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contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

TIL A big reason men don’t wear hats like they did in the early 20th century is due to the advent of cars!

www.lornagillies.com

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TIL A big reason men don’t wear hats like they did in the early 20th century is due to the advent of cars!

www.lornagillies.com

contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago
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Why do we not wear hats anymore? — Lorna Gillies
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I recently came across an anniversary of a riot in New York in 1922. Can you guess what it might have been for? It was for men to wear…… straw hats! Yip, straw hats! This made me think of the riots happening now, but for much different reasons compared to then. Why would someone riot over wearin
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    That font makes reading the article painful. One paragraph of all caps is fine, but a full, long article in all caps? I tried, but I had to give up before they actually got around to explaining the “why.” It’s a shame.

    And now I hate the author a little for that decision.

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      looks at username

      Yeah sorry that font was annoying.

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        At least it isn’t in all caps.

        I think.

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        It’s two words, which the point of is that they’re obscure. I hope the author of the long-form article wasn’t intentionally trying for the same effect.

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          It’s two words

          I’ll take your word for it. Or words if you prefer.

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            What, it’s clearly “Rory Fanshaw” a perfectly normal British (Irish/Northumberland) name.

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