Caledonian1 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 31 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: A chap at my last church wore a wig and it was so obvious. One year he returned from his holidays with no wig and he looked so much better. You went to the same church as Stewart Milne? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I know a few lads who are a bit baldy and they look all the better for it. Indeed they look rather sharp and it suits them, much more so than thinning and/or receding hair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: I know a few lads who are a bit baldy and they look all the better for it. Indeed they look rather sharp and it suits them, much more so than thinning and/or receding hair. I've never understood the weird stress about losing hair anyway. We've all seen prior generations get baldy and wrinkly; it's just what happens as you get older. Working to keep your body functioning as well as possible makes sense, but I don't know why so many people are more bothered that they might look their age. Perhaps it's the association with cack-handedness. Do any P&Bers have footage of baldies making fools of themselves, possibly on football pitches? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 minutes ago, BFTD said: I've never understood the weird stress about losing hair anyway. We've all seen prior generations get baldy and wrinkly; it's just what happens as you get older. Working to keep your body functioning as well as possible makes sense, but I don't know why so many people are more bothered that they might look their age. Perhaps it's the association with cack-handedness. Do any P&Bers have footage of baldies making fools of themselves, possibly on football pitches? It's a societal pressure/standard thing unfortunately. As you say, nothing wrong with being bald (and I said, plenty of folk not only suit it but look great with it; one of my best pals looks sharp as f**k with a shaved head). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 10 minutes ago, BFTD said: I've never understood the weird stress about losing hair anyway. We've all seen prior generations get baldy and wrinkly; it's just what happens as you get older. Working to keep your body functioning as well as possible makes sense, but I don't know why so many people are more bothered that they might look their age. Perhaps it's the association with cack-handedness. Do any P&Bers have footage of baldies making fools of themselves, possibly on football pitches? I like it when people take some time to figure out that I'm a fraud rather than having an immediate visual indicator. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: It's a societal pressure/standard thing unfortunately. As you say, nothing wrong with being bald (and I said, plenty of folk not only suit it but look great with it; one of my best pals looks sharp as f**k with a shaved head). As with most things appearance-wise, women get it worse. I've overheard a few pieces of casual spite directed at women with thinning hair and it was chilling that someone would be so vicious for no reason at all. Even chemotherapy patients suffer from it - "I'd rather be dead than have to look like you" was one particularly memorable line from a soulless monster masquerading in human skin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Just now, BFTD said: As with most things appearance-wise, women get it worse. I've overheard a few pieces of casual spite directed at women with thinning hair and it was chilling that someone would be so vicious for no reason at all. Even chemotherapy patients suffer from it - "I'd rather be dead than have to look like you" was one particularly memorable line from a soulless monster masquerading in human skin. Oh absolutely women get it worse. The shit they get is dreadful. Even on here I recall the stuff that female football player (the US goalie) got/gets after the nude photos of her were leaked online. Shit like 'badly packed kebab' and other garbage were chucked around, as if all lassies have the unnatural porn 'trimmed' look for their genitals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: Oh absolutely women get it worse. The shit they get is dreadful. Even on here I recall the stuff that female football player (the US goalie) got/gets after the nude photos of her were leaked online. Shit like 'badly packed kebab' and other garbage were chucked around, as if all lassies have the unnatural porn 'trimmed' look for their genitals. Yeah, that Hope Solo disgust was weird, but did a great job outing VLs with PornHub accounts. She seemed to take a lot of pictures of her own starfish, which possibly added to the confusion for the genitally-inexperienced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 32 minutes ago, BFTD said: Perhaps it's the association with cack-handedness. Do any P&Bers have footage of baldies making fools of themselves, possibly on football pitches? On the terraces I have a vivid memory of the old boy joining in with a chant of ‘Duffy, Duffy cut your hair’ at a St Mirren vs Dundee game despite him being able to pass for Bobby Charlton in certain lights at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, BFTD said: As with most things appearance-wise, women get it worse. I've overheard a few pieces of casual spite directed at women with thinning hair and it was chilling that someone would be so vicious for no reason at all. Even chemotherapy patients