Beards is it fashion or laziness?

The Sidewards Man

Laziness in my opinion for 96.7% of cases. Allows a few minutes for those who engage in the morning tug ritual and santer in to work with their pube faces thinking they are the men. They think wrong.

endacl

Your threads, it seems, are no more imaginative than your posts...

Anesthetize

In my case laziness :P

Faith+1

Im too lazy to grow a beard Op. It takes a surprising amount of work to maintain them .i.e Trimming, shaping, beard oil.....etc

5 mins with my mach 3 and Im done.

Arsemageddon

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Laziness in my opinion for 96.7% of cases. Allows a few minutes for those who engage in the morning tug ritual and santer in to work with their pube faces thinking they are the men. They think wrong.

I'm guessing your best efforts at beardiness ended with just a crappy bum fluff moustache ...

Dave_The_Sheep

I personally use mine to minimize the sight of my double chins. I don't know if that counts as fashion or laziness.

The Sidewards Man

Arsemageddon wrote: »

I'm guessing your best efforts at beardiness ended with just a crappy bum fluff moustache ...

Like your ma's? no.

YungKeo

Fashionable laziness.

sheesh

Its a bit of both!

AllGunsBlazing

Can only speak for myself, but yeah, it's laziness.

corner of hells

Laziness here too.

titan18

Laziness aswell.

Arsemageddon

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Like your ma's? no.

Better that than your ma looking like a female version of Gerry Adams.

raze_them_all_

probably shaved less than 50 times in my life and im 27. **** shaving

AllGunsBlazing

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

probably shaved less than 50 times in my life and im 27. **** shaving

I like your attitude.;)

Simon2015

The longest I've gone in my adult life without shaving is about 10 days.

If I didnt shave I would be scratching my face all day.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Smelly,itchy,lazy.

Is how I feel if I go more than a day without a wash/shave.

When Im going to bed with my missus I like to be clean shaven.

Ladies appreciate hygiene unless they're smelly bitches too.

raze_them_all_

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Smelly,itchy,lazy.

Is how I feel if I go more than a day without a wash/shave.

When Im going to bed with my missus I like to be clean shaven.

Ladies appreciate hygiene unless they're smelly bitches too.

so now beards = never washing?

I grow facial hair, because if I didn't, I'd look like a teenage boy.

So there's that.

eternal

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Smelly,itchy,lazy.

Is how I feel if I go more than a day without a wash/shave.

When Im going to bed with my missus I like to be clean shaven.

Ladies appreciate hygiene unless they're smelly bitches too.

I don't like scratchy stubble that's all rash like but a guy with a trimmed, groomed and soft beard can be nice to kiss.

The Sidewards Man

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

so now beards = never washing?

Its linked.

Sir Osis of Liver.

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

so now beards = never washing?

No,but gererally unkempt.:p

The Randy Riverbeast

Partially laziness, other part I have sensitive skin so shaving causes problems.

I do keep it trimmed short though.

Bongalongherb

I grow a beard but it has to be neat or else it gets shaved off. No point in growing it unless you put real effort into shaping it nice and clean. It adds dramatisism to the face if suited.

Dave_The_Sheep

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Its linked.

It really isn't.

entropi

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Its linked.

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

No,but gererally unkempt.:p

Proof for both of these, or your arguments fall where they stand.

RoyalCelt

It's both. Such effort a man can do without. They say fashion trends come in cycles. Well this has been a long time coming. When were the cave men again? 1940? I dunno but it was ages since they were this cool.

DEFTLEFTHAND

It was considered to be a bit of a poncy look in years past. These days it seems to be associated with a lot of the ugly Irish men, nasty looking neckbeards doing computers in college etc.

jester77

Combination of things, nice layer of warmth during the colder months, easier to trim a beard than clean shave and most importantly it makes me look closer to my age instead of someone in their early 20's. The latter helps me to be taken more seriously in professional situations.

mynameis905

I'd feel very scruffy if I didn't shave. Nothing like a clean fresh shave in the morning to make me feel like a new man.

If you do opt for a beard, at least grow a proper one and trim it regularly. There is almost nothing worse than this designer stubble shíte.

PTH2009

Although I don't have a beard I have shave every 4/5 days because my skin is sensitive and I need good growth to shave. If I shaved every day my face would be wrecked

Whitewinged

My oh has a beard. Even when i met him when he was 19, he had a beard. I like it. I also find it very attractive when there is stubble or almost a beard. My oh could shave in the morning, go off to work and by the time he gets home, the beard is back. So its not so much laziness for him but pointless.

