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Rhyfelwyr
03-12-2011, 15:47
So out of lazyness I went longer than usual without shaving. But now I've shaved it off, I feel naked and incomplete. :embarassed:
Anyone else ever feel like this?
gaelic cowboy
03-12-2011, 19:57
Yea just removed 5/6 weeks worth recently for a wedding over in the UK and for a couple of days after I felt a bit funny, so I let it grow again and then I stupidly shaved it off this morning to go the the u21 match in Castlebar this evening.
Absolutely. I let it grow for a few days before I remove it. Looks much better.
Men weren't meant to have faces that resembled baby's bottoms. ~;)
Nah, seriously, some men look better without them, but most men I think would look better with a beard. It definitely is a great feeling to wear one. It is just a part of you, like your teeth, or head hair.
thefluffyone93
03-13-2011, 00:36
beards are good for catching food you might miss.
beards are good for catching food you might miss.
Hey now. ~;) They are also good for keeping you insulated in the cold! (not to mention increasing your sex appeal!)
(not to mention increasing your sex appeal!)
That is debatable. :P
Megas Methuselah
03-13-2011, 02:46
That is debatable. :P
Yeah, no kiddin'.
Samurai Waki
03-13-2011, 04:18
My native american comrade above speaks the truth.
I prefer to keep my face shaved clean anyways, I look far too redneck-ish for my own good if I let it grow.
Shaving after I've let it grow out a bit always feels good to me. I usually shave everyday but sometimes I get lazy.
A Very Super Market
03-13-2011, 07:11
Good 'ol Asian genes keep me bowl cut and clean shaven. 'Tis truly the way to go.
Megas Methuselah
03-13-2011, 07:15
Guys with beards are usually called "dog face." Bro's, please, don't let it grow out. We are men, not animals.
Yeah, no kiddin'.
lol, you say that my friend, simply because you are not able to. ~;)
Nah, seriously though, it depends on the person (like I said). Some look better with it, and some without it. I am definitely one who looks better with it, so I love it.
Cute Wolf
03-13-2011, 07:18
Good 'ol Asian genes keep me bowl cut and clean shaven. 'Tis truly the way to go.
yeah, my face is as clean as baby's butt, just like my sister because of that.
man, I want to try wearing fake facial hairs, but for somewhat reasons, no one sell that
stratigos vasilios
03-13-2011, 08:19
Well I've had a full beard since I was 15...so allowing it to grow out as long as possible is the dream, but uni placement kills that dream as I need to shave every second day! At the time having a full beard in high school was awesome...but now it is such a chore.
If I shave every day I get a mighty neck rash, anyone else have this problem? The stuble hasn't grown enough to get a good slice on day 2 so I leave it for day 3 to shave. :thumbsup:
I have a small goatee, I look like either Jafar from Aladdin or Ali Baba at times. It's not nearly as curly though. My mother and sister hate it, but most of the girls with whom I've had a relationship either loved it or were indifferent.
stratigos vasilios
03-13-2011, 15:43
I grew a beard once like Daron Malakian (http://www.daronmalakianrocks.com/toxic70.jpg), my girlfriend hated it...as did my mum...as did my boss...as did everyone in general. I never had the eyeliner though, not my style.
Hooahguy
03-13-2011, 18:44
Sometimes I let it grow because Im too lazy to take the 5 minutes and shave.
Used to do it every day back in college. Now however don't have the time, so I do it every three-four days. Although I don't like how I look clean shaved, but popular opinion here is that that's the decent way to go.
CanCritter
03-13-2011, 20:21
twice a day while in the army...now mayby once every week or 2
Bro's, please, don't let it grow out. We are men, not animals.
Speak for yourself.
Woof!
That is debatable. :P
A beard's increase to a male's sex appeal is directly proportional to the amount of effort gone into maintaining it. You're not going to impress anyone with an uneven, unkempt furry creature on your chin.
....
Unless of course you're Beirut. But in that instance you've got an axe. What else do you need? :juggle2:
A beard's increase to a male's sex appeal is directly proportional to the amount of effort gone into maintaining it. You're not going to impress anyone with an uneven, unkempt furry creature on your chin.
I just don't find them attractive. :P
Gregoshi
03-14-2011, 15:26
I just don't find them attractive. :P
You would if you were food. ~D
I just don't find them attractive. :P
UNNATURAL WOMAN!! HERETIC! BURN HER! BURN HER!!
~;)
Actually, you are not alone...many women don't. In my experience, there are usually two main types of women who like the beard: really loose women (I won't say the W word), and very conservative-minded women (usually though, in an age group higher than my own :P).
