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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: theyellowchair on January 06, 2009, 02:59:36 PM
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Just wondering how the FOTs feel about facial hair.
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I am generally beard when it's cold, shaven when it's hot.
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I like beards on others as long as they're trimmed well. And I prefer them with sideburns.
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If nobody's dribbled chilli or tobacco into it, forget it.
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When I went to Shellac show this winter Steve Albini said, "Looks like the indie rock Taliban has come out tonight."
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beard or no beard no matter what time of year is excellent.
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Beard, but this needs to be differentiated from "not shaving." At some point, every man must decide when he is "not shaving" and when he is "growing a beard." Doing one, while meaning to do the other, will lead to a messy, unfocused face.
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Not true. As stated before, I cannot grow a beard, even if I wanted to.
As a result, I'm neither here nor there on the matter.
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Pro-beard. There is nothing like a little beard-stroking when deep in thought.
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Definitely Beard.
(http://www.ronfez.net/gallery//watermark.php?file=4679)
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i cant grow a beard either, but there are many a time when i wish i had one.
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Pro, obviously.
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I can stand it for about 2.5 weeks, then I get bored and shave. I have found that the ladies like it more in appearance and concept than in close contact with their own faces.
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its also not pleasant during the post-shave prickly period either.
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I can grow a beard, however I look waaaaay younger than I actually am, so if I decided to have a beard I would pretty much look the way a small child looks when they wear a fake beard.
(http://blog.syracuse.com/houselights/2008/04/large_house_beard-kid.jpg)
Kind of like this except I'm way better looking than this kid.
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Pro-beard. There is nothing like a little beard-stroking when deep in thought.
Now you're just parroting Ann Coulter.
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Kind of like this except I'm way better looking than this kid.
i call shenanigans.
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Pro. Also:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVVWfZduj0[/youtube]
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Kind of like this except I'm way better looking than this kid.
i call shenanigans.
You got me.
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It completely depends on the person. I'm not blanket pro or against.
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It completely depends on the person. I'm not blanket pro or against.
I agree. I've never seen anybody look ridiculous with a beard, and yet I am 100% certain that I would look ridiculous with one, so I do not have one.
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I prefer clean-shaven, but only if the shaving is done regularly if close contact is involved (stubble makes me break out in a rash). But I also think any man who doesn't choose to be bearded over shaving (unless he only has to shave rarely) is a masochist. Thus I stand by all men's right to whiskers and am perfectly willing to treat my irrational preference with the contempt it deserves. I do hate facial hair that is fussed over, though, because I am antipreening.
P.S. I also find excessively long beards silly.
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A lot of the women I know also fetishize eyeliner on guys, so it works out alright.
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I'm currently sporting a goatee as that's all that grows evenly. Along with the hair it really provides the Théoden King vibe.
Assemble the Rohirrim!
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BEARDD
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If you are a very ugly man, then please grow a beard. If your looks are in the neighborhood of a little ugly to very attractive, please do not grow a beard. Also, if you don't know where your face falls on the attractive scale, ask me. Send me a clean shaven pic and I will tell you exactly what to do.
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I personally don't like having a beard. I like getting up and shaving and looking neat and tidy for work.
I don't really care what other people do with their facial hair however.
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Beards? YES.
Neckbeards? NO.
(http://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/kyle-orton.jpg)
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If you are a very ugly man, then please grow a beard. If your looks are in the neighborhood of a little ugly to very attractive, please do not grow a beard. Also, if you don't know where your face falls on the attractive scale, ask me. Send me a clean shaven pic and I will tell you exactly what to do.
This seems sexist; what are very ugly women to do?
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Since veils went out of style, we suffer. And envy the full burqa.
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I've never seen anybody look ridiculous with a beard
I can not disagree more with this statement.
No beard! This is a no brainer, people. You wake up in the morning, put on some nice slacks, a clean shirt, a nice jacket, a good tie if you have one that matches, and you shave the coarse, matted hair off of your face, mouth, and neck. We're civilized now, we live in houses and can make fire at will - we no longer need to grow out thick clumps of body hair in order to keep ourselves warm.
Also, they make razors now with FIVE BLADES. Five! Who can resist that kind of elegance!
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You avatar disagrees, Pat.
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Ah! Touche.
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I'm going to take the controversial stance of against-beards. It makes all my male peers in their 20's look older and that kind of freaks me out.
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I've had one for at least a decade now, and I'd look weird without it. The last time I was clean-shaven I looked like some curly hair, some ears, and a nose on top of a neck -- sort of like a cross between those Hanna-Barbara Beatles superhero characters and early-80s Howard Stern. My wife also likes the beard because she says it makes me like the gentle social worker character that the heroine in urban romance stories always ends up with (don't judge!).
I'm frankly ambivalent about the hipster-beard trend because it's about peaked and once it's over, everyone will think I'm stuck in 2008, like those schlubby middle-aged guys with 90s-style van dyke beards. Though hopefully by that time I'll be a dad, and the last thing I'll want is to be "cool."
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How did I miss this thread? I just grew a full beard this winter for the first time ever, and I kind of love it. It looks good in the mirror, it's very low maintenance and the ladies looove it. For some reason I'd always been afraid of going whole hog this (minus the neckbeard obviously), but now I have seen the beard light.
