Does anyone else find 'Movember' moustache growers a bit smug?

juan.kerr

Does anyone else find 'Movember' moustache growers a bit smug?

No. juan-kerr.

Death and Taxes

juan.kerr wrote: »

Does anyone else find 'Movember' moustache growers a bit smug?

No

Larianne

Can't grow one eh?

Green Diesel

You absolute bag of misery OP.

W.Shakes-Beer

No, I go the extra step and have Beard-vember.

And Beard-cember, Beard-uary, Beard-ruary, Barch, Bapril (no baps), Bay, Bune, Buly, Baugust, Beard-tember, Beard-tober.....

juan.kerr

Green Diesel wrote: »

You absolute bag of misery OP.

Rubbish. I donate to charities, but prefer to keep it anonymous.

kneemos

Who the hell do they think they are,growing moustaches and walking around with a face on them.

Green Diesel

juan.kerr wrote: »

Rubbish. I donate to charities, but prefer to keep it anonymous.

You should have kept that anonymous. Another juan-kerr will think you're smug now.

The Royal Scam

this is a trick question right?

juan.kerr

kneemos wrote: »

Who the hell do they think they are,growing moustaches and walking around with a face on them.

Exactly. Glad I'm not the only one.

Mr. Manager

juan.kerr wrote: »

Rubbish. I donate to charities, but prefer to keep it anonymous.

You can donate on these sites anonymously. No one is asking you come away from your keyboard self.

I don't get what you see as being smug if someone wants to raise money for charity? Or even if someone wants to grow a moustache for a month?

9959

I think it makes men look silly, however some of the women I've seen last month sporting moustaches have looked quite distinguished.

Anyway, it's all for a good cause, so to quibble over the wearers' smugness or otherwise is a bit churlish.

Larianne

It's not just about collecting for charity, its also to raise awareness about prostate and testicular cancer among men.

http://ie.movember.com/mens-health/

Andy!!

juan.kerr wrote: »

Rubbish. I donate to charities, but prefer to keep it anonymous.

Hmm, you sound kind of smug there!

What a ridiculous thread. I dont feel smug. A little sad, I didnt make that much. Most was a pity donation by my sister lol. People can still donate apparently but I cant see me getting any mo.
I know many people that did it and we just did it to help people and have a laugh. I didnt meet a single smug mo-bro.

juan.kerr

Larianne wrote: »

It's not just about collecting for charity, its also to raise awareness about prostate and testicular cancer among men.

Maybe, but that aspect doesn't really get any coverage. apart from some stupid radio ad where some 'celebrity' says NADS or BALLS similar.

I'm not even sure that all the moustaches are official or sponsored.

Insect Overlord

juan.kerr wrote: »

I'm not even sure that all the moustaches are official or sponsored.

Good heavens! Men growing moustaches without sponsors? Whatever next?!

juan.kerr

Andy!! wrote: »

Hmm, you sound kind of smug there! .

Not really, since no one here knows who I am. Whereas the moustache growers are walking around showing off their moustaches.

Larianne

juan.kerr wrote: »

Maybe, but that aspect doesn't really get any coverage. apart from some stupid radio ad where some 'celebrity' says NADS or BALLS similar.

I'm not even sure that all the moustaches are official or sponsored.

Yeah, but you starting a thread about it here in After Hours and then me posting a link to the website about mens health may have a few people click it and have a read of it. It all helps.

Not exactly the same thing, but I went for a smear test after reading a thread on Boards. Told my friends I was going for one, which got us talking and two that I know of, then went and got a smear test also. All clear! WHOOO.

So what if they're offical or not? Some people like wearing moustaches. It's kinda hipster to do so at the moment, innit?

Its a simple way for guys to get involved in raising money and promoting awareness of male specific cancers.

juan.kerr

Larianne wrote: »

So what if they're offical or not? Some people like wearing moustaches. It's kinda hipster to do so at the moment, innit?

I don't really 'get' this hipster thing, so maybe it's just jealousy on my part.

juan.kerr

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Good heavens! Men growing moustaches without sponsors? Whatever next?!

They'll be wearing Christmas Jumpers?

I should probably keep my opinions on Christmas Jumpers to myself...

Mr. Manager

juan.kerr wrote: »

Not really, since no one here knows who I am. Whereas the moustache growers are walking around showing off their moustaches.

Who do they think they are growing facial hair! Scumbags!

juan.kerr

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Who do they think they are growing facial hair! Scumbags!

You're not wrong.

CathyMoran

So called men's cancers do not get enough awareness as the so called Pink month lasts all year now...there are other cancers that are far bigger killers than the so called Pink ones such as lung cancer. I applaud any men who support Movember.

Mr. Manager

juan.kerr wrote: »

You're not wrong.

I don't normally admit to this. Especially not online and especially not in AH but yes, I am.

Wacker The Attacker

Finally every second bloke in ireland will no longer look like a skanger or gay.

