Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Now a fedora is a group of hats. Many hats, including cowboy hats, are types of fedoras. But wigs are not fedoras.

Type, style, category... yeah... wigs are a category of hat.

Hat

Fedora

Cowboy hat

Wig

Topee

Obsolesce

@nerdydad said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@tim_g said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Now a fedora is a group of hats. Many hats, including cowboy hats, are types of fedoras. But wigs are not fedoras.

Type, style, category... yeah... wigs are a category of hat.

Hat

Fedora

Cowboy hat

Wig

Topee

Brilliant!

matteo nunziati

Guys you arr doing it wrong. You cant discuss this without a ton of alcohol.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

And a WIG is define as "a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head"

So drop the topic.

That Wig definition would make it a hat, by definition.

Did you even read the definition. . . Only if it is used to display status of an office could you call it a hat.

Otherwise it's a manufactured cover

scottalanmiller

@tim_g said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Now a fedora is a group of hats. Many hats, including cowboy hats, are types of fedoras. But wigs are not fedoras.

Type, style, category... yeah... wigs are a category of hat.

Hat

Fedora

Cowboy hat

Wig

?

Hat
- Fedora
  - Cowboy hat
  - Red Hat
  - Jared Hat
- Wig
  - Blonde
  - Punk Rock
  - Silly powered thing

scottalanmiller

@matteo-nunziati said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Guys you arr doing it wrong. You cant discuss this without a ton of alcohol.

And you think that we are not?

matteo nunziati

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@matteo-nunziati said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Guys you arr doing it wrong. You cant discuss this without a ton of alcohol.

And you think that we are not?

This hasnt derailed enough... So not a ton at least

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

And a WIG is define as "a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head"

So drop the topic.

That Wig definition would make it a hat, by definition.

Did you even read the definition. . . Only if it is used to display status of an office could you call it a hat.

I did read it, that's how I knew it was a hat by definition.

A manufactured head covering would always be a hat. That it is or isn't made of real or synthetic hair would help us know whether or not the kind of hat is a wig or not. That wig definitely makes it really clear that all wigs have to be hats as you can't have a thing meet that definition without being a hat.

scottalanmiller

@matteo-nunziati said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@matteo-nunziati said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Guys you arr doing it wrong. You cant discuss this without a ton of alcohol.

And you think that we are not?

This hasnt derailed enough... So not a ton at least

This is one of the most on topic threads ever.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

And a WIG is define as "a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head"

So drop the topic.

That Wig definition would make it a hat, by definition.

Did you even read the definition. . . Only if it is used to display status of an office could you call it a hat.

I did read it, that's how I knew it was a hat by definition.

A manufactured head covering would always be a hat. That it is or isn't made of real or synthetic hair would help us know whether or not the kind of hat is a wig or not. That wig definitely makes it really clear that all wigs have to be hats as you can't have a thing meet that definition without being a hat.

But a wig is only considered a hat if it also meets the definition of a hat. A hat is used to display status of an office (at least with one of the definitions.)

Since most people aren't out wearing wigs to show that they have some sort of clout, wigs aren't fucking hats.

If this was british parliament, then sure your wig is a hat due to the convention and standard of showing status.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

But a wig is only considered a hat if it also meets the definition of a hat.

Well, since all wigs must always meet the definition of a hat, whether answering yes or no here still results in all wigs being hats since if a wig doesn't meet that definition, it simultaneously stops being a wig and just becomes... a pile of loose hair I guess.

scottalanmiller

That's out next question, is barber shavings on the floor just a formless wig?

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:

Since most people aren't out wearing wigs to show that they have some sort of clout, wigs aren't fucking hats.

This is teh part I'm confused about. That's not what it takes for something to be a hat.

scottalanmiller

Hat:

A shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform.

scottalanmiller

Find any wig that doesn't meet one of those requirements.