It is so unmanly to shave ones beard. Whose with me? : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:27 pm

I keep mine to a stubble because that's what I consider to be best looking on me (and men in general), besides if I grow my beard longer than that it starts to look stupid because of its color.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:58 am

I shave in order to be able to get a decent beard in the future.
Is this also unmanly?

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:40 am

I have a white, pasty, pale, nerdy, baby face.

Give me short hair and no facial hair and I look like a cancer patient.

I'll keep the goatee and sideburns.

If some girl likes me enough to care then she'll get me to shave it herself. :hehe:

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:16 am

My facial hair is rather poor, but when I have it I can't stop stroking it. The same goes when I have a smooth face afterwards.
I dislike shaving because it makes my face very irritable and prone to spots <_<

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:35 pm

So as the title may imply, I was recently forced to shave my beard because of job search shenanigans and I have to say it is the most unmanly feeling ever to no longer have my beard. I most certainly believe I look like a woman now.

So who else is with me on this? I'm sure there must be some other manly man men here who agree. :biggrin:

For me I have to shave cause if I don't it really starts to hurt my skin after a while. Even when that irritation starts to subside that itchy feeling starts to kick in. Though I will admit if you don't shave your chances of getting a job are slim. Only seen a few places that seem to allow people to have beards, but they have to be extremely well kept.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:18 am

I always thought it ironic that the only member of ZZ Top who didn't typically sport a beard was the drummer...Frank Beard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ojbHky5MA&feature=related

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» Sun May 13, 2012 9:06 am

and you said shaving it was unmanly...

HEY, a fine beard needs fine care. And besides, I usually let my beard grow wild with no trimming whatsoever (except in that odd hair that always grows into my mouth, that one always has to go) so even if I do take care of it it still looks manly.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:03 pm

Haha. I haven't shaved since the mid sixties (see my avatar it really is me), however I've never thought about whether or not it was manly.

It's just really convenient and keeps my chest warm in the wintertime.
It's a matter of choice.
However I do think the deliberate unshaven look that many movie actors sport nowadays looks grubby and somewhat pointless - you either grow a beard or shave. But to shave just to look unshaven is a bit silly.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:03 pm

Haha. I haven't shaved since the mid sixties (see my avatar it really is me), however I've never thought about whether or not it was manly.

It's just really convenient and keeps my chest warm in the wintertime.
It's a matter of choice.
However I do think the deliberate unshaven look that many movie actors sport nowadays looks grubby and somewhat pointless - you either grow a beard or shave. But to shave just to look unshaven is a bit silly.

Used to work with a guy that resembled you a little bit. His name was Harold...we use to called him "Old Hair".

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:59 am

I don't shave because I have sensitive skin, but I do trim. If you like having a beard, good for you. I don't, and good for me. What manliness has to do with this... Is this a bit like how men can't wear pink, or cry, or sing, or be emotional, or... How 1950s of you. 21st Century called 20th Century. It demands that 20th Century take you back.

Did you know? Until the 1900s, the colours traditionally associated with boys and girls were pink and blue, respectively.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 am

I've had my beard since the mid 70's. I have no idea of what my chin looks like now. I still imagine it to be as young as I was back then!

Doesn't stop my son buying me aftershave every Christmas the bugger...

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:16 am

I don't shave because I have sensitive skin, but I do trim. If you like having a beard, good for you. I don't, and good for me. What manliness has to do with this... Is this a bit like how men can't wear pink, or cry, or sing, or be emotional, or... How 1950s of you. 21st Century called 20th Century. It demands that 20th Century take you back.

Did you know? Until the 1900s, the colours traditionally associated with boys and girls were pink and blue, respectively.

i know, i hate that society doesn't tolerate girls to have beards as well!!!!!!11 sooo unfair

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:06 pm

i know, i hate that society doesn't tolerate girls to have beards as well!!!!!!11 sooo unfair

Aw, I was hoping for something funny. Nothing better to offer?

