Big Softie & Crier Hats

Straight Dope forum threads about crying at movies read like a confession booth. "I'm a big old sap and tear up all the time," writes one poster. Another says "It helps to be a big hairy galoot with a little daughter." A third can be driving down the road, hear a terribly executed radio spot and burst into tears. Thrive Global ran a whole article titled "I'm a Man That Cries (and That's Okay)." The triggers are specific: fans cite Pixar's Up, Toy Story 3 and Wall-E, and a tear-jerking Super Bowl ad about a girl and her dog got its own news coverage. Ugly crying is established pop vocabulary too, with an ugly-crying Kim Kardashian t-shirt drawing press in 2014. These big softie and crier hats treat all of that as a flag worn with pride. BIG SOFTIE and CRYBABY are the badges. BIG BEARD BIGGER HEART, a phrase already sold on a big-guy tee, and PIXAR MOVIES DESTROY ME each get a second colorway. The rest carry the specifics: the national anthem, the previews, a good handshake, an honest ugly cry, and I'M A HUGGER and GENTLE GIANT for the soft side of a big frame. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one for the next movie night, or give one to the gentle giant who always tears up first.