I used to work for a man who had a distinctive beard and the employees actually called him "The Beard".

machiavellianme

How is having a beard "fashion"? Is having a particular hairstyle fashion?
It's much more than stupid fashion. It's a way of life.

Kev W

I like how I look with a beard better than I like how I look without one, so I suppose in my case it's vanity rather than fashion or laziness.

CaraMay

Fashion? In 96.7% of the cases they look awful.

Mesrine65

I haven't shaved in 25 years, I trim maybe twice a year...

I have an awesome ZZ-Topper beard :cool: \m/

(I also shower twice a day, so fuck all y'all who reckon I'm an unkempt mank-bag )

bnt

I was never happy with the results of shaving. New blades, good technique, electric, whatever - the moustache area immediately looks unshaved. I made the mistake of shaving just before a job interview a decade ago, and I suspect it cost me the job, since that bit of my face looked like uncooked hamburger.

No more - now I let it grow out, then trim down roughly every two weeks. My skin is much improved now that I'm not scraping blades across it every day. As for hygiene, having hair on your face is like having hair on your head.

Optimalprimerib

Fashion. If you had a beard 15 years ago you would be seen as weirdo beardo. now it is a norm.

Mesrine65

I started growing a beard 25 years ago when my chin was slashed with a Stanley knife.

I became very conscious of the scars, as I looked like Chibs from SOA & got pissed off with people always asking 'what happened?' :eek:

Sure 'tis a great way for hiding the auld imperfections :pac::pac::pac:

pconn062

I'm 27 and I've had a beard for as long as I've able to grow one. When I did shave I used to get terrible shaving rashes, so one day I just stopped. Would be weird to not have a beard now.

I also shower about 10 times a week, so I don't smell, I promise!

That_Guy

Laziness on my part anyway. I prefer a good clean shave but with it being my final year in college, I've been buried with assignments and in my leisure time I ain't got time for shaving.

I emerged from my desk at home looking like Robinson Crusoe last week. It was only then did I feel the need to shave.

meeeeh

Annoyance.

Kissing man without it is much more pleasant.

Mesrine65

meeeeh wrote: »

Annoyance.

Kissing man without it is much more pleasant.

Just as well I don't go around kissing the men-folk so! :P

PARlance

That_Guy wrote: »

Laziness on my part anyway. I prefer a good clean shave but with it being my final year in college, I've been buried with assignments and in my leisure time I ain't got time for shaving.

I emerged from my desk at home looking like Robinson Crusoe last week. It was only then did I feel the need to shave.

Student with no time to shave.... I've heard it all.

mynameis905

That_Guy wrote: »

Laziness on my part anyway. I prefer a good clean shave but with it being my final year in college, I've been buried with assignments and in my leisure time I ain't got time for shaving.

I emerged from my desk at home looking like Robinson Crusoe last week. It was only then did I feel the need to shave.

It takes literally five minutes. Did you stop brushing your teeth also?

Schwiiing

I look babyfaced enough with a beard as it is. I let mine grow out 2-3 weeks then trim it back to 3-4 day stubble. Rinse and repeat.

Hitchens

in a certain light and at a critical angle it has been remarked that I resemble George Clooney ...........why would I even think about shaving?

Ray Palmer

I have had a beard for about 25 years. Occasionally shaved it off but it makes my face loo fat. I keep it trimmed and shaped and it elongates my face. Two years ago I made a bet with a friend where he would have to be clean shaven all the time while I had to grow my mustache until it reached my eye. I liked it so much now have a handle bar mustache which is more maintenance than shaving so I guess it is fashion:{

micar

For me it's pure laziness.....at the moment 1 shave once a month. Once I do shave I promise myself to shave every 2 days but then I can't be bothered

jamesbere

I've a beard myself, reason for it is because I don't like shaving. I've very sensitive skin so shaving leaves it raw and spotty. I tried different types of razors, skin products and no joy.

I keep it neat and don't let it go too long. It's easy to keep clean, if you wash the hair in your head, it's not so hard to wash the hair on your face.

Son Of A Vidic

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Laziness in my opinion for 96.7% of cases. Allows a few minutes for those who engage in the morning tug ritual and santer in to work with their pube faces thinking they are the men. They think wrong.

You'll probably understand when you're old enough to shave yourself...:pac: