/person.... stupid. And yet each time I do still go to Tree House I see many many people buying full allotments which these days works out to $600+ per person. It's crazy, and stupid, and it makes them happy so who really cares?
In the same way that you're judging a subculture for terms and habits, some of them likely judge the homebrewing community as a bunch of loser nerds who make mediocre beer while proclaiming it to be better than anything on the market. A bunch of wannabe pros who can't actually hack it.
Let people do what makes them happy, it isn't hurting you in the slightest.
edit: guess I hit the profanity filter in there. I'm leaving it because the substitution is hilarious.
