Being judged for having your hood up?

IDencI

Today I was just walking through town, minding my own business. I had a baggy tracksuit on and my hood up. I noticed that every few people who drove past were looking at me as if I had done something wrong. It was a cold day and I was freezing me boll*x off, so I put my hood up. Whats so wrong with having your hood up?? Why judge people for the way they dress?

efb

Does a hoodie keep yer boll*x warm???
Maybe it was the way you were wearing it that had people looking strange....

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

What were you expecting them to do? Stop, shake your hand, give you a wave? Paranoia will destroy ya man!!

Call Me Jimmy

Were ye throwin' shapes at all?

NotCominBack

efb wrote: »

Does a hoodie keep yer boll*x warm???
Maybe it was the way you were wearing it that had people looking strange....

Actually it would, as the majority of heat is lost through your head, so Yes, hoodie would help keep your tads warm

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Having learned to my cost when I was 67, I'm afraid I give anybody between 15 and 40 in a hooded tracksuit a wide birth. No offence but you have to abmit that that particular look carries a stereotype with it.

biko

Start dressing better and it won't be an issue.

IDencI

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

What were you expecting them to do? Stop, shake your hand, give you a wave? Paranoia will destroy ya man!!

Noooo... Drive on by and mind your own business!

mikom

IDencI wrote: »

I had a baggy tracksuit on and my hood up. I noticed that every few people who drove past were looking at me as if I had done something wrong.

Time for a circumcision, methinks.

Uncle Ruckus

Just be apathetic and you'll be grand.

Macavity.

Are you sure you're not imagining that? I'd wear hoodies sometimes and have the hood up if it was cold or raining, don't notice anyone looking at me strange.

Xenji

Unless your a kid/teenager or going training, then wearing a hoodie and a tracksuit around town says a lot about you to some people.

kerry4sam

People can see someone walking down a street with a balaclava on over their face and it's deemed okay as they are wearing lycra cycling clothes also;
however,
some see someone wearing tracky-pants and the hood of the jumper/jacket up over their head, with their face completely visible, & fear and paranoia kicks in.

I wear hoodies sometimes. Put the hood up when cold but don't notice anyone looking any different at me.
I've been privy to discussions and debates with others commenting negativley at people wearing hoodies, but once I say that I also enjoy wearing hoodies the odd time, they just go silent and end that conversation.

Everyone will be different,
Just wear what you are comfortable in,
kerry4sam

anncoates

Warm ears are more important than a craven need to have strangers rate your wardrobe.

NotCominBack

IDencI wrote: »

Today I was just walking through town, minding my own business. I had a baggy tracksuit on and my hood up. I noticed that every few people who drove past were looking at me as if I had done something wrong. It was a cold day and I was freezing me boll*x off, so I put my hood up. Whats so wrong with having your hood up?? Why judge people for the way they dress?

Just a heads up given that you appear to be new to boards - this site is full of people who rarely venture outside their front door, and a side effect of this condition is the over-emphasis on stereotypes - hoodies, travellers, teachers, nurses and even students - all of these get a hard time on here due to the condition - dont take it personal

Diabhal Beag

What did ya rob anyways?

Cantona's Collars

What I find odd is lads driving sh1tebox cars around with their hoods up.Kinda hard to be 100% observant while driving when a hood is blocking part of your peripheral vision.

IDencI

Its probably worth mentioning that i really dont care what people think of me, its just something i noticed. Could just be where im from

the evasion_kid

I nearly always wear my hoodie up don't get to many looks apart say if you meet someone in the dark and they can't quite make you out

wendell borton

NotCominBack wrote: »

Just a heads up given that you appear to be new to boards - this site is full of people who rarely venture outside their front door, and a side effect of this condition is the over-emphasis on stereotypes - hoodies, travellers, teachers, nurses and even students - all of these get a hard time on here due to the condition - dont take it personal

Once bitten, twice shy.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IDencI wrote: »

. Could just be where im from

Aah! That explains it!

Saipanne

What about those dopes who wear the hood halfway across their head? What's that about?

Sofiztikated

NotCominBack wrote: »

Actually it would, as the majority of heat is lost through your head, so Yes, hoodie would help keep your tads warm

No, no we don't.

7 - 10% maybe, not majority or most.

Tombi!

I wouldn't really care if people think of me as a skanger; it's cold and I have warm clothing on.

NotCominBack

Sofiztikated wrote: »

No, no we don't.

7 - 10% maybe, not majority or most.

Actually more like 20-30% - and when you combine all the heat loss = 100% of a persons body, and divide that by the number of places where heat is lost, then I do believe you will find the majority of that heat loss comes from the head

Cantremember

IDencI wrote: »

Today I was just walking through town, minding my own business. I had a baggy tracksuit on and my hood up. I noticed that every few people who drove past were looking at me as if I had done something wrong. It was a cold day and I was freezing me boll*x off, so I put my hood up. Whats so wrong with having your hood up?? Why judge people for the way they dress?

You couldn't have been freezing your bollox off. To finish the look you must have had both hands down the front of your trackies rubbing like you were trying to start a fire.

Cantremember

NotCominBack wrote: »

Just a heads up given that you appear to be new to boards - this site is full of people who rarely venture outside their front door, and a side effect of this condition is the over-emphasis on stereotypes - hoodies, travellers, teachers, nurses and even students - all of these get a hard time on here due to the condition - dont take it personal

For a newbie you seem to have a well established stereotype of boardsies.

BlatentCheek

IDencI wrote: »

Today I was just walking through town, minding my own business. I had a baggy tracksuit on and my hood up. I noticed that every few people who drove past were looking at me as if I had done something wrong. It was a cold day and I was freezing me boll*x off, so I put my hood up. Whats so wrong with having your hood up?? Why judge people for the way they dress?

That reaction might depend more on the town than anything else.

IME, while its grand to go around most places either wearing trackies or having your hood-up doing both together after a certain age makes most people think you're a scrote. I'm not saying it bothers me but clearly it does most people.

SEPT 23 1989

hoodies go hand in hand with rampant drug taking,joyriding and thuggery of the highest oirder

DEFTLEFTHAND

Hate walking past gangs of hoodies on street corners, sometimes they say things like hey mister you dropped your gay card.

Sofiztikated

NotCominBack wrote: »

Actually more like 20-30% - and when you combine all the heat loss = 100% of a persons body, and divide that by the number of places where heat is lost, then I do believe you will find the majority of that heat loss comes from the head

Yeah...no.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130708-is-most-heat-lost-from-your-head

Head accounts for 9% of your bodies surface, and accounts for at most 10% of heat loss.