NY Times: Street Hats

[alanfgag]

NY Times is always good for a laugh.

Not feeling the irony but I'm starting to catch the ire.

 

[Tomasso]

Pardon me for interpreting the English langauge literally.

Or perhaps you were posting ironically?

As a social scientist, I merely believe that conclusions ought to be rational and fact based, rather than casual assumptions made by superficial observation.

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[jlee562]

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You're right, the predisposition against younger hat wearers as "ironic" hipsters is quite boring, especially when it comes from the "golden era" crowd of supposed manners and propriety.

 

[Tomasso]

I didn't know hipsters were so touchy.

 

[jlee562]

There's a lot that someone who flippantly calls any young person a "Hipster" doesn't know about hipsters. Not the least of which is apparently how to determine who is, or is not one.

Like I said, I simply think it is more logical to reach conclusions based on more than "gut feelings" about random people. Especially when it is the case where your own contradictions make it clear that there is a gap between assumed knowledge and reality.

 

[hatophile]

Hey, I say wearing hats for any reason is good enough.

 

[casechopper]

I agree with Perry on this. Who cares what the motivation for wearing the hat is as long as it's being worn out and about? It's still interesting to see them out on the street. The same goes for the clothing these guys wear. It's definitely different but still interesting. The fashion crowd are part of what makes people watching in NYC fun even if most of us wouldn't wear many of those styles of clothing.

Hey, I say wearing hats for any reason is good enough.

 

[RBH]

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Ok lets not have any Tomasso like shenanagins.

 

[Dan Allen]

Most of the gents seem to be wearing the lids ironically.

"ironically" or not, their wearing hats--isn't that what we are all about?

 

[Wally in Cincy]

. The fashion crowd are part of what makes people watching in NYC fun .

I hate to be speaking from the amen corner but I just had to say "true dat"

When I was in Manhattan last spring there were oodles of stingy brims and you would hope those folks would graduate to a proper hat at some point.

 

[Rogera]

Hey, I say wearing hats for any reason is good enough.

Yessir, The more people wearing hats the better!:eusa_clap

 

[kaosharper1]

"ironically" or not, their wearing hats--isn't that what we are all about?

That's what I thought. That's why I posted this.