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OddTry2427 t1_iz6ydtl wrote

We lost our trench coat privileges here in America.

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chrstphrbmlr t1_iz812ex wrote

Just mentioning for the good of the order™️, that the coat that a stereotypical school shooter wears is a duster, not a trench coat.

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Lysergate t1_iz9r1ry wrote

Na the duster makes you look bad ass! U jabrone

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Mountain_Man_88 t1_iza397q wrote

True dusters are pretty rare actually. A duster is a lightweight coat intended to be worn over clothing in dusty area to keep your clothes clean. Many coats advertised as dusters today would be either "slickers" or rain coats which are waterproof, or trenchcoats and great coats, which are designed to be warm. Dusters are neither waterproof nor warm.

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Strikew3st t1_izb8rin wrote

Well, they called themselves the Trench Coat Mafia, that doesn't help.

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zoefkris OP t1_iz6ztzk wrote

Huh? What do you mean?

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OddTry2427 t1_iz707a9 wrote

We've had our share of school shooters use them to hide weapons, they are frowned upon unless you're a white chick with a pumpkin spice latte in hand.

I was just tossing a little goof out there. Glad you've got a great jacket! Nothing better than finding undeniably great product.

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Bakom_spegeln t1_iz75g5s wrote

Isn’t that just matrix trench coats?

Like latex or “very-shiny-material-that’s-not leather-but-are-made-to-trick-you-in-to-think-it-is-leather” -trench coats?

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duxdude418 t1_iz7k2g8 wrote

> Isn’t that just matrix trench coats?

Contrary to what many think they remember, Neo’s trench coat in the first film isn’t made of leather. It appears to be some matte tactical/performance material. Maybe even just cotton.

In fact, none of the outwear he wears in the original trilogy is leather. I don’t blame you for thinking that, though. Many of the other characters did have leather or leather-like coats.

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chokehodl t1_iz8bv2g wrote

Yes pretty much. When I was a kid I loved the Matrix and me and my friends would all dress up im trench coats and play with Nerf guns or water guns. One of my neighbors called the cops on us because they thought we looked like the Columbine shooters.

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OddTry2427 t1_iz78uvv wrote

Usually just black in general but I love that description hahah.

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FUCKMISSOURI t1_iz7quye wrote

Long as you're not sitting silently in the back of a high-school classroom, nobody cares if you're wearing a coat. Especially in the winter

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DrunkenHops t1_iz7fh86 wrote

I’m sure people here would be wearing them if they were as accessible to us as they are for Europeans. We have barely any good reproduction or surplus French coats in America, I’ve looked.

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flairfordramtics_ t1_iza8oeb wrote

The Columbine people started the stigma of trench coats especially black ones

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zoefkris OP t1_iza9qp1 wrote

Gonna be honest with you here, I have no clue who the columbine people are

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so_much_effort t1_izaao7y wrote

It was the first really big school shooting in America, back in the late 90s.

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