Beard trend is 'guided by evolution' - and clean shaven is due a come back - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;44568028]in what world is trimming your beard not taking care of your appearance?[/QUOTE]Well, there's always the huge beard crowd, trimming isn't as useful as combing and maintaining it. Once you reach a certain size trimming only really should be done if you have split ends, beyond that you want mostly wild beard because it's easier to comb and style. You'd have to just experience it to fully understand what I'm talking about, I can't really explain why it's easier to work with wild beard. [QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;44567498]I think you may have been unaware of your surroundings if you were outside. If you had swallows dive bombing you, they likely had a nest nearby. If a breeding pair had eggs/chicks in their nest, both of the parent birds will mob anyone or anything they feel that is a threat within 50-100 yards of their nesting site.[/QUOTE]No, because I knocked down all of their nests the month prior, because they tore the shit out of all the insulation in the garage and there were these little pink nodules all over the side of the house. I've been attacked by birds before, it's an entirely different experience. I assure you, there were no nests nearby, [i]I had seen to that.[/i] This may have contributed to the situation.[QUOTE=outlawpickle;44567911]It sounds like the birds were actually plucking his beard hair and not attacking him specifically. Sidenote I youtubed "bird beard attack" and nothing matched what I was looking for. One day maybe I'll get to see a bird pluck a man's beard... One day...[/QUOTE]Fine, if it happens again I'll try to quickly record it, but yeah they were trying to remove hair and succeeded a couple times.

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;44567880]I don't think the dude with the Megadeth shirt and a knit viking hat is going for the clean groomed look you guys realize there are different subcultures with different styles right?[/QUOTE] Macho bullshit is a horrible excuse not to groom your beard. Vikings groomed theirs weekly.

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;44568516]No, because I knocked down all of their nests the month prior, because they tore the shit out of all the insulation in the garage and there were these little pink nodules all over the side of the house. I've been attacked by birds before, it's an entirely different experience. I assure you, there were no nests nearby, [i]I had seen to that.[/i][/QUOTE] Those birds could have built dozens of new nests in that time. We have purple martins and chimney swifts around here, you can knock down their nests and they'll have more up somewhere else within days. The chimney swifts make nests in our fire place chimney almost every year. In the spring when they have young in there and the wind blows across the top of the chimney, they get all pissed off and start squawking and chirping up a storm. There's been a few times we accidentally left the flue open and the adult birds flew into the house and started freaking out because they couldn't escape.

There's been plenty of studies in the past that have shown that, in general, you're better off bearded than clean shaven. Your BEST off when you have a few days stubble growth, but clean shaven in most regards seems to come dead last. The article, "The effects of facial hair manipulation on female perceptions of attractiveness, masculinity, and dominance in male faces," by Nick Neave and Kerry Shields comes to mind. I have a beard myself. 1) I like it. 2) Crappy genetics gave me a pretty small jaw, so without a beard I look like a fucking child. 3) I'm a physics student so I spend a lot of damn time staring at white boards and stroking my chin anyway - might as well have some cushioning. 4) Laziness. Fuck the haters.

[QUOTE=Ashes;44563325]Obviously never heard of vikings before[/QUOTE] [quote=Typical Beard Grower] [img]http://puu.sh/8ccpy.png[/img] Just made some massive #gains on my wicked viking beard! [/quote]

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;44567920]beards are gross have you ever rubbed your face up against somebody with a beard or kissed somebody with a beard? they're gross. me, my gay male friends, and straight women friends all agree that facial hair is fucking gross on 99% of people, so don't go pushing your "look at this pic of ryan gosling" shit on me.[/QUOTE] my girlfriend doesn't mind my beard, she actually likes the feeling of it. Not all people can look like twinks with 90% of their body hair shaved.

[QUOTE=Covalency;44569511]my girlfriend doesn't mind my beard, she actually likes the feeling of it. Not all people can look like twinks with 90% of their body hair shaved.[/QUOTE] I'm not a "twink" and I don't have a beard. There is a middle ground.

Beards have been out of style for awhile, only a few people still have beards and pull it off. A majority just look awkward.

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;44563009]It sounds like those losers in Australia can't grow a beard for shit.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/westie.jpg[/img] m8 git fukd

[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;44563238]I have stubble. In my opinion, it's the only acceptable facial hair.[/QUOTE] Certainly it is the only acceptable one on yourself and I. My beard looks horrible, but is augmented by two quite awesome white streaks (Some kind of pigment mutation, because some times they come in reddish instead) that I get either side of my chin. Still like putting diamonds on shit though, so I cultivate stubble instead (Significant other prefers stubble to clean or bearded, anyway, so win-win)

Honestly with me I sort of have no choice. My beard grows in so fast and so thick that paying for shaving cream and disposal razors is not an expense I'm willing to maintain. Instead I keep it well trimmed with an electric trimmer only getting a close shave (as close as I can get) on my neck. Beards are overated and people will come up and say how jealous they are of your beard but honestly its just a hassle.

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[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;44562910]17 and can't grow a beard. I guess I have an advantage(?)[/QUOTE] wow what a shrimp at 16 i already had a full grown beard that my father envied me.

