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 ?
- eezeebee ( @eezeebee@lemmy.ca ) English97•1 month ago
What do you mean men are growing beards “again”? I haven’t noticed any trend between clean shaven / bearded. Some do, some don’t.
- Amputret ( @Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 34•1 month ago
Yeah, beards have been common since at least the ‘hipster/lumbersexual’ memes which were about 2008 or so. There’s not been any particular drop off since then. It’s just accepted that some people prefer or look better with a beard.
- scops ( @scops@reddthat.com ) English9•1 month ago
Yeah, I haven’t been clean shaven since I could first pull off a beard. Last time I saw my naked face was 15 years ago.
That said, I have started to put more effort into my beard to try to keep up with trends. Growing it out, oiling it, shaping the edges. It’s fun, but I still find myself trimming it down after too long just to make it easier to manage.
- octopus_ink ( @octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 month ago
I’m at least six years in on my current beard. Many others before that.
- hackerwacker ( @hackerwacker@lemmy.ml ) 53•1 month ago
Why do people on the internet think you don’t have to shave if you have a beard? You’re just shaving less area.
- CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•1 month ago
Very variable, depending on style and your personal growth pattern. I have a small patch on each cheek that has to be cleaned off, but otherwise it doesn’t require shaving. With a big beard you have to care for it like normal hair, though, with haircuts and products.
Buuut I do have the shave my whole head. Oh well.
- RecallMadness ( @RecallMadness@lemmy.nz ) 37•1 month ago
- I’m lazy
- I can
- makes me look my age
- razor burn sucks
- 3’o clock shadow sucks
- who cares?
- verdigris ( @verdigris@lemmy.ml ) 33•1 month ago
Brother beards have been in for like 10 years.
- Observer1199 ( @Observer1199@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 month ago
Yeah, even more than 10 years really - maybe OP was in a coma 😅 or just didn’t notice until someone made a comment and then couldn’t stop seeing them. Kind of like when you a buy a certain car you suddenly start seeing them everywhere because you’re more familiar.
- pmk ( @pmk@lemmy.sdf.org ) 28•1 month ago
To increase their UNIX skills.
😃
- AnarchoSnowPlow ( @AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social ) 25•1 month ago
Alas, I cannot grow hair on the top of my head, so I must grow it on the bottom.
- Bartsbigbugbag ( @Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month ago
Alas, I have just enough native blood to not be able to grow a beard, and not enough to not go bald. Worst of both worlds haha
- Rooskie91 ( @Rooskie91@discuss.online ) 22•1 month ago
SAVING ELECTRICITY LOL WUT
- Honytawk ( @Honytawk@lemmy.zip ) 20•1 month ago
There is a time while growing a beard that it looks like shit.
Most of the people shave it off to not go through it.
But the pandemic meant people could go for weeks without seeing an other human. Which is the perfect time to grow a beard and get over the awkward phase without getting laughed at too much.
- BoneALisa ( @BoneALisa@lemm.ee ) English5•1 month ago
Can confirm, grew beard during lockdown, never went back!
- remotedev ( @remotedev@lemmy.ca ) 2•1 month ago
Same. Still haven’t learned how to style it but it’s still better than the face I had before
- Avg ( @Avg@lemm.ee ) 4•1 month ago
I grew out my hair instead, looked like shit but now I know.
- PeePantsMcgee ( @PeePantsMcgee@lemm.ee ) 2•1 month ago
Started growing mine during no-shave November 2019, and then we shut down for COVID. It was perfect timing.
- Fisk400 ( @Fisk400@feddit.nu ) 17•1 month ago
The biggest problem with growing a beard is that it only looks good after a certain amount of time. When people grow beards it’s usually when they are on vacation because it is nice not having to shave and you dont have to look professional with a crazy half grown beard.
A couple of years ago the word took an extended vacation and a lot of people took the opportunity to grow a beard.
- blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) 2•1 month ago
Eh, idk. Depends on the person. I’ve been going for a “scruff” look for a few years now. I trim close-ish 1-2 times/week, just before it starts to get itchy from hairs getting long enough. I always have at least 1-2mm facial hair.
If I go clean-shaven, I have baby face and I look 10 years younger. Not a good look. A bit of scruff makes me look closer to my age, but I don’t like the look of a full beard on me since I can’t grow a decent mustache. It looks like I’m trying too hard.
- Rookeh ( @Rookeh@startrek.website ) 14•1 month ago
I grew one during lockdown, decided I liked it and kept it. I suspect I am not an anomaly in this.
- walden ( @walden@sub.wetshaving.social ) 2•1 month ago
I started shaving as a hobby during lockdown. Now I help run a shaving Lemmy.
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 14•1 month ago
Beards are great. Shaving was the greatest crime of Romans.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 4•1 month ago
Right up there with Carthage
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
??? Carthaginian men did not had that custom, most wore beards.
- تحريرها كلها ممكن ( @PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 month ago
I think they meant the destruction of Carthage something I am still sore about
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
Yeah that too, if the Carthage was not destroyed it would serve as counterbalance to Romans at least for a time, and the vile shaving custom would not spread as much.
- DrFuggles ( @DrFuggles@feddit.de ) 3•1 month ago
I think they mean the destruction of Carthage 😉
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month ago
Yeah that too, if the Carthage was not destroyed it would serve as counterbalance to Romans at least for a time, and the vile shaving custom would not spread as much.
- Xantar ( @Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 14•1 month ago
Could be recency bias, could be that fashion is a cycle that repeats and old fashions are rediscovered. Could be laziness because at some point it becomes easier to trim a beard once every month than shave everyday.
Some people’s skin also can’t handle daily trauma from razors.
It also looks more interesting than a vanilla clean shave, imo. People might be looking to stand out for that reason.
- Footnote2669 ( @jaykay@lemmy.zip ) 23•1 month ago
I look better with a beard, it’s not that deep
- sab ( @sab@kbin.social ) 13•1 month ago
Full beards are great. I can go a week without any maintenance and still look presentable. Any other style of facial hair is just too much effort.
- CrimeDad ( @CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work ) English12•1 month ago
It’s crazy how long it’s been since we’ve had a bearded president in the US.
- تحريرها كلها ممكن ( @PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 12•1 month ago
Linux market share must be growing