What's the deal with all these beards these days?

[Spirit of Light]

Aren't they uncomfortable to wear? I think they are very unsanitary. I think they're gross. I think they're barbaric. They look creepy too. They look dirty and uncouth. They look beastly and non-human.

It's the stupidest fashion thing guys ever took up.

SHAVE for goodness sakes.

I have had beard since i was 20, and have never been told " shave for goodness sake"

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

SHAVE for goodness sakes.

Nope! No shaving!

I guess I'm the worst of both worlds: I have a full beard, but I shave the parts my beard doesn't cover (i.e. my neck and cheeks).

 

[Terry Sampson]

I'd post something, but this is starting to look like "a dog-pile on Jonathan" thread and I'm afraid a Moderator is going to jump in and give everybody a warning.
Oh, wait, ... there are Moderators "in the pile", too.

 

[Windwalker]

Aren't they uncomfortable to wear?

Is hair on the top of your head uncomfortable? What about under your arms? How about down at the other end? How about on your arms and legs? Is that uncomfortable?

I think they are very unsanitary.

Why? Do you shave your entire body? How about your eyebrows? Do you shave those unsanitary little hair snakes off your face? I'm sure that would make a fashion statement to the world. You could go about like that with a T-Shirt that says, "Just say no to body hair". You'll look lovely.

 

[Spirit of Light]

This help to keep beard clean

 

[Estro Felino]

I like scruffy men

L'omo ha da puzza'

 

[Vinayaka]

I wish I could grow a decent beard, but this lower face is about as patchy as a mangy coyote. It might draw a few laughs though.

 

[Howard Is]

It's the stupidest fashion thing guys ever took up.

I used to make a joke about fishnet ball bags.

Then after about 15 years I saw them advertised. Men’s erotic underwear.

But I still haven’t seen them designed into jeans.
Surely the girls would like the occasional glimpse of side-ball, or under-ball ?

But shaved or unshaven ?

Modern life is cursed with these dilemmas.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Rival]

Surely the girls would like the occasional glimpse of side-ball, or under-ball ?

Ew

But shaved or unshaven ?

Either. I'd prefer hair though.

 

[Stanyon]

I think it would be funny if we could trick the millennial crowd into adopting "beard buns" just so we could laugh at them.

 

[Rival]

I think it would be funny if we could trick the millennial crowd into adopting "beard buns"

They'll probably invent it themselves at some point anyway.

 

[Stanyon]

They'll probably invent it themselves at some point anyway.

That would be worse, I fear for the youth of this nation- and they will have children themselves someday.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Never tried mustache or beard, curse Lord Erwin*, but shaving sure is a headache. Before him, men lived like men.

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC, styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

There is here

Yup. They're popular with hipsters and young men in general. I have a beard because it suits my face better and I look better with one. The shaved head and beard look is very masculine.

 

[Rival]

Yup. They're popular with hipsters and young men in general. I have a beard because it suits my face better and I look better with one. The shaved head and beard look is very masculine.

I have a bit more head hair in my daydreams, but a mega beard

Also like how the OP hasn't made any more comments.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I have a bit more head hair in my daydreams, but a mega beard

Also like how the OP hasn't made any more comments.

I pity you. It feels so good to stimulate the follicles by running your fingers through it, pulling on it lightly and scratching the skin. It's divine. I also use shampoo, oil and brush and comb it everyday. So I'm definitely not dirty!

Well, the OP seems to be a poe so I don't except him to say much. He might start replying later. He seems to enjoy replying to me.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Never tried mustache or beard, curse Lord Erwin*, but shaving sure is a headache. Before him, men lived like men.

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC, styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.

Yes, being clean shaven was a trend from the '30s to '50s. It was like an aberration. Then the '60s came and guys grew out their beards and the hair on their heads in rejection of the uptight decades that came before. Since then, it has been socially acceptable to have a beard and longer hair again. The shaving trend was probably started by razor companies advertising. They're the reason why Western women have an obsession with shaving their body hair. It's brainwashing, basically.

 

[Rival]

Yes, being clean shaven was a trend from the '30s to '50s. It was like an aberration. Then the '60s came and guys grew out their beards and the hair on their heads in rejection of the uptight decades that came before. Since then, it has been socially acceptable to have a beard and longer hair again. The shaving trend was probably started by razor companies advertising. They're the reason why Western women have an obsession with shaving their body hair. It's brainwashing, basically.

The 1700s had a period of beardlessness owing to the powdered wig trend. Apparently the two clashed.

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[RabbiO]

Me in my next life,

Be careful what you ask for - G-d may give you the beard, but G-d could still have you come back as a woman.