[Euphoric] Fedora wearing Thief targeting churches

[Lyri]

No. Speaking as a fat man everything in my world is about distracting people from how I look and wearing layers.

Sides I've yet to find a nice hat that can fit on my rather large head. It's a pain really, 'cause I like hats.

You shouldn't be ashamed of how you look and who you are : )

Nothing says you cannot dress snappy, fedoras just aren't it.

 

[Ryotknife]

Title is misleading, I thought this was about a new Thief game where he goes around stealing from churches while wearing a fedora!

 

[WoW Killer]

For someone who's been slightly away from internet culture for awhile, it's kind of nice to know that those sorts of people are rightfully being ridiculed these days, but why on earth would you drag the innocent Fedora into this? It's a perfectly fine fashion accessory on the right head, and might I also add, the majority of hats in those pictures aren't even Fedoras. Those are Trilbys. But not that that would matter; they are both fine hats. Please lets not drag quality felt hats down to the level of internet morons.

I happen to own a shit load of hats, btw.

#notbutthurt

 

[Risingblade]

So he's stealing money that goes to help people who are in need of financial assistance. Well at least he got the Atheist are assholes stereotype right.

 

[Aximili]

For someone who's been slightly away from internet culture for awhile, it's kind of nice to know that those sorts of people are rightfully being ridiculed these days, but why on earth would you drag the innocent Fedora into this? It's a perfectly fine fashion accessory on the right head, and might I also add, the majority of hats in those pictures aren't even Fedoras. Those are Trilbys. But not that that would matter; they are both fine hats. Please lets not drag quality felt hats down to the level of internet morons.

I happen to own a shit load of hats, btw.

#notbutthurt

A trilby is just a slightly different cut of fedora and I am always mystified by people won't bother to Google their hat and learn this. All trilbies are fedoras, and we make fun of fedoras because they are so hideous, and because they are the #1 hat of the wild internet douchebag.

 

[schrodinger]

Well I'm basically two out of the three. Suppose I can't wear a nice hat now.

*sigh* this is why we can have nice things, internet.

Speaking as a man who likes to dress well, I challenge you to post a picture of yourself in the hat.

Fedoras look horrible in most cases, they are not nice hats at all unless you happen to tie it off like ol' blue eyes here.

hmpf, Frank Sinatra could wear a bag and would still look classy and handsome.

People need to remember, a hat, in this case a fedora, is there to complement the outfit, which is usually suits and/or a guy wearing a vest.
Wearing a t-shirt and jeans with a fedora(even though it's always a trilby) ain't gonna do jack shit to help; wear a top hat instead, we need to bring those hats back in style.

obligatory euphoria image::

 

[The Lugz]

So it begins... the great Atheist uprising of our times. Put away your religions and pledge your allegiance to Dawkins people before the fedora-wearing mobs come for you!

in before:

Ahh, but I'm already an Atheist err.. Atheist!, and before it was cool dammit! i shall be but a martyr in my time but i'll be retroactively classy doing it, sometime in the future... far, far in the future. you can't imagine it yet.

if only people could see the irony of their pseudo superiority crap

also, fedoras.. not just for mobs.

Spoiler: Fedoras, extreme survivalist gear.

 

[Simonism451]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

Let's say it was a joke about turban's or Kippahs(you know, those Jewish hats) would that be okay with you

That's not saying I mind jokes about stereotypes (when they are funny), I was specifically talking about the hypocrisy of people who complain about stereotypes in videogames and are here laughing it up over this particular one. Any joke has a right to exist. It just comes off to me as: making a character with big boobs is wrong, but let's all laugh at these fat nerds for wearing hats

The characters in question have no choice in how they are portrayed, they are the product of the imagination of their designer. In contrast, nobody forces you to wear a fedora. Also, Fedoras aren't an expression of a belief system that is subject to persecution in the US or anywhere else, they're a kind of hat that looks stupid unless you are Cary Grant (highly unlikely) but somehow seems to make people (without taste) believe that they look classy in it.
Edit: I also make fun of people who wear neckties to T-Shirts, people with mullets and "I <3 my AR-15" shirts, horrible tattoos and Hitler-staches.

 

[JoJo]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

Let's say it was a joke about turban's or Kippahs(you know, those Jewish hats) would that be okay with you

That's not saying I mind jokes about stereotypes (when they are funny), I was specifically talking about the hypocrisy of people who complain about stereotypes in videogames and are here laughing it up over this particular one. Any joke has a right to exist. It just comes off to me as: making a character with big boobs is wrong, but let's all laugh at these fat nerds for wearing hats

Arguably though, the Escapist has thousands of active users, how do you know that the people who complain about stereotypes in videogames are the same people who are having a joke about a stereotype in this thread? We aren't a hivemind, it's not hypocrisy for me to laugh about a silly stereotype because someone-else on this site doesn't like stereotypes.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I'm not quite sure how to process this.

So I'll just put this here instead.

Spoiler

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

Let's say it was a joke about turban's or Kippahs(you know, those Jewish hats) would that be okay with you

That's not saying I mind jokes about stereotypes (when they are funny), I was specifically talking about the hypocrisy of people who complain about stereotypes in videogames and are here laughing it up over this particular one. Any joke has a right to exist. It just comes off to me as: making a character with big boobs is wrong, but let's all laugh at these fat nerds for wearing hats

Yes. That's right. Making fun of someone for falling straight into a stereotype is exactly the same as building up a stereotype, generalising a group that mostly doesn't act or look like that, and then making fun of them. Why, when you think about it, it's just like racism!

