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Shall i get rid of my beard?

69 votes
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by alcxxk

with:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v191/232/85/520711019/n520711019_630336_226.jpg
http://photos-612.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v153/44/68/776175612/n776175612_1814348_3422.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v134/192/17/37000277/n37000277_31385090_8257.jpg

without:
http://photos-368.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v81/109/4/505994368/n505994368_63793_4649.jpg
http://photos-368.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v66/109/4/505994368/n505994368_24643_7173.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/125/57/664330493/n664330493_598767_1832.jpg

i should keep my beard because:
*it makes me quite recognisable

*people compliment it a lot. my dad likes it, and my dad hates me, so that's pretty impressive

*its sort of impressive, in some pathetic way

*it'd take a few months to get it back to this size if i wanted to

*i dont like shaving, and not having to shave is a big plus

i should get rid of my beard because:
*i basically started growing it when i started seeing my last girlfriend, and she encouraged me to grow it. now that she done dumped my ass, getting rid of it would give some nice closure.

*relatedly, now that i'm single, i think more girls would be interested in me without it than with it. i doubt there are any women who would never get with a guy because he DIDN'T have a beard... and a very lovely girl says i looked way better without it.

*curiosity. and i could try having just a moustache for a while, which would amuse me quite a lot

*its nice to have a change from time to time

*i think a lot of job interviewers might be beard prejudiced.

*sometimes it does look really untidy, and being clean-shaven would make it a lot easier to get tidy for tidy things

things relating to my beard that i can't work out to be positive or negative:
*when i meet people, a lot of the time they think talking about it would be interesting. some people ask to touch it and stuff.

help please

alcxxk | 06 Mar '08, 02:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

You do look younger

without it but that may be because you were actually younger. Personally I think you look better with but your point about more women liking clean shaven men is a valid one along with job prospects etc. So I think it would be sensible to shave it off, but cooler if you didn't. Beautifully unhelpful.


Personally

I think u look better without it, go for stubble, middle ground!


keep

the beard...there really is no choice here.


yep stubble ftw

I must say I am a beard lover (or a tramp lover as my friends put it) but from the above photos you look better without, also I definitely think there is beard prejudice if you're looking for a job.


It only makes you recognisable

if Will isn't in the same room.


who?

oh oldham?
nah - i'm iron and wine. that's been officially assigned


ehwhat!

I met you first though and I think I will probably indefinitely associate it with you before I associate it with him, so the answer is, you should keep the beard, but only if Will gets rid of his.


Seriously

has no one ever mentioned it to you? We all sit and talk behind your backs about how much you look like each other. Omg. I just read your reasons to get rid of the beard. Aww. *hugs*


shave it. moustachio is a great idea.

moustaches are hot!


i vote keep

but play by your own rules


keep it!!!

not a question :)


definitely shave it

if nothing else, so that I don't get you and ehwhat confused ever again.


please get a moustache

beards are way overdone right now.


yes

but i say this without looking at any of the photos or reading your points. i just dislike beards.


having looked at the photos now

a resounding yes


ergheh....

Anyone else find it out that a post of this length is dedicated to a check yes/no/maybe for someone's BEARD? I mean, this isn't exactly Burger King debating whether or not to get rid of the Whopper. I can only imagine what will happen when you are pondering the deep, confusing issue of antiperspirants vs. deodorants and gels vs. solids.


stupid...

odd, not out. Your beard catastrophe crisis is to blame.


nope, not odd at all.

where else to turn to make a decision apart from Drowned In Sound?!???


Yeah

thats the role of the social board, and football of course. It's a good solution. Since I've been living my life by DiS community vote it has been a lot simpler.


its a pretty big part of how i look

and a pretty big investment of time. so just general numbers in replies are relevant and stuff


keep the beard.

obvs.


I like it.

It makes you not easy to forget (!).
A slightly trimmed down version may make you more appealing to employers and ladies though.


In a totally not gay way

I think you look more handsome without it. Subjectivity aside, employers are more likely to hire someone who looks 'tidy'.

I wish I had this dilemma. Me and my stupid pereneially 14 year old face.


gay^


LOLZ


I'm all for a good beard,

but since you made the point about getting a moustache..

GET A MOUSTACHE.


young blokes with beards

just don't look right


I do!

and i'm young.


going by your profile pic

you've got long hair and your beard isn't as bushy which means you can get away it. Shorter hair and bushy beard reeks of apprentice cult leader.


awww

butlins <3


Shave it

you already know this is the right choice, you're just looking for some back up. SHAVE IT and keep a layer of sexy stubble. Maybe toy with a tache for a bit, though be warned that your final point re: conversation counts triple if you have a moustache.


Keep the beard

Wear flannel shirts
Drive a truck
Chop down trees
Wear a peaked cap
LIVE THE DREAM


If you shave it off I will cry

Your beard is perfect, an absolute work of art and an inspiration to cowardly beaders (like myself) everywhere/


^ seriously

the other week he wouldn't shut up about how amazing your beard was.


lose it

better without. but then, keep it if you really like it.

beards only really suit guys whose faces they blend into - i.e. not 'oh wow look at that incredible beard, gosh you look so different', or guys who look a bit funny without one - otherwise it can become a point of novelty - a conversation starter, sure, but not necessarily a good thing.


keep it! keep it!

maybe trim it a touch... but yay keep it!!!!!! its lovely!


DO NOT SHAVE

I'm now 9 weeks going strong without so much as a trim. My record is 11 weeks, at which point it was ridiculously long and looked like this: http://tinyurl.com/2xau76

That was probably too long because the tache part just got in the way when eating and drinking. I like the 8 weeks length look the most though...

It is true that when you meet people they come up and speak to you about it and stuff, but you can't complain really as it's a choice you've made to have a huge beard...


Hell yes you should

Though if you have to -have- either that or the moustache...... then maybe keep.


I vote YES


Go for a fu manchu

or shave it completely.


keep it man

you know you'll only get a cold chin without it.

although you do appear more attractive without. so... your choice.


My $0.02

You look cooler with a beard and you look hotter without one.


keep.but trim

my girlfriend can't even look at me when i've had a shave.she hates it.she wants warren ellis type beard on me.but when i shave it makes me look a lot younger and this is a good thing


^ lucky

if you want a beard. My g/f ignores me if I don't shave. I really want a beard but sexytime > beards


get rid

then get a job and a girl and then grow it back!


oh theo

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus.


I say keep it

but in a more objective way, more girls will fancy you without a beard. However, girls who like beards will fancy you way more because you have such an awesome one.


why not?

but make sure you try out a variety of facial furniture while you're defuzzing.

Oh, and keep the clippings. I need them for the patchwork wig i'm creating for my bald, bald head.


Most people look a bit sketch with beards

I think you look okay :-) Still, I'd shave it- a few months really isn't that long if you want to grow it back.

Plus you have more reasons to get rid of it than keep it, and that would surely count more than anyone's opinion.


...

This is moot since I won your beard last night. Have you posted it yet?


he didn't

hes a liar and a homosexual


...

You are the homosexual!

Basically, the world's dumbest argument. Which I am nonetheless proud to have won, convincingly and authoritively.


in an envelope

or reconstructed on a wig base?

the latter would be admirable.


...

I'd like him to mount it on some kind of brace, so I could wear it for special occasions.


Right

so it's going.

so now i get to have fun by getting rid of bits at a time.

given that by the end of the day i will have a sensible little moustache, what eneral configurations should i piss about with today? ghoatee? anti-ghoatee?


Shave a bar bell first Chris!

I always do.


is that like a handlebar?

the way my facial hair works stops that from looking good

i want to do something ridiculous and intricate. perhaps germanic


so yes:

post pictures of ridiculous looks that involve moustaches and other facial hair


handlebar

then Fu Manchu.

Also, this should go without saying, but I expect to see photographic documentation of the various stages.


<3


my fucking phone/camera

and its fucking software are being fucking cunts


bah

i can't show the beard as it comes off cos

WAIT A SECOND!


nope

i dont have a scanner to scan my face :(


so yeah

i'll take pictures, but no one will see them. tragic.


no bluetooth :(

OH ACTUALLY I DO HAVE BLUTOOTH DONT I!


kids today...


Mutton chops

Huge handlebar moustache (is that the right term? Like Nick Cave's sporting at the moment)


much as i hate you ;)

i think you look handsome(r) without the beard


oh, you've already decided

good choice


Lose it,

grab your 'bone and join FoTB!


i am so excited to see moustache pictures

please make them not on facebook so i can see themxx


keep


so i'm currently sporting

"The Wolverene"

oh actually im not cos i have a tasche


OH MAN MAXIMUM DRAMA

so i was keeping my beard because a friend had recommended me for a job saying "he's got a really good beard"

and itd be ages since i'd applied and i hadn't got an interview, so i just assumed that it wasn't going to happen.

so 1 minute ago i get a call scheduling the interview for tomorrow :)/:(/:S