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[–] [email protected] 137 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Just fucking stop. He's trying. If he likes it, it works, okay? Goddam everyone gotta be so fucking mean and judgemental. And yes, I'm going through some shit rn

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

nah fuck that. you don't need to justify it.

wear your fucking hat. its better than 100% of the idiots making fun of it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think he meant "stop being judgemental" not "stop wearing the hat"

Or so I hope.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

thats what i got from it too

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

What colour cowboy hat did you buy?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

She isn't baggin' on the dude, only saying it sucks to see the hat wearer so uncomfortable. I'd call that a score for empathy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I fail to see how going behind someone's back to publicly tweet about their insecurity is a positive thing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Plus, it’s jumping to conclusions. Maybe the dude had an upset stomach and went into the cafe for a chamomile tea. So he was making a funny face. Who fucking knows. Anyway, the claim that the person going “hmm he’s not pulling off that look” then posting it online is being empathetic is wild.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're living in real life. This is the internet. Everyone is fearless behind a screen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys are fearless behind a screen? D:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Nope - chronically fearful babyyy B)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Yea but it's valid. I wanna try a cowboy hat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

for real, no matter what you do, someone will hate on you for it….

not too long ago, i was walking through a large wooded dog park with my guitar, dicking around on it quietly as i walked over to a nice private spot to play away some feelings (going through some shit myself).

the next day, some frumpy middle aged lady came up to me and said, “what, no guitar today?” in a clearly taunting manner… i responded with distain but i should’ve yelled at her….

can i really not play an acoustic guitar in the woods without someone giving me shit for it? i wasn’t strumming and singing all loud or anything, wasn’t seeking attention… just entertaining myself quietly….

everyone listens to music, it’s one of the most universal human traits… but nowadays if you play music people act like there’s something wrong with you…. unless it’s in a prescribed setting….

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I try to not get mad at people who say stuff like this, it's just not worth it.

Instead I try to really confuse them by giving them some strange answer, it's usually funny.

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Hey, some looks you gotta build yourself up to. I'm a dude with long hair, when I first let it grow long enough to tie back, it felt really weird being in public with a ponytail/ bun. I didn't feel like "the guy with the ponytail" yet.

A few more trips to the coffee shop, and hopefully this guy will just be "the guy in the cowboy hat" 👍🏽

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When I first grew my hair out as a young teen, I didn't put it up at all until I cut it short again. The next time I tried growing it out it became my thing to always have it up

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Yup, I never tied my hair back growing up. Now that on my last hurrah with it as it's falling out, I tend to tie it back more often than not when I'm working.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Oh shit, I thought it was just me. I was so subconscious about it, I actually tie it up all the time. Then one day I started to get more confident and just let it down all the time.

One time(while wearing a mask) someone called me ma'am. Another time a Indian man in Brisbane was being a dick and told me women can't be in the male bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

I also used to have long hair and would accidentally get called ma'am back in the day. I noticed the person who said it is usually wayyy more mortified than you are. Partly because they misgendered you, but mostly because they totally just checked out your ass too. After realizing that, it never bothered me again.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago

Give him a complimentary sugar lump for his horse. That ought to make him feel better.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 days ago (6 children)

A real cowboy takes the hat off indoors.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Is he even a cowboy if he doesn't put his hat over his heart and address a woman as "ma'am"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I guess cowbiy is different to everyone but to me you lost the Cowboy at the entering of a coffee shop. Various reasons, 1 being it's cheaper at home, and 2 being that the last cowboy I knew made $35k a year, so he couldn't afford a coffee shop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is they really even a cowboy if it's not made in a percolator over a campfire?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A cowboy once told me, that you can spot a fake by how clean their hat is.

Since (so he told me) in case a bull had an episode, they would throw their hat in the other direction and climb over the corral fence. The bull would often go after the hat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Maybe they have a second hat for "not work" aka partying.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The only thing worse is someone wearing a cowboy hat who's overly confident about it

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Like this fuckin' douchebag.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Oh god please let this human turd fade into obscurity in a couple weeks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Who is it? And why is a guy standing in front of a Canadian flag be wearing Texas hat

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's the leader of our Conservative party and a close contender to be our next Prime Minister. He's about as fake as a person can be and has absolutely no vision or plan for Canada.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sometimes people are just having tough days. Sometimes their insecurities aren’t worn on their sleeves or hats. Occasionally, we just have to wait a few days until our scalps recover from freak birthday candle accidents, and the hat fused to your skull by singed flesh and fat can be removed without surgical intervention. Everyone is living their own life. Don’t jump to conclusions.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Give the guy a compliment. Help him to be more confident.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe give him a peanut m&m

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

That story reminded me of an ex that was click training me. I didn't realize it until her mother heard the clicks and asked them all upset about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Waiter at the Mexican joint called me caballero the other night. Made me feel good. I also get called the redneck Crocodile Dundee. Yep, that suits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

De nada Don Cocodrilo!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I still remember the sudden look of realization when I told a fellow shy nerd at the NerdCon rave "We're already shirtless and covered in body paint, we might as well dance".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

That's sweet he was able to cut losses that day, we all deserve to be free from judgment to just have fun every now and then

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That hurts. Do you attempt to give him a boost at the risk of the insincerity seeping into your affect, or try to just ignore it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I feel like, if you are categorically incapable of coming up with something nice to say about someone's hat with a degree of sincerity necessary to make it through that one-off interaction, then one of two things is true: either you're the wrong person to be involving themselves, or the hat is so horrendous, the kind thing to do would actually be insulting them so they never wear it again. My money is on the former tho lol

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