• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I legit worry about shaving my head bc I'm a gigantic white man who wears a lot of black.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      My hair started graying when I was like, 19, so by the time I was about 30 I gave up on long hair and started buzzing my head. Mostly it's great, significantly cuts down on shower time, drying time, hat hair isn't a problem, etc. The only time it fucking sucks is when I've freshly buzzed my head and some cashier asks if I get a military discount NOOOOO

      • Rom [he/him]
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        6 months ago

        when I've freshly buzzed my head and some cashier asks if I get a military discount

        That would slap. Just say yes and if they ask for ID say you left it at home, good chance they'll just give it to you anyway. Stealing valor is praxis.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Flip side: you can go undercover and not be targeted by the-pigs

    • kristina [she/her]
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      6 months ago

      Get a hammer and sickle tattoo on your forehead

      Or a goatee back-to-me-shining

  • kristina [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    It's not fascism to accept the material conditions of the world thinkin-lenin

    • TraumaDumpling
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      6 months ago

      does it reverse or just prevent? asking for a friend...... side-eye-1

  • TBooneChickens [any]
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    6 months ago

    shaving your head is a one-step aging neutralizer. You will be of indeterminate age from 28-60, depending on skincare and genetics

    • WayeeCool [comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      Iirc research has shown adults with shaved heads are perceived as more confident and assertive. Seems to be the case for both men and women. Something about just shaving your head or a Patrick Stewart (or is Lenin more iconic?) close cut rather than trying to hide balding makes a person seem more mature, higher status. Maybe it signals that a person isn't filled with existential dread about aging and has the self assured confidence to age with dignity rather than butchering themselves in an attempt to look like a child their entire life.

      Male pattern balding is a direct result of testosterone (dihydrotestosterone, the more potent form responsible for sexual differentiation during embryogenesis and puberty), the drugs to prevent it are a type of testosterone blocker, so maybe human psychology at some subconscious level associates it with masculinity and maturity.

      • oktherebuddy
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        6 months ago

        the drugs to prevent it are not testosterone blockers. along with the speculation about subconscious human psychology this is the most bro science thing I've read on this site in quite a while. makes me doubt that there is research showing people perceive bald men that way. feel like I just mainlined a joe rogan episode.

    • WashedAnus [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      I mean, he went from being disheveled to cleaned up. A trim and styling would've done the same.