I moustache you a question..

Adamocovic

More of a lurker with After Hours but this has been on my brain. Do people really like moustaches? Are there people who would list a moustache as an attractive quality like so many do with beards?

A friend from work showed us photos of him before he shaved off his moustache, the women in the office all quite bluntly said they didn't like moustaches, most of the men had a bit of a laugh. He said the girlfriend made him shave it off but he wants to grow it back saying he loves how he looks with one. Again people were urging him not to.

Now men with moustaches seem to get the creepy tag thrown at them apart from the odd celebrity like Burt Reynolds, Freddie Mercury or Nick Offerman, but are there people out there that find it irresistable?

I'm not judging here, even me own mother is a self-confessed moustache fan, one of the two I now know!

EDIT: Scratch that. Poll is up. Time to collect the findings.

Deebles McBeebles

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

JohnnyFlash

Facial hair doesn’t suit most men. Moustaches almost never. Makes them look like a dweeb at best, and a sinister sex criminal at worst.

Mr. CooL ICE

If you're over 40, probably. If you're under 40, probably not.

Adamocovic

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

I'm not disputing that there are celebrities who seem to pull it off with the sexy tag, but do normal people in the wild succeed at this too?

Don't think I've ever heard a person go on to say how much they love the moustache like the beard craze people have.

punisher5112

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

He is a fupping legend though.

My wife's da looks a bit like him actually with his Tash....

MarkR

I dunno who, but somebody gave moustaches a bad rep. Maybe Hitler? I've had beards. Chin straps. Van dykes. Side burns. Never a moustache. Besides the obligatory one when you're shaving the beard off.

What did moustaches do to deserve the creepiness?

Autosport

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

Tom Selleck is my Guilty pleasure

DEFTLEFTHAND

Yeah they only suited plain clothes cops from the 1970s and 80s.

Nobody else should have one.

Adamocovic

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Facial hair doesn’t suit most men. Moustaches almost never. Makes them look like a dweeb at best, and a sinister sex criminal at worst.

I know this is the cliché but that is what he looked like in the photos shown. Something you would see advertised on the news, he seemed to love it though and spoke about it like a lost friend.

Have criminals ruined the moustache for the average Joe?

Shanotheslayer

It's a beard world right now. Not a moustache one.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Next month is ''Movember''.

Might be an opportunity to grow one out for anybody who is curious and raise some money for cancer along the way.

McMurphy

The essence of manliness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbdbmqvk7CM

Agricola

A moustache and no other facial hair just looks archaic. You might as well wear a monocle with a little chain hanging out of it.

JohnnyFlash

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

It's a beard world right now. Not a moustache one.

It’s not though. Beards are now the preserve of crusty looking ‘metalheads’, neckbeards, and hipster sorts who didn’t get the memo.

TheValeyard

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Facial hair doesn’t suit most men. Moustaches almost never. Makes them look like a dweeb at best, and a sinister sex criminal at worst.

Failed to grow one did we?

Effects

Agricola wrote: »

A moustache and no other facial hair just looks archaic. You might as well wear a monocle with a little chain hanging out of it.

You probably would have said the same about full beards a few years ago.

JohnnyFlash

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Failed to grow one did we?

How could you fail to grown a beard? You just don’t shave. It’s not like you’ve to put fertiliser on it or something.

Deebles McBeebles

Adamocovic wrote: »

I'm not disputing that there are celebrities who seem to pull it off with the sexy tag, but do normal people in the wild succeed at this too?

Yeah probably not many but you don't see many around either. Hipsters I guess although whether they pull it off or not is another thing.

punisher5112 wrote: »

He is a fupping legend though.

My wife's da looks a bit like him actually with his Tash....

You lucky b*stard!

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s not though. Beards are now the preserve of crusty looking ‘metalheads’, neckbeards, and hipster sorts who didn’t get the memo.

*Single tear*

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

How could you fail to grown a beard? You just don’t shave. It’s not like you’ve to put fertiliser on it or something.

Google Lewis Grabban. Its not so much a beard as it is patches of random hair.

seamus

As always it depends on the individual. Even if beards are trendy, some people just look like vagrants with them no matter how much they grow.

The key to moustaches is that they must be neat, but can't be trimmed. It has to be a good strong, well grown 'tache, but it can't look messy. A pencil moustache is a style choice that require the right combination of facial feature to pull off. Everyone else needs a lot of hair.

Most people lose their nerve after the first month when it's relatively long, but still looks a bit thin and stupid. It needs another month before it loses the pubic texture and becomes softer and thicker like head hair.

Shanotheslayer

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s not though. Beards are now the preserve of crusty looking ‘metalheads’, neckbeards, and hipster sorts who didn’t get the memo.

