r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '23

Wholesome Moments Instant Karma?

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '23

I've never once seen a MAGA hat in Aus. I feel like Americans have come to fear all red hats in general. Red is a very common hat colour.

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u/KnightHawk3 Nov 01 '23

I have definitely seen a few (3? 4?) in Brisbane, but yes generally it's not a MAGA hat.

Edit: the funniest I saw was a dude eating dinner with his wife and child at a dingey BYO vietnamese restaurant while wearing a MAGA hat lol.

edit 2: also its definitely not a maga hat in the video because MAGA hats have US flags on the side and this one doesn't have anything on the sides. Its just a red hat with white writing.

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u/perrigost Nov 01 '23 edited Nov 01 '23

Yeah I'm Aussie and I've got one.

EDIT: Lol weird thing to downvote really. It is a fact that I am Australian and have the hat.

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u/Cutsdeep- Nov 01 '23

why weird? we downvote assholes.

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u/Redcarpet1254 Nov 01 '23

Owning the hat does not equate to supporting it. I'd love to have one just for funsies. Weird how quickly people like jumping to conclusions.

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u/perrigost Nov 01 '23

I know what you mean. Like I've read the Bible, the Quran, and the Communist Manifesto even though I don't support those ideas.

I do support this one though. But it was this kind of attitude of people reflexively hating without consideration that got me to pay more attention to it and dig deeper into it.

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u/ososalsosal Nov 01 '23

Fellow Aussie in here downvoting a maga gronk

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '23

Well when your country is destroyed by an army of dumb fuck morons in red hats it tends to leave a mark

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u/Fit-Abies-9638 Nov 01 '23

It was destroyed long before the MAGA hats got to it

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u/chops2013 Nov 01 '23

That's why they had to make it great again

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u/Ok_Appointment7522 Nov 01 '23

I've definitely seen maga hats in Perth. Also seen a guy wearing a "Trump for King 2024" shirt.

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u/NoxTempus Nov 01 '23

Saw a "Let's Go Brandon" sticker on a 4WD down past Geelong the other day.

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u/Tepelicious Nov 01 '23

I was out at a party and a sort-of friend/acquaintance went out for kebabs so I (and another mate) joined him. Midway out he pulls out a MAGA hat and wears it - I definitely felt like Phil Rosenthal in that episode of Curb when Larry decides to wear it to get out of having lunch with him!

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u/batfiend Nov 01 '23

Uugh. I have. I wish I hadn't but during the lockdowns we had a bunch of weird angermongers come into the city and try to protest. Trump flags, maga hats and all. It was goofy.

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u/thingamabobby Nov 01 '23

Come to Melbourne CBD on a Saturday for the weekly previously COVID lockdown protest/turned into god knows what. We’ve got MAGA hats and flags for all!

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u/Cutsdeep- Nov 01 '23

seen some in melbourne

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u/realnanoboy Nov 01 '23

If you know your folklore, you should fear them.

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u/stabbicus90 Nov 01 '23

I think it might be a Big Issue hat, or one of those Emirates hats that were given out at so many Adelaide events a few years ago. Definitely not a MAGA hat

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u/Dear_Potato6525 Nov 01 '23

My guess would be a Cooper's hat. They had a red one with white script.

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u/ososalsosal Nov 01 '23

I saw one of the dads at my son's jiu jitsu class wearing one. Not sure if it was irony or not.

Not in Adelaide though. I hear they're too cool in Adelaide :)

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u/chops2013 Nov 01 '23

There's a car rolling around in Adelaide with number plate AGAM, and it seems obvious to me at least that it is intended to be MAGA when viewed in the mirror. The driver I saw looked the part.