The average collage girl I know is generally not a fan of beards, but more working class women seem to like it. Also, I am not sure why, but every floozy I have ever known has loved facial hair. :P
You would if you were food. ~D
OUCH!
The average collage girl I know is generally not a fan of beards, but more working class women seem to like it. Also, I am not sure why, but every floozy I have ever known has loved facial hair. :P
I guess it depends on the length of the beard and what the guy actually looks like, really.
Some guys really suit the bearded look, whereas others just come across as a hobo... then again, you also have the clean-shaven baby-faced guys who look like a fifteen year old, which is a complete no-no for me as well; a man's gotta look rugged if he's going to go down that route, the teenage look doesn't appeal to an adult woman, ta very much. :laugh4:
An example of someone who I think really suits facial hair:
https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac48/Secura87/GerardButler.jpg
I wouldn't mind dining in hell with him... ¬_¬
It's a sad state of affairs these days, when men have to look how women like them to look.
Anyway, now this is a guy who knows how to keep a beard.
The Caveman
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Article (http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article2645192.ece)
Let's see what science has to say on the matter. Or, more correctly, science according to this Telegraph article; as I am too lazy to do more background research:
Women prefer men with stubble for love, sex and marriage (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3345796/Women-prefer-men-with-stubble-for-love-sex-and-marriage.html)
Stubble is the way to win a woman’s heart, a study has shown. Researchers found that women are more attracted to men with stubbly chins than those with clean-shaven faces or full beards.
Women participating in the research rated men with stubble as tough, mature, aggressive, dominant and masculine - and as the best romantic partners, either for a fling or a long-term relationships.
...
Writing in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the researchers conclude: “Facial hair, or beardedness, is a powerful sociosexual signal, and an obvious biological marker of sexual maturity.
"Facial hair may have been sexually selected by females on the basis of associated male success, despite its threatening appearance. Clean-shaven faces therefore may suggest appeasement, as well as being an obvious sign of sexual immaturity.
Anyway. Anyway, ideas like this is not the reason why I keep a stubble/short beard. T'is simply convenient; and as the article says: it carries the bonus of giving a more masculine appearance - or a grimmer one, if I may use that word.
It's a sad state of affairs these days, when men have to look how women like them to look.
And women haven't been conforming to male perceptions of beauty for centuries? :laugh4:
Tellos Athenaios
03-14-2011, 18:23
@Secura: that's not a full and proper beard. That's more like two or three days of being stuck without a razor...
@Secura: that's not a full and proper beard. That's more like two or three days of being stuck without a razor...
Hahaha, who cares? He looks handsome! <3
Hahaha, who cares? He looks handsome! <3
That is debatable. :P
lol, in your own words. ~;)
lol, in your own words. ~;)
Well, I'd be quite surprised if you found Gerard Butler to be attractive! :P
Well, I'd be quite surprised if you found Gerard Butler to be attractive! :P
lol, a guy can appreciate male attractiveness. After all, if men had no sense of male attractiveness, how would they model themselves to look attractive? Just as a woman can find another woman pretty, a guy can recognize another man as attractive. In my humble opinion Gerard Butler looks better with his phantom mask on than with it off. :P
I generally notice that women have different ideas of feminine beauty than men do (women for instance have the insane idea that wearing sunglasses large enough to shade a house is attractive, and that guys really care if their toenails are painted or not :P), and likewise, I think that men have different ideas of what makes a man attractive than what women do. (and of course we are right! ~;))
For instance, IMHO Russel Crowe and Gerard Butler are two of the ugliest guys ever. Jim Caviezel, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Errol Flynn, etc. are good looking guys. I bet that most men out there wouldn't mind looking like any one of them.
Strike For The South
03-14-2011, 20:40
I shave and I keep my hair high and tight\
I shave and I keep my hair high and tight\
Girly man!
Strike For The South
03-14-2011, 20:57
Girly man!
Long hair and a bread do not exude professionalism. People judge you if you have either. It's the same reason I dress nice whenever I go out.
Respect yourself and others will follow suit
Megas Methuselah
03-14-2011, 21:12
Strike has it right. It's all about self-respect. If you don't have the decency to look after yourself and shave every morning, then... Well, I don't know what to say. It's a sad situation.
Strike has it right. It's all about self-respect. If you don't have the decency to look after yourself and shave every morning, then... Well, I don't know what to say. It's a sad situation.
lol Megas, you envious little man. ~;)
I do respect myself, and I keep my hair short and trimmed. I keep my beard long and trimmed. There is nothing wrong with that. I wash, brush it, and trim it at least once a day. How is that not taking care of myself?
