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indianajonessadhats · 6 days

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This is a sad hat.

But this is more than a sad hat, this is a bad hat, and I will tell you why.

First, allow me to say that I have no idea who the artist is; but that, for the time being, is irrelevant to the rest of the discussion, and I'm not here to rag on what amounts to fan artists. I do have opinions about hats and illustration, obviously, but my personal policy has been that if you're not claiming it to be a labor of professional output, it's not a fair target.

Why, then, is this hat perhaps an exception?

On a purely structural level, this hat suffers from Freddy Kreuger syndrome.

For comparison, here is a screen-used Freddy Kreuger hat:

Note along the back edge the small chunks of brim that have been torn or cut off the edge; this is a distinctive feature that shows up in costume reproductions of Freddy Kreuger, and, for some reason, in lots of sad Indiana Jones hats. I've never once in my life seen this feature crop up on a real Indiana Jones fedora, unless you want to count the foam costume hats that Rubies/Disney has put out in the past 16 years, which I absolutely do not. My theory is that people see Indy get beat up and having rugged adventures and think the hat must be a wreck; but aside from getting wet and some bad CGI, it's really more of a mythological figure than anything else. Even getting falling over a cliff with nazis in a blown up tank doesn't do much:

So, the hat is sad. But why is it bad?

Well, if you're going to be a weird eugenicist—

—maybe don't put yourself dressed up as a Nazi in your Twitter header:

Now, we can get into a discussion here about Elsa and how the family is also dressed as Indy and Boy Scout Young Indy (these hats are also bad). But it's important to recognize that if you are a fan of things like Indiana Jones, you're going to run into people who are there only because it lets them "get away with" dressing as a nazi. You learn to recognize this fast and to learn the signs and keep a wary eye.

And— surprise! Here's a good thread about why their brand of nonsense is still chock full o' white supremacy:

Maybe they're not Nazis. But they're not not nazis, and they are self-admitted in their article to befriending lots of nazis, so. If it barks like a nazi, and it goose-steps like a nazi...

But, you know, as if the nazi label dodging weren't enough, the other area where these philosophies tend to coincide is that they think they really are, truly, deep down, genetically, superior to everyone else in every way. They think they have better brains, better health, better skills, better knowledge, better culture, better land, and better fashion. And so, it is very important to let them know this— utterly aside from the mind on which it sits—

Hey, man. Your hat is bad.

#hats #indiana jones #nazis

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indianajonessadhats · 24 days

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This is a sad hat.

This is a sad hat courtesy of Chia Pet.

#indiana jones #hats #if someone has this i desperately need to know what is going on with the heiroglyphics.

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indianajonessadhats · 2 months

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Appropriately and on-theme, an orange cat

#or maybe it should be a dog?

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indianajonessadhats · 2 months

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This is definitely a sad hat, right?

Let's see, we've got a sad hat, rugged face, mountain peak logo and gold branding, some kind of brown leather jacket...

April fools, it's a polish beer!

(And the hat is a Polish Goral hat.)

#The jacket is uh. i'm gonna say. nontraditional #but it does make this very funny.#hats #indiana jones #or...?

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indianajonessadhats · 3 months

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It took me like three recent rereads of the Further Adventures to settle on one example, the Marvel artists back then were weirdly universally talented at getting a 50-50 average on sad vs decent within the issues themselves but I think this is definitely in top 3 worst cover hats

#submission #this IS a sad hat. OOF #very run over by a truck and then shrunk in the wash energy #indiana jones #hats #yay post submissions! congratulations on being the first

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indianajonessadhats · 3 months

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This is a sad hat.

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Indy-Kermit, this is a sad hat courtesy of Disney Doorables. Yes, also Indy-Kermit.

Eugh, more like Hooribles.

I think that's one of KotCS's little green men. (Kermit of the Crystal Skull?)

As a palate cleanser, here's The Muppets at Walt Disney World (skip to 35:40):

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#indiana jones #hats

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indianajonessadhats · 3 months

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This is a sad hat.

This is a sad hat courtesy of The Muppets and Palisade Toys.

Yeesh.

#indiana jones #hats

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indianajonessadhats · 3 months

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This is a sad hat.

This is a sad hat courtesy of Delta Air Lines.

#indiana jones #hats

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indianajonessadhats · 4 months

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And now for something completely different. Here's a nice video about the art of sound editing, which starts off with a nice little intro regarding the Wilhelm scream; I'm sure you're all familiar.