Growing a beard says what about you?

StereoSound

I've always shaved daily like many men, now I feel its time to grow a beard... Beards these days are very professional, years ago when I started working in my current job beards were nowhere to be seen. Now so many staff members from supervisors to managers in my company have them. However it seems to be staff in the higher end of the food chain with stylish beards....Oddly enough lower paid floor staff that I'm employed to supervise are mostly clean shaven. I'm not sure why this is, maybe men in higher paid jobs feel it gives them a confident look?

In your opinion what does a man with a beard say about him and what does it say to you?

Arghus

For myself, it means that I'm too lazy to shave regularly.

Sparks43

It says he doesn't want to waste money on razors

theteal

Not a damn thing. I'm perplexed that it's a necessary question.

ChikiChiki

Its a distraction from the lack of hair on my head.

OldMrBrennan83

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splinter65

I either want to hide(Gerry Adams) or I think I’m so godamn andsome that already that a glossy coating of facial hair can only improve me, if that were possible, ( spoilt footballer, Mr Giroud of the Aresenal).

Roger Hassenforder

StereoSound wrote: »

I've always shaved daily like many men, now I feel its time to grow a beard... Beards these days are very professional, years ago when I started working in my current job beards were nowhere to be seen. Now so many staff members from supervisors to managers in my company have them. However it seems to be staff in the higher end of the food chain with stylish beards....Oddly enough lower paid floor staff that I'm employed to supervise are mostly clean shaven. I'm not sure why this is, maybe men in higher paid jobs feel it gives them a confident look?

In your opinion what does a man with a beard say about him and what does it say to you?

Thinly veiled 'im a supervisor' thread, but not sure if sufficiently close to the top in the organnogram.

branie2

I have a beard

emeldc

That my fuggin' acne is at me again.

RayM

It says that the hair on my face is a lot greyer than the hair on my head.

alchemist33

That his face is cold?

Icepick

It mostly means beards are back in fashion and you are following this trend. I don't have a beard because I am a maverick ... and can't grove a proper one

See for example The real reason why beards go in and out of fashion

Wanderer78

I couldn't be ****in bothered shaving

Rumpy Pumpy

Icepick wrote: »

It mostly means beards are back in fashion and you are following this trend.

See for example The real reason why beards go in and out of fashion

Are beards still in fashion? There doesn’t seem to be as many of those lads going around with a beard, disgusting ear hole thing, sleeve tattoo.

Slydice

Usually I see someone with a beard and I think.. that person doesn't shave all their beard off.

It's not like you can assume they all behave in some kind of Blessed way or anything.



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Potatoeman

I shave once a week just as it gets itchy. A maintained beard (more than a month of growth) is more work than shaving as you have to keep trimming it and oiling daily it to keep it soft. Washing it after eating etc. If you don't it will get coarse pretty fast and most women hate that.

I'm see more waxed mustaches about. Which is odd.

Birneybau

Trousers. Who wears them and why?

StereoSound

StereoSound wrote: »

I've always shaved daily like many men, now I feel its time to grow a beard... Beards these days are very professional...

Wouldn't say professions like medicine, law etc. are full of bearded types at all...

beefburrito

StereoSound wrote: »

I've always shaved daily like many men, now I feel its time to grow a beard... Beards these days are very professional, years ago when I started working in my current job beards were nowhere to be seen. Now so many staff members from supervisors to managers in my company have them. However it seems to be staff in the higher end of the food chain with stylish beards....Oddly enough lower paid floor staff that I'm employed to supervise are mostly clean shaven. I'm not sure why this is, maybe men in higher paid jobs feel it gives them a confident look?

In your opinion what does a man with a beard say about him and what does it say to you?

Have you ever tried growing watercress it's much easier.

What's this about the higher end of the food chain rubbish ???

Usually the higher end of the food chain are people with reptillian brains.

Its supervisor's like you that staff take the piss out of and you're a right candidate for dickhead of the year.

Beard's are for real men and with your attitude I care to differ

Asalam alikum.....

Ulysses Gaze

Birneybau wrote: »

Trousers. Who wears them and why?

Exactly. Paper Bags ftw

suicide_circus

I am not prepared to drag a blade across my face on a daily basis.

OnDraught

If you have a face worth hiding, hide it.

It’s just hipster nonsense anyway. Same as it was with the Dubliners in the 70’s. Another couple of years and it will be moustaches, 10 more and it will be clean shaved and then we’ll repeat it all ad infinitum.

Harry Palmr

It says you have no hair on your head.

MetzgerMeister

This dick head started it all off in Ireland :pac:

One eyed Jack

It doesn't say anything at all other than either their beard suits them or it doesn't. I'm fairly sure they give about as much thought to me being clean shaven as I do to their beard. The bit OP about your observations of beard or none based upon their position within your company is odd af tbh.

Outlaw Pete

Depends on the style of the beard, what clothes they wear and their preferred mode of transport. For example:

This guy's beard says............... I so badly want your approval.






