Poll: Does anyone (feminist, gamer, SJW, atheist) really find Fedoras attractive/cool?

[Cidward]

There are plenty of utilitarian reasons to get your hair cut short if you work any number of jobs, or spend a lot of time on certain hobbies, like basically any sport. It's either a ponytail every day, or short hair. And if I could pull off short hair, I'd be going with that.

As for fedoras, unless it's 1935, I don't find that shit attractive. Unless, as others have said, you're pairing it with a nice suit, or actual Humphrey Bogart Halloween costume.

 

[Littaly]

I really like it, but I can't really carry one up. I bought one five years ago and I still haven't worn it :-/

edit: also, in those five years apparently we've all collectively decided that fedoras are for a**holes, so now I'm not sure if I dare to try :-/

Maybe I'll wait a couple of years or so for this thing to die down and then try again ^^

 

[SKBPinkie]

Is the default reaction to people wearing a look that they adopted simply to stand out and cry their special snowflake status to the world. To make it work you need to make the unusualness of your look seem like the natural extension of a standout person, and to do that you need to be exceptional.

So anyone who doesn't fit your BS criteria deserves to be ridiculed for it. Got it.

Yes, I will ridicule anyone who looks like an insecure tryhard. People being nice to you is a privilege you earn, not a right. My "BS criteria" isn't universal aesthetics, it's personal to me and my wants and needs. Why should I be nice to neckbeards who want to be Humphrey Bogart or insecure women who look like 10 year old boys?

I'm being genuine here, this is better than self-righteousness. At least you are owning to being an ass.

And you're right - you don't have to be nice to anyone. But if a simple thing like a hat or a haircut can make you mad, you will be judged for it. Hell, the people you're talking about may or may not be terrible humans, but your comments here confirm that you are.

 

[elvor0]

Is the default reaction to people wearing a look that they adopted simply to stand out and cry their special snowflake status to the world. To make it work you need to make the unusualness of your look seem like the natural extension of a standout person, and to do that you need to be exceptional.

So anyone who doesn't fit your BS criteria deserves to be ridiculed for it. Got it.

Yes, I will ridicule anyone who looks like an insecure tryhard. People being nice to you is a privilege you earn, not a right. My "BS criteria" isn't universal aesthetics, it's personal to me and my wants and needs. Why should I be nice to neckbeards who want to be Humphrey Bogart or insecure women who look like 10 year old boys?

On the flipside of that question, why be an asshole to them if they haven't actually wronged you? If you're a cock to people just at face value when they haven't done or said anything wrong, why would /anyone/ ever put in the effort to earn the "privilege" of your judgemental ass being nice to them?

You sound like an insecure tryhard yourself if that's how you behave; I mean I love Doctor House as a character, but no ones wants to be friends with him in real life (or the show for that matter). Just let people be, beince nice or at least polite/neutral costs you nothing. I mean I highly doubt you ridicule people to their faces, because that tends to get you a slap in the teeth. Unless you just pick on people that wouldn't or couldn't.

 

[Vigormortis]

What do I think? Well, I have several thoughts on the matter. So, if I may:

#1: I think it's just a hat.

#2: I think people need to learn the difference between a fedora and a trilby.

Spoiler: I mean really. If you're gonna use it as an insult, at LEAST learn the difference.

#3: I think it's a style of hat that's no different from any other style of hat. By that I mean it looks good on some people, male and female, and generally only with certain clothes/accessories. On others, not so much.

If you can sport the look, go for it. Otherwise, please steer clear.

#4: I think the negative connotations associated with it today were born out of ignorance and bigotry. And that those who birthed those connotations, or hold to them, are no better than the jerk-offs who use terms like "Feminazi", "Cis-Scum", and "SJW" with a straight face.

#5: I think the use of the hat/term as an insult speaks more about the character (or lack there of) of those using the insult than it does about those who wear the hat.

