otm I will only shave when I feel completely OK with myself, so, never
― Simon H., Friday, 24 November 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
had a beard since 2008 or so. i've shaven it off before and i've also had an absolutely giant beard for a while.
i like the feeling of being clean shaven but i am balding and tend to feel a beard gives some definition.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 24 November 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
bald + beard is good
― brimstead, Friday, 24 November 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
Why? Reality TV personality Jeremy McConnell could have just concentrated on the beard transplant then.
― The buttermilk of Beelzebub (Tom D.), Friday, 24 November 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
mitbeards xp
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Friday, 24 November 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
My beard, when it’s present, ages me about 5 years...so I try to keep clean
― calstars, Friday, 24 November 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
why do you never see bearded octo/nonagenerians
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Friday, 24 November 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
counterpoint: my granny
― treeship: a year in the life (wins), Friday, 24 November 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
I’ve never grown a massive beard. I just keep a good, full covering.
I am a neckshaver though, to my shame. My neck coverage is patchy, so I even it up every Monday morning.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 24 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
Xxp because they're dead
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Friday, 24 November 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
Beard wearer for 4+ years and proud neck shaver, who wants or wants to see a hairy neck?
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Friday, 24 November 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
33 years old. can't grow a beard. probably wouldn't if i could. would like the option to try a mustache though
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 24 November 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
I dislike beards in general, I'm pretty lazy so I often go a week without shaving but that's my limit. I think I look better clean-shaven tbh.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
Agree ,clean shaven ftw
― calstars, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
1 day stubble tbh
― calstars, Friday, 24 November 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
go a week or so without shaving, then it becomes itchy and irritable and has to go. In the past six months an interesting development has occured - grey and white patches in the chin. It feels ridiculous at 29.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 25 November 2017 08:41 (six years ago) link
I used to tweezer all the grey out. There’s too much now. Not massively visible from a distance, but even so. Disheartening. I spotted a grey chest hair the other day.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 25 November 2017 09:17 (six years ago) link
Beards with grey in them are good
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 25 November 2017 09:24 (six years ago) link
otm
What's grey now in mine was ashy ginger in summer in my twenties have always appreciated the tonal shifts tbh
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 November 2017 09:25 (six years ago) link
Beards are good(Some beards are not good) ilx is having a bald-bashing week for some reason so I will also register my appreciation for the handsome baldies of ilx, with or without beardsAlso, a phrase people use that never quite comes off the way it's intended to for me is "beard-stroking", stroking beards is good, beards are to be stroked
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 25 November 2017 09:39 (six years ago) link
Stroke it Noel
― calstars, Saturday, 25 November 2017 11:34 (six years ago) link
Also, a phrase people use that never quite comes off the way it's intended to for me is "beard-stroking",
aka chin-stroking for hipsters, amirite 'sup
― The buttermilk of Beelzebub (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 November 2017 12:19 (six years ago) link
My goatee was distracting from my noble mane so I shaved it off. Also every other white male gentrifier in my neighborhood has one so I’m bucking the trend.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 25 November 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
Still only breaking out the razor once a week though.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 25 November 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Bearded since 2005, thanks to sunburn at a Tracer Hand softballl party. Dreads since 1998. I don’t really do change.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 25 November 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
35 years bearded. Both times I've shaved it have been painful chilly mistakes.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
For me, wearing a relatively short beard has been classic because for me shaving every day is beyond dud.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Short beard is a dud look for me and overdone generally, but fuck do i hate shaving so there i am.
― correlated noise of conformity (Hunt3r), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
beard since about 2003 - was a redhead, now i'm a balding ginger bastard
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Sunday, 26 November 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
i'm bald with a large patchy-grey beard and i look better than i ever have tbh
― clouds, Sunday, 26 November 2017 05:36 (six years ago) link
So are there any men on ILX who don't have beards?
― The buttermilk of Beelzebub (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 November 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
Uh, maybe? My face is a field of conflict between incompatible impulses. I don't like shaving, and I don't like having a beard.
The normal state is DonJohnsonian permascruff, which is mostly fine. I probably trim and/or shave every week or 10 days. But there is nuance behind this, and a story. Unfortunately it is a very boring story. Sorry.
My facial hair naturally grows into a goatee shape with ease, while the surrounding territory remains scraggly and sparse at best.
For cultural reasons I cannot do a goatee. Some dudes can manage it, but I just look like the worst barista you had in 1992, or maybe the slightly dim hillbilly in a movie. (The one that Pa sends out to the farm in case the Sheriff comes snoopin' around.)
With careful management, I can get a beard-like shape in a month or so. But every time I do so, it starts itching me almost immediately and irritating my wife's skin. So I get abruptly sick of it and go back to Miami Vice territory.
Pro tip: when you're shaving off a beard, it can be amusing to stop at different stages and give them names. Some of my faves:
- 1970s Motorcyle Cop
- Serial Molester
- World War I Fighter Pilot
- Fascist Dictator
- Substitute Junior-High Gym Teacher
- Civil War Cavalryman
― here come the warm jorts (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 26 November 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
- Free-Jazz Saxophonist
― here come the warm jorts (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 26 November 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
We’re basically in the same boat, but my goatee just looks like I’m going for knausgaard or jesus
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 26 November 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link