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   13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Monday, 15-Dec-2025 21:44:25 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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   @guyjantic there's this, too:
   https://grimestone.bandcamp.com/track/the-hat-man

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

     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