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For questions about the Winter Bash (holiday hats) to celebrate the end of the year 2017.

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Winter Bash 2017 hatymology

Regular hats let's keep them in alphabetical order, for easier search "And YOU Get A Hat!" is a reference to an Oprah Winfrey meme based on an episode of her show where everyone in the audience was …
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Will there be a wrap-up blog post for Winter Bash 2017?

Yes, it's live now: Farewell Winter Bash 2017. The reason for the delay was pointed out in this tweet by hairboat ♦: Winter Bash wrap-up stats coming Soon™. I caught a cold in Florida and am curr …
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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION - hat name is in all caps

No, this is on purpose. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION is a statement in COBOL, see this Hello World program: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. hello-world. PROCEDURE DIVISION. DISPLAY "Hello, world! …
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Can users opt back in to the Winter Bash after clicking "I hate hats"?

Yes, you can opt in again using the same link (because the snowflake doesn't go away when you opt out), and you retain the hats. (source: just tried it) What happens if a user meets the requireme …
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Why can't I wear a hat?

It looks like the entire Hat system is extremely slow at the moment, including the Winter Bash homepage. I suppose you can try again after the system is back in full function.
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How accurate is Stack Exchange's idea of time?

It's quite accurate, and the 'window' is one minute. The timezone of your PC doesn't matter; it needs to be 7:00:00pm - 7:00:59pm anywhere in the world. Your problem is that the Hero of Time hat, lik …
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"Silencium" hat trigger details?

With the help of this SEDE query I think I can probably give a definitive answer to this. For example, this answer on Stack Overflow has a score of 7 was posted (a couple of seconds) before the first …
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Think! Hat SEDE query?

I think this query does the job; I've tried to explain in the comments what's going on. It actually finds 4 qualifying comments on Game Dev for your account: SELECT DISTINCT(p.Id) AS [Post Link] FR …
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Do auto-generated 'Possible duplicate' comments count towards the Just Jesting hat?

TL;DR: probably not. I just (pun intended) got the Just Jesting hat, but I have only 7 upvoted comments which were posted during Winter Bash: Access To a Review Queue I can't do anything with Win …
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Trying to get the Mother of Dragons secret hat

It just means "post a question or answer", but if you already ever posted a question on that site, further questions don't count (similarly for answers). Note that only questions or answers posted du …
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