Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?
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A wig can be used to keep your head warm.
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@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
Well a hat protects your head and is an accessory. . .
Hair is a protective accessory. That's exactly what hair does.
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@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?:
While wigs are meant to make you look as if you have hair, I don't think that they provide any real protection. . .
A wig can and does provide the same "protection" as a hat. Consider a skull cap or simple bob, what protection to they afford that a wig does not?
Ok. . . well a hardhat keeps your skull from being crushed by falling debris. Can a wig do the same?
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@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?:
While wigs are meant to make you look as if you have hair, I don't think that they provide any real protection. . .
A wig can and does provide the same "protection" as a hat. Consider a skull cap or simple bob, what protection to they afford that a wig does not?
Ok. . . well a hardhat keeps your skull from being crushed by falling debris. Can a wig do the same?
No, but it can prevent you from getting skin cancer. Both results are typically the same, just that debris is typically faster than the cancer.
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@nerdydad 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?:
While wigs are meant to make you look as if you have hair, I don't think that they provide any real protection. . .
A wig can and does provide the same "protection" as a hat. Consider a skull cap or simple bob, what protection to they afford that a wig does not?
Ok. . . well a hardhat keeps your skull from being crushed by falling debris. Can a wig do the same?
No, but it can prevent you from getting skin cancer.
And so can sunblock on a bald head. So does that mean that sunblock is now a hat?
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@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?:
While wigs are meant to make you look as if you have hair, I don't think that they provide any real protection. . .
A wig can and does provide the same "protection" as a hat. Consider a skull cap or simple bob, what protection to they afford that a wig does not?
Ok. . . well a hardhat keeps your skull from being crushed by falling debris. Can a wig do the same?
But can a baseball cap? Are you saying that baseball hats are not hats because they don't protect you from falling debris?
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I'd say the average wig is thicker, and therefore more protective, than the average non-wig hat which is typically just thin material.
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@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?:
While wigs are meant to make you look as if you have hair, I don't think that they provide any real protection. . .
A wig can and does provide the same "protection" as a hat. Consider a skull cap or simple bob, what protection to they afford that a wig does not?
Ok. . . well a hardhat keeps your skull from being crushed by falling debris. Can a wig do the same?
But can a baseball cap? Are you saying that baseball hats are not hats because they don't protect you from falling debris?
No, I'm saying hats have some form of protection. A baseball cap can help to protect your eyes from sunlight. No wig is designed with protection in mind. They are designed as a fashion piece.
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@scottalanmiller said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
I'd say the average wig is thicker, and therefore more protective, than the average non-wig hat which is typically just thin material.
More protective against what risk? Falling debris or sunburns/skin cancer?
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A skullcap helps to keep the cold away and your head warm.
A hard hat helps to keep debris from making your skull into a cavity
A baseball cap helps to keep sunlight from your eyes
A wig does none of these by design. -
@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
No, I'm saying hats have some form of protection. A baseball cap can help to protect your eyes from sunlight. No wig is designed with protection in mind. They are designed as a fashion piece.
If this were a wig it could protect your eyes, and could be a squishy top providing better protection than nothing at all...
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@bnrstnr . . . ok but that isn't a wig now is it. . .
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@bnrstnr 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?:
No, I'm saying hats have some form of protection. A baseball cap can help to protect your eyes from sunlight. No wig is designed with protection in mind. They are designed as a fashion piece.
If this were a wig it could protect your eyes, and could be a squishy top providing better protection than nothing at all...
He actually paid for somebody to do that to his hair?
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I propose that a hat is just a hairless wig. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:
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@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
@bnrstnr . . . ok but that isn't a wig now is it. . .
I can't be certain, but I'm guessing no lol
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@danp said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
I propose that a hat is just a hairless wig. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:
This I can agree with if the goal is to accessorize one's head with an object, the goal being appearance over function.
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Wig or hat?
...or perhaps this one is the top of Guy Fieri's head?
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@dustinb3403 said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
@danp said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
I propose that a hat is just a hairless wig. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:
This I can agree with if the goal is to accessorize one's head with an object, the goal being appearance over function.
By this definition, sunglasses could also be labeled as a wig.
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@rojoloco said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
Wig or hat?
Hat.
It's a functional accessory first with the goal of being fucking stupid.
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@nerdydad 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?:
@danp said in Today's Random Discussion Point: Are Wigs Just Hairy Hats?:
I propose that a hat is just a hairless wig. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:
This I can agree with if the goal is to accessorize one's head with an object, the goal being appearance over function.
By this definition, sunglasses could also be labeled as a wig.
Sunglasses by design are to protect ones eyes from the sun. . . hence any fashion made after the initial creation is purely an adaptation of the function of what the base object is doing.
