# Things that used to be tacky that are now normal

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> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> Still tacky. Same for overcoats.

Nonsense. The whole thing about hats indoors has always been an East Coast thing, but I included it anyway.

I explained some time back that the Eastern and Western parts of the country have always had different etiquette involving hats.

> [@Hat on inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hat-on-inside/712349/22):
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> The information comes from a book titled _Cow Country Cavalcade_, which tells about cowboying in Wyoming in the 1880’s. The author tells a story about a cowboy who made a trip back East. For some reason he didn’t want people to know he was a cowboy, so he bought another type of hat to wear.
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> The first morning on the train, somebody asked him, “Where do you punch cattle?” The cowboy, somewhat astonished, asked, “How did you know I’m a cattlepuncher?”
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> The reply – “Because when you got up this morning, the first thing you did was put on your hat.”
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> [Catalog Record: Cow country cavalcade : eighty years of the... | HathiTrust Digital Library](http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001508942)

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