Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Explain to me why Beards are Cool now

I have one, so by definition it’s cool.

I'm not so sure about that. I see lots of bearded guys in downtown Raleigh who are also sporting skinny jeans, flannel shirts, and their hair pulled up in a gay-a as man-bun. The poster-children of emasculated men.

I believe this heavily bearded stuff started after a few years of war with Iraq and Afghanistan where the spotlight was shown on spec-ops military guys such as SEALS and Special Forces who often sport full facial hair and tattoos. Soon, everyone wanted to pretend to be an "operator" and pose as a badass.

Shaving. It's for pussies. Literally!

They are not! Cremo and Feather are mo!

Limp dicks are trying to look like the hot muzzies the pope recommended for western women.

Then there is the Tactical Crowd....

Gooseschitt's post... they didn't have electric shavers in the 1800s... that is why men had beards like a jewish whore's bush...

Have had one for 40+ years, except for my military time and a few times working in the oil patch
been fuzzy since I was 17.

A beard used to signal nonconformity, these days not so much.

A personal choice. I've never been much for signaling or image, in my old age even less. I did have a beard for a year or so in my 30s. My girlfriend liked it. My wife of 44 years doesn't like a beard, so end of story. I never cared for the way it felt anyhow. I don't feel completely clean unless I shave.

A big ditto on the bearded soy boys. Pathetic.

Paul

Shaving is way over rated. I have had a beard 6 to 8 month of the year most of my life. This time I haven't cut a hair on my face for 2 years. Ill shave again pretty soon, but by the next week Ill kick my self for shaving. Shaving is a big pain in the ass.

The attractiveness of beards dpends on the beard and the wearer.

Abe Lincoln looked good in one. So did Robert E. Lee. A lot of other 19th century men had long beards that made them look retarded. Jeff Davis looked like Mephistopheles.

I think men with handsome faces and chins look better without them. John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, etc.

Those Duck Dynasty guys just look like bums. YMMV. But isn't that kind of hot in Louisiana?

Shaving takes me almost no time. Braun self cleaning electric razor for 3 or 4 minutes while watching the morning news on TV. No mess or fuss. Over a period of a month it takes less time than trimming a beard.

How does one go 65 years without bread... can't go one day...LOL

A beard keeps your face cooler.

Why to so many smooth faced women care about whether a man has a beard or not? If you can't grow one because you are genetically deficient I understand. If you can't because of grooming standards at your job I understand. If your wife or boyfriend won't allow you to have one I understand. Otherwise I don't understand.

Your wives wont "allow" your facial hair to grow?


It does that on its own.


I am already gonna die before she does.........the fugg do I care if she likes it or not?


Schit....what more can ya give?

Some poor henpecked bastards let their wives to all the thinking for them.

Au contraire.

I hate the routine of shaving. With a full beard i can go without shaving for a couple weeks before I clean up the underbrush.

Any number of other reasons to wear a beard.

ya!

GWB

I started to grow out my beard the week I retired and haven’t looked back since. I’ll probably never shave again...

Warmer in winter, permafrost under the nose. I'm always pulling on my beard.

Now that you mention it,,,,,I started to make that same retort,

When one is riding down the road on an ATV and it's cold enough that your eyes water and your nose runs........it sure saves wiping!

ya!

GWB

My twin grandsons are near 5 yrs old. I think they were 3 when I shaved my beard. I ended up growing it back as they did not recognize me without it.

ya!

GWB