Shizukana

Yes, because all of us that wear our hats backwards are stupid/ignorant and gay...

Seriously, people. Could you be any more ridiculous?

The true ignorance is that people in this world look at other people and judge them based on the orientation of their headwear. Sorry, but if your opinion of me is lessened by the fact that I wear my cap backwards, you're not worth my time or association, and your opinion means little.

I wear my hat backwards 90% of the time, and have done so for years. The reasons are many, but basically I got used to wearing it backwards during the summer out on the lake and driving in cars with the windows or t-tops down... It's pretty easy to lose your hat in those situations with it turned forward. I got used to being able to use all of my peripheral vision (which having the bill forward restricts) and found that I preferred the hat backwards. It also covers all of your hair, including in the back, which is preferable if you like to just throw on a hat and go without fixing your hair, or if you don't want the back of your neck sunburnt. Not to mention that it just looks better backwards than forwards on me for some reason.

And, let's face it - sunglasses do a MUCH better job of keeping the sun out of your eyes than the bill of a hat does, and keeps the UV rays out, too.

Like many of you, I think the sideways hat or the visors sideways or upside down are just plain silly looking... but my judgements of the people wearing them are made by observing their mannerisms and my interactions with them, not based on their headwear.

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Reese

-My hair looks like crap, clean or dirty
-Hat blows off while riding ATVs and Dirtbikes
-Hat Fits Better backwards, It's not just rotated, It's more of a rotate and the bill pulled down.. hard to explain but makes for a much better and tighter fit.. It's been known to blow off even while backwards if it's not on right.
-Protects against the sun.
-Hard to play basketball with it forward.
-Hard to read and write when it's forward.

All of these reasons contributed to why I started to wear my hat backwards, but the reason I keep it backwards is because I've wore it so long that I feel naked without it.

Your dad is joking of course, but it takes much more than a backwards cap for me to associate a person with a gangster, or any other person that actually uses "yo homie" in everyday speech.

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denim

I haven't read the rest of the thread but: nope, I have real issues to concern me, like rent and socialization. People who wear baseball caps backwards aren't on my radar.

arawn

This is the only time and way I wear a ball cap.

And let's not get me started on the poser-gangster look that has infused itself into my sport.



Back to the question at hand.
I try not to judge a person by their taste (or lack there of) in clothing or headgear.


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alansmithee

Man, I didn't know people still cared about how a hat was wore, I thought that stopped being special in the 80's

Lockjaw

Old people are generally slow on the uptake.

Just kidding.

maleficent

Ya know, I'm getting tired of being called old by you young whippersnappers.

:bops Lockjaw over the head with my cane:

Jeesh - a little respect please

The only problem with me wearing a baseball cap backwards now, other than I'd look silly, is there's no place for my ponytail to go...

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daswig

I've been known to wear my Bergmutz backwards, but only when the bill of the cover interferes with something I'm doing. People who wear them to the side or to the back all the time strike me as looking ignorant. But what really chaps my ass are people who insist on wearing their covers INDOORS.

/humorously remembers hearing an O-4 tell a CPO to "have that man remove that washcloth from his head before he gets on my boat" when referringto a guy wearing a "Do-rag"

Coronaboy72

I wear glasses as well and just find it easier to have my hat on backwards when I'm active. I've worn my hat backwards ever since I was in 7th Grade and just see it something I've always done to prevent the brim from knocking my glasses off. All my friends and family know why I do this and as far as I know, I've never been told it was offensive.

Now when I was working at the factory, a few of us guys working on the line had our hats on backwards because it was easier to check the product because of poor lighting and we were forced to wear a hat or a hairnet... we chose a hat. The managers and foremen never said anything either. I think it's just a fashion statement anymore, I never wear my had off to the side or anything like that though.

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StephenSa

I don't really understand the backwards baseball cap thing. It looks a bit silly to me and if not using it for the shade of the bill I don't see why one would wear it at all as they are not particularly becoming but to each his own. As for judging that person by the backwards cap...I don't know. I know they probably wouldn't fit in with myself or my friends but thats not neccasarily a bad thing. Everybody has different standards and live differently so who am I to tell them how to dress. Now when I see some yahoo in a reasonably nice restaurant, often with a nicely dressed date and they are wearing their ball cap inside (backwards or not) I think them a cretin and believe they should be forcibly ejected from the premises. Yes everyone has their "right" to do as they wish but there really should be some amount of civility. If you want to wear your hat inside eat at MacDonald's and no one will care. If I'm paying for the atmosphere and food of a nice restaurant or even reasonably nice restaurant then respect your fellow diners, respect your self and remove the hat. Perhaps a shower and comb before your date and you won't need the cap at all!

someguy42

I always wear my hat backwards, and there's 2 good reasons why.
1) I, like an earlier poster, am driven nuts when the bill of my hat bumps my glasses.
2) I look about 13 if I wear my hat forwards. Something with the way my face is shaped or something makes me look A LOT younger when my hat's forwards. I'm mid-20's, and prefer to look it, rather than looking like a teenager who smokes.

Scorps

I don't know why people like you just can't let people have there own style!

If everyone wore a hat the way you wanted, what a boring world we would live in!

Lockjaw

I just love the wonderful irony of him questioning someone's intellect while feeling the need to type it in giant red font on the internet of all places.

pocon1

I wear one hat on top of the other, with one bill forward and one backwards. This is over my do-rag. My sweatband does not fit, so I wear it around my neck.

shakran

From what I've been told, they're trying to make it look like they stole it. *shrug* I don't get it either.

tehpronking

I don't understand the point in leaving the tag on a hat, regardless of how you explain it... but as far as MY hat goes, I tilt it to the side a bit sometimes, but otherwise wear it more or less "regular".

JustDisGuy

BAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!! Thanks for a good laugh! I may have to use that one!

BTW - one of my good friends was someone I met when I was a bartender and told him that joke I reference earlier because he was wearing his cap backwards. His response at the time of course was, "I hate you. I fuckin hate you!" and then he left the bar while I laughed my ass off, but we did afterward become good friends. Here's to you Brother Gabe!!

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OPgary

Wouldn't hire some one who wore his hat backwards without a very good reason. Likewise I wouldn't if he was wearing baggy pants or sunglasses at night. Just my opinion

izzzzy

backward cap style hats look okay if youre a baseball catcher. as for fashion i think those kangol hats that are desighned to be worn backward look really cool.

izzzzy

leaving the tag on her hat was country and grand ole opery star minnie pearl's trademark.

Nazggul

Heh, here in SF some would say a guy wearing his hat backwards means he's a bottom.

Really though, you have to take into account the entire persona, the whole outfit in addition to the circumstances. Are you out at a nice restaurant wearing jeans, tennis shoes and a ball cap backward? Are you in shorts and a tee at the beach? Totally different reaction in my book.

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