Noah+C's+Op-Ed+Article

=**I Got Stickers on my Hat**=
 * by Noah C**



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I have a friend. He likes hats. Everyday he wears a hat, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Vancouver Grizzlies, he has them all.

But this is not the point. His wide array of hats is truly fantastic, however each hat he owns clearly displays two stickers, the gold/black size sticker and the authenticity sticker. Sometimes, I wonder if leaves them there because he doesn’t realize they are there still, or because he likes to proudly show off the dimensions of his rather large head, or maybe he believes that they aren’t stickers at all but an actually part of the hat that can’t be removed, or maybe, just maybe he is a moron and doesn’t know any better.

But the more I think about it the more I realize that he is just trying to be cool, to show off how authentic his hat is, to show the rest of the world that his hat is better than everyone else’s because he bought it at a genuine NBA store while you bought your hat at a truck stop on your way camping with your grandparents in Montana. The thing is though that I honestly don’t see how leaving the stickers on your hat makes it any cooler or more authentic? And I am inclined to believe that a majority of non-hat wearers would agree with me. What is the point? The only thing people think when they see someone wearing a hat with stickers still on it is “ wow, look at that blockhead, he doesn’t even know how a sticker works.” Seriously, no one cares how big your head is, or that your rich enough to afford crappy over priced hats. You look like a fool.

Famous hat manufacturer Margo Nickel once said "Whenever you wear your hat, your day will be special,” unless you leave the stickers on because then people will laugh at you all day and your day will suck.