HarriPotero ,
@HarriPotero@lemmy.world avatar

I'm a unix-guru.

If I were to shave I'd get a -5 penalty on my bash magic.

If I skip showers for a month I can interface directly with any device in /dev

sbv ,

If I skip showers for a month I can interface directly with any device in /dev

None of /dev will want your interface.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

/dev/zero will always be accepting.

federalreverse ,

I hate it when when my local /dev/shm gets smelly.

programmer_belch ,
@programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

It's been foretold that after a year without touching grass you can harness one-handed vim

verity_kindle ,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

He can't take that risk! Don't you know what you're asking?

ChicoSuave ,

Samson was actually a sys admin whose servers had incredible uptime until his beard was shaved.

Dkarma ,

So says the unix bible

Teon ,
@Teon@kbin.social avatar

GROSS! And can you fix my nvidia drivers???

TomMasz ,
@TomMasz@kbin.social avatar

I have a closely cropped beard. I grew it in the pandemic just to see if I could. It didn't look too bad and my wife didn't object so I kept it. Beats shaving every day.

Coreidan ,

Beards are so itchy and annoying I’d rather just shave.

maynarkh ,

Have you seen how much a razor costs nowadays?

CaptObvious ,

This is the real reason. And I also just prefer to sleep an extra ten minutes every day.

eightpix ,
@eightpix@lemmy.world avatar

This is the reason I stopped shaving. Cost. I have an electric shaver, but I can't be bothered with a half-ass shave. Also, shaving too often gives me razor bumps.

And, without a beard, I probably look like I should be in high school.

averyminya ,

I use a safety razor (~$25) and a pack of 100 is around $5, definitely much better than the Gillette line, and honestly I like it more than even the cheaper "good" razors like Dollar Shave or Harry's.

ekky ,

This is the way! The razorblades last for about 4 uses (7 if stretched) so a pack easily lasts a year, and I haven't cut myself with one yet (in contrast to those pesky plastic razors which can't keep sharpness throughout a single session).

Never gonna give my safety razor up, one would have to wrestle it out if my cold, dead hands!

averyminya ,

Only 4? Oh... lol

walden ,

Cartridges are expensive. We've been trained by Gillette to think cartridges are the only way, but there are much cheaper options.

One of these and a blade sampler pack will get you started (for anyone interested).

roux ,
@roux@hexbear.net avatar

I grew one so people would stop thinking I'm 12.

anaesidemus ,

I don't grow it really, it grows on me. Sometimes I style it, sometimes I shave it off.

Sadly it won't ever look like a proper full beard because it grows very sparsely on the chins sicko-wistful

CrimeDad ,

It's crazy how long it's been since we've had a bearded president in the US.

sbv ,

I feel like beards are a reaction to the clean-cut look of the 1980s and 90s. The mainstream aesthetic was clean-cut brutalism, from architecture to facial hair. People in media lived in almost empty spaces made of concrete and hard lines. Even the grunge/plaid look of the 90s featured beardless dudes with a hint of stubble.

In the 2000s, there was a reaction against that. People looked for alternatives. Hipsters grew beards and mustaches. Instead of IKEA catalogs, movie characters lived in cottage-core wizard hangouts or busy apocalyptic shelters. This will continue for a while.

In the next decade or two we're going to see a reaction against that. Politics are going to get funky and I think that'll help get us back to clean-cut and brutal. But here's hoping for a hirsute solar-punk future. Given a choice, I'd take a 1990s-style perfect shave in a solar-punk future, but that's just me.

BakerBagel ,

Fashion is always cyclical. There are loads of guys with beards today, but so many look awful, unkempt, and untidy. Kids today will grow up seeing those awful beards and decide it isn't for them after a couple attempts. A good beard takes just as much effort to maintain as a clean shaven face, which the next generation is going to experience.

HootinNHollerin ,

Everyone had a mustache in the 80s

sbv ,

Even the ladies! The ladies!

Stern ,
@Stern@lemmy.world avatar

I always figured rona caused a big enough surge in beards owing to WFH allowing folks to get past the scruff hump that beards could be back on the table again.

verity_kindle ,
@verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works avatar

It tickles.

ShimmeringKoi ,
@ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net avatar

World fucked, why buy razor

AnarchoSnowPlow ,

Alas, I cannot grow hair on the top of my head, so I must grow it on the bottom.

Flyberius ,
@Flyberius@hexbear.net avatar

This is my reason too.

SandbagTiara2816 ,

IIRC, it’s the same testosterone-y hormone that determines how good you are at growing a beard that also determines how aggressively you go bald. So there’s lots of folks in this boat with us

Brigmore ,

It's more so how sensitive your cells/receptors are to these hormones (testosterone/DHT), assuming you have healthy levels. There's people on anabolic steroids that still can't grow a dense beard. It's just genetics.

SandbagTiara2816 ,

The more you know!

NegativeInf ,

Also, I have a big ass forehead and no chin. Gotta aim for that balancing point.

Bartsbigbugbag ,

Alas, I have just enough native blood to not be able to grow a beard, and not enough to not go bald. Worst of both worlds haha

card797 ,

I can't stop it! It's out of control. As if my facial hair has a mind of it's own.

lobut ,

I grew a beard after I got food poisoning and the flu back-to-back. I couldn't be arsed to shave.

I did try shaving years later but I hated nicking my chin with a razor and doing it every day was a pain.

psmgx ,

The mid 2010s trend plus COVID putting everyone into goblin mode.

Thordros ,
@Thordros@hexbear.net avatar

Ages ago, I won a bet that I would get carded at the pub if I shaved, even if I was wearing an expensive suit. I was 35 at the time.

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