Hats.

               Hello!

                              Let’s talk about hats. Hats are now considered a cliché, or even a fashion no-no. At least, this is what I’ve been told, because I have no idea what’s what when it comes to fashion. This confuses me, however, because hats used to be a staple of fashion. Wherever you went, everyone wore hats. Men wore hats, women wore hats, children wore hats, cats wore hats, dogs wore hats, EVERYONE WORE HATS. That’s because at the time it was considered a social necessity. Now, it’s not. It’s not just that the hats are no longer a staple of fashion that bothers me, it’s the seeming lack of reason as to why that bugs me. Fads in general are weird. Why is something popular one day but just plain stupid the next?

               An example of a big fad is the great #YOLOSwag epidemic of 2012. It seemed like everywhere you went people were dropping hashtag YOLO like a rapper drops rhymes. It was ridiculous, and everyone had to have known it, but did it anyway. Now, when people look back, they say that it’s stupid, “oh my god how did I ever do that.” Another example of a common fad is the hashtag thing itself. People began using the hashtag symbol to highlight a particular topic on Twitter. Then people started using them all the time, on Facebook, and even in common speech, which is ridiculously stupid.

               Anyway, don’t fall for fads. I suppose that is the point of this very short blog post. Fads are dumb, you’ll probably regret it. Like big hair from the late seventies. BIG HAIR WAS AWFUL. (272)