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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27023992

The TL;DR is that as more men wear beards, the rarity value of having a beard decreases. The researchers think we have already reached "peak beard" in the current cycle.

What should we do now?

 Kilkrazy wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27023992

The TL;DR is that as more men wear beards, the rarity value of having a beard decreases. The researchers think we have already reached "peak beard" in the current cycle.

Is this why I'm seeing more and more handle bars and other d-bag beards/facial hair? I can't take anyone that looks like this seriously.

Daemonhammer wrote:
What should we do now?

I know I’m going to maintain my shave once-a-month-or-so philosophy, and general scruffy demeanor. But then, The Wife is officially on record as saying she doesn’t care about my facial hair status, so I don’t need to worry about fluctuating trends.

What you single guys should do is figure out what you want, and then screw with the local meta. So if you want a beard, convince all your friends to shave.

No beard is best beard.

So ah... Should I stop shaving? ...?

I look like a Geography teacher with any sort of facial hair.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
So ah... Should I stop shaving? ...?

I look like a Geography teacher with any sort of facial hair.

Your legs? no.

Your chest? no.

Your face? Yes. Chicks seem to be getting tired of it. More for the Kronk this way!

Pfft beards are important. How else am I going to prestrain my food?

I'm Chinese, so I can barely grow a mustache as is, much less a beard

So now hipsters are going to be "I started to shave my beard before it was cool"?

I'll be shaving mine sometime soon, I grow it out in the fall and winter, and shave it off for spring and summer. Going to head to the barber shop and get a nice hot towel, hot soap, straight edge razor shave to celebrate the end of winter. I'll beat those hipsters at their own game.

I'll fully admit that any facial hair other than my goatee is purely there still out of laziness and a need for new contacts.

So... if I wait for all the trendsters to chop their beards and keep mine, will that make me more desirable?lol

What's this "shave" you all speak of? Seriously though I had a "Navy Mustache" for most of my adult life. It was kind of funny because in my experience it has been almost a 100% guarantee that guys think it looks awesome and ladies think it makes me look like a total creep (It also made me look about 35 even back when I was 20).

I have slavic genes. We instantly grow beards better then we grow food. Afternoon shadow for us is a beard that would make Moses jealous.

I have five o'clock shadow even after I just finish shaving, even if I do a 3 step shave with a straight razor.

Peak beard reached?
Bring on the moustaches!

Is the goatee still douchebag territory? I can't grow a full beard but I have a baby face with no facial hair.

Nah. Enough non-beatnik people have them that they're pretty normal now.

 Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote:
Is the goatee still douchebag territory? I can't grow a full beard but I have a baby face with no facial hair.

I only wear one so that when people see me next to my near identical brother, they know which one is the evil twin.

I can't grow a decent beard. For one, my soft compassionate girly heart means I'm just not manly enough and it grows in all patchy and awful. If that wasn't enough, it grows in mutlicoloured too- brown, grey and red in near equal amounts. Sigh.

I always end up with ridiculous simian-style side burns too, through a phenomenon my girlfriend calls "autosideburn" where I get progressively lazier about keeping them in check the longer they get, until they've crawled down to my jawline. Given that they're all poofy and red, it's not a good look.

 d-usa wrote:
I'll be shaving mine sometime soon, I grow it out in the fall and winter, and shave it off for spring and summer.

It is the only sensible way to live.

I can grow a respectable beard, only these days it comes out white. Since my head hair is still relatively dark, I can't achieve the George Clooney "silver fox" look. Therefore I go clean shaven, in order to look younger.

I shall continue to grow my terribly unfashionable Hulk Hogan mustache, fashion trends be damned.

I cant grow a beard, It grows all scraggly

I can't even grow sideburns, let alone a decent beard. The only result of me not shaving for a week or two is a moustache that makes me look like Hitler. It's probably for the best given that my hair is going grey; I'm sure any beard I could possibly manage would be speckled grey anyway.

I maintain a beard, As all proper men should do.
I do try to keep it fairly neatly trimmed though.



I went on holiday for a few weeks and forgot my beard trimmer.

At least I know I'm not the only one starting to go grey in the chin.

I got gray on my head, gray in my beard, gray on my chest, gray...let's not go there.

 d-usa wrote:
I got gray on my head, gray in my beard, gray on my chest, gray...let's not go there.

You know you are getting old when…

Right there with you

 Nevelon wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
I got gray on my head, gray in my beard, gray on my chest, gray...let's not go there.

You know you are getting old when…

Right there with you

Better grey than bald. Got a couple friends that are younger than me that already have MPB showing.