Self-respect lies in respecting yourself, not others. You guys need some pretty basic education. ~;)
Self-respect lies in respecting yourself, not others. ~;)
Exactly. Who care if others think a beard is not professional? Who cares if someone thinks it is not attractive? In my experience, if you think yourself professional and act like it, and if you think yourself attractive, and act like it, other will believe it.
And actually, a beard can have the opposite effect of what you described Strike. I am considered an evil genius of sorts (in fact, have been described in those words) amongst a lot of my fellow history students at my Uni (made evident by the constant requests I get to help people with their papers and explain things to them :P). I have had several people tell me that my beard makes me look like some sort of intense genius. :P
The truth is BTW that I am of barely average intelligence, but I know that getting good grades is not the same thing as being smart or knowing what you are talking about. Consequently I have the respect of my professors and my fellow students some how ended thinking me really smart. The beard somehow fits a stereotype in their head of some sort of brilliant mind disconnected from the world.
Sure, it may not be what you want in some professions, but it could work to your advantage in others.
Long hair and a bread do not exude professionalism.
Depends what kind of professionalism you are speaking of.
There are situations where showing up neat and clean will make you look unprofessional indeed.
And women haven't been conforming to male perceptions of beauty for centuries? :laugh4:
Yes, but you do it so well. :sunny:
Depends what kind of professionalism you are speaking of.
There are situations where showing up neat and clean will make you look unprofessional indeed.
A man in a suit and tie shows up to cut down a tree in your yard, and you know you are going to have a problem.
And when I hire a plumber, if I don't see crack I double check the work afterwards. :yes:
Long hair and a bread do not exude professionalism.
Certainly true of bakers...
Meh, for me it doesn't take longer than 10 days or so to go from clean shaved to a fully grown beard.
I like to play with it. Most of the time, I leave a modest bit of hair below on the chin. Since last week, it's the intellectual goatie again. I'll keep it until carnaval Halle, then I'll probably have to clean-shave, because I'll dress like a woman the first day of Carnaval (depending on the weather though, no short skirt when it snows).
Once tried a moustache, but didn't like it very much.
When on holiday, I only shave when I want to. Usually, this means I have to shave off the full beard on the evening before going back to work. Cavemen aren't allowed in the office :laugh4:
A man in a suit and tie shows up to cut down a tree in your yard, and you know you are going to have a problem.
And when I hire a plumber, if I don't see crack I double check the work afterwards. :yes:
Hee-hee. True enough.
On the other hand, I might show up unshaven 90% of the time, usually wearing a shirt covered in sap stains, but my shirt is tucked in, I wear a belt, my boots are laced, and I look like I'm ready to work.
If there is a fashion affectation that should be done away with, it is the tie. I haven't worn one in twenty-five years and I doubt I ever will again.
Megas Methuselah
03-16-2011, 06:27
If there is a fashion affectation that should be done away with, it is the tie. I haven't worn one in twenty-five years and I doubt I ever will again.
:sad: I like ties...
:sad: I like ties...
And since I don't, that means a wider selection remains available for you in the store. Also, you will look more singular in your tie as I won't be wearing one if we are ever seen together.
Good all 'round. :smiley:
Strike For The South
03-16-2011, 17:08
I would wear a suit everyday if I could afford it
I would wear a suit everyday if I could afford it
Great for the beach!
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
03-17-2011, 00:46
That is debatable. :P
I have had compliants.
Ah, the curse of extreme manliness - I can never be clean shaven.
I have had compliants.
Ah, the curse of extreme manliness - I can never be clean shaven.
I know, me too. It just takes a few hours before the little black stubs start to be noticeable. :P
I am 17, and can rock a full beard...I wish it didnt get so itchy about my upper cheeks. Anyways, the only thing keeping the goat away is my inability to grow anything vast on my center upper lip. It grows...but slowly...depressingly.
Askthepizzaguy
03-17-2011, 02:28
yeah, my face is as clean as baby's butt, just like my sister because of that.
man, I want to try wearing fake facial hairs, but for somewhat reasons, no one sell that
I will sell you my man hair.
thefluffyone93
03-17-2011, 02:40
my role-model.
http://www.epicbeardedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/epic-beard-man-video-interview-response.jpg
Rhyfelwyr
03-17-2011, 02:43
I am 17, and can rock a full beard...I wish it didnt get so itchy about my upper cheeks. Anyways, the only thing keeping the goat away is my inability to grow anything vast on my center upper lip. It grows...but slowly...depressingly.
Same here, idk why since for most people the upper lip is where they get their first facial hair.
