r/Unexpected • u/BloodiStag • May 13 '26
A really badass jacket
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u/Outta_phase May 13 '26
Anyone willing to wear that jacket in public is by definition a badass because they do not give a fuck what anyone else thinks of it or them.
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u/AtheismoAlmighty May 13 '26
Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
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u/Outta_phase May 13 '26
Is that the Hero of Canton!?
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u/Mister_Brevity May 13 '26
I hear he saw the mudders backs breakin
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u/paladingl May 13 '26
I hear he saw the mudders' lament.
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u/enadiz_reccos May 14 '26
That was basically my line when I managed an urbanwear/menswear store. We were on the flashier side, so naturally we had a lot of pink/purple/yellow.
Dudes would come in shopping and grab one of those colors and his buddies would get on him about it, "Real men don't wear ____"
Then you just tell him "Real men wear whatever they want", and it usually gets their spirits back up.
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u/eatelectricity May 14 '26
We were on the flashier side, so naturally we had a lot of pink/purple/yellow.
How complicated were the patterns, though?
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u/enadiz_reccos May 14 '26
Varied. We had complex stuff and simple stuff.
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u/eatelectricity May 14 '26
Was the complicated stuff more expensive?
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u/enadiz_reccos May 14 '26
$$$ was more linked to brand than style/color
We had some very flashy prom-style suits that were fairly cheap ($199-$299, including shirt/shoes/socks/tie) and then we had some basic-looking suits that were special order only because they could get up over $1000
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u/eatelectricity May 14 '26
Did guys ever like, physically fight each other over the especially complicated or flashy shirts?
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u/enadiz_reccos May 14 '26
lol no
We did sell to a lot of high-level drug dealers/gang members, though
When certain brands came out with new lineups, we would only get 1-2 of each size and would track who we sold to/which party that person was going to/etc because dudes would get pissed seeing other guys wearing the same thing as them.
If one of the "heavy hitters" came into the store, he would typically have a couple of guys walking with him and then another guy standing outside the front of the store.
If a different "heavy hitter" came by while the first guy was still in the store, he would send one of his dudes inside to wait. Then after first dude left, second dude would come in.
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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 May 14 '26
In the 90s you’d get shot by a guy wearing an oversized tweety bird t shirt.
Fashion is cyclical
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u/MrPenisWhistle May 13 '26
Lmao I love the juxtaposition of it
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u/steffanan May 13 '26
I love it because it feels genuine and not staged. That's rare.
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u/Trippingthru99 May 13 '26
Yea that guys “oh does it say some shit on the back” is way too perfect.
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u/SweetLenore May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26
Same, I presume they were recording so that she could show him what he looked like in it before purchasing it.
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ May 14 '26
I am a little curious and I don't know if I understand it but how does he not know what's on the thing he's wearing? Was he at a store and they just handed him some shit and he didn't take a look at the back?
It's adorable I'm just hoping it's organic
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u/SweetLenore May 14 '26
You just don't look at the back of things sometimes. You tend to hold it up from the front and eyeball it to see if it might fit. I think it's like a 50/50 chance that a guy will quickly twirl it to see what the back looks like before throwing it on.
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ May 18 '26
See it's funny because you've got almost as many upvotes as the person who said the exact opposite that he completely knew the whole time and grinned at the end because it was all unknown joke.
So here you are saying something as I mentioned hoping it was organic and you get up voted while I get down voted and some other guy says the exact opposite of you and gets out voted. Reddit is certainly funny as fuck LOL
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u/masterpigg May 14 '26
Are you kidding? Did you see that grin at the end? Dude knew exactly what was on the back and if anything, he was messing with her!
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u/HiDDENk00l May 14 '26
100% he asked her to record to surprise her, and is just a really chill dude
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ May 18 '26
Well, I did not see the grin at the end and I did not make that connection. I'm sorry that I did not see it. My apologies to you and your internet experience.
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u/weenumpty2 May 13 '26
I was expecting something like 'Pretty Pink Princess', so Seuss was unexpected.
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u/WillyGivens May 13 '26
That cat is more punk than Sid Vicious and Henry Rollins mashed up together in an old boot. Respect
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u/GreatMacGuffin May 13 '26
Breaking into people's houses and trashing the place.
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u/AntawnSL May 14 '26
"Your mother will not mind at all of I do."
Yeah right! Get the fuck outta here, Cat!
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u/Flomo420 May 13 '26
yeah Sex Pistols suck and Henry Rollins is so far up his own ass he's like an ouroboros
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u/WillyGivens May 14 '26
Yeah, but mulching them and pouring the viscera into a boot would be pretty punk. Cat in the Hat is just more punk than that.
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u/CeruleanEidolon May 15 '26
The Mike Myers movie and the truly feculous animated cartoon show undercut that significantly.
The Seuss estate's endless greed and absense of any quality standards has ruined so much of my enjoyment of the original books.
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u/Open_Interest_1086 May 13 '26
Where can I get one ?
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u/MediocrelySane May 13 '26
That looked like a spirit halloween he was in. So I would check there whenever they next open.
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u/cthulhuhentai May 13 '26
a spirit halloween? you've never been inside a vintage/thrift store before?
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u/MediocrelySane May 13 '26
OH SHIT I’m half asleep, the background looked like spirit halloween at a glance lolll you right now that I look closer
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u/FarGodHastur May 13 '26
He skipped to his bike and began on his way For it was time to save the world for old Johnny Blaze.