 

[Vigormortis]

I really like it, but I can't really carry one up. I bought one five years ago and I still haven't worn it :-/

edit: also, in those five years apparently we've all collectively decided that fedoras are for a**holes, so now I'm not sure if I dare to try :-/

Maybe I'll wait a couple of years or so for this thing to die down and then try again ^^

Nah. Just wear it now with a nice button-down, collared shirt and some nice pants. You'll be fine. (a nice coat might help too)

In a lot of ways, it's just as much about the confidence you portray and the way you carry yourself when wearing it as it is what you wear with it.

As long as you feel good wearing it, who cares what some random asshole on the street thinks?

 

[The Squid King]

I'm not sure what to vote for, the problem with fedoras is that in order to wear one without looking ridiculous, it needs to match your face and your outfit. I've seen people look really good in fedoras but there are some out there who seem to think that just by wearing one you'll look like a classy gentleman. It also doesn't help that they are pretty much the physical embodiment of sexism these days.

 

[laggyteabag]

Since when were the terms feminist, gamer, SJW, or atheist ever associated with fedoras? I always thought that it was pretty much almost exclusively used in conjunction with neckbearded self-proclaimed "nice guys".

To answer your question though. Yes, then can be used to add a little, as you say, "class", but only to those who are wearing suits, or if you are Indiana Jones. Otherwise, you just look silly. Super silly.

Here is a quick 100% factual PSA on the topic:

 

[Ticklefist]

I'm happy to live in an area where fedora's never became a "thing" but I wouldn't become judgmental if they did.

 

[Atrocious Joystick]

I´m sad hats aren´t a thing anymore. If nothing else I´m sad about it from a purely practical standpoint. I´m a man and as a man I (and you) have to face the fact that there is a very good chance we´re going to go bald and that just looks so much better with a suit and a fancy hat than with a t-shirt and slacks. Bring back the hats so I have something to put on my future chrome dome.

 

[GestaltEsper]

Meh, it's a hat. I've tried on a couple when I was bored in clothing stores, but I'm not sure if they're for me. If someone else can rock the look, more power to them.

 

[visiblenoise]

I think one can look good in a fedora. If one is smoking a cigar in a khaki coat and happens to be at least 40 years old.

Seriously though, I have never, ever seen it work with modern clothing, or young people.

 

[Kae]

It's just a hat it looks good on some people, depends on head shape and outfit and it looks bad in others, I like it but I wouldn't wear one because I don't look good in one.

 

[Chaos Isaac]

They generally need to go with a suit or a more classic looking outfit to look good, but in and of themselves are cool enough.

I like them.

 

[chocolate pickles]

Sorry, but I think it's just a hipster thing. There's much more practical hats you could wear or, in the majority of fedora cases, you don't really need to be wearing a hat at all.

 

[jklinders]

It's a hat. It looks good on some people and crappy on others. As with anything else involving style, the person makes the outfit not the other way around.

Tossing fedora around as part of an insult is just stupid. Sure it's the internet bit if you want to be understood it's better actually say what you want to say rather than attach some meaningless meme to your comment.

In any event, I am not in the habit of judging people by their attire, man or woman so I see no reason to start with this.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

It's just a hat. I believe that those who insult a fedora/trilby wearers that isn't old or female, have little taste in fashion and choose to bring others down to their level. I've seen fat women in stretch pants and I once saw a man fill a pee bag while he was wearing shorts. In the same day, same Walmart. In a world where thongless flipflops, Ed Hardy merchandise and shirts that say "Fuck you, you fucking fuck" exist, fedora/trilby wearers are the ones that get chastised.

Seriously? Fuck that nonsense.

 

[Maevine]

Pretty indifferent about it. Most of the guys I've seen wearing one are young white bros who like to think they're full of gentle goodness when they're really nothing special... but yeah, the hat is kind of cool I guess? Maybe a little boring? Idk?

 

[Frokane]

Fedoras are like short hair for a woman. Chances are, you don't have nearly enough class and charisma to pull it off so don't bother with it. Doesn't stop lonely nerds from adopting the look in droves trying to be unique.

EDIT: Most black dudes with good style can pull it off as well.

why you gotta bring race into it, surely anyone with good style can pull it off?

 

[Frokane]

Does this guy look like a neck-bearded basement dweller?

No, no he doesn't.

nuff said, really.