So on Halloween the dude in the pics above went out dressed as a … well, a Men’s Rights Activist, I guess, or maybe a GamerGater, or Redditor? Something along those lines. Whatever he was, he apparently won second prize in some sort of costume contest.
Well, the dude at the Tumblr blog Indefinite Free Pizza is having none of it:
I have to admit he’s kind of got a point about the Doritos.
And he does have some awesome cat pics on his Tumblr as well.
I mean, just look at these awesome cats.
But I think there’s something terribly wrong with this bird.
H/T — r/againstmensrights
He is angry because “fedoras are classy” and… somebody is implying that they are not?
Is there a specific word that means someone has proven true a stereotype by the way in which they react against it?
Am I alone in invoking Poe’s Law
Anonymous is “one of the most influential political movements of this century”? Wow, standards have really dropped since the last century. In the 20th century you needed to fight for something like Civil Rights, etc. to be considered “one of the most influential political movements”. Seems in the 21st century all you need is a bunch of bored script kiddies.
His facial expression is SO PERFECT. Five stars, would lol again.
I think there is something terribly RIGHT with that bird. It looks DELICIOUS.
If you’re going to dress as “misandry” I would dress as Frank Butler, who in real life put his marksman career aside for Annie Oakley, as opposed to the other way around. I’m sure discovering that historical tidbit deeply annoys these sorts of people.
Mind you, to be perfect, the guy should’ve been wearing a trillby with a sign attached that reads, “Like my fedora?” But otherwise, yes, this is pitch-perfect.
If people wouldn’t like someone wearing a Halloween costumer making fun of feminists, that maybe has something to do with the fact that feminism is a movement that’s fought for women’s rights for decades, achieved massive political victories and has a long and continuing track record of improving the lives of women around the world.
Whereas the men’s rights movement is a reactionary backlash that uses “men’s rights” as a flimsy cover to attack feminism and women. The author of that post is attempting to draw an equivalence between two things that simply aren’t equivalent.
I still don’t understand how people using the Guy Fawkes mask as a symbol for fighting injustice don’t know squat about who was that man and what were his motivations.
Or trying to make out that Anonymous is cohesive political movement as opposed to guys on the internet. Or being offended by a goddamn fedora, that’s like being offended by a Magneto cosplayer in a cape.
If you actually look at his tumblr, it’s clear the cognitive dissonance is STRONG in this one.
Fedoras are classy … with a suit and tie. Indiana Jones is an exception (no suit and rarely a tie), but we can’t all be Harrison Ford.
@Samuel Schmitt: That Fawkes mask is from V for Vendetta (of course) so I think a lot of people stop there.
Regarding the mask: It just reminds me of college kids wearing Che Guevara shirts.
Fedoras are classy! Oh, he’s definitely a “hello m’lady.”
I know I’ve posted this before but I just love it so much.
Also, fedoras were originally worn by women, in fact they’re named after a fictional princess who wore a hat in that style.
I think it’s interesting that the defense is not, “Hey, we don’t all dress like that/eat those things”, but rather, “Hey, those are all things that I like.”
Fedoras are only classy if you don’t use them as shorthand for “I’m a classy guy, not a whiny douchebag — REALLY!”
Also, that’s a trilby. Which douchey guys routinely mistake for a fedora.
The fedoras remind me of this exchange during a meeting at the Very Big Corporation of America in “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.”
Chairman: Item six on the agenda, the Meaning of Life. Now Harry, you’ve had some thoughts on this.
Harry: That’s right, yeah. I’ve had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we’ve come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One, people are not wearing enough hats. Two, matter is energy. In the Universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person’s soul. However, this soul does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man’s unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
[Pause.]
Max: What was that about hats again?
As a man with terrible and uncontrollable hair, I lament what’s become of fedoras. Thank god for kangols, though.
I’ll leave the same comment I left when I saw this costume of Facebook.
Costume incomplete: missing Pinkie Pie backpack.
@ M the SJR
Fun Fact: Schoolmates of mine actually thought he was the singer of Rage Against the Machine, because they had a T-Shirt with his profile… I also loved the flags with the huge profile of Che and his quote about how you shouldn’t have any heroes.
LOL@ the “achievements” of Anonymous. If I remember correctly, the guys who helped Egyptians and Tunisians set up proxies to circumvent the internet blockages were a small group from Sweden and Germany brought to the brink (and beyond) of physical and psychological breakdown by the work. They didn’t really care what they called themselves. Meanwhile, idiots wearing those stupid masks protested the ban of a website streaming illegal copies of bad Hollywood blockbusters in Germany.
He only has himself to blame for giving fedoras a bad name.
@Bina – I like to believe that this young man is aware of this, it makes this costume even more pitch perfect!
No
Way
😮
*remembers herself in high school*
Nevermind, that sounds about right.
Love it. Also as kootiepatra says whiny guy doesn’t even claim misrepresentation. I wouldn’t feel at all bothered if someone dressed up as a real feminist (not a straw one), like Rosie the Riveter and sufragette costumes are cool.