9959

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Good heavens! Men growing moustaches without sponsors? Whatever next?!

I hope you're not suggesting that a man might wear a moustache because he thinks it 'looks good' on him.

I've only ever seen three people who've looked even remotely cool sporting these facial abominations: Bryan Ferry, Brandon Flowers, and the late lamented Betty Driver from the TV Soap 'Coronation Street'.

Dancor

Movember began with great intentions raising awareness about men's health but this year I know close to 10 chaps who grow a trash and when I asked how much they raised for charity they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. Tossers.

aaronjumper

I moustache you a question!

juan.kerr

aaronjumper wrote: »

I moustache you a question!

Go for it.

Larianne

Dancor wrote: »

Movember began with great intentions raising awareness about men's health but this year I know close to 10 chaps who grow a trash and when I asked how much they raised for charity they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. Tossers.

Maybe their top lip gets cold in November? Tis chilly out.

aaronjumper

juan.kerr wrote: »

Go for it.

Is it all people with facial hair that you dislike or just the ones that claim to do it for charity?

juan.kerr

aaronjumper wrote: »

Is it all people with facial hair that you dislike or just the ones that claim to do it for charity?

The ones that jump on the Movember bandwagon only, don't really care about facial hair otherwise.

As someone else mentioned, some 'participants' don't even know it's for charity.

Mensch Maschine

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Finally every second bloke in ireland will no longer look like a skanger or gay.

More eye candy for you then, yeah?

juan.kerr

Larianne wrote: »

Maybe their top lip gets cold in November? Tis chilly out.

So how many of those shaved them off on 1st December?

Insect Overlord

9959 wrote: »

I hope you're not suggesting that a man might wear a moustache because he thinks it 'looks good' on him.

I've only ever seen three people who've looked even remotely cool sporting these facial abominations: Bryan Ferry, Brandon Flowers, and the late lamented Betty Driver from the TV Soap 'Coronation Street'.

Tom Selleck, Freddie Mercury, Hugh Jackman.

Larianne

juan.kerr wrote: »

So how many of those shaved them off on 1st December?

I dunno. I don't have an obsession with men wearing moustaches.

juan.kerr

Larianne wrote: »

I dunno. I don't have an obsession with men wearing moustaches.

That makes two of us. At least.

Andy!!

juan.kerr wrote: »

Not really, since no one here knows who I am. Whereas the moustache growers are walking around showing off their moustaches.

Yeah I dont think you understand what smug means. You can still be smug if no one knows.

juan.kerr

Andy!! wrote: »

Yeah I dont think you understand what smug means. You can still be smug if no one knows.

Can you really be? And how would this manifest itself?

Wacker The Attacker

Mensch Maschine wrote: »

More eye candy for you then, yeah?

Yeah, women.

arse..biscuits

Movember is the most unsmug form of charity I can think of. Making your face look ridiclous for a month isnt easy.

aaronjumper

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Making your face look ridiclous for a month isnt easy.

I do it all year round!

DebDynamite

I agree OP. If you want to grow a 'tache, just grow a fukking 'tache whenever you want, not just November 'cause everyone else is doing it.

I posted this on another thread: For all the hype of Movember and lads putting pics up on Facebook of the progress of their 'taches, there's not a lot of info in the mainstream actually about testicular cancer.

padi89

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Making your face look ridiclous for a month isnt easy.

The majority know what it's about so growing a mustache is hardly ridiculous or challenging.

Andy!!

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Movember is the most unsmug form of charity I can think of. Making your face look ridiclous for a month isnt easy.

Too right; half way through the month I really wanted to quit.

Dravokivich

DebDynamite wrote: »

I agree OP. If you want to grow a 'tache, just grow a fukking 'tache whenever you want, not just November 'cause everyone else is doing it.

I posted this on another thread: For all the hype of Movember and lads putting pics up on Facebook of the progress of their 'taches, there's not a lot of info in the mainstream actually about testicular cancer.

If you want more info on cancer become an oncologist.

gozunda

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Finally every second bloke in ireland will no longer look like a skanger or gay.

Quite like the 1970's pornstar look tbh

Hey anyway what's the problem - grow a bit of facial hair, raise awareness, raise a bit of money ...

Put a smile on some hairy blokes face!


Some woman like it afaik....we can't all be hairless babies

wandatowell

Fellas just grow them to look hip or somesh1t like that, I very much doubt many of them actually donated to charity

vektarman

juan.kerr wrote: »

Does anyone else find 'Movember' moustache growers a bit smug?

Myself and my workmates grew moustaches for Movember, and raised a few quid to boot, it was heartening to see how many people encouraged us through the month and helped us make people aware of mens cancer issues, 'smug' was the last thing that we would have thought of ourselves.

Real Life

I wish we were in a time where men could grow a moustache like this and not be questioned about it.
http://i.imgur.com/km2vF.jpg
a fantastic example of a moustache, i think i should do this since my hair is already the same