While I understand people disliking the stereotype of the cheap-fedora wearing pseudo-intellectual nerd, I think a lot of it comes from appropriating social currency (the fedora, trilby, or traditionally male hats in general) without understanding the unstated social rules that historically pertained to them (doffing one's hat on greeting, not wearing it inside, etc). Also, a lot of the "fad of the fedora" is centered around crass consumption of cheap cloth-based products (see: Hot Topic).
I think Adam and others on the forum would agree with me when I say that most people cannot seem to pull off wearing fedoras (or suits, or pocket squares, or any semi-archaic upper-class elements of social currency). The same could be said of anything geeks obsess over, though (over-used memes, painfully ironic tshirts, etc). The trick is to have style and a knowledge of subtlety. For example, I have some cufflinks with the Seal of Rassilon on them (from classic Dr. Who), which, to most people, look like a nice little Celtic pattern. To Doctor Who fans, they signify that this "random guy in a suit" (namely me) is one of them, and provokes conversation with those who recognize such symbols.
There is a language and ruleset to proper male dress that is wholly unrecognized by the vast majority of the tshirt-and-jeans-wearing population, but that some find really fun to learn and experiment with. A lot of experiments, though, fail miserably, especially those done by novices (such as those portrayed on that blog). It's just a natural part of the learning process for those who pursue such things. I, for one, wore WAY too much tacky tweed in high school, but I'd like to thing that I've graduated beyond looking like a doofus and have achieved some small measure of sartorial grace. This. A fedora worn properly on someone who looks the part is a thing of beauty.
Also, the top hats were for Top Hat Tuesday or some such, IIRC.
They're like that dumb skrillex haircut, everyone thinks its gonna look dope then you just look like a weird ass.
Fluttershy pulls it off nicely.
You also dont have to have a weird hairdo to play mainstream dubstep, your own island, a multinational company and hosing a festival out of your pocket works to.
True. Fedoras are just the current trend of hats that don't match their wearers. Plus, almost everyone in the tumblr I posted also had done things on their profile.
Well, I'm heading up to the TRON 30th Anniversary party up in Hollywood this evening. Bruce, I'm told, will be there as well as a selection of Arcade consoles featuring the 2 TRON arcade games.
What's the good dubstep AMV? I've been really getting into AMV's recently.
It was already posted recently, I think it was earlier in this thread, but I'll link you for convenience - The Nightmagi Cometh by KisanziVNS. I think it made it's debut at ndk2012.
I don't think I could possibly convey to you how important Chex Quest was to my childhood and how happy finding this site made me.
Wow I thought I was the only person that played that game. I think that was my first video game experience ever.. (other than jealously watching my friends play Mario bc I didn't own a Nintendo >_<)
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I think Adam and others on the forum would agree with me when I say that most people cannot seem to pull off wearing fedoras (or suits, or pocket squares, or any semi-archaic upper-class elements of social currency). The same could be said of anything geeks obsess over, though (over-used memes, painfully ironic tshirts, etc). The trick is to have style and a knowledge of subtlety. For example, I have some cufflinks with the Seal of Rassilon on them (from classic Dr. Who), which, to most people, look like a nice little Celtic pattern. To Doctor Who fans, they signify that this "random guy in a suit" (namely me) is one of them, and provokes conversation with those who recognize such symbols.
There is a language and ruleset to proper male dress that is wholly unrecognized by the vast majority of the tshirt-and-jeans-wearing population, but that some find really fun to learn and experiment with. A lot of experiments, though, fail miserably, especially those done by novices (such as those portrayed on that blog). It's just a natural part of the learning process for those who pursue such things. I, for one, wore WAY too much tacky tweed in high school, but I'd like to thing that I've graduated beyond looking like a doofus and have achieved some small measure of sartorial grace.
This. A fedora worn properly on someone who looks the part is a thing of beauty.
Also, the top hats were for Top Hat Tuesday or some such, IIRC.
Relevant to what went down today on the forums.
Man fuck CS and IT, I want to become a cyber alchemist.
Sandy, she's a comin'!
GENERAL BROCHURE
Comprehensive brochure: Keys to emergency preparedness; being informed, making plans, building a kit. http://tinyurl.com/8s42yax
StarTalk Radio with the awesome Neil DeGrasse Tyson from the Hayden Planetarium
http://www.startalkradio.net/show/advancing-to-the-next-level-the-science-of-video-games-part-1/
I'm looking forward to it. Yes, I am old.
I don't think I could possibly convey to you how important Chex Quest was to my childhood and how happy finding this site made me.
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