everybody on ilx complains about reddit

I guess that I just don't know

first they came for the assholes and i did not speak out because i was not, um, oh shit.

lol @ whoever called these sagan-worshipping reddit posters the "atheist movement". i can see the purpose of an formalized atheist movement to raise awareness and counteract shady lobbying/donations by religious organizations (mormons pushing for prop 8 for example) but these guys clearly aren't it.

they worship neil degrasse tyson. they might see him as a prophet of sagan, but it has been long since they've heard any of sagan's words.

despite the emphasis marx placed on it i don't believe godlessness is a prerequisite for an authentic communism

These nerds are one thing but the actual national atheist orgs are largely shitty as well

thread was a lot better when it was all about redditors

yeah i'm happy to make fun of certain types all day but don't want to talk actual issues that could get clusterfucky on a lulz thread.

i've got no problem with atheists (am one). otoh dawkins is a racist dick and /r/atheism is hilarious so can we take the sanctimony elsewhere.

xp to mordy - i dunno if any notable number of the world's angry atheists are trying to get rid of religion because they think authentic communism lies at the end, but i do think that there's a wrongheadedness about blaming 'religion' in general for social woes in the way that marx, as anti-religion as he was, spotted - the real problem with religion is that the current dominant practice of it is one that's completely entangled with the state. e.g. fundie christians aren't right wing morons because they're fundie christians, they're fundie christians because they're right wing morons, so tackling religion first and foremost is just pointless.

^

http://dp9myinqgb4ck.cloudfront.net/04ea787250683c689916a99f9b036ffdb366b6.jpg

merdeyeux otm. freuerbach, bauer brothers, etc. all way more focused on opposing religious ideas than marx. his lineage is the break from this. e.g. "Feuerbach, consequently, does not see that the 'religious sentiment' is itself a social product, and that the abstract individual whom he analyses belongs to a particular form of society."

but back to fedoras!

my coworker is very nice and relatively young and definitely geeky and he wears a fedora and he likes it a whole bunch. its none of my business to suggest he may not want to wear it, but part of me just wants to let him know what people actually think of those damn hats and their context. and part of me fears that he found out he would feel just fuckin terrible.

and of course i'm never gonna speak to him about it.

the couple of fedora wearers i've known all believed they were totally classy individuals at the height of taste in headwear for sure.

is joey jeremiah the ur-fedora nerd? "that one kid who wears a fedora" has existed as a type since the 80s but i can't think of any other specific classical examples in popular culture from the pre-brony/ reddit atheist era.

nick twisp

i assumed marshall blechtman from square pegs was a fedora wearer but i find no evidence of this. also damone from fast times but he was a newsboy cap.

damone actually had some game tho so maybe he's doesn't fit the fedora profile. i could see mark ratner considering a fedora briefly but he got past that point where that sort of thing happens.

this is 02

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02ecbs.phtml

Gwendolyn Schnurr: Wow, they said it couldn't be done! They said nerds would never rule this school! Well, Stephen Douglas has a new head of hair! And it is oillllllly!! Fro too long, the nerds of this school have been splintered - the marching band nerds, the newspaper nerds, the build-your-own-go-cart nerds! Now we can move about this school as one! But our victory is not just a victory for nerds! We would not be here today without the support of the dorks, the geeks, and, of course, the kid who wears the fedora! [ camera shows kid wearing fedora ] What more to say? what more to say? At a time like this, you just kinda want to say.. ni! Ni!

(fedora kid was fred armisen)

swear to god i just looked that up for some other reason.

is joey jeremiah the ur-fedora nerd? "that one kid who wears a fedora" has existed as a type since the 80s but i can't think of any other specific classical examples in popular culture from the pre-brony/ reddit atheist era.

Swing kids

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yMce6tW9I44/TECRgcKD3bI/AAAAAAAAAD4/_qKn1VC_80A/S220/toxic_ska_beer.gif

Who was the last cool person in pop culture in a fedora? Indiana Jones?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QWAVSWAQL.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOPretaOedw/TkURLrDu_aI/AAAAAAAAACI/ke9h5aXdPQg/s1600/darkman%20neeson.jpg

it's criminal that I've still never seen Darkman

FYI I've started wearing a bowler. Gotta keep one step ahead

Hats of music.

http://i.imgur.com/tGOBlTK.gif

http://i.imgur.com/LAkbz69.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/X9Ytpsn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/olSHLZT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/E1K9zRN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bZvv0RZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xf7hE2z.png

I wore a fedora for third-wave ska.

none of these are doing a lot to help the fedora's reputation

Joey McIntyre obv

xxp - what's the diff between a fedora and a pork pie hat?

A fedora-looking guy who was actually wearing a beret made a big deal tonight of signalling that I didn't need to run for the bus and letting me onto it ahead of him because "ladies first". Are berets the new fedora?

PS beret guy, if you find your way here googling fedoras vs berets and are offended by my post, I somewhat appreciated your earnestness but it was a little overbearing and don't do that to every woman you happen to be on the same street as

(which you presumably do, because there was no more specific reason to do it to me)

is joey jeremiah the ur-fedora nerd? "that one kid who wears a fedora" has existed as a type since the 80s but i can't think of any other specific classical examples in popular culture from the pre-brony/ reddit atheist era.

― slugbuggy, Wednesday, November 6, 2013 1:13 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol young fedora'd joey jeremiah used to be my livejournal profile pic

tom waits is obvs the ur fedora nerd booger

oh man depps outfit is brutal there

is it worth bothering to point out a lot of these hats are trilbies not fedoras? well anyway.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17600000/Pretty-in-Pink-Duckie-Screencaps-duckie-17679309-852-480.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboy_cap

Resurgence

Although traditionally a men's cap, it has recently seen a resurgence as it has become popular with affluent women and fashion houses in the 2000s. It has also become popular among the nerd subculture, although fedoras are more common. Baker boy hats are now seen in many high street retailers. For summer, many girls and women are choosing soft cotton options as the brim offers sun protection. In winter, wool blend baker boy hats are a popular option for those who want to wear a natural material. In 2011, floral cottons are the current trend following a renewed interest in home sewing.[1]

i dont like newsboy caps they make u look like a lil newsboy

this guy can pull off all manner of hats

http://www.vueweekly.com/images/sized/img/old_stories/666/arts-cohen-300x300.jpg

disagree he looks dumb