Reports are pouring in that a Wenatchee man chopping his own firewood after a long day of hard work in the yard is not wearing his sturdy buffalo plaid flannel shirt ironically enough.
“The images I saw posted online were just jarring – there was not a spec of hipsterness in his eyes,” said Capitol Hill resident Payton Nickerson as he browsed photos of his friend’s dad on social media.. “I thought the only people who wore flannel anymore were tech bros trying to camouflage how many Armani suits they can actually afford. Or Gen Z people wearing grunge-era fashion that died right before they were born without ever wanting to listen to Pearl Jam, Sound Garden or Alice in Chains. Wearing flannel only makes sense now if it doesn’t make sense, you know?”
Photo captions further revealed that the sturdy 100% black and red wool flannel being worn by his friend’s father was handed down from his grandfather, who was the actual kind of lifelong-logging lumberjack people are only supposed to be ironically impersonating with flannel in 2020.
“Yuck – look at all the dirt, sweat and probably spit he’s getting all over that thing,” Nickerson said. “How is he ever going to clean that up enough to crisply cuff those sleeves at his elbows and take his girl on a formal date to the finest restaurant in town?”
By press time, Nickerson said he began thinking it made so little sense for the Wenatchee man to be wearing flannel, it almost started looking fashionable.
“Isn’t it ironic?”
