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Metope:
Steve, if you don't like hats, how about just getting really crazy about using sunblock? I don't have vitiligo, but I burn quicker than most people and sunblock is my best friend in summer, I have a 50+ bottle in my bag wherever I go from like May to September. It's a hassle at first, but once you get into it it's just routine.
ackblom12:
I definitely try Kris. When I had the short stint with flyering for Dominoes, I learned quickly that I had to apply sunscreen every hour on the dot, otherwise I ended up with ridiculously terrible sunburn and blistering. It doesn't help that routine isn't something I have a lot of success starting due to the ADHD, but on the job at least, with it being a very immediate concern, I was able to do so by the 3rd day or so.
Speaking of the Vitiligo though, I think it's a small part of why people just can't recognize me in old pictures.
These are me when I was in my early and mid teens. The pictures are a little washed out, but for anyone who's seen more recent pictures of me can attest to how much lighter I am now days.
People who know me regularly respond to seeing these pictures with "When did you stop being South Asian" and "Were you a misplaced Filipino child?". In reality I'm simply Irish/Cherokee and have lost much of my skin tone, but not the NA physical features.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Metope on 05 Oct 2013, 10:07 ---stereotypes exist for a reason,
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Indeed; as any form of generalisation, they make it easier than having to deal with 8 billion people individually at all times. At the same time, it is necessary to take care that individuals are not lost in the generalisation or stereotype - that's what leads to all the various bad "-isms"; while I wouldn't compare Fedora-ism with, say, sexism in harmfulness - it is a product of a similar thought process.
Akima:
"You don't like fedoras? What is wrong with you?"
I don't think fedora-hate is a thing here. Akubra makes a couple of ranges that are lighter and more car-friendly than their traditional heavier, push-your-horse-through-the-bush hats. You only have to see all the older men with deep scars and obvious skin-grafts on their faces and scalps to see why everyone should be wearing a hat when they are out of doors. Having chunks of your nose and ears cut away is not a good look either. I don't wear an Akubra, but I am happy to wear the traditional douli or carry a parasol, doing either of which would require a very secure Western man. Or a cricket fan:
The Australian military slouch hat is truly iconic, dating back to the Victorian Mounted Rifles raised in 1880's, and later to fight in the Boer War, even before our nation was founded. The basic hat is very practical, but the turned-up brim is arguably a little affected unless you regularly carry a rifle in the "slope arms" position.
Metope:
Well, if we're talking purely style-wise it's less about the hat itself and more like this:
But oh well, people can wear whatever they want to. I also found this, which is pretty funny, although personally I'd switch the 'hipster' label with something else because I don't think I've ever seen a hipster wearing a fedora, and also hipsters are known for being pretty obsessive about the way they appear so body odor isn't really a thing either. Anyway,
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