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"Molestasch"

I hope you are all happy with yourselves.

While showering , I decided to kill two birds with one stone and trim my stashe in the shower. Bad idea. After lightly bringing my razor across the bristles, I did at double take and stared in horror at the ungodly huge chuck of hair that came out. Needless to say, I had to shave the rest off

So here you all are, tell me if telling me to shave was worth it



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Also, now you can see why I keep a stashe....


my lips are too vibrant a color (they look just as bad irl. I hate it.)

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:I hope you are all happy with yourselves.

While showering , I decided to kill two birds with one stone and trim my stashe in the shower. Bad idea. After lightly bringing my razor across the bristles, I did at double take and stared in horror at the ungodly huge chuck of hair that came out. Needless to say, I had to shave the rest off

So here you all are, tell me if telling me to shave was worth it



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Also, now you can see why I keep a stashe....


my lips are too vibrant a color (they look just as bad irl. I hate it.)

You have your opponent on the ropes...

NOW, FINISH HIM!

(shave the rest of your facial hair)

But then I can't pass of as Shaggy!

(aka: no. I REALLY want chops, and 'burns take longer to grow. Maybe chin will be trimmed, maybe not)

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:But then I can't pass of as Shaggy!

(aka: no. I REALLY want chops, and 'burns take longer to grow. Maybe chin will be trimmed, maybe not)

The chin it looks uneven, keep the chops if you want also you look younger now.

CT GAMER wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

Except that first impressions last...

Others who see him for the first time will immediately attach similarly negative connotations.

It may be fun for him, but it may also lead to missed opportunities and negative consequences... eg. legal profiling.

All people judge others by a host of meaningless criteria and based upon a range of things that are largely superficial.

In fact for every choice you make that someone like you deems positive or "normal" someone else sees it as negative.

IF we judged people by the choice of their avatars for example...

If you think he's being odd here wait till you hear avatar's ideas on appropriate dress attire for interviews - I don't agree with his ideas and find them peculiar

*Please keep it civil. ~Manchu

Earthbeard wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

Except that first impressions last...

Others who see him for the first time will immediately attach similarly negative connotations.

It may be fun for him, but it may also lead to missed opportunities and negative consequences... eg. legal profiling.

All people judge others by a host of meaningless criteria and based upon a range of things that are largely superficial.

In fact for every choice you make that someone like you deems positive or "normal" someone else sees it as negative.

IF we judged people by the choice of their avatars for example...

If you think he's being odd here wait till you hear avatar's ideas on appropriate dress attire for interviews - I don't agree with his ideas and find them peculiar

*Please keep it civil. ~Manchu

I LOL'd. I 'd love to hear the details...

CT GAMER wrote:

Earthbeard wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

Except that first impressions last...

Others who see him for the first time will immediately attach similarly negative connotations.

It may be fun for him, but it may also lead to missed opportunities and negative consequences... eg. legal profiling.

All people judge others by a host of meaningless criteria and based upon a range of things that are largely superficial.

In fact for every choice you make that someone like you deems positive or "normal" someone else sees it as negative.

IF we judged people by the choice of their avatars for example...

If you think he's being odd here wait till you hear avatar's ideas on appropriate dress attire for interviews - the guys flying rodent gak crazy.

I LOL'd. I 'd love to hear the details...

Same here. Also, I need to hear to details

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:But then I can't pass of as Shaggy!

Dude. Sorry. You can't pull off the beard. The 'stache is iffy, at best. Remain clean shaven.

I remain clean shaven as well. I never liked the feel of a mustache or beard. If you have a beard, keep it trim and your neck smooth. Neck hair is disgusting.

Cheesecat wrote:

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:But then I can't pass of as Shaggy!

(aka: no. I REALLY want chops, and 'burns take longer to grow. Maybe chin will be trimmed, maybe not)

The chin it looks uneven, keep the chops if you want also you look younger now.

It IS uneven, but it curls down under my chin. You can only see it uneven when its wet


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kronk wrote:

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:But then I can't pass of as Shaggy!

Dude. Sorry. You can't pull off the beard. The 'stache is iffy, at best. Remain clean shaven.

I remain clean shaven as well. I never liked the feel of a mustache or beard. If you have a beard, keep it trim and your neck smooth. Neck hair is disgusting.

Stashe looks better when dry, but its gone now

Also, it was a joke. I don't mind having a beard, but I HATE being clean shaven.

After you've finished shaving the rest of it off so you're as smooth as a babies bottom there's deffo some nasal sprouts too that need attention.

Is it OK to like women who sprouts 'taches?

Mustaches is win: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Moustaches/

hendaron wrote:Mustaches is win: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Moustaches/

I lol'ed. And fell of my chair.

Mustaches sure are win now.

hendaron wrote:Mustaches is win: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Moustaches/

/.thread

So I'm wondering to those Dakkanauts with a beard and/or tach, any tips on who to keep in presentable.

I'm trying to loose three stone over the next year, and I thought to make things interesting whille I'm hopefully loosing weight, I'll be gaining chin and under the nose hair.
You know just to blow folks I know minds from two angles.

So yeah, for the first time ever in my 37years I am trying to grow a mustache, goatee combo, a bit like 'evil' Spock, might even go for the whole pointy bit at the bottom.

