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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:03 PM Jul 2018

So what's with all the 30 something guys, with a short haircuts or clean heads,

and who are in need of a shave, selling me shit on TV?

Is that the millennial look of intelligence or something. Or are these guys supposed to represent the alpha males of today?


They usually are acting like CEO types or something. Everyone else in the commercials are sucking up to them.

Maybe you haven’t noticed but I see them a lot in commercials.

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So what's with all the 30 something guys, with a short haircuts or clean heads, (Original Post) wasupaloopa Jul 2018 OP
What are you saying exactly VMA131Marine Jul 2018 #1
Advertising always has a look that sells wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #5
That's how we all look now maxsolomon Jul 2018 #2
I'm 72 and had my days in the sun thanks wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #3
they why bother shaving? maxsolomon Jul 2018 #12
For a few years I did not shave or cut my hair wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #14
Is thomas middleditch who you're posting about? maxsolomon Jul 2018 #16
I don't know any names wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #27
here he is in all his glory: maxsolomon Jul 2018 #30
My wife does not like facial hair GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #6
How often does she shave? edhopper Jul 2018 #25
Her legs are nice and smooth...could not resist either! GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #31
you too edhopper Jul 2018 #39
Eeeeeuuww! Alliepoo Jul 2018 #15
I can't stand facial hair either. There is rarely a case where any man looks better with it. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #22
I agree. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #38
Well, when it's 98 degrees and your car doesn't have A/C and you hate shaving everyday ProudLib72 Jul 2018 #4
It's the latest hipster look Quemado Jul 2018 #7
I thought hipsters didn't like being called hipsters... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #8
Very few men can carry it off without looking icky. cwydro Jul 2018 #21
have had that look for decades lol. nt msongs Jul 2018 #9
I believe they think the "unshaven" look is hot. Vinca Jul 2018 #10
Yep, all men are not created equal wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #11
To wit: here ya go... the unshaven look... CurtEastPoint Jul 2018 #13
George Clooney he ain't. ROFL. Vinca Jul 2018 #19
He looks like something that just crawled out of the gutter. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #23
Eye bleach please bdamomma Jul 2018 #43
You save 24 hours per year by not shaving every day. rickford66 Jul 2018 #17
No arguments from me on that wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #28
So, you save around 16 hours a year stopbush Jul 2018 #29
Check your calculator rickford66 Jul 2018 #32
Oh but the little things in life... GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #33
Don't tell us the rest. rickford66 Jul 2018 #35
Get dressed and go to work? GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #41
Hey. What happens in the shower, stays in the shower. rickford66 Jul 2018 #42
LOL. No. Not a Vet. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #46
I had basic at Gulfport 1969 right before Camille rickford66 Jul 2018 #48
You made me tear up. Condolences on your loss. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #50
I hate that unshaven look. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2018 #18
: ) chowder66 Jul 2018 #20
hear, hear! Stellar Jul 2018 #24
After all the shitty news, I just had to vent positively! : ) chowder66 Jul 2018 #34
Yep! Like the song says- nolabear Jul 2018 #44
Lol! Thanks for the smile! nt chowder66 Jul 2018 #49
I have not shaved since 1969. MineralMan Jul 2018 #26
Do you trim it up a little now and then? I did when my beard was long. wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #40
Sure. My barber does a great job. MineralMan Jul 2018 #52
I think beards look good Codeine Jul 2018 #36
Wannabe Jeff Bezos'. Likely not a unique idea among two semi loads of them. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #37
All my men gots beards. Mr. Bear and both cubs. nolabear Jul 2018 #45
You kids get off my lawn!!!1!1!!....nt SidDithers Jul 2018 #47
Wife hates 5 0'clock shadow tirebiter Jul 2018 #51

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
12. they why bother shaving?
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:51 PM
Jul 2018

anyway, I think you just dislike Thomas Middleditch. his untrimmed look is pretty dumb.

better to sculpt the cheeks and neck.

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
14. For a few years I did not shave or cut my hair
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:33 PM
Jul 2018

Then I thought I looked too much like Charlie Manson and was scaring everyone.

So now I shave and get haircuts again.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
6. My wife does not like facial hair
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:17 PM
Jul 2018

Besides, at 52 if I tried to grow a beard there would be one thing on my body that looked the same as when I was 13

Alliepoo

(2,196 posts)
15. Eeeeeuuww!
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:40 PM
Jul 2018

This girl detests facial hair!! I much prefer a sweet clean shaven face on a fella!! Can’t wait til this beard fad is over-LOL!!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. I can't stand facial hair either. There is rarely a case where any man looks better with it.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:38 PM
Jul 2018

I don't mind it if the hair on his head is a little on the longer side, but a scruffy face just looks kind of slovenly and hides his features.

