# I just can't get into wearing hats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116 "2010-01-08T02:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/1 "2010-01-08T02:10:03Z")
If it’s sunny, I’ll wear sunglasses. If it’s cold, I’ll wear a jacket or sweater with a hood. But I just can’t get into wearing anything on my head. It seems pointless at best and annoying at worst. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/2 "2010-01-08T02:17:46Z")
I don’t like hats, either, but I have to wear them in summer since I’m prone to sunstroke. On the plus side, though, I do have a hat face - they usually look good on me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/3 "2010-01-08T02:27:46Z")
You both must have an ample supply of hair. 😛 Nothing’s worse than a bad sunburn on top of your head. (well, lots of things are worse, but you know what I mean…) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/4 "2010-01-08T02:54:12Z")
I love hats. I have a nice collection of baseball caps for summer, and for the winter I use some hats I’ve bought over the years. I especially love the Italian hat I bought in Paris. I’m also branching out with summer hats – I have a Shaker-style hat I picked up at Hancock Shaker Village that I love – nice wide brim. Hats with a brim or visor are better than sunglasses in keeping the sun out of your eyes (I wore hats for years before I started using sunglasses). With baseball caps, I love weird logos like the Islander’s “Fish Sticks” hat I have, or the New York Americans cap. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/5 "2010-01-08T03:24:48Z")
I love hats too. I wish I had been around in the 30s and 40s when everyone wore a proper hat, instead of a baseball cap. I have a few baseball caps, but after seeing how stupid Mike Rowe looks wearing one in those Ford commericals I think I’m gonna give it up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/6 "2010-01-08T06:37:38Z")
I used to hate hats until I went into the military. Not having a choice in the matter made me very used to wearing one. And now that I’m a civilian again I feel naked. I just can’t find the right hat, though. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/7 "2010-01-08T10:39:59Z")
Yeah, I’m not big on hats either. I usually wear my hair up so that a hat would make me look both half-bald and like my head was misshapen. Plus, I think I have a big head. The thing I’m working on is rings. I got a puzzle ring for Christmas and I really love it, but it rubs and itches and I end up only being able to wear it for short periods of time. which is a pain because it falls apart when I take it off unless I hold it very carefully. So I can’t stick it in my pocket and easily put it back on later. So I’m going to have to get used to it if I ever want to wear the stupid thing. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/8 "2010-01-08T11:05:27Z")
I loves me my Panama hat. Of course, I don’t have a lot of hair up top. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/9 "2010-01-08T12:54:26Z")
I’m with the OP. In fact, when I’m acting (I do occassional theatre, my degree (recieved in a younger, more foolish time) is in theatre) I kind of like it when my characters wear a hat (most of mine had, including my upcoming one) because then I find it easier to act, if I had a hat, I’m [character] because he’d always wear a hat. If I don’t, I’m dhkendall, because he never wears a hat. Makes it easy to stay in character, to me the character is vested in the hat. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/10 "2010-01-08T14:02:33Z")
It’s a running joke between me and my boyfriend that whenever we go to a family function, his brother will be wearing a baseball cap. My boyfriend supposes that his brother has yet to come to terms with his bald spot. 😃 Honestly, though, I’m not really sure if I’d recognize him without one. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/11 "2010-01-08T14:25:57Z")
I looooooooooove hats. The only problem is that I have only one head, which means I can only wear one hat at a time. (well, I suppose nothing’s stopping me from wearing multiple hats, but that would look kinda dumb) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-cant-get-into-wearing-hats/524116/12 "2010-01-08T23:09:50Z")
I’m another who love hats. I only wish it were back in the day when hat wearing was more common place so that I could get away with wearing one all the time.