Where did the Smurfs get their hats (2018)

Posted by andsoitis 9/11/2025

Where did the Smurfs get their hats (2018)(www.pipelinecomics.com)

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alex_young 9/11/2025|

Idk about all that, but the Smurfs are probably commies right?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/06/smurfs-accused...

29athrowaway 9/11/2025|

The conspiracy theories I have heard:

- Gargamel is a priest, the smurfs are prosecuted by the church

- Papa smurf wears red and has a beard because of ideological reasons, the smurfs political and economic system resembles communism

- Smurfs represent the seven deadly sins/seven capital vices

    Lust: Enamored smurf
    Gluttony: Baker smurf
    Avarice: Greedy smurf
    Sloth: Lazy smurf
    Wrath: Grouchy smurf
    Envy: Brainy smurf
    Pride: Vanity smurf

itintheory 9/11/2025||

SMURF - Socialist Men Under Red Father

kergonath 9/11/2025||

Much harder to do with the original name in French (schtroumpf).

javier_e06 9/11/2025||

The first time I saw the smurf hat is in the 70s, on a 20 cents Mexican coin.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YIoAAOSwA7ZmQs6N/s-l1600.png

floucky 9/11/2025||

The Phrygian cap was also the mascot for the Paris Olympics https://www.olympics.com/fr/olympic-games/paris-2024/mascot

artur_makly 9/11/2025||

Speaking of Gnomes.. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLVGfItCRsm/?igsh=aDdmdWw0M3M...

sentinelsignal 9/11/2025||

Actually happy to see something very niche that i was taught in school.

eadmund 9/11/2025||

> Somewhere along the line in the French Revolution, they adopted the freed slaves’ head gear as their own symbol of freedom, but picked the wrong one.

That’s just so typical of the French Revolution.

animal531 9/11/2025||

I have bigger questions about their long-johns than the hats.

- Why long pants instead of shorts? It does make them look more dignified, I suppose.

- Why white, you know that's just going to stain the feet something terrible.

smakt 9/11/2025|

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nartho 9/11/2025||

Refer to the last line of the guidelines

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

prepend 9/11/2025|||

It’s interesting to me. So I guess HN worked.

Feel free to flag articles you don’t like. Maybe others will agree.

theshackleford 9/11/2025|||

> signed up for the first time to write this.

Should have spent that time reading the guidelines champ.

MisterTea 9/11/2025||

Deep breaths...