Ohiogal

(31,661 posts)
38. I agree.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:45 PM
Jul 2018

Don't care at all for the Grizzly Adams look. And what's with the real long beards like on baseball players. They look like they've got a carpet wrapped around their neck, bleah. Can't wait to till this fad is over.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. Well, when it's 98 degrees and your car doesn't have A/C and you hate shaving everyday
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:16 PM
Jul 2018

Thanks for reminding me that I need to go cut my hair.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
21. Very few men can carry it off without looking icky.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:34 PM
Jul 2018

Harry Connick Jr is a nice looking man, but that unshaven look makes him look like a homeless guy.

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
10. I believe they think the "unshaven" look is hot.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:30 PM
Jul 2018

Unfortunately, you need George Clooney's face behind it to make it so.

rickford66

(5,498 posts)
17. You save 24 hours per year by not shaving every day.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:06 PM
Jul 2018

Do the math. Add the cost of shaving cream and blades and hot water or the cost of an electric razor. Plus, if you look wide-eyed strangers tend to avoid you.

rickford66

(5,498 posts)
32. Check your calculator
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:17 PM
Jul 2018

((5 min/day) X 365 days )/(60 min/hr) = 30.41666 hours

PS edit I have no idea about cost of blades etc as I haven shaved in 46 years

I forgot I stopped shaving while in the Navy (1969) so it's been 49 years. Seeing Mineralman's post jarred this old brain.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
33. Oh but the little things in life...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jul 2018

I can see my mirror from my shower.

Lathering up the brush in the mug on the menthol soap, wetting the old fashion safety razor and giving myself a nice shave then washing my face in the warm shower.

No better way to start the day.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
46. LOL. No. Not a Vet.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:31 PM
Jul 2018

Just have learned to appreciate the little things.

Heck, I appreciate drinking a cup of coffee watching the butterflies in our garden. And being on the boat catching fish for supper. And that after 31 years while I turn into a troll my wife keeps getting hotter!

Forgive me. Went to a funeral recently. Makes a man think.

And BTW...my wife truly is hot!

You have a great evening.

rickford66

(5,498 posts)
48. I had basic at Gulfport 1969 right before Camille
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:43 PM
Jul 2018

I wish I could have enjoyed the Gulf Coast under better circumstances. My wife passed away last year and she was hot for 46 years. Never walk away from your wife while angry. Take care.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
50. You made me tear up. Condolences on your loss.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:54 PM
Jul 2018

I remember mother cooking on the Coleman stove after Camille in Baton Rouge. One of my earliest memories.

I have always assumed the wife will outlive me. Can’t imagine being without her.

I would have loved to see the gulfcoast back then before development. My father said it was paradise.

I wish you the best.

chowder66

(9,011 posts)
20. : )
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:33 PM
Jul 2018

I like all kinds of men,
I like them shaved,
I like them bald,
I like them bearded,
I like them bold,
I like them with some hair,
I like their underwear,
But most of all I like men everywhere!!!!

the end

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
40. Do you trim it up a little now and then? I did when my beard was long.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:53 PM
Jul 2018

I am 72 with very little gray hair so it was a good thing to do for a while.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
52. Sure. My barber does a great job.
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 09:37 AM
Jul 2018

It varies in length, depending on how often I visit him. I used to trim it myself, but now let someone do it who understands how to trim a full beard so it grows out neatly. This morning, it's quite long. Next week it will get trimmed to about a 1" overall length, only to grow out again over time.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
36. I think beards look good
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:38 PM
Jul 2018

but I can’t grow one for shit. I can grow a full goatee in a week or so, but the rest is a sad, curly, patchy mess. About once a year I try and give up in frustration after a couple weeks.

As far as hairstyle, make pattern baldness has decreed a skinhead look for me for quite some time now.

I used to wear Doc Marten boots, jeans, and a bomber jacket a lot and nobody paid any attention to me until I shaved my head, then I got a lot of stares. I couldn’t understand why until I saw myself in a storefront window — I looked like an extra from the set of American History X! Haven’t worn that particular combo since.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
45. All my men gots beards. Mr. Bear and both cubs.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 09:41 PM
Jul 2018

‘Course we’re in Seattle where they’re ubiquitous. I like them though. They’re neat and well groomed, and it’s just the way they have always been.

tirebiter

(2,520 posts)
51. Wife hates 5 0'clock shadow
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:31 PM
Jul 2018

Sez it's like sandpaper so I have a beard. Kinda go between Kenny Rogers and Jerry Garcia.

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