Why is male facial hair so widespread these days?

Cooky · Sep 17, 2019

Rival said:
Respectfully, this is simply petty. Men have worn beards in every single culture since before Islam, thousands of years before. Islam hardly has a monopoly on beards.

I know it's pretty. I don't know what's wrong with me, I just can't get past it for some reason. It's embedded deep in the core of my soul. As if, Maybe my ancestors were enslaved by Mohammadans or battled them or something, and that intuition was encoded in my soul.. IDK.

All I know is that I can't get past it.

columbus · Sep 17, 2019

Landon Caeli said:
That's actually great for you, that you can do it. I wish I could have one too, but unfortunately my hatred for Islam is stronger than my love of beards... So I can't force myself to do it.

I'm telling Jesus you said that.

His Mom is going to be really mad.
Tom

PoetPhilosopher · Sep 17, 2019

I'll be honest though. I agree that beards can be dirty, mine is a pain to keep up well. But I keep it out of a bit of laziness sometimes, considering it grows back in 4 days.

If I do meet a woman, I'd rather have one who encourages me to shave.

Cooky · Sep 17, 2019

columbus said:
I'm telling Jesus you said that.

His Mom is going to be really mad.
Tom

I know. I'm pretty much doomed.

Twilight Hue · Sep 17, 2019

Jonathan Bailey said:
Are guys too lazy to shave these days? Does the ungodly high prices of razor blades have anything to do with it? Is it a form of rebellion?

Up until about the mid-90's, beards were quite rare especially on younger men. Mustaches were fairly common all through the 20th century but clean-shaven men were widespread in America and in Britain.

Nowadays, clean-shaven is the exception and not the rule.

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Cooky · Sep 17, 2019

Labourwave said:
@Rival, don't forget the Marxist lads!

If the guy on the right had horns, he'd look like the devil.

Rival · Sep 17, 2019

Landon Caeli said:
If the guy on the right had horns, he'd look like the devil.

You don't know Lenin?

Cooky · Sep 17, 2019

Rival said:
You don't know Lenin?

I do.

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columbus · Sep 17, 2019

Landon Caeli said:
If the guy on the right had horns, he'd look like the devil.

Apparently, I'm not as familiar with the devil as you are.

Next time you see him, tell him I said Hi!
Tom

The Hammer · Sep 17, 2019

Jonathan Bailey said:
Are guys too lazy to shave these days? Does the ungodly high prices of razor blades have anything to do with it? Is it a form of rebellion?

Up until about the mid-90's, beards were quite rare especially on younger men. Mustaches were fairly common all through the 20th century but clean-shaven men were widespread in America and in Britain.

Nowadays, clean-shaven is the exception and not the rule.

On a personal level, I keep a groomed beard/scruff, because after 10 years of shaving daily, my face welcomes the reprieve of not dragging a piece of sharpened steel across my maw.

Jonathan Bailey · Sep 17, 2019

exchemist said:
Ask @Bob Jones . He'll tell you it's yet another sign of the insidious march of sharia law and dhimmitude in the Western world.

Yes, beard-wearing a grave attempt to "Islamize" the West! I would believe it. it's an infringement upon American and European/British culture both.

Beards are unappetizing to look at while I'm eating. They should at least be covered up by law in food-handling occupations.

Jonathan Bailey · Sep 17, 2019

Marcion said:
I bet guys who dislike facial hair are also into shaving their other body parts.
It's a type of perversion.

No, lack of pubes look babyish, childlike. Beards look vile on the human face because that part of the body we mostly connect with socially.
Bad teeth are also gross.

exchemist · Sep 17, 2019

Jonathan Bailey said:
Yes, beard-wearing a grave attempt to "Islamize" the West! I would believe it. it's an infringement upon American and European/British culture both.

Beards are unappetizing to look at while I'm eating. They should at least be covered up by law in food-handling occupations.

Just don't look at any drawings or photos of Victorian England.....

Mind you they were all Jewish, with names like Nathan, Ezekiel, Obadiah etc.

