To wear your hat backwards? Or not...that is the question

I've been contemplating this question for a good 36 hours. I was always told that the cut-off date for when you become too old to wear your hat backwards was always 27 years of age. Nobody wants to see the douche bag 40 year old trying to act like he's a cool 19 again. It's not a pretty sight. And nothing good could ever come out of it. It's always been my opinion that this was understood worldwide, and it encompassed the entire genre of hat styles. Speaking to the Salmon, this is not the case.

He claims that the cut-off age for a flex fit is 18. Snap or velcro 23, and you are never too old to wear a gameday hat backwards as long as it fits in appropriate times and circumstances. I'd say, its probably not a good idea to wear your fitted Royals hat backwards to your grandma's funeral. Mowing the grass...yes. Mowing your girlfriend...no.

So the Salmon basically states for us that different hats calls for different situations. We are both 26 years old, and can recall a time in high school where it was hip to wear a trucker hat backwards. Sometimes your hair would come through the opening above the snap. This was just the way it was, and it was a time before the trucker hat went mainstream again. I can totally respect that era. But I don't respect it now. Since that period of time, the trucker hat has become a symbol of chic, that sickens me. They are now ball game give aways, and a person can't go a month now without seeing some prissy chick in a John Deere trucker hat. Let me tell you, I know real people that wear John Deere hats for real purposes. They wear them to pay homage to the tractor and all that it has provided for them in their daily lives. 17 year old suburban chicks have no idea.

I'm not entirely sure when the velcro came into existence, and to tell you the truth, I really don't want to find out. I assume it was either developed for cost cutting measures, or enough people complained that the snaps varied too much in between. Like for instance, 6 snaps was too tight, but 7 snaps was too loose. Hence the velcro made for more of a customization fitting for your head. A good idea in theory, but stupid if you want to wear it backwards. And in Salmon's case, if you even think about wearing it past 23, you're a major douche bag.

I myself recently purchased a vintage fitted Kansas City A's hat, circa 1955. And I wear it proudly. As I said earlier, I'm 26 and to my knowledge before yesterday, I was under the assumption that I had less than 1 year to wear my A's hat backwards proudly. Thanks to Salmon and all his wisdom, I will be able to continue past the dubious age of 27, and hopefully the kid's won't make fun of me behind my back. If they do, I'll just make fun of their straight-billed crooked cap, hip-hop wannabe ways and get on with my life.