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[sky]

I read this article recently, and found it entertaining.
We all know the stereotype... and I'd say it's one I've generally seen validated in my day to day adventures.

It's just one of those things. Some people can pull off the look, but the majority end up looking pretty goofy.

The problem is that the fedora has become a go-to accessory for a peculiar subculture of love-entitled male nerds whose social inexperience and awkwardness manifests in a world rocked by a gender revolution—a tectonic shift in the makeup of formerly cloistered, rule-bound clubs.

They aren't bad people – they simply need a place from which to draw a sense of manhood, if not from women. When deciding how to represent themselves in a dating profile, why wouldn’t they cling to a fashion emblem from a bygone age, a time when guy was just a guy and a doll was just a doll? A fashion which recalls Frank Sinatra and Al Capone, a conventional masculinity marked by elegant detachment and an appeal to women that remains decidedly independent of their approval?

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/02/why-the-fedora-grosses-out-gee.html

What's the NeoGAF™ consensus?

 

[lethial]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

 

[Ein Bear]

Anyone who wears a Fedora in 2012 should be mocked mercilessly.

 

[cbox]

They look so tacky unless you're wearing a three piece suit in the 50's.

 

[Escape Goat]

I don't care.

 

[Brazil]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

I tend to agree with this.

 

[Jarate]

Anyone who wears a Fedora in 2012 should be mocked mercilessly.

.

 

[teruterubozu]

L.A. Noire cosplay

 

[TxdoHawk]

At this point the NERDS IN FEDORAS HURR HURR HATS ARE STUPID GUYS DON'T YOU KNOW thing is about as obnoxious as the people they rip on.

 

[Volimar]

I won't have you badmouthing Seth C like that!

 

[Trojita]

.

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

Well, shit.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

I've seen some people pull it off really well. Don't know anyone who wears it in 2012 though.

 

[kaioshade]

Eh, dont particularly care for the style, but if someone wants to rock a fedora, why judge them?

 

[Gallbaro]

Anyone who wears a Fedora in 2012 should be mocked mercilessly.

I wear one when it rains, and a trench coat. Come at me.

 

[Guevara]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

and we're done.

 

[DrEvil]

the only person who could ever pull off a fedora:

 

[radios shipping overview]

They look so tacky unless you're wearing a three piece suit in the 50's.

Or a three-piece suit today. The fitted suit & hat look can still be pulled off. It's the fedora, gaming tee, and jorts combo that's problematic.

The same goes for trenchcoats when combined with the above.

 

[Garou]

What the fuck? People are now hating on hats??? What the hell is wrong with you?

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

hahah they are so lame.

 

[morningbus]

 

[Jim]

As the man said above...

 

[Keru_Shiri]

I want to wear one...

 

[shintoki]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

An occasional Guy can pull it off. 99.99999999% can not.

 

[Switters]

Gaf argues about boiling water. Why not hats. I hate all of you.

 

[adamsappel]

Seth C gonna come in here and take names!



e: Damnit, Volimar!

 

[snacknuts]

.

Throw him overboard!

 

[FStop7]

It's a stupid look on anybody.

What you think you look like.

What you really look like.

 

[DukeBobby]

I know a guy at university who wears a fedora. He looks like a complete dick.

 

[Guzim]

 

[CorvoSol]

This is more or less it, which bites, because we'd all love to be classy like the guy in the middle.

 

[-PXG-]

Unless you're old or a suave black man, you have no business wearing a fedora. Few exceptions exist

 

[FelixOrion]

Yeah, one of my old roommates was a fedora nerd.

Such

a

bad

look

 

[out0v0rder]

notch and zero_punctuation are proof it sucks

 

[ConfusingJazz]

They look dumb, but christ the article is reading way too much into it.

 

[Hex]

Who cares?
People on the internets do not like the way other people on the internets dress.
The wheel turns.

(I hate fedoras)

 

[TxdoHawk]

Let me also throw this in: If you have ever worn flip-flops or sandals with socks, you deserve far worse mockery than any man who has ever worn a fedora.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

If you're not going Full Chap then it looks silly.

 

[Meier]

Surprised Notch has not been posted yet.

 

[Kade]

I saw a guy wearing a du-rag under a fedora with a Naruto headband around it.

 

[marrec]

This is more or less it, which bites, because we'd all love to be classy like the guy in the middle.

It's possible to be that classy, but you don't do that by wearing a shitty 'Fedora' you bought at Burlington Coat Factory.

Go buy an actual Fedora that costs more than 50 dollars. There is a certain time and place to wear a Fedora, and that time and place is not with a zip up turtle neck sweater.

 

[lethial]

Let me also throw this in: If you have ever worn flip-flops or sandals with socks, you deserve far worse mockery than any man who has ever worn a fedora.

What about wearing a fedora with socks and sandals?

 

[shira]

.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

So, what exactly is the x-factor here? Fedoras, but only if they accompany a 3-piece suit? Would I get by with a button-down and a tie?

 

[Mr. F]

Fedoras are weird - some pull it off and most don't. Maybe it's an age thing, because it's almost guaranteed if you're wearing one as a teenager/young adult you look like a bit of an asshole.

 

[Meier]

.

There we go.

 

[Trojita]

.

Tackiest workplace in Sweden.

 

[squidyj]

Thank god I never got into fedoras.

 

[Bob White]

This is more or less it, which bites, because we'd all love to be classy like the guy in the middle.

Fucking kids...

 

[Anteater]

Bullshit, I look exactly like the middle guy