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Aimless:
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--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 06 Oct 2013, 03:36 ---I honestly don't give an honest damn about the "good guy" thing - I've never heard of it before, and I really doubt that I ever will again.
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I also find it hilarious that a forum that boasts about being open minded and accepting will just brush off an actual problematic issue that has exited for a while because they 'have never heard it before', but that's just me.
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I assumed that "the 'good guy' thing" was shorthand for "the alleged connection between fedoras and being the bad kind of good guy that apparently only tumblr-addicts know or care about" :P
Also, you should wear a turban
I can vouch for their occasional excellence
Metope:
That's exactly the thing though, where does 'alleged' and 'tumblr-addict' come from? Oh well never mind, I need to go write an essay anyway. Before that, here's a selection of hats I've worn and owned in the past couple years, spoiler tag because there are so friggin many and I don't want to clog up the page:
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GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Oct 2013, 02:29 ---
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.
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Very true, the U.S. military in particular does next to nothing with the "shoulder arms" position (on either side of the body, though if used right shoulder, arms is the more common position) I still wear mine with an Aussie military band I got from a buddy and the brim up just because I think it looks good. I wish I could get one with the turned up brim's clasp reversed actually, because I could then have a purpose for it. I shoot with my right hand and right eye, so being able to turn up my right brim would pull it out of the way a little more and potentially give my a more effective shooting position.
Metope I think people are brushing your "issue" off because it's a ridiculous stereotype in the extreme at the very best.
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Oct 2013, 02:29 ---"You don't like fedoras? What is wrong with you?"
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I own an Indy hat, albeit in a different colour! Copyrighted to Lucas Arts, naturally ...
LTK:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 06 Oct 2013, 07:02 ---Metope I think people are brushing your "issue" off because it's a ridiculous stereotype in the extreme at the very best.
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The article Metope linked previously does a decent job of addressing how the increased prominence of girls in geek culture has caused the bad attitudes associated with "Men's Rights Activists" to flare up, to the point that they show up in force every time the topic of feminism is brought up. This video has a lot of relevant information about it as well. The "issue" is actually what's at the root of the widespread mistreatment of women (and every other non-straight white male minority) in online communities and not something that tumblr just made up for the lulz.
The fedora is just an innocent victim of the fashion sense of one demographic's unfortunate cultural outlook.
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