It definitely has it's drawbacks though, don't let me mislead you. I look like a homeless person if I don't groom myself and it gets caught on things all the time, which really hurts. I'm also pretty well convinced that my silky skin has started to resemble Mickey Rourke's back at the beginning of The Wrestler underneath all that hair.
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How did I miss this thread? I just grew a full beard this winter for the first time ever, and I kind of love it. It looks good in the mirror, it's very low maintenance and the ladies looove it. For some reason I'd always been afraid of going whole hog this (minus the neckbeard obviously), but now I have seen the beard light.
It definitely has it's drawbacks though, don't let me mislead you. I look like a homeless person if I don't groom myself and it gets caught on things all the time, which really hurts. I'm also pretty well convinced that my silky skin has started to resemble Mickey Rourke's back at the beginning of The Wrestler underneath all that hair.
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and it gets caught on things all the time, which really hurts.
That actually happens? Where the heck are you sticking your face?
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How about:
(http://bethesdacomedy.com/images/GalleryCbig/ZachGalifianakis.jpg) vs. (http://media.canada.com/adb2bc88-5601-4047-ad56-bcfc4817edd4/zachweb.jpg)
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If you are a very ugly man, then please grow a beard. If your looks are in the neighborhood of a little ugly to very attractive, please do not grow a beard. Also, if you don't know where your face falls on the attractive scale, ask me. Send me a clean shaven pic and I will tell you exactly what to do.
And this is why I have a beard. My face is a disaster. If I could grow it over my eyes, I would.
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i challenge this. i havent seen an unattractive FOT yet (in the context of the FOT Pictures of you thread).
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and it gets caught on things all the time, which really hurts.
That actually happens? Where the heck are you sticking your face?
If any object has a small crack in it and I put it near my face, my beard hairs get caught and pulled out. I also forgot to mention I work in a velcro facility.
i challenge this. i havent seen an unattractive FOT yet (in the context of the FOT Pictures of you thread).
I posit that most ugly people probably wouldn't flaunt their hideous faces on the internet. Your logic is flawed!
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oh, RJ...trust me, not only have I flaunted my ugly mug online, but the internet holds stock in ugly people (a relative term, i understand) who post their photo online.
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Beards on men are hot.
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i challenge this. i havent seen an unattractive FOT yet (in the context of the FOT Pictures of you thread).
Dear lord, Iam. You've clearly not seen us all.
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i challenge this. i havent seen an unattractive FOT yet (in the context of the FOT Pictures of you thread).
Dear lord, Iam. You've clearly not seen us all.
hey! you let me call 'em likes i sees 'em.
*it should be noted, that although not everyone is hot, not a one of you is ugly; its all about relative definitions.
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
I can put a disposable razor in the mail to you today, but you will have to wait until Monday to actually use it.
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Ouch! DFK is getting feisty on the topic of football today. Must be feeling pretty confident in the Titan's chances, yes?
Also go Eagles and go beards!
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
I can put a disposable razor in the mail to you today, but you will have to wait until Monday to actually use it.
Go Ravens
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considering how far this thread has gone, what...no pics?
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Show us your beards!
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
I can put a disposable razor in the mail to you today, but you will have to wait until Monday to actually use it.
Come on, Dave, friends don't let friends use disposable razors -- at least, not guy friends. That is, unless you want brother Neil to end up with nics and razor burn and blood all over his face, which wouldn't be good for his mug.
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(http://www.damninteresting.com/wp-content/rasrecovery.jpg)
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
I can put a disposable razor in the mail to you today, but you will have to wait until Monday to actually use it.
Come on, Dave, friends don't let friends use disposable razors -- at least, not guy friends. That is, unless you want brother Neil to end up with nics and razor burn and blood all over his face, which wouldn't be good for his mug.
I use disposable razors.
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Show us your beards!
OK
(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/grote.jpg)
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I think my favorite part about growing a beard is shaving it off and getting all the, "Wow! Look how young you look!" complements.
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Show us your beards!
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9256/n6357691061189119300535kj4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Much like Andy Reid and Brian Dawkins, I will not shave until the playoffs are over for the Eagles, or better yet, they win the Super Bowl. Some of the hairs get caught in my hoodie and when I move my head they rip out and it is painful.
I can put a disposable razor in the mail to you today, but you will have to wait until Monday to actually use it.
Come on, Dave, friends don't let friends use disposable razors -- at least, not guy friends. That is, unless you want brother Neil to end up with nics and razor burn and blood all over his face, which wouldn't be good for his mug.
I use disposable razors.
Really? If they work for you, that's cool. They usually rip little holes all over my face and neck, which isn't fun for me or anyone who has to look at me.
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Show us your beards!
OK
(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/grote.jpg)
Show us your beards!
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9256/n6357691061189119300535kj4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
I'm fanning myself.
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I wish I could grow a beard/ moustache/ decent sideburns. My father and two older brothers can, but I seem to have gotten the shaft in the facial hair dept.
that's not to say that I couldn't technically grow one. If I did, it would most likely turn out like Cliff's.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9mhbHXSi4[/youtube]
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(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9256/n6357691061189119300535kj4.jpg)
I know that mixing shirt and tie patterns is challenging, but this just seems like cheating.
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I propose a spin-off poll where we rank the early 80's beards of Francis Ford Coppola, John Landis and Joel Silver. I already tried to find an accompanying clip of Rick Moranis as Larry Siegel to no avail.