Any advice on how to care for it. I was thinking on buying one of these trimmer kit things. Are they worth it, or will a good old pair of nail scissors and patience bring about the same results?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Oh and I'm nearly two weeks in, so my mustache has got to, spikey, its sticking out in odd directions, could do with a brush and trim time.

The electric razor is indispensable when it comes to high quality facial hair. Well, not indispensable, but far more convenient than the alternative; basically shaving every day, using the scissors you mentioned, and obtaining a straight razor for those times you might let it go a bit.

From left to right, Mr. T, Jerry Garcia, Abe Lincoln, Shakespeare, Darwin, van Gogh, Freud, Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead and Frederick Douglass

I'm pretty sure Lemmy Kilmister's facial hair resembles a mustache more than beard and according to Wikipedia he has slept with over 1200 women, (I however remain doubtful) so therefore I think it's safe to conclude that the mustache wins more

ladies than the beard.

Ruglud wrote:
From left to right, Mr. T, Jerry Garcia, Abe Lincoln, Shakespeare, Darwin, van Gogh, Freud, Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead and Frederick Douglass

No Marx?

dogma wrote:

Ruglud wrote:
From left to right, Mr. T, Jerry Garcia, Abe Lincoln, Shakespeare, Darwin, van Gogh, Freud, Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead and Frederick Douglass

No Marx?

I long to grow "The Marx" but I'm currently in process of the "Lenin"



Why do lefties all ways have the best beards?

Also, cant believe no-ones mentioned the Wargamers Traditional "NeckBeard"

What's the origin of the neckbeard? Thankfully there's not much of them here in the cold north. Or I've only seen one in my lifetime (and that sure was enough).

Where beards can compliment and distiguish ones self, A tashe should only be used for the strict purpose of humor and/or costume parties, I myself have sported a goatee or beard since I was 17, and only bust out the tashe in November for Movember to raise money for charity, this year i shall be donning the ever popular with the ladies 'magician' style tashe, also the fact that the idea of growing a tashe for charity says in itself that they should not be unleashed on the public on a daily basis, this is not because the ladies can't contain themselves and throw panties at us while we walk down the street, but because they actually do not like a gentleman with a tashe! hence...I sport a beard! not as good as Kingcracker's beard but none the less, good for me :-)

Cheesecat wrote:I'm pretty sure Lemmy Kilmister's facial hair resembles a mustache more than beard and according to Wikipedia he has slept with over 1200 women, (I however remain doubtful) so therefore I think it's safe to conclude that the mustache wins more

ladies than the beard.

http://zoinks.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Lemmy.jpg

Or it's also possible that some other traits override the inherent, repellent affect of the mustache. That thing is just plan horrible.

In fact I had pretty much this exact conversation with my roommate after watching a movie where a mustache like that had a lot of screen time:

Me: "Ugh, he really needs to shave. That thing is an eyesore"
Her: "Really? It's awesome"
Me: "You've to be kidding, it's gross"
Her: "Well yeah, I could never date or touch a man with a mustache like that, but it's still awesome in a way"
Me: "I guess I get what you're saying, but still"

So yeah. A mustache might make you a neat side-show, something kind of cool to gawk at, like a car crash, explosion, crazed badger or a mullet. However like all those things it's not really something most people want to get close to.

Okay, so Lemmy is questionable (I didn't create the image!), but there's a simple test of which is best...





You decide...

Army allows us to grow a mustache, however my unit will not allow it.

You see there's a rule about mustaches in the Army (if you're an infantryman)
If you see a man with a mustache in the Army, he probably:
1.Has a better job than you
2.Gets paid more
3.I WANT HIS MUSTACHE!!!!

AvatarForm wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

pixelpusher wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:Sometimes the stupidity/humor of certain facial hair style is half the fun. It isn't like it is a permanent alteration

For sure!

I've been rocking this one for a couple of years. Once people understand I'm not too serious about it it's a source of fun.

Sorry to shatter your world. But you look like a profile stereoypical sociopath.

Deliverance anyone?

Sorry to shatter yours avatarform but I think he already stated that he knows it is silly and that is the fun of having it.

Lighten up....

The fun of an intentionally bad mustaches is to grow the cheesiest/silliest WTF inducing one possible and watch the reactions of people like yourself. The stupid things that people say about them and the fact that they don't get the joke is half the fun...

Except that first impressions last...

Others who see him for the first time will immediately attach similarly negative connotations.

It may be fun for him, but it may also lead to missed opportunities and negative consequences... eg. legal profiling.

couple of years? must be a joke that never gets better with time...

No you need a handle bar mustache
You will look like an Agatha Christie villain and you have the bonus of twisting it around your finger while you tie various women to rail road tracks...

This conversation somehow reminds me of this http://angusmcleod.deviantart.com/art/World-War-One-Simple-Version-128505446

In response to the OP, I have no idea about why there is a Beard vs. Mustache debate at all, not that I look down upon either one...

However, to state the virtue of my clean shaven preference:

When the communist nazi zombie death robots from outer space begin gassing the planet, I will be one of the few, proud survivors able to achieve a positive seal on his gas mask!

This does not apply to either Chris Costa or Chuck Norris, who simply use their beard as an ad-hoc (and supremely effective) air filter.