Seriously though, this is like the difference between thinking that all French people wear striped shirts, berets, sell onions, ride bicycles, say "Hon hon hon" a lot etc. and thinking it's funny when a French person who's wearing a striped shirt, beret and so on gets caught commiting a crime against the English.

 

[sageoftruth]

Right. Something bad happens to a bunch of churches so we all celebrate. Maybe if I grew up in Texas I'd have a bone to pick with churches too, but right now it just looks like we're all celebrating thievery.

How the heck did you come to that conclusion? Do you not see how we are taking the piss out of the guy?

good taste in hats

The euphoria levels...they are strong with this one!

"Ah he must be an Atheist, let's point and laugh!"

Its not that he is an atheist, basically, the whole "fedora wearing euphoric atheist" jokes came from images you can see in this very thread, several people online wear trilbies thinking it makes them look more sophisticated (it doesn't) and many of these people just happen to be atheists, they then make images trying to look intelligent, but come off as hilariously awkward.

Spoiler: Like so...

In other words, its a joke dood.

Shoot. Looks like that went right over my head.

 

[sageoftruth]

Right. Something bad happens to a bunch of churches so we all celebrate. Maybe if I grew up in Texas I'd have a bone to pick with churches too, but right now it just looks like we're all celebrating thievery.

We're not laughing at the churches being stolen from, man. We all agree that the thief is a total asshole.
We're laughing because the thief is wearing a fedora (usually associated with obnoxious atheists, bronies, MRAs and the like).
Just clearing that up, man.
Edit: It seems a couple of other forumites have done that better than I did. So... Good show to them, I guess.

Thanks for tolerating my lapse in judgment.

 

[sageoftruth]

Right. Something bad happens to a bunch of churches so we all celebrate. Maybe if I grew up in Texas I'd have a bone to pick with churches too, but right now it just looks like we're all celebrating thievery.

Actually, we're all mocking the hell out of "Euphoric Atheists".

If you don't know what those are, then I imagine this thread is really scary and surreal.

Sure was. Thanks for clearing that up. I'll go look it up right now.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

Next he'll be telling us holocaust jokes are ok!

 

[lacktheknack]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

We're not mocking a subculture's clothing.

We're mocking the subculture.

And make no mistake... it's a subculture that needs some damn good prodding.

 

[zerragonoss]

Even as a pretty argumentative atheist the whole "Eurphoric" shit is so hilarious. Being an atheist is like being a regular dude/dudette minus church. The FUN part about atheism is you dont have any random shit to obsess over so you can fill the space with love or fun or joy. Not weird euphoria over atheism and superiority. Thats weird shit.

Anyway hope this dude gets caught. I find the meme REALLY fucking funny.

Your description of atheism creates a false dichotomy that I find somewhat off putting, not saying its intentional just that annoys me. Their are more options than atheist ore having a church, their are a decent number of religions that don't require attendance in a place of worship. Their are plenty of people who believe something but don't associate with organizations. Their are also people who believe in god via many definitions, not just in the way brought up in religious texts, also agnostics.

On topic I give the guy a week before he is caught because he brags about it on the internet.

 

[Muspelheim]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

We're not mocking a subculture's clothing.

We're mocking the subculture.

And make no mistake... it's a subculture that needs some damn good prodding.

Well, true. At first, the Fedora internet thing rather put me off, I thought it was just mindless bashing of a slightly outdated but rather nice looking hat and the people who wear it. The sort of thing you'd expect the eternally vilified Jocks to do.

But when I looked in to it, well... The bashing is rather well deserved. It's not about the hats, it's about the muppets failing to wear them and how they tend to act. A nice piece of clothing is a responsibility, if you wear a waistcoat, you need to wear a proper shirt and good trousers to match. Hats work the same way.
And honestly, not the finest clothes in the world will look good if all people can remember is condecending smugness.

If you are a hat owner, be a responsible hat owner.

 

[bliebblob]

This whole euphoric atheist stereotype really unnerves me. Why? Because I can really see why they'd be disliked, but at the same time pretty much fit it to a tee D: Except I've never worn my fedora in public and I have a strict 'live and let live' - policy towards religion. Had I grown up in only slightly diferent circumstances, that could easily not have been the case...

So... It's just... I don't know where we stand anymore, internet. You know? Does it help if say I the excessive Dawkins / Sagan / Hawking worship bothers me as much as it does you? C'mon honey talk to me, I need to know if we can still be am item. D:

Yeah, you're fine. If you don't act superior to religious people, you're not very euphoric.

Oh thank the flying spaghetti monster. Now, back to getting out of this hot girl's friend zone...

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

In other words, its a joke dood.

Ah so jokes about a subcultures choice of clothing are okay now?

Let's say it was a joke about turban's or Kippahs(you know, those Jewish hats) would that be okay with you

That's not saying I mind jokes about stereotypes (when they are funny), I was specifically talking about the hypocrisy of people who complain about stereotypes in videogames and are here laughing it up over this particular one. Any joke has a right to exist. It just comes off to me as: making a character with big boobs is wrong, but let's all laugh at these fat nerds for wearing hats

Jokes about literally anything are ok. They're jokes.

As for the double standard, in my experience the people who complain about the big boobs are almost never the same people who laugh at fedoras. Usually two very different camps.