A small prejudice: Baseball caps worn backwards.

[trof]

If the person sporting such front-to-back headgear is not a baseball catcher actively engaged, at the moment, in playing that position (especially if that non baseball playing person is over the age of 30) I just expect them to be not too bright.

I am rarely disappointed.

Disclaimer:
Yes, I am a geezer.
I have worn a baseball cap backwards, but only when fishing with the sun to my back, so as to avoid a blistered neck*.

*AKA: 'Red Neck'

OK, flame away.
;-)

[skygazer]

1. No flames from me

Actually, I would go further and say that I think the baseball cap look is a rotten one anyway. I like hats but I think baseball caps look pretty foolish on most everybody except someone who is actively playing baseball.

And it irritates the crap out of me how many people I see wearing them in restaurants! Maybe I'm old fashioned but I was taught you take your hat off indoors. :shrug:

[trof]

2. Aye-Men!

Caps worn in restaurants.
T-A-C-K-Y

[Kajsa]

11. Second Amen!

Caps worn inside- tacky.

[ikojo]

67. I don't see anything wrong with wearing a cap

inside...of course many of my friends are observant Jews so they wear hats inside a lot.

[Kajsa]

69. Yarmulkes and other headgear

worn in observance of one's faith would
definitely be an exception.

I guess it's a generational thing- I'm an oldie
and was raised that it is polite to remove one's
hat when you come indoors.

[trof]

70. Those are yarmulkes. An entirely different thing.

Baseball caps, generally, are not worn for religious reasons.
Unless you're a NASCAR fan, and that's whole different religious faction.

[ikojo]

78. Some younger Jews will wear a cap in lieu of a

kippah (yarmulke).

[Courtesy Flush]

20. Tony Soprano felt the same way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeV9WuygzFw

[montanto]

3. I'm with you. If you are still in High School, maybe.

I still hate it even then.

[Blue-Jay]

4. I do it if it keeps my hat from flying off.

Like if I'm on my bike or in a strong wind.

[trof]

7. OK, you get a pass.

Perfectly legitimate justification.

[Guava Jelly]

5. I am opposite

I wear mine back wards and think they look goofy worn the correct way.
I use mine as an istacomb for bad hair days :)
btw I am 40 and white

[trof]

10. What's an istacomb?

I try to keep up with the latest stuff.

[Guava Jelly]

12. It's when your hair wont cooperate

So instead of facing the world looking like Don King.
You put a hat on.
I used to wear my ball cap with the visor flipped up in the late 80's early 90's like the band Metal band Anthrax did.
But I havent done that in ages

[trof]

14. Flipped up is the WWII aircraft mechanics' look.

Watch some of the era movies.
Sometimes the mechs and crew chiefs had to get closer to their work than the bill allowed.
BTW you violate both of my rules, so no pass for you.
But party on.
;-)

[Guava Jelly]

17. Crap

Oh well I am ok with being a pariah :rofl:

[trof]

18. No, you're not a pariah. I'm a pariah. I (shudder) SMOKE.

You just have a sense of style that's different from mine.
As the old saying goes..."That's why they make chocolate AND vanilla."
That doesn't make you a bad person.
And I already know you're not stupid.
:-)

[LynzM]

6. I'll take it one step further....

Facing front is ok, facing backward, sometimes still ok, but "tweaked" to the side a little? You just lost the vast majority of my respect, buddy. Go ahead, now you get to prove to me that you're not a punk and you've got brain cells... :eyes: I detest that look!

[trof]

8. Yeah, that's just D-U-UMB.

;-)

[Little Wing]

9. agreed

[LynzM]

80. The second one bothers me more than the first....

Not sure why, maybe that's cultural, in some way, who knows. It's just a strong association with punk 14-year-old loser guys... lol.

[last_texas_dem]

13. It was the way the "cool" kids wore their caps when I was in high school

Therefore, I generally tried (and try) to avoid it, as pretty much anything that was considered cool by the dumbasses I went to high school with is probably better forgotten. I do make exceptions for some times during which I'm growing my hair out and it's in that awkward stage (wearing caps backwards tends to keep hair out of your face a little better than wearing them the correct way) and with some caps that are too "tall" on top and make me look like I'm wearing a pot on my head if I wear them forwards. (My ears must be a little higher on my head than on most people's 'cause it's hard to find a cap that doesn't look kinda goofy on me. Then again, maybe caps just make a lot of people look goofy, 'cause I have heard several people with the same complaint!)