The only clean shaven people I know are people who can't grow any sort of decent facial hair. Those with beards are none of the above.

There are far more people around with beards than not imo. That I see anyway.

punisher5112

Ned Flanders had one and was a hit with all the ladies....

McMurphy

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

The only clean shaven people I know are people who can't grow any sort of decent facial hair. Those with beards are none of the above.

There are far more people around with beards than not imo. That I see anyway.

There's certainly lots more beards around these days, but theres no way that theres more bearded lads than those without.

Adamocovic

punisher5112 wrote: »

Ned Flanders had one and was a hit with all the ladies....

Stupid sexy flanders

Effects

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

How could you fail to grown a beard? You just don’t shave. It’s not like you’ve to put fertiliser on it or something.

Some men can't grow beards. They just have patchy bum fluff. That's not really a beard. Hence failing to grow a beard.

Yer Da sells Avon

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

Not to mention Kevin Webster.

Deebles McBeebles

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Not to mention Kevin Webster.

*Sploosh*

Deebles McBeebles

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

There's certainly lots more beards around these days, but theres no way that theres more bearded lads than those without.

Until you walk into a GAA club/bar. Then its beards all round.

JohnnyFlash

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

The only clean shaven people I know are people who can't grow any sort of decent facial hair. Those with beards are none of the above.

There are far more people around with beards than not imo. That I see anyway.

Do you work in IT support?

BeerWolf

DEFTLEFTHAND

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Not to mention Kevin Webster.

Looks like a young John Oates.

Canis Lupus

For the vast majority of men they look stupid.

facehugger99

If I attempted to grow a beard or mustache Mrs Facehugger would divorce me on the spot and who could blame her?

whiskeyman

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

3 words. Tom. F*ckin'. Selleck.

Marty. F*ckin'. Whelan!

Tabnabs

Ron Swanson

Deebles McBeebles

“Under my tutelage you will grow from boys into men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into ‘Swansons’.”

Shanotheslayer

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Do you work in IT support?

No. I work in an office but not I.T support. That's irrelevant anyway as you're looking for a stereotype.

I was referring to everyday life and what I see.

MAJJ

whiskeyman wrote: »

Marty. F*ckin'. Whelan!

He seems to have a thing for that bike

mcmoustache

They're not for everyone. Some people can wind up looking like child molesters, particularly in combination with certain choices of glasses. Others can end up looking a bit non-working class. This is especially true if the hair is light in both colour and coverage.

I've worn a tache briefly in the past. I'm dark haired and quite hairy so it was decent but it did make me feel a bit like an angry union rep for some reason. I think it added about 10 years to my age too so I just wear a big, black beard now.

Grayson

MAJJ wrote: »

He seems to have a thing for that bike

I hadn't noticed, now I'm laughing my head off.

suicide_circus

it can go wrong...




and it can go so so right

Adamocovic

suicide_circus wrote: »

it can go wrong...


.........

and it can go so so right
...........

It was only a matter of time before Cera made an appearance!

Daisybelly

Anytime I see a moustache I think 70's porn star so if that's the look you are going for carry on.

"wherefore it was ordained that no manner of man, who would be accepted for an Englishman, have any beard upon his mouth, that is to say, that he have no hair upon his upper lip, so that the said lip be shaven once at least within two weeks, or of equal growth with the nether lip; and if any man be found among the English contrary hereunto, it may be lawful for every man to take them and their goods as Irish enemies, and to hold them to ransom as Irish enemies."

- 25 Hen. VI., c. ao [A. D. 1447],

imme

As with most things in life it depends on the person doing the thing.
In this case the moustache wearer, some men exhibit the moustache, some inhabit it.

anitaca

mcmoustache wrote: »

They're not for everyone. Some people can wind up looking like child molesters, particularly in combination with certain choices of glasses. Others can end up looking a bit non-working class. This is especially true if the hair is light in both colour and coverage.

I've worn a tache briefly in the past. I'm dark haired and quite hairy so it was decent but it did make me feel a bit like an angry union rep for some reason. I think it added about 10 years to my age too so I just wear a big, black beard now.

Donald Trump

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Facial hair doesn’t suit most men. Moustaches almost never. Makes them look like a dweeb at best, and a sinister sex criminal at worst.

Ah, the fecking sinister sex criminals. Giving the cuddly harmless sex criminals a bad name

how was this never mentioned!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNk6-0rDdto

Buford T. Justice XIX

Only cool cats can carry a moustache

Capt'n Midnight

I hate when you offer someone a sincere compliment on their moustache and suddenly she's not your friend anymore.

AbusesToilets

Like many things, I think confidence comes into it. Letting oneself be discouraged by people slagging your mustache is never going to help with that. Folks admire men who can carry themselves well, regardless of facial hair.