I wanna give a huge thank you to Jenny for being so kind and accommodating with my coming in and filming her over multiple days. I also wanna say thank you f...
If the answer isn’t cars the video is wrong. It’s not because JFK didn’t wear a hat, it’s because we started driving everywhere and when you’re only outside for the 5 seconds from parking lot to front door you don’t need the protection from the elements (sun and rain) that people who had to walk everywhere had to. Also what hats persist in car culture? Baseball caps because they cover the eyes but still allow you to sit back against a car seat with the one sided brim
definitely sounds right to me. imagine trying to go around with, like, a cowboy hat in the modern day. just as an extreme example. that shit would actively get in the way more often than it would help anything
If the answer isn’t cars the video is wrong. It’s not because JFK didn’t wear a hat, it’s because we started driving everywhere and when you’re only outside for the 5 seconds from parking lot to front door you don’t need the protection from the elements (sun and rain) that people who had to walk everywhere had to. Also what hats persist in car culture? Baseball caps because they cover the eyes but still allow you to sit back against a car seat with the one sided brim
Source: idk it sounded right in my head
definitely sounds right to me. imagine trying to go around with, like, a cowboy hat in the modern day. just as an extreme example. that shit would actively get in the way more often than it would help anything
So...hats are...more common in Europe and other places with walkable cities and good public transport, but I'd hardly call them very common.