EDITED on account of excessive verbosity!

[bigwillq]

15. I love how people insist

on telling people how they should wear something.

:eyes:

[trof]

21. I never.

Did I say how I thought anyone should orient their headgear?
Never!
Did I DICTATE how one should adorn oneself in the public eye?
Did I even HINT that "This is how you should wear a cap."?
Show me where.

I merely expressed my sole, personal expectations of those who choose to wear their caps backwards.
By all means, wear it wrong-side-out and upside-down, if that is fond your desire.

Indeed, wear it upon your shoulder, elbow, or knee, if that pleases you.
Far be it from me to dictate the proper habiliment of headcoverings or any other haberdashery.
I will leave that to the Republicans.
:-)

[bigwillq]

24. But you did make a judgement

of those people who do choose to wear their caps backwards

"If the person sporting such front-to-back headgear is not a baseball catcher actively engaged, at the moment, in playing that position (especially if that non baseball playing person is over the age of 30)"


****I just expect them to be not too bright****


That's not cool.

:thumbsdown:

[trof]

26. So your judgement of my judgement as 'not cool' is OK?

Maybe you could lighten up just a teeny bit?
This ain't GD.
It's the L-O-U-N-G-E.
:-)

[trof]

27. OK, one more thing:

Where in my contract does it say I'm not allowed to make 'judgments'?
I do it all the time.
Everyday.
:shrug:

[bigwillq]

34. You're allowed to make as many judgements

as you want to.

And I am allowed to think that it's 'not cool'

[trof]

40. Very true.

peace

[bigwillq]

42. Peace

:)

[northzax]

52. but isn't that also making a judgement?

ok, I will stop now.

[bigwillq]

59. In a way it is

Judgement, opinion...whatever you want to call it.

and he can think it's 'not cool' of me. So be it.

[Blue-Jay]

30. Look at it this way:

I think that showing one's underpants (whether a woman's "whale-tail" or some guy's boxers when his pants are down near his knees) is crass and stupid. Saying that I think it looks stupid does not mean that I want to tell them how to dress. It DOES mean that I don't have a problem stating that they look like idiots.

[trof]

33. Thank you.

You put it better than I did.
Even us libruls are entitled to opinions.
:-)

[trof]

16. On geezers and baseball caps:

When you get to be a geezer, especially if you're WWII vintage, you have to wear a baseball cap with the insignia of your unit or branch of service.
And you wear it with the bill forward, BUT with the entire cap 'cocked' to one side of your head.
The 'cock' (no, this is NOT a sex thread) traditionally goes toward the same side you part(ed) your hair.
Or used to part your hair.
When you had hair.
It's the law.
You could look it up.

[graywarrior]

19. Awww, shit, first my Hummer, now this.

[trof]

22. Hummer

<snicker>
;-)

[graywarrior]

25. My 70's boyfriend's favorite word.

[Blue-Jay]

32. And why would THAT be?

:D

[graywarrior]

62. He liked them.

:rofl:

[trof]

72. Who wouldn't?

[graywarrior]

79. Start a poll to find out.

[LSK]

23. why do I feel a classic loungism coming on ?

[trof]

28. Oh dear.

Ya think?
;-)

[trof]

39. I may need reinforcements. Where's matcom?

I've never been responsible for a 'classic' before.
Wow, that would be kewl.
How does one handle it?
Do you give media interviews?
Sign autographs?

DO YOU GET A BASEBALL CAP?
TOUR JACKET?
HEY MAT!
I need you, buddy.

[Redstone]

29. What's even worse than that, is a VISOR worn backward. After all, the ONLY purpose

of a visor is to shade your eyes from the sun, yes?

and if you wear it backward, then you're what?

Redstone

[trof]

35. I saw a kid wearing a visor backwards AND upside down.

Then someone told me it was an 'I have drugs for sale' sign.
I dunno.
I am SO out of what's going on in the current pop culture.
And I'm content to be.
:-)

[Lady Effingbroke]

38. Even better...

a visor worn upside down and backwards.

[Redstone]

46. Yep. I have, too.

Redstone

[krispos42]

58. If you are wearing a visor....

go back to the store you bought it from and ask them politely for the rest of your hat.

If that fails, throw on a yamaka or fez. But not a beanie.

That would look stupid.

