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Hi dakka.

So, I don't get the beard love here on dakka. Everybody claims beards are epic. I, on the other hand, am more a man (read lad aged 16) of the moustache. I gladly shave off my sprouting beard in favor of a tastefull moustache. Can someone explain me the Beard love?

Sincerely, a moustache rights activist.

I have both...and they are equally glorious.

I lack in both because I look appalling with facial hair

A beard is manly. It shows that you're not afraid to look like a man.

An unkempt beard is lazy. Shave your neck at least. That shows that your beard is a choice, and not a de-facto state because you couldn't be bothered.

A mustache alone makes you look either like a porn star or a dictator. Neither will make a positive impression.

Redbeard wrote:

A mustache alone makes you look either like a porn star or a dictator.

I like where this is heading.

I just want to have a moustache for a short period in my life, it's too cool to shave off. IMHO.

Moustaches are cool.

Kilkrazy wrote:Moustaches are cool.

So....Like Redbeard stated...you are a porn star?

I wear both, and apparently resemble a Spaniard/D'artagnan.
I'm totally cool with this.

If it's a pedo stache, it's not cool. Other than that, I'm down with any stache beard combo.

The moustache, well executed, can transcend even the beard in awesomeness. However, to achieve such glorious results it must be grown to a thickness greater than an inch - the so called Mercury Minimum. Ideally, it should also develop its own flair, either the classic Mexican Bandito twirl, a french twist or flick, or the daring catfish barbels. All of these require a 'stache of exceptional thickness and body (much like a porn star) and utilize the bareness of the chin to flaunt their facial hair.

Think of it as a two-piece beard, and ask yourself if you're the sort of guy that would wear a bikini if he were a lady. do you really have the facial assets to pull it off and turn heads without people wandering where the rest of it is?

If yes, lucky you! Go enjoy your soup strainer. If no, I highly recommend the stylish goatee. It is a classy statement of manliness that looks equally at home in the office, or relaxing by the pool.

'stache has to be well done to work. Beard is easier to pull off these days.

Beards tend to be a little harder to screw up than mustaches - how many names can you think of off the top of your head for bad beards, as opposed to ones for a bad 'stache?

I am a moustache sporting man myself...... if i shave the bloody thing off though i look like i am 12. And i would rock a beard if my culinary instructors would not toss me into an oven

had to edi ta gramatical doohicky

Me irl after a shower yesterday. How can you argue a stashe isn't cool?

Please note my 'almost chops' sideburns. Once they reach chops-hood, I'll be so happy lol

I think both, but thats cos i try to compensate for the lack of head hair that im gradually obtaining

Kilkrazy wrote:Moustaches are cool.

No.

I'd prefer not to have a hairy caterpillar on my upper lip.


Beards, on the other hand, are manly and not disgusting.

A 'techno tash' can look pretty cool but i would combo it with a lil patch under the bottom lip, Johnny Depp style. I just make do with modest sideburns i've had for a couple of years. I am not a very hairy person which in a way is fortunate as the hairy ones in my family were bald by 22. Just got this damn neckbeard that grows at 3-4 times the rate of anything else. EDIT @ Lucifer you need to trim the middle, is infringing the lip, makes it look messy/bumfluffy.

rubiksnoob wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:Moustaches are cool.

No.

I'd prefer not to have a hairy caterpillar on my upper lip.


Beards, on the other hand, are manly and not disgusting.

Like the one in your signature.

Perkustin wrote:A 'techno tash' can look pretty cool but i would combo it with a lil patch under the bottom lip, Johnny Depp style. I just make do with modest sideburns i've had for a couple of years. I am not a very hairy person which in a way is fortunate as the hairy ones in my family were bald by 22. Just got this damn neckbeard that grows at 3-4 times the rate of anything else. EDIT @ Lucifer you need to trim the middle, is infringing the lip, makes it look messy/bumfluffy.

Its my signature 'Suave Pirate ' style.

(aka: I'll get right on it )

Either are infinitely preferable to the accursed 'soul patch'...


Behold:
Moustache in action - This has win.






Now, Beard in action - This has even more win.








All good and worthwhile manly grooming.

Now look at this disgusting and effeminate practice...






Gentlemen, you be the judges...

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Me irl after a shower yesterday. How can you argue a stashe isn't cool?

Please note my 'almost chops' sideburns. Once they reach chops-hood, I'll be so happy lol

Yeah, it sure ain't cool. Shave that hideous thing. You don't need to be wearing any facial hair until you are able to grow non patchy hair, or if you are dating a hippy chick with hair in her pits.

Mustaches - In current American society, having one is hard to pull off. Whether you believe it or not, having many styles actually can label you as Gay, especially if you are either a short male, or a super star model with a hairless body and 6 packs. There is a strong aversion to mustaches because usually pedophiles have them as seen on t.v., and this is what sticks into most people's back-brain. There is actually something unsettling about having a mustache. Oddly enough, if you have a 'crazy' mustache, such as a handle bar or German swoosh style 'staches, they can be seen as very unique, distinct and manly.

Beards - SHAVE. YOUR. NECK. It does many things. Shaving your neck makes you appear thinner with a sharper jaw line. It shows you have class. Having a full beard can be seen as a sign of a lumberjack/hillbilly/mountain man. If you sport a beard for X weeks/months, then shave it, you will appear years younger to people for about half the time you had the beard. Also, don't attempt to grow a beard unless you can grow a beard that is full and not patchy. Patchy hair makes you look dirty and disgusting. If you can only grow patchy hair, God didn't intent for you to have one. Unless you are a dumpster diving hippy.

Mustaches two thumbs down unless you are going nutz.

Beards two thumbs up only if you know how to wear one.

When I am clean shaven, I look like a pedo. The kind who shaved to look more friendly to kids

Facial Hair is almost always a bad decision. Don't ruin a perfectly good face by stapling a rat to it. A mustache is all that much worse because you not only look like you stapled a rat to your face but it's a creepy rat. A creepy rat that probably molests children, or ties people to train tracks, or has a mullet or some combination of those three.

Chongara wrote:Facial Hair is almost always a bad decision. Don't ruin a perfectly good face by stapling a rat to it. A mustache is all that much worse because you not only look like you stapled a rat to your face but it's a creepy rat. A creepy rat that probably molests children, or ties people to train tracks, or has a mullet or some combination of those three.

I'll agree with this 100%. Facial hair is hard to pull off unless you have found 'your look'. That kind of facial hair that looks good on you and only you.

I have both, but then again I'm a Philosophy student. We're supposed to have lots of facial hair. But, maybe I'll shave at some point.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Either are infinitely preferable to the accursed 'soul patch'...


Behold:
Moustache in action - This has win.







Gentlemen, you be the judges...

I'd like on of these

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Me irl after a shower yesterday. How can you argue a stashe isn't cool?

Please note my 'almost chops' sideburns. Once they reach chops-hood, I'll be so happy lol

That thing looks like you're snorting a squirrel

That's enough to be going on with for a bit.

Lanny rocked the stache in the 70s and 80s.


Some people can pull it off, some can't.

Khornholio wrote:Lanny rocked the stache in the 70s and 80s.


Some people can pull it off, some can't.

It looks like he just glued a rat under his nose.