[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by Glice

But you just referenced Zen Priests in connection with your buzz cut. Which in itself is preposterous. Hair in spirituality is always about community. There are plenty of vanity dreads, just as there are plenty of vanity crew cuts. Neither impinges upon a person's spiritual beliefs if they happen to have the same haircut as the fashion version of the same. Dreads aren't exclusive to Rastafari, and long hair is a common monastic decision. I think (though my memory's not so good) that there's a Ch'an or Zen Buddhist order which compels dreadlocks. I'm pretty sure it's common in Shinto and some Indian orders as well. Whatever the weather, conflating non-spiritual haircut choices with the edicts of a religious order is poor form, in my book.

I refer you to my previous posts about hair, religion, and Freud.

[ni'k]

Originally Posted by gmku

I'm still waiting to hear from n'ik

IT WAS A JOKE

[floatingslowly]

ps: having hair doesn't help. for me, it's knit-cap or hood up. constantly.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by gmku

Hats, caps. I have a driver's cap and a crew cap as my two go-tos. The driver's is light enough to wear in warm weather too. You gotta protect against the rays if you're going that short.

yeah but if the choice is between looking like a cunt and having a cold head, then i'm just gonna have to shiver.

[gmku]

I know. Butt, I want some elaboration.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

yeah but if the choice is between looking like a cunt and having a cold head, then i'm just gonna have to shiver.

How would you look like a cunt by wearing a cap?

[demonrail666]

you've never seen me in a cap, obviously

[floatingslowly]

what about looking like a criminal?

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

You mean you just left your hair and it twisted into dreadlocks the way you described?
See, if your religion is the correct one, it doesnt account for those of us who are Celtic in "origin" and for whom dreadlocks dont really work naturally.

actually my very celtic friend Danny has all natural dreadlocks as well.. your hair will naturally grow into dreads if you do not comb it out. I know gutter punks whose hair dreads just cuz their so crust they never comb it out.. I did not twist,shape, form, wax in in any other way create my dread locks. I simply stopped cutting and combing my hair, and the dreads came naturally..

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

what about looking like a criminal?

I thought that I would look more like a criminal in a ball cap with my hood on, and I haven't worn a ball cap in years until I cut my hair February.. I had to get the ball cap because the bald head was a fucking burn.. I was getting stopped by the cops all over the place! I thought, shit, I guess I got to get a cap like everyone else out there.. but I think the cap looks even more gangster, but apparently the cops buy the disguise. I never get rolled with the cap on..

I am pretending I am legit

[Crumb's Crunchy Delights]

i went to get mine cut but in the end the way it happened to turn to the side instead of the second one

i no everyone has done this but i felt specially so because of the doors as they were (you no the ones without them )

[floatingslowly]

that's what i'm talkin about.

[SuperCreep]

my hair used to be all huge and jewfro-y, until it started receding a bit over the last two years. it was still really thick, just receding. i think it was more of a nutritional/stress-related thing though, cos i've been gaining a lot more weight (i lost about 35 lbs. since i started college) and getting a lot more vitamin intake recently. it's noticeably fuller now.

if i were going bald and there was nothing i could do to treat it (that isn't ridiculous anyway), i'd just let it happen. i don't mind it too much.

[davenotdead]

doesn't the rogaine foam stuff work?

[wellcharge]

Originally Posted by davenotdead

doesn't the rogaine foam stuff work?

as long as you keep using it, if you stop yr hair will fall immediately,and it can be bad for yr vision,breathing,heart. and of course it might not work well.

most of the other drugs give you erectile dysfunction, basically once yr hair starts falling forget about sex

[pbradley]

This thread has overstayed its welcome.

[akprodr]

Here's the look all bald people should aspire to...

 

[gmku]

Now why would you say something like that? Why?

[EVOLghost]

Originally Posted by akprodr

Here's the look all bald people should aspire to...

 

best post of this thread

/thread

[Derek]

I am more likely to be hit with baldness considering I mainly take genes from my mother's side and every male on that side is bald. I don't mind it too much, I just hope it starts when I'm older and married.