[QUOTE=LtKyle2;44570003]wow what a shrimp at 16 i already had a full grown beard that my father envied me.[/QUOTE] [t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120310162435/theinternetbox/images/9/9b/Watch-out-we-got-a-badass-over-here-meme.png[/t] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Image macro" - Craptasket))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;44570018][t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120310162435/theinternetbox/images/9/9b/Watch-out-we-got-a-badass-over-here-meme.png[/t][/QUOTE] damn right. let me flex my internet muscles

Clean shaven may be the style trying to be brought back, but I feel naked without my facial hair. Like, it's part of being Canadian.

I can't grow proper beards any way, so I guess I'm ahead of the game. [editline]17th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=thelurker1234;44569581]Beards have been out of style for awhile, only a few people still have beards and pull it off. A majority just look awkward.[/QUOTE] It's the hipster thing where everyone wants to not be mainstream so they all grow beards thus making beards mainstream.

[QUOTE=Araknid;44569644][img]http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/westie.jpg[/img] m8 git fukd[/QUOTE] I know Australians can grow beards, I meant just the losers that said clean shaven is going to comeback. Hell, you guys have The Beards, they're cool as fuck: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmFnarFSj_U[/media]

[QUOTE=matt.ant;44562776]The more beards there are, the less attractive they become - giving clean-shaven men a competitive advantage, say scientists in Sydney, Australia.[/QUOTE] I've been trying to grow a beard all my life. It's finally somewhat starting (at 21, no less) [B]AND YOU TELL ME THAT NOW?[/B]

My job requires me to shave because gasmasks can't seal over a beard. I miss my soup catcher.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;44563900]I don't see the point in relentlessly shaving something that grows on me in my natural, healthy state. Within reason obviously because hair needs to be trimmed and groomed Also I don't get ID'd when I have a mustache/beard, seems every time I shave I get asked for ID when I buy beer or go to bars :<[/QUOTE] Did no shave November with my housemates (won that). This was the main benefit to having a beard, gotta say. Apparently it suited me, but I dunno, keeping it in line is pretty time consuming compared to just killing the stubble every other day or so. A lot of the "beards" I see around at university are pretty pitiful, it's like a pubestache that started to think too highly of itself or something.

Pffft. Beards are great. My facial hair just naturally grows into a goat beard, though. But I like it. Also people insist on touching it. Which is weird, but I let them.

I really don't know if I can grow a beard or not because I'm afraid to stop shaving since the early stages of beards are gross

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;44563965]I thought the clean shaven look became popular because it was mandatory in the military and for about 50 or so years in the early to mid 20th century there was near constant warfare, so men who were in the military got used to being shaven and those who weren't didn't want to look unmanly and emulated them. The only people who say beards are bad are testosterone deprived lady-boys who couldn't grow a beard if they tried.[/QUOTE] "testosterone deprived lady-boys" lol

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;44570944]I know Australians can grow beards, I meant just the losers that said clean shaven is going to comeback.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Janus Vesta;44563965] The only people who say beards are bad are testosterone deprived lady-boys who couldn't grow a beard if they tried.[/QUOTE] This shit is why i cant stand people who jack off about how awesomely dudemanly it is to have a beard You sound like those annoying fucking scandinavians who go around telling people on the internet how badass they obviously are because they are [i]totally descended from vikings dude[/i] You're no less of a poser than middle class suburban hipsters who get all their shit at goodwill or kids who get a couple of cheap dress clothings at the mall or something and walk around acting all high culture and its high time you got that through your head

[QUOTE=Bazsil;44575086]This shit is why i cant stand people who jack off about how awesomely dudemanly it is to have a beard You sound like those annoying fucking scandinavians who go around telling people on the internet how badass they obviously are because they are [i]totally descended from vikings dude[/i] You're no less of a poser than middle class suburban hipsters who get all their shit at goodwill or kids who get a couple of cheap dress clothings at the mall or something and walk around acting all high culture and its high time you got that through your head[/QUOTE] If you didn't get that "Testosterone deprived lady-boys" was a joke you're taking the whole beard thing too seriously. It's just hair.

[QUOTE=Bazsil;44575086]This shit is why i cant stand people who jack off about how awesomely dudemanly it is to have a beard You sound like those annoying fucking scandinavians who go around telling people on the internet how badass they obviously are because they are [i]totally descended from vikings dude[/i] You're no less of a poser than middle class suburban hipsters who get all their shit at goodwill or kids who get a couple of cheap dress clothings at the mall or something and walk around acting all high culture and its high time you got that through your head[/QUOTE] Man, you need to calm down, those posts were obviously jokes. Seriously, it's only hair, not murder.

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;44575282]If you didn't get that "Testosterone deprived lady-boys" was a joke you're taking the whole beard thing too seriously. It's just hair.[/QUOTE] In a thread among people giving off the same opinion I should have recognized yours was sarcasm because uh text is amazing at conveying that haha no [editline]17th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Jacen;44575613]Man, you need to calm down, those posts were obviously jokes. Seriously, it's only hair, not murder.[/QUOTE] Except people actually do believe that shit? Sorry for complaining about stupid people i mean hey if its not murder I cant post about it right

I never like growing beard and moustache. It makes me look older

But seriously though, how do you guys figure out if you can grow facial hair or not? You just don't shave for a while and see what happens? That's frightening