suffer from it - "I'd rather be dead than have to look like you" was one particularly memorable line from a soulless monster masquerading in human skin. When I was a teenager, a pal's mum had a hysterectomy. Her best pal visited when she got home and asked "So, what does it feel like to be half a woman?" Women are brutal at times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Does laser eye surgery count? There’s obviously a huge practical benefit to it (which was the main reason I had it done), but not wanting to wear glasses definitely has a vanity element to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 4 hours ago, BFTD said: I've never understood the weird stress about losing hair anyway. We've all seen prior generations get baldy and wrinkly; it's just what happens as you get older. Working to keep your body functioning as well as possible makes sense, but I don't know why so many people are more bothered that they might look their age. Perhaps it's the association with cack-handedness. Do any P&Bers have footage of baldies making fools of themselves, possibly on football pitches? Conor Sammon thread for this pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Joan Rivers once said that she was only one facelift away from having a goatee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: Does laser eye surgery count? There’s obviously a huge practical benefit to it (which was the main reason I had it done), but not wanting to wear glasses definitely has a vanity element to it. Eh. I wouldn’t have said so. Some folks definitely look better in glasses. Anderson Cooper just looks weird without his 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) I wore specs for a few years at work (in an office). When I turned 19 I got contact lenses. then when 34 laser surgery. Best thing I have ever done. I hated wearing specs, just a young man and didn't feel comfortable in social environment. There will be people who have known me since I was a teenager who would never know. I have also had my nose straightened. This was when I was about 15. I'd broke it a few years before and I looked a complete thug and was treated that way. Social services help me consult my doctor who referred me. Within 6 month it was all done. Following year, I left school and started a job, I was confident about appearance. Edited January 21 by SlipperyP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 9 hours ago, carpetmonster said: Eh. I wouldn’t have said so. Some folks definitely look better in glasses. Anderson Cooper just looks weird without his He looks like my hip surgeon - and he is really weird................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, Leith Green said: He looks like my hip surgeon - and he is really weird................... So, not very hip then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, Leith Green said: He looks like my hip surgeon - and he is really weird................... Is he square? Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Glasses are expensive and make playing sport and other activities a pain in the arse. Laser eye surgery makes sense and isn't that cosmetic. Also, you're just trading one adaptation for another. Cosmetic surgery is dangerous and people put their lives at risk to conform to social pressures to look a certain way. There is no such pressure around tattoos. I was thinking about the baldness thing recently. I'm not bald and, at 40 (41 on Thursday) I don't think it's in my future, but I was remembering how growing up there was a cornucopia of baldness styles. Nowadays male pattern baldness has been eradicated and it's entirely a social thing. While "people should be happy the way they" are perhaps sounds Pollyanna-esque and reductive, the message we get from advertising and from our culture is the opposite one. People start off life being happy with the way they look. They then receive reasons to doubt their innate acceptability. We should always seek to help people get back to that rather than validating choices that are inherently harmful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 53 minutes ago, velo army said: Glasses are expensive and make playing sport and other activities a pain in the arse. Laser eye surgery makes sense and isn't that cosmetic. Also, you're just trading one adaptation for another. Cosmetic surgery is dangerous and people put their lives at risk to conform to social pressures to look a certain way. There is no such pressure around tattoos. I was thinking about the baldness thing recently. I'm not bald and, at 40 (41 on Thursday) I don't think it's in my future, but I was remembering how growing up there was a cornucopia of baldness styles. Nowadays male pattern baldness has been eradicated and it's entirely a social thing. While "people should be happy the way they" are perhaps sounds Pollyanna-esque and reductive, the message we get from advertising and from our culture is the opposite one. People start off life being happy with the way they look. They then receive reasons to doubt their innate acceptability. We should always seek to help people get back to that rather than validating choices that are inherently harmful. f**k letting anyone mess with my eyes. You only get issued one set and if they f**k that up you’re gubbed. Always been quite happy to wear glasses. Wouldn’t even contemplate contacts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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