Erebus · Sep 17, 2019

The increasing number of men with beards has nothing to do with Islamic culture invading the West. It's also nothing to do with fashion, laziness or the general decline of society.

It's caused by the growing popularity of dwarven drinking songs:

Flame · Sep 17, 2019

I wish had my Italian facial hair genes.

My grandfather and all my uncles have glorious beards or mustaches and I'm stuck over here barely able to grow more than patches.

Shiranui117 · Sep 17, 2019

Jonathan Bailey said:
Are guys too lazy to shave these days? Does the ungodly high prices of razor blades have anything to do with it? Is it a form of rebellion?

Up until about the mid-90's, beards were quite rare especially on younger men. Mustaches were fairly common all through the 20th century but clean-shaven men were widespread in America and in Britain.

Nowadays, clean-shaven is the exception and not the rule.

By contrast, beards were common on men until the advent of modern military dress codes, which often required that men be clean-shaven, presumably in an attempt to prevent lice infestations among soldiers. But now that we have modern conveniences such as cheap mass-produced shampoo and better personal grooming products and habits, there isn't much reason for men to be clean-shaven. Bearded men is a return to historical norms.

Jonathan Bailey said:
I think facial hair is dirty-looking and unsanitary. It's also very uncomfortable to wear. I think men look better clean-shaven.

You must have seen men with unkempt and untrimmed beards. I always take time every day to comb my beard, nick off the scragglies, and I also condition my beard twice a week. Also, stroking one's beard is an extremely satisfying sensation.

Saint Frankenstein · Sep 17, 2019

Landon Caeli said:
That's actually great for you, that you can do it. I wish I could have one too, but unfortunately my hatred for Islam is stronger than my love of beards... So I can't force myself to do it.

Well, you need to get over it as it's not grounded in reality or any sort of reasonableness. Beards became popular recently due to to white urban hipsters, not Muslims. Muslims don't have that sort of cultural reach in America. Most of the beard care products at your average store are marketed towards hipsters, so that should give you a clue as to who is behind the trend.

I personally have a beard since I look better with it and it goes with my shaved head and the subcultures I'm part of. It helps my face look very masculine. Nothing to do with religion. I would have it regardless of trends. I do not see beards going away, though, the same as tattoos and piercings won't really go away since all of them have become more socially acceptable. Those kinds of things used to be the norm.

Jonathan Bailey · Sep 17, 2019

Shiranui117 said:
By contrast, beards were common on men until the advent of modern military dress codes, which often required that men be clean-shaven, presumably in an attempt to prevent lice infestations among soldiers. But now that we have modern conveniences such as cheap mass-produced shampoo and better personal grooming products and habits, there isn't much reason for men to be clean-shaven. Bearded men is a return to historical norms.

You must have seen men with unkempt and untrimmed beards. I always take time every day to comb my beard, nick off the scragglies, and I also condition my beard twice a week. Also, stroking one's beard is an extremely satisfying sensation.

I was born in 1964. I'm so accustomed to seeing clean-shaven men for most of my life. All the men in my family were clean-shaven. My 1908-born grandfather thought men with beards looked like dirty bums or hippies. It is customary to cut off the male foreskin in America for sanitary reasons. Foreskins look weird on nude men and boys. Hair on guys' faces also look weird. I can tolerate the looks of a well-trimmed mustache, but that's it.

Saint Frankenstein · Sep 17, 2019

Jonathan Bailey said:
It is customary to cut off the male foreskin in America for sanitary reasons.

Not anymore. Most baby boys born in the US now no longer have their genitals mutilated, which is a good thing. The excuses that people use for it are mostly bs in the first place. For a supposed gay male, you sure hate the natural male body.

Jonathan Bailey · Sep 18, 2019

Saint Frankenstein said:
Not anymore. Most baby boys born in the US now no longer have their genitals mutilated, which is a good thing. The excuses that people use for it are mostly bs in the first place. For a supposed gay male, you sure hate the natural male body.

Men who prefer women with shaven underarms and shaven legs hate the natural female body too.

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