Beard? or No Beard?

[Pat K]

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!

[Martin]

You avatar disagrees, Pat.

[Pat K]

Ah! Touche.

[Gore Marie]

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.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

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."

[Regular Joe]

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.

[Regular Joe]

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.

[Gore Marie]

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:

vs.

[Pride of Staten Island]

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.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i challenge this.  i havent seen an unattractive FOT yet (in the context of the FOT Pictures of you thread). 

[Regular Joe]

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!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

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. 

[Emily]

Beards on men are hot.

[dave from knoxville]

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.