A T-shirt that says "I can't take Benadryl because I owe the hat man money and I don't want to see him" Benadryl is recreated as its trademark logo, pink oval lines around the word making the whole thing look like a Benadryl pill. There is also a cartoonish representation of a figure in silhouette, wearing a fedora with a razor-straight brim, with glowing red eyes.

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   Proto Himbo European (guyjantic@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 21:44:26 JST Proto Himbo European

   The Hat Man. I saw the tumblr meme a few years ago (already a few years after it was made). It's funny. Telling Mary about it, I did a quick online search.

   Our #culture apparently can't leave anything alone. Maybe, with the death of the monoculture, we're all desperate for some shared references. Maybe some Very Online People have made little micro-cultural groups that spread through larger cultures like mycelia.

   There is now a little subgenre of Hat Man merch (t-shirts, etc.) and at least one low-budget horror movie titled The Hat Man, so #capitalism had to get its hand in, too.

   This makes me simultaneously more and less interested in The Hat Man as a phenomenon.

   #cryptids #memes #TheHatMan