You're conflating a bunch of issues here, Zardoz.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:02 am

What if you really don't like pink?
For my children it was brown for the boys and green for the girls. But I only noticed that when looking back at the photo albums.
It really doesn't matter, people only dress to amuse me it seems.
I don't mind if they wear street bum outfits or dress 'gothic' I find it's all a show and amusing to see what they wear, especially the "fashionable' ones.
What I really find funny is how women currently spend small fortunes on trying to make the hair look mussed up for that 'natural' look.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:39 pm

I have so little facial hair that I can shave without using shaving cream. :lol:

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:31 pm

Nobody in my family never really did grow facial hair too well...

FUN FACT: in medeival Russia, the length of your beard was symbolic of your wisdom, age, and rank in society. Eventually, one of the kings, I believe it was Ivan the Great, saw that they were behind in times and europe was shaving. The kind then made it mandatory to shave. Nobody enforced the law, but then when he went out for a ride, he saw everyoe had long beards and he ran up to the first person he found, garbbed him by the beard and cut it oof with his sword. near EVERYBODY has shaved there ever since.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:50 am

I'm letting my 'beard' grow because

1)it's exam period, I want to look like a philosopher by next Wednesday.
2)this carnival I'm going to dress up as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargamel.....

And I've just noticed he doesn't have a beard. I was told to let my beard grow! It's staying for now anyway.

If you mean "Neanderthal", you really destroyed the word.

I...I don't think that's a real word...

is my name "SpellingEagle" No i thought not -_-

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:10 am

I don't think its unmanly to shave, but I personally would rather not shave and have a beard of 'reasonable' length.

...Its just, mine is so patchy I can't stand to look at it, and then shave instead, D=

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:30 pm

When it comes to beards, I live by this rule:

"Thy beard shall never be shorter than two days growth, though never longer than four"

In otherwords, I trim it with clippers so I have an eternal stubble beard. I can't clean shave, I get spots/rashes too easily, and anything longer than 4 days worth of gristle tends to get itchy even when religiously scrubbes/exfoliated and cleaned. I just have thick wiry facial hair that doesnt lend it self well to being grown out.

Plus shtubble is shecksy.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:50 pm

@Oof- My problem with pink has nothing to do with masculinity (mostly), it has to do with the simple fact that it's a revolting colour. It's so....bright. I hate bright colours if it's not pure white. I prefer toned down colours. As for people who wear pink, the issue I have with that is there is not 'inbetween' from my experience, bar the man in a pink tie. I've seen either guys wear no pink or to much pink. IE a bright pink polo, or a pink jacket. It's just obnoxious to me. Then again, I'm boring.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:33 pm

i know, i hate that society doesn't tolerate girls to have beards as well!!!!!!11 sooo unfair

Why are genetic biologists wasting time on things like Alzheimer's when we still don't have equal opportunity facial hair?

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:38 am

I have so little facial hair that I can shave without using shaving cream. :lol:

I can too, but I didn't know that was why shaving cream was supposed to be used. I think it's supposed to help make shaving smoother and quicker. I don't use it now because there's only a certain type I want that I need more of.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:53 am

is my name "SpellingEagle" No i thought not -_-

Yeah but your word made no sense.

You even had to change your name because you spelled that incorrectly. :laugh:

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:36 am

Why are genetic biologists wasting time on things like Alzheimer's when we still don't have equal opportunity facial hair?

or we can just feed girls with testosterone

you know, people make no sense. they are striving to be special and different while they whine because we don't have the same starting point and because life's unfair, i mean how old are people

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:10 am

Nobody in my family never really did grow facial hair too well...

FUN FACT: in medeival Russia, the length of your beard was symbolic of your wisdom, age, and rank in society. Eventually, one of the kings, I believe it was Ivan the Great, saw that they were behind in times and europe was shaving. The kind then made it mandatory to shave. Nobody enforced the law, but then when he went out for a ride, he saw everyoe had long beards and he ran up to the first person he found, garbbed him by the beard and cut it oof with his sword. near EVERYBODY has shaved there ever since.

No Ivan was a great guy, he liked beards. It was Peter the Great who ordered that all Russian men should shave their beards, as part of his enforced cultural revolution to make Russia more European. Made no sense at all, if I lived in a place as cold as winter-time Moscow I'd sure as hell grow a massive beard.

edit: looked it up just now as I had forgotten the details, but the bastard actually enforced a beard-tax for nobles who refused to shave.