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It's middle school cliquism. Assuming that stereotypes about clothing tell you everything you need to know about a person.

• AussieWog93 3y ago
  No, it's plain old pattern matching. People wore fedoras to identify them as part of a subculture (Reddit gentlemen). Most people who weren't part of the subculture pretty quickly figured out that removing their fedora meant people didn't assume they were a part of it, so they took it off. Same thing with hipster glasses, mullets, dreads, swastikas, list goes on...
  • solarmist 3y ago
    > Reddit gentlemen Is that where that came from? It sounds right. I used to wear nice hats regularly including a couple of fedoras, but I had to retire them because of this.
  • PhasmaFelis 3y ago
    Except for the swastikas, everything you mentioned is just more lazy stereotyping. How many times have you met an actual douchebag wearing a fedora? How many times have you heard people saying that all douchebags wear fedoras? I bet the ratio is at least 1:50. It's like how people who insist all vegans are smug outnumber actual smug vegans by a huge margin.