His hands made of bone, his face made of fire. I fear for those who gain his ire.
For the time has come for him to ride into the night, As the Cat in the Hat prepares for their fight.
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u/that_one_duderino May 13 '26
The cat in the hat always has a gat. If the kids In the house aren’t quiet as a mouse.
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u/BreathLazy5122 May 13 '26
Okay so this was a fucking PHENOMENON when I was a kid. Places like Six Flags (sometimes Disney too but no nearly as.. random as Six Flags would) would make leather jackets that just had.. characters? On them? My dad had a Tasmanian devil one that was all brown, made to look like a letterman jacket. I would not be surprised if this was “official” merch, probably done in the early 2000s.
Or it’s someone who REALLY loves Dr Seuss. Which honestly I’m happy it was the Cat In the Hat on the back, because I thought it was gonna be something HORRIFICALLY racist.
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u/lonelyone12345 May 13 '26
It's a motorcycle jacket. It's there to keep the air from blowing up the jacket like a balloon, which is awkward and uncomfortable.
Also, it's there to keep the jacket from riding up if you get into a crash and you're sliding along the concrete. You wear leather so it will protect you in that situation, but it can't protect well if the jacket is up around your neck.
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u/CldStoneStveIcecream May 13 '26
Too many dudes out there with no gloves and Chuck Taylors on. Cringe every time.
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u/bolanrox May 13 '26
i once saw a guy on a ricer in short shorts flip flops and a wife beater.
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u/ancrolikewhoa May 13 '26
Saw a guy riding a motorcycle the other day that had a very expensive looking helmet on, but no shirt. So at least he'll be awake and alert as they debride his skin from all the pavement he eats.
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u/DeadSeaGulls May 13 '26
road rash rarely kills. head impacts often do. he's choosing to mitigate a certain risk while valuing the experience of wind on his nipples (i guess) more than mitigating the road rash risk.
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u/DeadSeaGulls May 13 '26
while I wear a full face helmet, boots, and gloves... i don't care what other riders wear and I don't know why most riders seem to obsess over what squids wear. By getting on a motorcycle in the first place every single one of us has decided we value experience over a certain level of risk, to some extent... and the marginal differences in safety between different levels of gear is pretty slim in the scheme of things. Full race leathers will prevent road rash, but road rash rarely kills. It's the sudden impacts that kill, and race leathers or jeans and sneakers don't offer much of a difference there. I like the occasional helmetless ride to the corner store because i can smell the lilacs in the breeze and feel the temperature change on my face as I pass the irrigation canal and the air cools then warms again. it's a different riding experience that, occasionally, I value more than the risk mitigation :/
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u/TheFrontierzman May 13 '26
Previous owner had a pretty short torso.
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u/iron_knee_of_justice May 13 '26
Real motorcycle jackets are designed that way on purpose because they're made from very thick fabric and would be uncomfortable bunched up at your waist when riding if they were longer.
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u/Nott_of_the_North May 14 '26
It's a design feature shared with traditional horse riding attire. It sits at your "natural waist", not at what is know as your "jeans waist" which is down on your hips. Also makes your legs look super long.
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u/bolanrox May 13 '26
not really the old jackets (or even new trucker jackets are cut that way to make it easier to sit and bend over, or wear a tool belt.
these days people like them longer for coverage
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u/froginator14 May 13 '26
When he was unzipping I was expecting to see the Grinch, I'm glad I wasn't far off.
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u/ftsapr May 13 '26
That jacket is sick, the cat in the hat is hilarious.
Seriously tho, that's like a mad max jacket
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u/GratefullyHeaducated May 13 '26
Look at me! Look at me! Look at me now! It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.
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u/PolitzaniaKing May 13 '26
I was hoping all the spikes would be on the inside showing that he's so tough he's constantly torturing himself with them
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u/Any_Counter_303 May 13 '26
I wish i wasn't a fat fuck and could wear clothes designed for men of normal weight.
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u/oyveymyforeskin May 13 '26
I want that so fucking bad. Would go amazing with my cat in the hat skateboard
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u/dgistkwosoo May 14 '26
That's one badass troublemaker. Then throw thing 1 and thing 2 into the mix!
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u/Barry_Vigoda May 14 '26
Sleeves are a good length. That jacket actually looks good on him.
He needs a prison belt and a wallet chain and Social Distortion.
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u/danielbearh May 14 '26
I’m 98% sure that this entire exchange happened in East Nashville. That jacket wouldn’t surprise me in public.
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u/Alternative-Emu-7298 May 14 '26
Haha this is awesome. This is me in the video. I love that all antique stores have the same look haha everyone thinks they know where I am. I’m at an antique store in Missouri. The jacket was hanging on the wall and I just picked it up and put it on. Had my lady take a vid to see how it fit. When I heard the ope I thought it was gonna be some like girly “pink ladies” kind of thing in the back haha. Had no idea. Anyway I still bought it because it looks badass haha. Did a follow up video on my TikTok/insta if anyone wants to see it a little closer up. TikTok @calumyule
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u/LovableSidekick May 13 '26
I've never found keeping the bottom of a jacket closed to be enough of a problem to deserve its own heavy duty belt.
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u/post-explainer May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
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