Yesterday I passed a barbershop and saw ads on their wall outside of men with beards and short hair. It is a revival or saving electricity ?

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    7 months ago

    Can’t speak for anyone else, or if there are any trends, but personally it’s because I, at the age of 41, finally have reliable facial hair growth. All men in my family are like this. It’s a welcome trade-off for the fact that no men in my family ever develops a bald spot.

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    7 months ago

    As everyone’s arguing about what the trend actually is, I went looking for hard numbers. Here’s some data spanning the Victorian to the late Cold War, from a paper by Dwight E. Robinson, but the link to it itself appears to be broken now.

    Unfortunately, more recent information is googlebombed with people’s lightly supported fluff pieces, so a cursory look didn’t turn anything like this up for the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, and 10’s.

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    7 months ago

    I’m not saying this explains all of it, but there is a lot more resistance to the mainstream culture now than in previous decades. That culture is the continuation of Roman Imperialism which is where shaving the face is adopted from. This was in contrast to other societies such as the Greeks and Vandals.

    Of course not everyone wearing a beard is counter-culture, but the counter-culture is currently strong enough to influence acceptable trends. Looking like Zuck isn’t cool anymore. I would say this trend started many years ago with the hipsters, and has steadily expanded beyond that group.

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    7 months ago

    Beards are where the Communism is stored. As the ruling class become richer and more obscene, class consciousness grows amongst the working class. Hence, beards.

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    7 months ago

    I’m growing it to see how long it gets until it gets too annoying. Every day I want to shave it off or at least cut it fairly short.

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        7 months ago

        This is the reason I stopped shaving. Cost. I have an electric shaver, but I can’t be bothered with a half-ass shave. Also, shaving too often gives me razor bumps.

        And, without a beard, I probably look like I should be in high school.

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      7 months ago

      Cartridges are expensive. We’ve been trained by Gillette to think cartridges are the only way, but there are much cheaper options.

      One of these and a blade sampler pack will get you started (for anyone interested).

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      7 months ago

      I use a safety razor (~$25) and a pack of 100 is around $5, definitely much better than the Gillette line, and honestly I like it more than even the cheaper “good” razors like Dollar Shave or Harry’s.

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        7 months ago

        This is the way! The razorblades last for about 4 uses (7 if stretched) so a pack easily lasts a year, and I haven’t cut myself with one yet (in contrast to those pesky plastic razors which can’t keep sharpness throughout a single session).

        Never gonna give my safety razor up, one would have to wrestle it out if my cold, dead hands!

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    7 months ago

    I mean, beards are in fashion for several years now, aren’t they?

    I personally started growing a beard, because my skin is easily irritated and I don’t like walking arround looking like a pizza. Luckily I also think I look better with a short, well kept full beard. Beards either take time or look like shit though in my experience.

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    7 months ago

    Fashions change. We were about due for a swing back to beardy, I reckon.

    Personally, I’m bald, and I grow a really good on that, like, holds a shape. It just makes sense.