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
03-17-2011, 04:24
Same here, idk why since for most people the upper lip is where they get their first facial hair.
It is, it's also the last place to "fill in" though.
Crazed Rabbit
03-22-2011, 06:38
I think a beard can look professional and attractive. As Monk said, it's all in the grooming, as with normal hair. Guys who simply stop shaving and let scraggly, seemingly random, tufts of hair on their chins grow do a disservice to all beards.
I'm currently rocking a half cm long full beard. I generally grow the beard during the ski season and shave during the summer. I'm lucky in that my beard grows in evenly and fully.
CR
edyzmedieval
03-22-2011, 13:49
Beard my friends, but a properly taken care of one. But don't go into furry territory, that means you have to shave.
thefluffyone93
03-23-2011, 06:06
Good beard.
http://images.memegenerator.net/Jimmy-Wales/File/239151/Jimmy-Wales.jpg
Bad Beard.
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGYe41i3S5jmIXmWMjVDY4cMtpgiJWD1VcsvzLTqo0ka6DPcyK
the former is stubble, not beard.
If I were to shave I would spend far less time and it would much more simple. a good looking, well trimmed beard means a hell of a lot more commitment and skill than just shaving.
Like clothing, facial hair popularity comes and goes. Beards seem to be on the rebound. I find civil war pics very amusing for the fact that everyone has wily facial hair as opposed to current military trends.
Good beard.
http://images.memegenerator.net/Jimmy-Wales/File/239151/Jimmy-Wales.jpg
I can do that in a day.
Not shaving for at least a week or two is for a beard merely, as Churchill would say, "the end of the beginning".
About twenty-five years ago when I was in a cabin in the woods with Beirut, I went about a year or two without shaving. I had a beard you could hide chickens in. It was glorious. :disguise:
Askthepizzaguy
03-23-2011, 21:23
I was in a cabin in the woods with Beirut, I went about a year or two without shaving. I had a beard you could hide chickens in.
It's official: Beirut's beard has become a sentient life form and is now posting on the .org.
Me and my beard have a love-hate relationship. I'll go 1-2 weeks without shaving then look in the mirror and think this isn't right at all. So I'll shave it and the cycle continues.
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
03-24-2011, 00:48
Speaking of truly awsome facial hair...... where's Kukri?
thefluffyone93
03-24-2011, 00:52
.......
Now THIS is a good beard!
https://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h454/thefluffyone93/th_billy_mays.png?t=1300924281
Togakure
03-24-2011, 05:47
I only wear a full beard when I've been too lazy to shave for a while, usually in the winter when it's (arguably) fashionable.
Currently I have a moustache with the triangle under my lower lip, pirate style. I think it suits me, and so do those whose opinions of my appearance I consider to have value.
I used to add the chin hair with the above (without the sides under the mouth, which would make it a full goatee), but that has turned 50% gray, so I don't usually wear it that way anymore.
I used to wear a full goatee often when I was younger. It looked ok but got to be quite a cliche, so I started doing the pirate thing. This pic, which is buried in the Family Photos ... thread, is of me about a decade ago, with a full goat, and my bro, with his baby face:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/47Ronin/TadashiandTsutomu.jpg
Crazed Rabbit
03-24-2011, 07:09
Oh, and Vuk - I'm not sure people thinking a person look intelligent is the same thing as looking attractive.
I once had a salesman tell me I looked like an engineer. It was correct, but not exactly encouraging - the stereotype of engineers is not of attractive, well groomed people.
It does seem like goatees are very popular nowadays. Seems like I'll stick with my beard (or, really stubble - I likely won't grow it out again until the winter).
CR
Louis VI the Fat
03-24-2011, 07:50
Rabbit - you write posts like an engineer.
:sneaky: :balloon2:
PershsNhpios
03-24-2011, 14:46
I wouldn't be surprised if Vuk was attracted to Gerard Butler :wink: .
Or Billy Mays for that matter.
:wink: Isn't :wink: that :wink: right :wink: Vuk :wink: ? :wink: :smug2:
I wouldn't be surprised if Vuk was attracted to Gerard Butler :wink: .
Or Billy Mays for that matter.
:wink: Isn't :wink: that :wink: right :wink: Vuk :wink: ? :wink: :smug2:
Nah, Stallone is more my type. ~;)
Tellos Athenaios
03-25-2011, 03:25
Rabbit - you write posts like an engineer.
:sneaky: :balloon2:
You mean he prefers to reason with facts and empirical data points rather than prose which sounded nice when he thought of it but in hindsight also rather empty? :sneaky:
Crazed Rabbit
03-25-2011, 07:03
:cool:
CR
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