White guys with shaved heads: the 21st Century Mullet

[SoxFan]

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I can't wait until this dishonest moran's 15 minutes are up.

[DS1]

71. Same here. I laughed for about 24 hours after the debate. At 9:30 last night

I was completely done with Joe the goddamn Plumber.

[RagAss]

2. Look at the melon on this fucker.

[sandnsea]

3. Some yes, some no

My son and son-in-law both shave their heads and you won't find more ardent Democrats. I don't get it, I think it's a hideous look.

[SoxFan]

4. I like what George Carlin said

"You look goofy. If you don't like your hair, do what I did...wait a while!"

[BreweryYardRat]

27. I prefer another line.

"There's no excuse for running around looking like a freshly circumcised dick."

[crim son]

5. I was just thinking the same thing.

I'd LIKE to judge a man by his haircut the same way I'd like to condemn people in large vehicles, but it wouldn't be fair.

[SoxFan]

9. OK, how about this

A guy with a trash moustache, driving an SUV, with one of those inane "W" stickers, and a sticker of Calvin pissing on Jeff Gordon's number.

Call it Asshole Profiling, I guess.

[crim son]

15. The bumper sticker is a giveaway.

I remember protesting the war, though, five years ago and remarking to myself that the big fuckin' trucks flying the american flag were not necessarily in support of the shrub. It was an eye opener, but my experience may not generalize well.

[OnionPatch]

32. Get rid of the stickers and you might be seeing my husband.

My fiercely *liberal* husband. Well, he has a big pickup truck not an SUV, but still, he could be easily mistaken for a flaming RWer by these standards.

(By the way, he's in the process of purchasing a 40mpg car for daily driving. We'll keep the truck for farm chores and occasional 4x4 adventures.)

[lizzieforkerry]

6. It's better than a comb-over!!!!

[JVS]

64. No way! Combovers are teh Sweetness!

Nothing says brass balls like telling the world "Yes, we are going to pretend I have hair and that's all there is to it."

[JI7]

8. some guys do it because they will lose their hair

maybe they are already losing it or have a family history of it. so they decide to just do it now and get used to being that way.

[jobycom]

11. For some of us, we run low on options.

I haven't shaved mine yet, but nature's getting it pretty low around the edges. Eventually it will either be shaved or scraggly.

I'm not big on the bearded chin/shaved head look, though. Seems like it should be all or nothing.

[zogofzorkon]

43. Some of us do it because haircuts

are not in our budget. For about the same price as a haircut you can buy an electric clipper that will last 10+ years. It saves on shampoo too.

[Blue Diadem]

57. My youngest has very thick curly hair. He shaves his head

a couple times a year, especially when it's hot. He works outdoors and wears a construction helmet with one of those cloth caps on his head. The rest of the time his hair is very short, all he has to do is use clippers to keep it neat. He is also a Dem.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

7. Depends on the person, I think.

Some people look good with their head shaved while others just look like neo nazis or something.

[FrenchieCat]

10. They stole that style from the Black Guys......

Just sayin' B-)

[SoxFan]

13. A lot of black guys can carry off the look

Whit dudes? A much dicier proposition!

[redqueen]

85. Jesus.

Are you joking?

[Bake]

87. For real. Michael Jordan looks GOOD with his head shaved.

Most white guys look like they just got off 6 months of chemo.

Bake

[NYC_SKP]

16. And, like the "hip hop" look, it's just a little pathetic.

I particularly laugh at the baseball cap sideways or backwards look. hm hmmm!

[FreeState]

19. I didn't - just saying n/t

[CarbonDate]

36. Hey, lots of great cultural ideas were stolen from black guys.

I happen to be glad that people are finally taking that style back from the neo-Nazis. As long as normal white guys are so afraid of that hair style that they'll let their horseshoe grow out instead, the neo-Nazis will continue to own it.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

77. Great Cultural Ideas, like Eminem?

Maybe Eminem stole his bleach-blond look from Dennis Rodman?

