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Like Jon Jones? ...Well shaved headBald and goatee is the way to go apparently (if you work out).
Like Jon Jones? ...Well shaved headBald and goatee is the way to go apparently (if you work out).
Beards are for ugly people and bald people.
If you are an actual mountain man or do some type of manual labor, then its fine to wear one.
#metooWhen looking poor became cool again.
I use my beard to hide my tiny jawbone.
I think they're most popular with guys who have tiny feminine facial bone structure.
I know beards have historically been a biological (and social) sign of masculinity, and a secondary sexual characteristic probably indicative of testosterone value.
It seems in modern times, beards for a while weren't too popular. People ditched them, to instead go for a clean-cut, freshly shaven look.
It seems, about 5 or so years back, there emerged some huge desire in beards. Women started becoming obsessed with bearded, lumberjack men... In some cases, even guys looking a bit homeless (read hipsterish). Naturally, guys became obsessed with beards too. Started trends like #beardgamestrong and #beardgang.
With everything equal, I feel like a woman in the 90s would've snatched up a shaven man without hesitation, and a modern woman would snatch up a bearded dude.
When did this happen?
Why did this happen?
How did this happen?
There was speculation that women prefer beards which is a more traditionally masculine trait during economically hard times. I think it parallels the return of suits for men for the same reason.
The financial crash in 2008 probably jump started the trend but there could also be an anti corporate clean shaven look that fit the period of protest which is still going on. I remembered more people in banking started wearing suits right after that time because their industry as a whole was seen as the ones who fucked it up.This actually makes sense, so that's a good speculation. Studies also say, if I remember correctly, that women prefer masculine faces in developing nations. "Pretty boys" and metros are a 1st world luxury.
Lol, nailed it! If you watch Forged in Fire, the guys with the long groomed beards are always vets. The one guy had so much beard oil it glistened. I was afraid he was gonna burst into flames standing next to the forge.It's funny cause there was the dual rise of the hipsters and the vet beard.
Lots of vets, who hate hipsters, grew beards to emulate SF dudes and then got pissed about hipsters growing beards.
A beard on a vet is like standard issue to follow their DD214.
So no one is gonna post a pic of their beard. I came for the pics.
Ricki Hall is when the metrosexual hipster fully embraced the beard, but taking the longer view, the man who I think ushered in the era of the full beard was Jake Gyllenhaal. I still remember one of those fashion bloggers who will offer commentary on fashion at places where it isn't normally critiqued, like the ones they bring in for the Kathy Lee viewers during the Super Bowl, writing about Jake who was sitting courtside at an NBA game sometime around 2006-2008 by declaring, "Clean shaven is out. The full beard is in." It was definitely when the Lakers were still good. Maybe it was for the launch of Grantland, but I think it was earlier. The blogger then listed another dozen of the heaviest hitting A-celebrities out of Hollywood also rocking full beards (including Leo). There were enough celebrities and it was jarring enough a look at the time that I found the article compelling, and not the typical gab-driven gas you get from fashionistas. He traced the noticeable trend to Jake as the source including dates.I know beards have historically been a biological (and social) sign of masculinity, and a secondary sexual characteristic probably indicative of testosterone value.
It seems in modern times, beards for a while weren't too popular. People ditched them, to instead go for a clean-cut, freshly shaven look.
It seems, about 5 or so years back, there emerged some huge desire in beards. Women started becoming obsessed with bearded, lumberjack men... In some cases, even guys looking a bit homeless (read hipsterish). Naturally, guys became obsessed with beards too. Started trends like #beardgamestrong and #beardgang.
With everything equal, I feel like a woman in the 90s would've snatched up a shaven man without hesitation, and a modern woman would snatch up a bearded dude.
When did this happen?
Why did this happen?
How did this happen?
I definitely watch Forged in Fire. Some of the vets in there crack me up.Lol, nailed it! If you watch Forged in Fire, the guys with the long groomed beards are always vets. The one guy had so much beard oil it glistened. I was afraid he was gonna burst into flames standing next to the forge.
I just rock the stubble. I can't go full on beard because the itchiness becomes a total ordeal after a couple of weeks