[xchrom]

31. i have my ball cap on backwards right now.

[trof]

37. Bless your heart.

:-)

[Blue-Jay]

43. Now now...

You're from the South, and everyone knows what "bless your heart" really means!

:D

[trof]

49. Why, suh...

I have only the kindest thoughts in my heart.
'Struth.
:-)

[Blue-Jay]

50. Franky, Scarlett, you crack me up.

Whatevah shall we do?

[trof]

53. Whatevah, indeed?

Ah just know ONE thing.
Ah'll nevah, EVAH go hungry again!
Nosuh.
Ah WOANT!

[Blue-Jay]

54. Ya'll are givin' me the vapahs.

*fanning myself with my hand*

[trof]

65. Oh mah. Ah'll get thuh smellin' salts.

My granny actually had 'smelling salts'.
A little bottle of some kind of ammonia crystals.
WHEW

[RetroLounge]

36. I dare say, the backwards cap make one look like

a douchebag...

:rofl:

RL

[trof]

44. OK, I HAVE to draw the line at 'douchebag'.

That is:
1. COMPLETELY uncalled for, and
2. A judgment.

SHAME!

[RetroLounge]

56. Did I forget the sarcasm tag?

:sarcasm:

RL

[trof]

61. Naw, I got it.

hee

[Guava Jelly]

48. like this?

:hide:

[RetroLounge]

55. ...

:rofl:

RL

[trof]

57. OK, now I'm REALLY rofl.

Honest.
Look:
:rofl:

OUT LOUD!
Thanks.

[Guava Jelly]

60. I try

:7
anytime.

[Vidar]

41. I also make allowances for welders.

[trof]

45. Good point. OK, welders go on the list

of "trof approved backwards baseball cap wearers".
It's OFFICIAL now.

[Ptah]

77. Thank you

[sammythecat]

47. If I was a girl I'd use the backward cap

as a big warning sign that this guy just might be a little too immature yet.

If he wears it sideways he is definitely not ready for the opposite sex. He wants the approval of his buddies more than anything else.

[trof]

51. Astute observation, IMHO. What I DO think is kinda cute

is girls/women in baseball caps with a ponytail out the back between the strap and the cap.
My daughter does that and I find it somehow endearing.
Instant hairdo.

[sammythecat]

64. yeah, I like that too. Gives them a kind

of tomboy look which I think is always cute.

[lildreamer316]

63. My husband wears them that way to keep his hair off his face.

He had long hair (he just cut it for locks of love & to make it easier at his new job). Now he's so used to wearing the cap that way that he does it automatically. It fits snugly and is cheap; unlike some other hats that would do the same thing and cost more.

He's one of the smartest people I've ever known; btw.

Sometimes there is more than one reason for something.

[ikojo]

66. Trof, you would not be disappointed with my niece's

husband...he's 23 and wears his baseball caps a little to the side or backwards. I think he looks like a doofus. He's none to bright. He says he spent nine months in the army but you'd think he was a career army person by the way he talks about "the service." Oy vey! My niece dredged the bottom of the lake when she found him, that is for sure.

[trof]

68. "Worn backwards to keep hair out of eyes." A canard.

Look, people...a baseball cap is pretty much symmetrical.
The circumference is ROUND.
It's not lower in the back, nor in the front.
How does wearing it backward keep hair out of your eyes any better than wearing it bill-to-the-front?
Sorry.
That doesn't work.
:popcorn:

[Oeditpus Rex]

71. Catchers don't do the backward-cap thing much anymore

The headgear they wear now kinda prohibits it.





A few still wear a traditional mask with a batting helmet, though.

[trof]

73. Wow. Starwars. Haven't been to a game in many years.

I should have known that GREAT STRIDES have been made in baseball protective headgear.
Somehow I just can't see Yogi Berra in one of those.

[Oeditpus Rex]

75. Yeah, I know

I remember when Steve Yeager invented the dangly thing to protect the neck. That was revoLUtionary!

Now they look like freakin' goalies back there.

[trof]

74. Thanks guys. This has been a fun thread.

A few times we skated very closely to the edge, but managed to pull back and maintain a semblance of decorum and good humor.
I had some good laughs, and hope you did too.
Time for dinner, so good night till later.
And thanks for all the chuckles.
:grouphug:

[Guava Jelly]

76. I was always good

:)
Enjoy your dinner.
:hi: