Rare color film shows what London looked like in 1927

Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 2:56 AM UTC

Pacabel wrote: post #41

neals wrote: post #33

I wish hats would come back like in the video. Almost everybody wore a hat in 1927. I bought a hat a few weeks back. It's so great to wear, it's safe and warm. However, everybody looks at me as if I am some crazed hipster with my "fedora". If everybody would wear a hat like in the video, life would be so much nicer.

Deserved or not, fedoras and similar hats have become associated with hipsters today. The public at large generally does not like to deal with hipsters, for a variety of reasons (their typical attitude is a big one). It's really no different than how many people distrust others who wear extremely baggy clothing. Clothing like that has become, rightly or wrongly, associated with gang culture. Most everyday people do n…

Post by lifeisstillgood » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 3:27 AM UTC

lkozma wrote: post #86

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #76

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info@ycombinator.com I think - gets you through to a shared mailbox and someone will reply However your comments seem fine from where I'm standing - possibly someone mistook 0 points for banned/dead? And yes - loving seeing parts of London I know so well.

I also thought it might have been just 0 points, but his other comment in the thread still appears as [dead] for me. jacko0's comment now appears as normal, although earlier I clearly remember it was [dead]. icecreampain's still appears as [dead]. Anyway, it could be some glitch in the software, but the system is a bit strange anyway.

Post by zerooneinfinity » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:56 AM UTC

neals wrote: post #51

zerooneinfinity wrote: post #44

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The trick is not giving a shit what people think with a healthy balance of trying to define your own style.

I think that you should care at least a little about what others think. I go around to clients and run a business.

Post by scott_karana » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 8:11 AM UTC

VLM wrote: post #71

neals wrote: post #33

I wish hats would come back like in the video. Almost everybody wore a hat in 1927. I bought a hat a few weeks back. It's so great to wear, it's safe and warm. However, everybody looks at me as if I am some crazed hipster with my "fedora". If everybody would wear a hat like in the video, life would be so much nicer.

I don't think people liked hats back then. There was a specific season in the early 1960s where most American men wore hats before that season and after that season almost none did. Tipping point dynamics indicate most wearers strongly wanted to stop wearing hats but couldn't for social pressure, until a tipping point hit and instantly almost everyone stopped, permanently. "nicer" is debatable, but it certainly was e…

Post by neals » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 9:19 AM UTC

andrewvc wrote: post #88

neals wrote: post #33

I wish hats would come back like in the video. Almost everybody wore a hat in 1927. I bought a hat a few weeks back. It's so great to wear, it's safe and warm. However, everybody looks at me as if I am some crazed hipster with my "fedora". If everybody would wear a hat like in the video, life would be so much nicer.

Dude https://images.encyclopediadramatica.es/thumb/1/1e/Fedora.jp... Fedoras haven't been trendy among anyone but neckbeards for the last 3 years. Wearing a fedora identifies you as being essentially socially and stylistically oblivious. It's been obvious for decades (centuries?), but it really is true that engineers are disproportionately befuddled by contemporary fashion and style.