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That means there is still time for him to escape. Guys who are confident in cowboy hats are the biggest douches on Earth.
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I’m gonna go ahead and blame schools for being so strictly anti-hat. Kids would get in trouble for wearing them. Head-coverings in general were forbidden unless they were religious in nature, so many kids never got a chance to get used to wearing them.
It made me feel strange seeing so many kids’ shows with characters that wear hats all the time. Hats were like a forbidden accessory in my childhood, and now even though I’m out in the “adult world,” they feel too weird to even try.
See you know what's funny? In my early school years, hats were mandatory. I got bought a dorky thing that got me made fun of, and I hated it.
I now have a complex where I feel weird about wearing hats.
My daughter's k-8 school here in California actually allows hats. Kinda blew my mind.
Can you explain what you mean "being anti-hat"? In my school they just had an issue with hats being worn indoors, which i think is reasonable.
What's wrong with wearing hats indoors?
Comes from the same origins as removing your shoes at the door, I'd imagine. Considered proper guest etiquette or some other Victorian era nonsense like that.
I do prefer people taking shoes off at the door.
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I'm the opposite. I feel like I'm naked if I'm outside without a hat and everyone is judging me for it.
Hey guys, check out Mr. 1850s here!
If you don't know about the history of hats, it's surprisingly fascinating lol
You aren't fully dressed until you've got your hat. Send me back a century its difficult to find good quality hats these days and the sizes are more generic.
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Especially uncomfortable when my hair is grown a little too much and haven't had the time to shave yet
I have long hair and thats half the reason i wear a hat. Keeps it under control and the wind pushing little strands around on top of my head and in my face really bothers me.
yeah this is me with a beanie on for decades now,
but its like the master sword, i only break the hair out when its needed! ( to get attention from cuties!)
Sounds like this
pretty much!
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Just gonna put this here:
I knew this would be here. Thank you for your service 😌
I'm doing my part! 🫡
Oooo it's not often I see a Brian David Gilbert reference in the wild
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I decided that being a father allows me to look more silly. Now the hats (and their protective properties) are in my arsenal.
The hat goes on the head!
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Banana! Banana! Banana!
I tried being a hat guy back in my early twenties. Didn't work. Dunno why.
I went through a flat cap/pipe smoking phase. :/
Honestly, not my worst phase, but far from my best.
Gotta go all the way with the handlebar mustache and penny-farthing too.
I went a way worse direction: theology books.
Did you try the beard with no mustache variation? Kind of an Amish Tuba Player thing?
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I think you have to pick a hat type which fits your head shape, but I wouldn't know how to do that. But I think a skinny face would be weird in a bowler hat for example.
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I think the fundamental issue is that I'm a T-shirt kinda guy and nothing except a baseball cap goes right with a T-shirt. A lot of the other hats need something like a suit to make sense.
I used to wear skater beanies/egg shells with tshirts. I also used to dress more like a skater though.
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A Gilligan bucket hat would be fine. Or a gardening-type straw hat.
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I wear a hat so often that my employees did not recognize me the one time I didn't. They were saying how my hair wasn't how they expected lol.
Similar things happen to me and I don't even have hair lol
"holy shit! You're bald???"
I get shit like that for being left handed from people who've known me for years lol
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I haven't been a hat wearer for decades now.
But getting ouside in full "farmer dad" mode away from the computers and phones and content, and having my toes in the grass while wearing one of my sun hats with the big-ass rim all the way around like a floppy mini sombrero to protect me from the daystar, now that's the stuff. Then I'm ready to get some shit done.
Aside: I see you, person who is thinking about moving my hyphen. 😏
It's nice to feel seen.
Opposite effect. Wear hats so much feel awkward without one
Imagine having the same problem with pants.
Don't let that out of your mouth. We're barely holding as is.
I love hats so much, and don't understand why they aren't more popular (apart from baseball caps, which I also enjoy)
Non-trans people and potential eggs:
Gender dysphoria can often feel exactly like this, with a tube amp attached.
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