Real Men Wear Beards

how do feel about this statement?

 

It doesn't piss me off because I choose not to process it emotionally. Currently I have a beard so I guess I qualify under that rather questionable standard but I couldn't give two shits about anyone who would think less of me because I regularly use a razor.

 

real men are myths theres no such thing

i wear a beard though and may be a myth too


i guess ya can believe anything ya wanna

 

i think i love that statement

 

Real men are real men with or without beards.

 

Whiskers don't affect me one way or another, as long as women don't have them.

 

i don't have any ideal about what a "real man" is. i just know this much, in some jobs you can't have a long beard for safety reasons. i'm sure there are cases where some poor dumb fuck with a long beard was working with a lathe, and he had been warned over and over to trim it, then one day his long beard got caught in the lathe, and his face got pulled down into it and now his face looks like ground hamburger. in my case i can't shave for health reasons. if i shave i get severe facial infections. i seen a few guys who have all kinds of shit in their beards. the problem there is not the beard but poor hygiene. most of guys do a very good job of keeping our beards clean.

 

Damn... I am a fake man

 

haha... well, of course I don't really believe that a beard makes a man, and I don't know what a 'real man' as opposed to a fake man is anyway, but it's a cute saying, if for some odd reason I wanted to juxtapose certain other similar phrases out there.

But really, I just think the mandatory facial shaving standard in our society is wrong... people are paranoid about men with beards, and as a whole, not on an individual basis, but in general it seems like a practice mandated to soften men, to take the natural strength out of manhood, and to tame it, I think there are lots of practices that were given to women to dull our identity as females too... but there is such discrimination on bearded men, from what I've seen. People assume they are... dirty (physically), child molesters or psychotic serial killer types or terrorists. I just think it's unfair that having a beard is considered unprofessional... I think we as a society need to take back our rights to look however the hell we want to look, unless it is really having a direct effect on our work, not the perceptions of those we work with... and especially if it is a perfectly natural look that no one is purposely manipulating into happening. Of course, I don't blame anyone for shaving, especially if their job requires it... but I think that shouldn't be case.

 

It's crap. Real men shave their face and their head.

And wear kilts. Kilts are absolutely essential. If you do not own a kilt, you may as well slap an apron on and call yourself Susan. This is well known in the entire habitable world, and Canada.

Likewise, hobnail boots are de riguer. If you do not have the capability of winning a kicking contest with any given farm animal, then you are obviously a Nancy-boy, and should probably get yourself a tiara.

Trust me on this one: I am The Good Reverend Roger, and I know the face of degeneracy.

 

rotflmao

You can't possibly... I shave that face every morning.

 

Shows how much YOU know.

I installed a webcam in your bathroom mirror.

 

You're a clean shaven but disturbed voyeur.

 

I gotta be me.

 

My beard kicks ass.

 

agreed. generally speaking the grooming standards these days are a bit much imho. geezuz, they got people shavin' their whole freakin body for crissakes! and the makeup, drowning themselves in perfume, etc etc....ugh....that's all i can say. too much fuss with an unpleasant, uncomfortable result.

 

not everyone CAN grow a beard. it just doesn't really go well. my brother has been trying to grow one for twenty years and he still looks like Shaggy.

 

Every guy, at some time in his life, grows a beard (if he can). You get up in the morning, shave every day, and wonder what it would look and feel like if you didn't do it. I did it several years ago after returning from Mount Everest, where I spent a month or so not shaving. It needed to be trimmed (and needed it regularly), and I thought it looked good (some guys' beards make them look like drug dealers), but it itched and my woman didn't like it (that is usually the determining factor). It also made me look older, so I ultimately shaved it off, a little at a time - first left a goatee and 'stache, then just a 'stache, then went naked on my face.

 

I admit that I place a little too much pride in my facial hair. However, it is likely because that I am usually the only person around with such epic sideburns.

 

I tried growing a beard once and it sucked. It itched like crazy and was a completely different color from the rest of my hair. I usually have stubble from only shaving once every 4 days so I guess that makes me half a man or something.