― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jess, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Just don't let the "90% of women won't touch a bearded man" myth get to you. If memory serves me right, this was born from an exaggeration of some poll in a high profile singles magazine asking what women thought of beards... and it was a preference, not a deciding factor for dateability. Even then, while I'm sure more women prefer clean-shaven -- 9 to 1? Come on! Maybe 6 to 1 in major Western cities, but that ends up being a regional thing.
Besides -- if you were to replace "clean shaven" with "nice car", "rich", or "watches Friends" in that same poll, I'm sure the ratio would be just as high.
And how often does Mr./Ms. Right end up fulfilling all the traits and attributes of one's "dream person" anyway? This goes both ways.
(I mean, I'd like to believe the "90%" myth. Most Seattle men have goatees, and if they are all indeed stupid, then that would increase my chances these days -- given that I've long abandoned the goatee that most of the photos in the link I posted in the picture thread show.)
― Brian MacDonald, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
If worse comes to worse, Jess, it's Halloween season. I'm sure you could go buy a fake beard somewhere if Olympia girl ends up being a facial hair fetishist.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Otis Wheeler, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― foo, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Also, growing a beard hides yr double chin, yes, now we're getting to the real truth (grumble)
xoxo
― Norman Phay, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Dear god, the images in my head just get worse, you fucking weirdos. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And I prefer to refer to the scrubbery on the chin as a King Tut, Mr. Wheeler, regardless of what Mr. Timberlake might have on his chin :-)
― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jel --, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― LaToya JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jason Argonaut, Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 24 February 2005 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:14 (eighteen years ago) link
How did anybody ever understand one word I typed back in '01?
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Why 19 days?
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:14 (eighteen years ago) link
so, who else has a ginger beard?
can we make it er... 14...15... um... however many days to teh 'ween, please?
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link
logic, innit?
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link
k thx bye
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link
there, all gone.
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link
As a beard? What are you, a gorgon?
― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Tag, grow it long and wild.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
just normal conditioner?
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
I've always heard that conditioner, while it makes your beard feel soft, is actually bad for your face. Maybe that's bs.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 July 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
yeah, just normal hair conditioner. Hmm... Now I guess I need to look into whether it’s bad for skin. Haven’t noticed anything bad yet. I use some Aveena stuff.
― beard papa, Saturday, 20 July 2019 07:42 (four years ago) link
The cheap coconut oil shampoo from the health food store does very well for me. Good for the skin too.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 21 July 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
Sometimes I wonder: will I ever go back? I think not. Or at least not until my face looks much older.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 3 October 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
I briefly shaved mine off and didn’t like the result. Have grown it back to 9mm and I think I’m just going to keep it there. I find a daily 2-min trim is the best way to keep it neat - catch those stray longhairs and give the edges a chance to grow in for a fuller shape.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
This is more of a sideburns Q than a beard Q, but I have been trying to keep my beard neater and trimming it more regularly (I wear it short). As my hair grows, I've noticed it's really hard to trim my sideburns in a way that looks good without getting a bit of a toupee effect, i.e. the point at which my sideburns meets where my hair gets longer always looks fucked up. I've tried lifting the trimmer gradually and "fading" it, but I can't get it right. Any tips?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 1 May 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link