Whereas this guy's beard says............. go fuck yourself.

Ulysses Gaze

Growing a beard is fine.
But if you grow a beard and start dressing like this......

One eyed Jack

^^^^ Sweet jesus, my eye :eek: :pac:

The_Valeyard

His laces are open, he could trip and fall!!!

Mint Sauce

It means that I look my age, and not 16.

Birneybau

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Exactly. Paper Bags ftw

AnneFrank

A, they could be a jihadi, or b, a drinker of craft beer

harry Bailey esq

Arghus wrote: »

For myself, it means that I'm too lazy to shave regularly.

How do you get past the itch? If I miss a shave in the morning I'm snookered if I don't get home by 5pm. If I'm lucky enough to to get a seat on the train and 5pm rolls around the itch starts. By 5.30 the I'm tearing the face of meself like a well dressed leper after a morphine dose. God can only guess what the poor tired commuter sitting across from me knows where to look. They don't need to be dealing with that sh*t at the end of a tiring day. And that's when I'm lucky enough to get a seat, you can only imagine what it's like when I'm standing and grabbing the handrail.

suicide_circus

The_Valeyard wrote: »

His laces are open, he could trip and fall!!!

He'd be better off with velcro shoes and possibly a bicycle helmet.

RayM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Whereas this guy's beard says............. go fuck yourself.

I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.

One eyed Jack

RayM wrote: »

I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.

The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

RayM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

Looks like a beard to me.

Arghus

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

How do you get past the itch? If I miss a shave in the morning I'm snookered if I don't get home by 5pm. If I'm lucky enough to to get a seat on the train and 5pm rolls around the itch starts. By 5.30 the I'm tearing the face of meself like a well dressed leper after a morphine dose. God can only guess what the poor tired commuter sitting across from me knows where to look. They don't need to be dealing with that sh*t at the end of a tiring day. And that's when I'm lucky enough to get a seat, you can only imagine what that's like for all concerned.

I dunno I've never experienced this beard itch that people talk about. I don't feel anything.

wexdevil

My beard is down past my nipples, I grew it out for vikings. I also work in a cleanroom so getting it into the beard hair net would be impossible without being able to braid it.


Women always seem surprised that I can braid it myself


Its never been itchy either

harry Bailey esq

RayM wrote: »

I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.

Check out the guy sitting pillion, strange bedfellows indeed.

harry Bailey esq

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

He's also substituted a tie-dye bandana and a white t-shirt in place of a visorless helmet and leathers.

Outlaw Pete

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Check out the guy sitting pillion, strange bedfellows indeed.

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

He's also substituted a tie-dye bandana and a white t-shirt in place of a visorless helmet and leathers.

lol. That's a woman sitting pillion. Hence the blouse and breasts :pac:

mulbot

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Growing a beard is fine.
But if you grow a beard and start dressing like this......

Do I see a camel toe?

radiata

Hipster dick nonsense

harry Bailey esq

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

lol. That's a woman sitting pillion. Hence the blouse and breasts :pac:

I'm not a woman, I'm developing a good pair myself. Haven't worn a blouse in weeks though.

The Rape of Lucretia

It means you are struggling to find some identity for yourself. At a deep level you have some unresolves stress on how you perceive yourself, and how you think other people see you.
Growing a beard is an expression of this desire to change something fundamental in yourself, and the person that looks back at you (for less time now admittedly) from the mirror everyday. It is an effort to disguise yiu previous self from both yourself and the world.
It indicates a high degree of psychological stress, which would be better helped by a professional psychologist than be saving on razor blades.
To finish on a positive note, growing a beard is at least an acknowledgement to yourself that you have a problem, and that itself is an important step on the road to recovery.
Good luck on your difficult journey op.

pauliebdub

I have one because it suits me. I'm not a particularly attractive man without one as I have a chubby face.

Baron Kurtz

OnDraught wrote: »

If you have a face worth hiding, hide it.

It’s just hipster nonsense anyway. Same as it was with the Dubliners in the 70’s. Another couple of years and it will be moustaches, 10 more and it will be clean shaved and then we’ll repeat it all ad infinitum.

What's your favourite, ad infinitum or ad nauseum?

Ulysses Gaze

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

It means you are struggling to find some identity for yourself. At a deep level you have some unresolves stress on how you perceive yourself, and how you think other people see you.
Growing a beard is an expression of this desire to change something fundamental in yourself, and the person that looks back at you (for less time now admittedly) from the mirror everyday. It is an effort to disguise yiu previous self from both yourself and the world.
It indicates a high degree of psychological stress, which would be better helped by a professional psychologist than be saving on razor blades.
To finish on a positive note, growing a beard is at least an acknowledgement to yourself that you have a problem, and that itself is an important step on the road to recovery.
Good luck on your difficult journey op.

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FishOnABike

Meh, it's starting to get a bit chilly. If I wore a scarf I'd probably forget it and if I wore a balaclava I'd probably get arrested :-)