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FITZZ wrote: I trim mine weekly, don't like it when it's out of control.
Several weeks ago the Missus, out of curiosity, asked me to shave it off, which I did ( first time my face has been naked in twenty years)...she laughed, said I looked like a big kid and asked me to grow it back.
...Women.
I did that once, and wondered what the devil had happened to my chin too
micahaphone wrote:No beard for me. A little known fact about gingers is that not all of our hair is the same fire-like orange as that which graces the top of our heads. For example, take a look at a local ginger's eyebrows. They are most likely anywhere from light orange to pale and white/clear. As is such, my facial hair is practically transparent, and attempts to grow it out only prove to be futile.
I know this fact all to well my friend, that is why I only have a goatee and a well trimmed stache. My facial hair ranges from red to white, blond, clear and black. Clear and Black, WTF? I have about a 1/4 inch patch on both sides were my hair refuses to grow into sideburns. Last time I tried to grow a full beard I was called patch and Keanu.
See how he is all patchy.
That sucks and I feel sorry for you. I've been growing my beard for the last 2 years or so now and I've become attached to it. When it gets a bit unmanageable I trim it down with about a 2 or 3 and let it grow back. This helps to make it thicker. I am well known at my place of employment for having my beard as there are few who do grow one. Somehow, beardcare, along with a coworker of mine got me turned onto safety razor shaving and the ritual involved there in. Safety razor shaving is so much closer than the commercial gak available today, it is amazing. My skin isn't as irritated either. I highly recommend it. apparently Biotin will also help hair growth, but it hasn't been validated by the FDA. Usually takes around 6 months to see the effects.
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
Your only growing your beard too long if you cant grow it thickly and consistently in my book. If you can get it to the epic qualities of ZZ top or to Ghengis Khan gloriousness then go for it! The first time I was growing my beard my partner at the time persuaded me to shave it once.
voryn15 wrote:I will never shave mine off! I have actually turned down a decent job before because they told me they didn't allow any facial hair.
As far as the red heads multi color problem, it's not just red heads. My hair is dark brown and i have blonde and white/clear hair in mine.
See thats where I shine. I had a similar experience but rather then lose the job or my beard, I told them Im actually Hebrew, and for religious reasons I cant shave my beard. Now admittedly, I know jack about Hebrew customs, I just know some of them have beards. But it worked, and I got the job. KACHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that comic strip, was done by a guy that obviously doesnt grow large beards. Theres no WAY you would shave that off with a razor strait away, youve gotta hit that with hair clippers first. Once more, now you know
@KingCracker:
Ah the old 'religious signifigance' trick, I love that one simply because no-one is willing to call you up on it (unless they ask you to perform a bar-mitzvah or something), for added effectiveness invent some phony scripture to reel off if they call your bluff.
Whenever I go to festivals, I never take the entrance-wristband-things off (until they fall off of their own accord). The supermarket I work at doesn't allow jewelery, so I claimed they were of religious significance, and came up with this little gem in case they asked me to prove it:
'And lo, he did say unto the gathered people, "Go forth into the field my children, and partake of ale from a paper cup, and listen to the divine music that is the word of my teaching. Wear your wristbands as a sign of your faith, so that other may know you are a member of my flock, Amen'
Haven't had to use it yet, but I think it'll work
In theory you could shave it with a razor, but it would hurt a lot and require a lot of razors to do it (I imagine they would get clogged up pretty quickly).
The only thing that truly annoys me about facial hair is when chaps grow a full-face beard, and then cut the hair and beard to all exactly the same length, they just look like a coconut with a stupid grin
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
I've had a beard off and on since my junior year in high school. Shaved it off for a couple summer internships, but I hate being clean shaven. At least give me some stubble to rough things up a bit. I can never get past the "itchy peak" though and normally when I get to that point I take it down to a 1 or 2 with the clippers. Neckbeard is annoying though. Every now and then I muse on getting it lasered, before I realize I shouldn't allow myself to be quite THAT lazy.
My beard definitely has a ton of different color to it as well. The mop on top of my head is generally a very dark brown, but the beard is mostly brown, with some scattered blond, and a few red patches.
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Not worrying about downstairs, but I just recently trimmed my wildly out of control NHL play-off beard back to respectability. Took forever to go from crazed mountain hobo back to evil Spock. Hit it up with scissors first before finally busting out the Schick Quattro. Debating getting clippers and a trimmer, or straight razor, just because it seems more manly.
As to the OP, for me, too long is when I get the ultra itchy neckbeard. Plus when it gets more than three or four inches below my chin, it starts heavily curving off to the right and that looks stupid, so when the curve is visible, I cut that gak.
Basic trimming isn't much work, honestly. Vivid detail:
Spoiler:
Just use some scissors and his the upper regions down to a cm or so and it only takes about 15 seconds. That's usually good enough for most womenfolk in my experience, but I go the extra mile and shave around too. I make sure to leave a little "lion's mane" so I don't have pricklies in the wrong spots. I encourage you all to keep it up though, you never know when the opportunity till pop up.
-sighs- i dont think ill ever get a beard, i either pull it out (literally, with my fingers) in the itchy stage or it looks absolutely horrific, so im left with a baby face or i look like a deranged hobo Y.Y oh beard god, give this lowly young man the face fuzz he most desires and i shall slaughter little plastic men in your honour and collect there skulls and plastic blood for your toilet seat... sorry i mean throne! Y.Y
Remember when it comes to 40k Fluff
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If you are wondering how he eats and breaths
And other science facts....
Just repeat to yourself; "It's just a show".
"I should really just relax".
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Basic trimming isn't much work, honestly. Vivid detail:
Spoiler:
Just use some scissors and his the upper regions down to a cm or so and it only takes about 15 seconds. That's usually good enough for most womenfolk in my experience, but I go the extra mile and shave around too. I make sure to leave a little "lion's mane" so I don't have pricklies in the wrong spots. I encourage you all to keep it up though, you never know when the opportunity till pop up.
What's wrong with leaving it alone though? It looks fine to me.
Urgh, you clearly are lacking in the hygiene department if your downstairs hair smells! Or perhaps you have some gross fungal infection....
On the topic of beards i dont think i could grow a full one, i definitely have at least one baldspot in the chinstrap and no real chin hair i also refuse to grow my mustache ever again. Anyway my sculpted jaw and perfect chin are too good to hide. I dont need to 'grow a jawline' like some people do.
I have currently got mutton chop esque side burns but that annoying 'transition void' between Hair sideburn and Facial hair sideburn so have to cheat by careful coiffeury (i cut my own hair).
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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Basic trimming isn't much work, honestly. Vivid detail:
Spoiler:
Just use some scissors and his the upper regions down to a cm or so and it only takes about 15 seconds. That's usually good enough for most womenfolk in my experience, but I go the extra mile and shave around too. I make sure to leave a little "lion's mane" so I don't have pricklies in the wrong spots. I encourage you all to keep it up though, you never know when the opportunity till pop up.
I feel that I know you more intimately than I know people who've been in my life for years
On beards, my face fuzz isn't ready to start growing. I've got a small patch of black/blonde gak on the bottom centre of my chin and a few strays dotted around the cheeks, but that's about the only stuff that grows consistently.
Until a time where it feels comfortable to burst forth, i'm content with being turned down for jobs because of my other hair length. (Make what you will of that sentence.)
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
micahaphone wrote:No beard for me. A little known fact about gingers is that not all of our hair is the same fire-like orange as that which graces the top of our heads. For example, take a look at a local ginger's eyebrows. They are most likely anywhere from light orange to pale and white/clear. As is such, my facial hair is practically transparent, and attempts to grow it out only prove to be futile.
I know this fact all to well my friend, that is why I only have a goatee and a well trimmed stache. My facial hair ranges from red to white, blond, clear and black. Clear and Black, WTF? I have about a 1/4 inch patch on both sides were my hair refuses to grow into sideburns. Last time I tried to grow a full beard I was called patch and Keanu.
See how he is all patchy.
The sad part is his beard looks "full" compared to my facial hair.
If I could grow half the hair on my face that I manage to grow on my ass and legs then I would be golden.
On the up side I am impervious to cold toilet seats.
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:What about downstairs? What's everyone's maintenance ritual and tools of choice?
Meh, Being that I'm the only one who sees that area I only cut the hedges when I feel like it, or really bored.
With that attitude, no wonder mister
I think it takes a little more than trimming bush for most of us Dakkanauts to woo the women Cannerus, not all of us are seductive as you are.
What I think that Cannerus is saying is that when you care enough to tidy up and trim those " lower hedges" your probably also adressing all he other "grooming" issues...and thus making yourself more appealing to others.
Not mention hairy "lower regions" are just...foul.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
I just shaved my beard. Sometimes I get the idea "now it'll go for a while" and then I am beardless. I can hear all my WHFB dwarves calling me insane.
I shall rule the world someday utilizing my cuteness. And I already have one minion to help me do it!
Hollowman wrote:
Of course it makes sense. When there are a bunch of BDSM clowns doing Olympic gymnast routines throughout your unit, while also cutting off heads, you tend to get a bit distracted.
How can i Not comment on a beard thread especially from KC! two inches!...two whole inches! I can't believe it! YOU! of all people making yourself two inches less of a man /Ork! if i could grow mine that long I would in a heartbeat!....or 3 years.
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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
nerdfest09 wrote:How can i Not comment on a beard thread especially from KC! two inches!...two whole inches! I can't believe it! YOU! of all people making yourself two inches less of a man /Ork! if i could grow mine that long I would in a heartbeat!....or 3 years.
But you can never do that because the beard god has abandoned you? Beards for the beard god!
I shall rule the world someday utilizing my cuteness. And I already have one minion to help me do it!
Hollowman wrote:
Of course it makes sense. When there are a bunch of BDSM clowns doing Olympic gymnast routines throughout your unit, while also cutting off heads, you tend to get a bit distracted.
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It looks fine to me.
Maybe you hang out with immature women. Maybe you're attracted to immature women because you think they'll let you shpadoink them. 
