The second one is just hilarious!
I have seldom worn a cap. But my bald spot means I have to now-a-days. But it is never on backwards!
Stan
jerryc41 wrote:
There are times for reversing it - shooting (anything), for example. "Looking cool" is not a valid reason.
I learned to not wear a hat backward when shooting after I had a hot piece of brass lodge between my face and my safety glasses. Still got the scar.
My brother always says that every time you wear your hat backwards your IQ is permanently reduced by 10 points.
His hat isn't on backwards. His head isn't on right!.
skipro
Loc: Eastern Washingtion
TheShoe wrote:
My brother always says that every time you wear your hat backwards your IQ is permanently reduced by 10 points.
I was told that wearing a baseball hat backwards was made popular by Ken Griffey Jr. When he was a youngster hanging with his father who was a major league ball player, he wore his hat backwards so the bill wouldn’t fall down and block his vision.
I am glad to know that is bugs other people too.
Thanks, Jerry.
Ed
TheShoe wrote:
My brother always says that every time you wear your hat backwards your IQ is permanently reduced by 10 points.
For me, the fad of wearing your hat the wrong way is akin to the fad of B&W photography which is catching on with the same level of intellect on here.
Longshadow wrote:
The only time I've had my hat on backwards is when our boat was moving fast.
And when I swim=bald on top!
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
srg wrote:
For me, the fad of wearing your hat the wrong way is akin to the fad of B&W photography which is catching on with the same level of intellect on here.
Never say never.
There is a wrong way to wear a hat but it depends on circumstances, not style. If you're wearing a hat with a visor or brim, that element has a purpose: to shield your eyes against sun or rain. If you're wearing the hat in a manner that defeats that purpose, you're wearing it wrong. That purpose could be served if the brim or visor is on the back of your head or on one side or the other of your head. It is not necessary that the hat be worn with the visor centered on your face for every situation. On a very sunny day with the sun at your back there is a good reason to wear the visor pointing backwards. That is certainly not the case in photo #2, so that person is wearing it wrong. Not because the visor is pointing backwards, but because it is not serving its designed purpose.
And there are sometimes good reasons to use monochrome for a photo. I'm not a fan of monochrome photos (I took so many of them in the '40s and '50s) but with modern equipment, although digital cameras can handle high ISO well generally, there are overly high ISO settings in which the color shifts to unmanageable levels. In a case like that I have converted photos to monochrome to get an acceptable photo.
Jerry get a Tilley hat. Just flip the visor up, snap the picture, flip it back down. Never have to reverse it.
Thank you Jerry for starting this discussion. As a life long teacher, I see children wear their hats backwards, as a bit of a 'right of passage'. Then as they become teenagers, they learn that it's a child-like behavior, and a teenager is not a child any longer. So, when an adult wears his hat backwards, I question the maturity of that person.
Indi
Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.
There’s 3 pages of comments here but has anyone mentioned those people that wear their hats sideways. Logically, there could be reasons for wearing one backwards, but sideways is ridiculous. My 2¢.
Bridges
Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA
jerryc41 wrote:
There is great tech advice available online, and it covers virtually every area of interest. One thing turns me off, though - well, maybe a few things.
Why does a 30+ man have to wear his hat backwards? I don't take advice from people like that. That reminds me of a Woody Allen movie. They were digging a tunnel and wearing miner's helmets with a light on front. Woody wanted to be "cool," so he had his hat on backwards, with the light shining into the eyes of the guy behind him.
"Hey, guys! What's goin on?" Is this the best way to begin a video? It must be listed in a How-To manual because it's very common.
The pic below is from a site I clicked on today. The one below that is a classic idiot. The hat probably didn't come with a manual, but "real men" don't read the manual.
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I understand why the first guy is wearing his hat backwards. He is doing a video and with the bill in front, his eyes would be in shadow. My issue is why he is wearing a hat indoors in the first place! If you are doing a video, it is most likely to promote something and a logo hat could do that for you, however with it turned backwards, even that effort is defeated! In other words, no excuse for the dum-dum in the first shot.
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
stevinri wrote:
Jerry get a Tilley hat. Just flip the visor up, snap the picture, flip it back down. Never have to reverse it.
Absolutely right! I had enough of baseball style hats in the military to last me a lifetime, but since I have little hair left, I never go out without my Tilley. And Jerry, you are exactly correct - I have no interest in the information from anyone wearing a cap backwards (and indoors).
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