:rofl:

(Ok, some cultural ideas, not so great)
:hi:

[asdjrocky]

12. It's far more than a Mullet, trust me.

A shaved head is a statement. If there's a good shot of his shoes I'll bet you they are black boots, maybe even with white laces. I'd love to see a picture showing his arms.

[orestes]

23. This is one of the most idiotic things I've heard

Unfortunately, its also tends to be true. I shaved my head completely once, and yes, people seemed to think i was some sort of skin head, which isn't the helped by the fact that I'm tall, lily white, blue eyed, and of Germanic decent. So instead of shaving it all off, i went with more of just a buzz, and I think i only ever got asked once since if i was a neo nazi, so i guess that's an improvement.

But if some people wanna think I'm some big scary racist just because I like not having to manage my hair, that's fine. I'm really just a big ol teddy bear, even if i might look scary on occasion (though less so since i started wearing glasses), but sometimes folks just can't help but judge books by their cover.

[asdjrocky]

24. Look, I'm just going by personal experience.

And I've had my share with his type. Sorry you so strongly disagree, but a lot of it goes along with what the person in question is wearing, and the way they carry themselves. We obviously don't share the same experience, but I mostly call them as I see them.

I'm certain if I saw you walking through the local Stop & Shop with your chosen look I would not think you were "some big scary racist". And if this is one of the most idiotic things you've ever heard, you should get out more, spend more time talking with idiots perhaps.

And really, if you feel persecuted somehow for shaving your head, wear a hat.

[CarbonDate]

35. Self delete n/t

.

[riverdale]

65. I think you should have more personal experiences

before making comments like this.
Hairstyle, or lack thereof, does not make the man.

[redqueen]

86. ...

:thumbsup:

[pnwmom]

26. Yeah, and it's saying: "I'm bald and I gave up with the comb-over." n/t

[Marrah_G]

63. Bullshit

LOTS of men shave their heads.

This shit really pisses me off.

I would LOVE to see you walk up to my guy and call him a racist. I really, really would.

[DS1]

73. He's wearing work boots. I guess your Skinhead attempt failed miserably

[JeffR]

14. If I shaved my head

the wife would kill me. So I don't. The 1967 mustache comes and goes, though.

[Ikonoklast]

17. OK, I give. Where does it go?

I mean, like, one day you have a note on your dresser saying, "See you in a month, JeffR."?

[JeffR]

21. Naw, it's all random

like the McCain campaign, but hopefully a tetch more hep.

[FreeState]

18. I have shaved my head for 15 years and I'm liberal as they come n/t

[pecwae]

46. That can't be.

White liberal males cannot have shaved heads.

[RoadRage]

69. Yup..

So is my husband.. i put a pic in my post - #66.. bald doesn't = skinhead now days.. it just means you're cool. :)

[Quantess]

20. That's a cheap shot. Shaved heads are tidy, and, pretty average. Not on the same level as mullets.

Try and top this.

[SharonAnn]

22. OMG!!! You should warn about this! My eyes hurt!! ROTFL

[moriah]

52. One of my old bosses shaved his head every morning....

... I was the only soul in the building all night, he'd come in at 4 or 5 in the morning, go into his office, pour his bowl of vitamins (literally, his daily vitamin load filled up one of the plastic bowls you got with a tiny box of cereal at school), and run the batter-powered trimmer over his head.

He said it was so he didn't pull out any more of his hair dealing with the idiotic techs we had.

While my hair didn't suffer at that job, I could see his point. (He is probably Republican, but he makes well over $250k, so I can kind of see why he would be even if I disagree with him.)

[pnwmom]

25. Sometimes it's just guys who are dealing with baldness. n/t

[4lbs]

28. I've noticed that most of the guys I meet with shaved heads do it because they want to hide their

male pattern baldness. To have hair and a big receding hairline or bald spot would make them look worse, to them.

Me, I'm a long-haired guy with no bald spot and only a slightly receding hairline even at 39 years old. Thanks dad and grandpa!

:D

[Codeine]

29. Lucky bastard!

Mine started thinning when I was 17! :mad:

Of course, all the hair dye probably wasn't helping.

[krkaufman]

30. Actually, you may want to thank your Mom's side of the family.

My brother and I both have vastly receding hairlines, exactly like two of our uncles on our Mom's side (her brothers).

more... http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/hair-loss/news/20050527/blame-male-pattern-baldness-on-mom

[backscatter712]

31. I've pondered doing that myself.

I do have a bit of a receding hairline myself, and if it gets too much thinner, I'm likely to go for the shave-the-head route rather than the Donald Trump/John McCain bad combover route.

If you're gonna be bald, might as well look good bald.

Either that or buzz it relatively short, and style it so it looks decent with the receding hairline.

[CarbonDate]

37. I never saw it as "hiding" my baldness.

I always saw it as accepting and embracing it. Now I just lump the hair on my head in with my facial hair, except that I can still grow a full beard; I don't have a full head of hair.

Honestly, the shaved heads are becoming a lot more acceptable on white guys, and the stereotypes I'm seeing thrown around on this thread are just displaying a lot of ignorance, IMO.

(edited for typo)

[SidDithers]

53. Well said...

I buzz mine down to 1/8" every Sunday morning, because there's not much growing there anymore. It's clean, easy to care for, and certainly looks better than growing it long to try to hide the "solar panel" on the back of my head.

I've read that both the full beard and the loss of head hair are a result of high testosterone levels.

Sid

[RoadRage]

68. Yup.. my husband

started to lose his hair at 25.. by 31 it was almost gone. I put a pic in my post.. (#66)... i think he looks much better at 35 with no hair then he did at 31 with hair.

[AzDar]

33. People who judge others by their appearance only : 21st Century Stupid

:eyes:

[CarbonDate]

34. Well, you know, I'd love to have a full head of hair.

Genetics didn't pan out that way. I look about ten years older when I let what's left of my hair grow out.

As for the rest of this message... self delete.

[WilliamPitt]

38. Been shaving my head for more than a year now.

Not losing my hair at all. I just like the look of it, and really like not having to hassle with hair anymore.

Not sure what your point is.

[CarbonDate]

39. Thanks, Will.

Really, I hope that puts this whole discussion to rest. Some of the stereotyping I'm seeing here is getting silly.

[GalleryGod]

42. But you also looked good to the gals in that Ponytail,too,Will!

Glad to see you here,Will.
Been a long time since Dave & Buster's in Philly!

[Cheap_Trick]

40. Don't lump us all in with this prick

I prefer being bald.

[sniffa]

41. Your pipes are clogged, that's how I feel

[jonnyblitz]

44. it kills me the depths of IDIOCY some of you asshole DUers

will go just to demonize an opponent. Since we are STEREOTYPING here let me just say it does NOT surprise me you are from NH.

OH NO HE IS WEARING A ZIPPERLESS HOODIE, ALL PEOPLE WHO WEAR ZIPPERLESS HOODIES ARE CHILD MOLESTORS!!!1111 :sarcasm: :eyes:

[dionysus]

51. i am with you on this one.

[enigmatic]

89. yep

:thumbsup:

[H2O Man]

45. Offensive and funny.

Some of my best friends have short hair. We even have had a family of short-haired people move into our neighborhood recently. They are a credit to their lack of hair style. I try to point out in conversations with them that they are just as good as normal people, kind of, anyhow.

I'm not sure of how I'd react if one of my daughters were to date a short-haired boy.

[SidDithers]

55. Succinct as always H2O Man...

good post.

Sid

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. While I don't care for the style, I think it is a bit much to stereotype

a group of people because of this man. I know several upstanding citizens (and good Dems) who shave their heads and/or are bald to begin with.

[sofa king]

48. Nooo!

I crop my hair super-short with clippers, 'cause I'm cheap and it's the only hairstyle I can competently do myself. Truth be told, it's the same reason I didn't cut my hair for ten years.

But then again, I also had a mullet in high school, so my fashion sense is already proven to be abominable.

[Marrah_G]

49. I happen to love a big white man with a shaved head

He is also a very liberal pagan.

Ahem- and he grew up in NH!

Bad Blue Dog

:spank:

Stereotypes suck.

[dionysus]

50. i have a shaved head, so i must be an idiot?

:puke:

[AngryAmish]

54. It all began with SCSA

[tanyev]

56. Maybe some of them were inspired by GWB's bald head fetish.

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. "some of them" are Democrats.

And this thread is disgusting.

[mitchum]

59. I have been saying that for quite awhile

[gmoney]

60. Yet ANOTHER reason to be ashamed of my home state...

Ohio is just a joke.

[HooptieWagon]

61. It looks far better than a comb-over...

and it's easy and cheap to keep your hair buzzed short or shaved. Plus, down here in FL it's a lot cooler in the heat and humidity than having hair.

[RoadRage]

67. totally agree.. see pic in my post (#66)

My husband was a walking comb over until I made him shave his head... much better now!

[RT Atlanta]

62. disagree

I think it applies to the person, not via the broad brush you're using this morning.

I am "white", am follicly-challenged and shave my head a few times a week. This is not a "mullet" but rather working with limited options available to me - either that or be a fraud and have a combover.

On edit - I am so "liberal" that if I were any further "left" I would start coming back around to the right.

[RoadRage]

66. NO NO NO!

My wonderfully fabulous husband is a white guy with a "skin head". He's the biggest Dem I know! He just happend to have the mis-fortune of inheriting the "I started losing my hair when I was 25, and when I was 31 I looked like I was 50 because my hair had receeded so far". Now at age 35.. he looks great!

Take a look for yourself:


Joe the plumber might be an idiot.. but it's not because he chooses to shave his head. It's what's INSIDE his head that causes the problems. ;)

[CANDO]

70. It's the alternative to wearing a hat all the time.....

while trying to conceal a receding hairline.

[DS1]

72. Depends on the motivation for shaving it

If it's solely to look tough like Steve Austin or Vic Mackey, then you're pretty much a douchebag. If the style just fits, then great, go with it. If you're hiding a bald pattern, also fine, go with it. If you're a professional fighter and short/no hair helps, fine.

[rug]

74. This thread needs some resources.

http://www.mensflair.com/grooming-abcs/head-shaving.php

[TZ]

75. I know a guy who does this.

And he looks really good, IMHO. He does it cause it looks better than balding greying hair.
Some guys can do it. I think its more about the attitude than the skin color though. If you carry yourself with confidence than of course you can pull it off.

[mainegreen]

76. 21st century? Shaved heads have been around as long as civilization.

It's an easy hairdo. It's also really good if you have scalp issues.

Plus I think shaved heads look great. The form of the human skull is beautiful.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. y'mean like James Carville?

a mullet would be an improvement!
:rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

79. Ahh! C'mon shave headed guy!

[flvegan]

80. This thread: 6.7 on the Stupid Scale

[taterguy]

81. Michael Stipe shaves his head

He's done more for progressive causes than you could ever dream of doing

[Deep13]

82. Some guys would rather do that than have pattern baldness...

...especially if lost of hair is really pronounced.

I still think the mullet is the mullet of the 21st century.

[Rob H.]

83. I've thought about shaving my head

but the ol' noggin is a little bumpy and from certain angles my ears look kind of pointed. Thanks to those things and my pasty complexion I'd probably look like a paunchy version of Nosferatu, and I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that nobody wants to see that. :P

[redqueen]

84. What about black guys with shaved heads?

Regardless, you are very wrong.

Bald is sexy. Mullets are not.

[AlCzervik]

88. if i was guy that was balding i'd shave me head as well, not everyone looks good with it

shaved but it looks way better then a comb over.