Speaking of being un-hip, perhaps someone can explain something to me. I've been noticing an increasing number of students around here (they seem to be predominantly unsmiling male art students) wearing the following getup: Essentially drab clothing (mostly black and gray) covered by a long gray military-style trenchcoat. They all wear those big clunky thick-framed glasses, have short hair, and all of them wear those short-brimmed, usually wool, always gray, hats. Damn if I can remember the name of said hats; picture the hats men wore whilst standing in line for the dole in the cold during the Depression, or the hats old men wear in winter. In any event, these hats are always adorned with small, possibly-politically-themed pins and buttons. I haven't been able to examine up close to find out what they say, but one of them is always always a button of the Union Jack. What the hell? Has anyone else noticed this? It's a little creepy, to be honest with you.
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