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==Origins==

==Origins==

[[File:08Tinhat.jpg|thumb|2008 [[Wincon]] Tinhat Fashion Parade]]

[[File:08Tinhat.jpg|thumb|2008 [[Wincon]] Tinhat Fashion Parade]]

The phrase "tinfoil hats" has been widely used in pop culture since at least the 80s, with the characters in [[Signs]] wearing them to protect aliens from reading their minds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r6zsYu2UmE Scene from ''Signs'']. Accessed March 29 2019.</ref> In general use, the term "tinfoils hats" is used derogatorily towards individuals who believe in wild or outlandish things.<ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/tinfoil-hat/ What does tinfoil hat mean?] Accessed March 29 2019.</ref>  

The phrase "tinfoil hats" has been widely used in pop culture since at least the 80s, with the characters in [[Signs]] wearing them to protect aliens from reading their minds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r6zsYu2UmE Scene from ''Signs'']. Accessed March 29 2019.</ref> In general use, the term "tinfoil hats" is used derogatorily towards individuals who believe in wild or outlandish things.<ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/tinfoil-hat/ What does tinfoil hat mean?] Accessed March 29 2019.</ref>  

Thus, when the [[DomLijah]] tinhatters began to be seen as a problem by others in their fandom, they were referred to as the "tinfoil hat crowd."<ref name="dlanon">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114853/http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html What's in a name?] on [[DL-anon]]. Posted April 4 2003. Accessed March 29 2019.</ref> In April of 2003, [[Cesare]] asked [[DL-anon]] for "a snappy sobriquet for the hardcore tru believas" who claimed that the [[The Lord of the Rings]] movie actors [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Dominic Monaghan]] were secretly in love.<ref name="dlanon" /> In a thread under the post, [[Versaphile]] and [[phosfate]] had the following exchange:

Thus, when the [[DomLijah]] tinhatters began to be seen as a problem by others in their fandom, they were referred to as the "tinfoil hat crowd."<ref name="dlanon">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114853/http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html What's in a name?] on [[DL-anon]]. Posted April 4 2003. Accessed March 29 2019.</ref> In April of 2003, [[Cesare]] asked [[DL-anon]] for "a snappy sobriquet for the hardcore tru believas" who claimed that the [[The Lord of the Rings]] movie actors [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Dominic Monaghan]] were secretly in love.<ref name="dlanon" /> In a thread under the post, [[Versaphile]] and [[phosfate]] had the following exchange: