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
i thought without it you looked a bit like an 80s film star
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.
i suppose we do have vaguely similar faces
a bit
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?!???
IT'S A CATASTROPHE CRISIS
taadaah!!
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3002413
^5!!!!
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 joyless void filling
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.
I think you should shave it orf!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
I did a little yay.
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.
get a beppe di marco!!
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.
frankly, i'm cool enough already
ICE COLD
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!
You look better as Jesus.
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?
How did you win it?
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.
i wouldn't have it any other way
<3
I'm looking forward to this.
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.
wot no bluetooth?
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)
the Geoffman is always an interesting look
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'll grab YOUR 'bone' if you're not careful
ho-ho-hold the phone!
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
don't get rid of the 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