Beards: the ultimate camouflage for the undesirable

Hopefully not until it succeeds in annoying you to death, OP.

"facial hair" is fine. Full thick/long beards, no.

Ok....

Rather than hide their hideousness behind a beard, you want to see it, warts and all? Yes? Or, do you want the. To just off themselves, as they are an unworthy life form on your view?

Just so we are clear of your demands.

You're calling me camoflauge?

And yet you think having a public hissy fit over this is somehow [italic]not[/italic] girly but "masc," OP?

I know a gross little Danish troll of a guy who fits this description to a T. Ridiculous little thing if you see him irl, but on Instagram he hashtags himself as an #instabear and a #musclebear (all flab, all the time) and he gets all year strangers commenting HOTT and WOOOFF and shit like that.

What exactly is your motivation, OP? Do you want to unmask these people somehow so that they appear more "fat" or "girly" to you so that you or others can use it to hurt them? Is it punishment you're after? Again, what is your motivation?

Honestly I think OP is an effeminate, hence the unprovoked nastiness.

My "motivation", assholes, is that it's fucking deceiving. There used to be a proper hierarchy of who was hot and who wasn't, and now it seems all you need to do to get attention is stop shaving.

You see guys that would be shunned and ostracized getting positive comments on social media and hit on grindr etc and when you know them in real life they are feminine or just ugly.

People should stop trying to be what they are not. A beard doesn't make them hot or masculine.

[quote]You see guys that would be shunned and ostracized getting positive comments on social media and hit on grindr etc and when you know them in real life they are feminine or just ugly.

Speaking of "just ugly"....

R6, what is his name on Instagram? I want to see his trollishness.

r8/OP, you're clearly a piece of trash.

Love the feel of a beard on my hot hole.

I was hoping r7 wasn't right, but OP confirms it; he's a resentful insecure turd who wants to hurt others so he can think of himself in a better position in some hierarchy.

OP sounds ugly, inside and out.

Isn't obvious that OP cannot grow a decent beard and he wants all the other guys to shave theirs because they cause him to feel "less than."

[quote]There used to be a proper hierarchy of who was hot and who wasn't

Oh, [italic]honey.[/italic]

It's true that A LOT of gay guys do this for attention online -- trying to pass off as way hotter than they really are, but I think it's normal and everybody does it to some extent.

As far as the "hierarchy" angle goes, real life puts everyone in their place regardless of how many "likes" or "woofs" they can "scam" out of people. I actually have friends who look pretty damn good on FB or Instagram with all the filters and the carefully selected angles, but who are always depressed and complaining that nobody hits on them in real life.

I think it just creates an additional layer of dissonance, because they get used to the good feelings and endorphins associated with being found attractive, and then the confrontation with reality can hit some people like a brick.

Reminds me of those women who never let their boyfriends see them without make-up. Sooner or later they have to wash their face, and the result is always disappointing.

I don't think of them as people to hate or be mad at like OP. Live and let live. It's just a bit sad.

HOW DARE YOU MOCK MEN WITH BEARDS, OP!!!!

OP, while I love the lumbersexual look, I totally agree with OP! And it only recently hit me too...I was lusting after this guy and the harder I looked at him, the more obvious it became that he was fucking ugly!

OP is so butch he could go to Indiana and order pizza - and get away with it!

Beards aren't going away, any time soon, they are in & I fucking hate the look !!

Let ugly guys have their beards. If the beards somehow make them appear more attractive, what's it to you?

I'm betting the OP is not as hot or "masc" as she thinks she is.

Just a personal preference thing. To me it's related to gross hygiene. Can't sever the connection. I just want to tell this one guy who keeps hitting on me to go shave and we'll see.

r22, No, OP is beardless!

[quote]OP is beardless!

And not by choice. Just hormonally challenged.

I didn't expect so much PC crap from an anonymous board. I thought the point of a place like this is that people can say what they think and not what they are expected to say because it's PC.

To those who have said I must be bitter and ugly, I am considered very hot. That's kinda the point, I work out a lot and actually look good. For those of us who put the time and effort required to be hot, it is upsetting to see people thinking they can skip to the front of the line just because they have a fucking beard.

And of course I can fucking grow a beard, and in fact I have facial hair. I have nothing against beards per say. A hot guy is hot with or without facial hair.

Yeah, it pisses me off to see ugly people getting compliments they don't fucking deserve. And if you were honest you would admit that seeing people who are below you in looks get attention also pisses you off.

Nicely trimmed beards are hot. Straggly Rip van Winkle beards are not.

Per say(!), OP:

OP has bent dick and his pee hole is malformed so he dribbles all around the toilet. Can't afford the operation to fix it. Thinks working out and his looks will let him slide. His beard is sparse -- a permanent "starter beard."

Didn't think it was possible, but you just made yourself sound like even MORE of an asshole OP/R26.

Why does other people getting compliments bother you so much? This attitude you have that the ugly people of the world need to learn their place and just accept their fate in life is just horrible. You sound like you're stuck in 10th grade.

I'm considered very attractive as well, but I would never begrudge someone trying to build their self-esteem by altering their appearance.

You're an extremely ugly person on the inside.

OP. Oddly enough, he has a beard!

[quote]Yeah, it pisses me off to see ugly people getting compliments they don't fucking deserve.

OP, your stench gets more rancid each time you touch the keyboard.

The only thing more annoying that the fucking beards is the compression shirts.

More than once I've noticed what I thought was a hot, muscled dude, only to see them later in the locker room with their shirts off. Talk about flab city and saggy tits. These shirts are the male version of Spanx.

And OP is correct about the facial hair. They are usually worn by some douche sporting a beard.

OP, why don't you tell us how you feel about poor people? (I'd guess you're a Republican.)

Facial hair is usually worn by a douche sporting a beard, R32?

That doesn't even make any sense.

OP reminds me of those desperate insecure middle class types who want to be accepted by those above them but they just don't get the real distinctions. Bitching about poor people like some halfwit Republican does NOT increase your status.

Same thing for obsessing and whining about the negroes, the queers, the fats, etc. It only reveals you as the insecure needy twat you are.

People here are acting like what I said is the most shocking thing they have ever heard in their lives, which if true must mean you are all incredibly sheltered. And if false you are being hypocritical.

No I am not a republican, not that it matters.

When people show off pretending to be something they are not, and you know what they really are, the natural impulse is to feel irritated by it and want to call them out. If your unemployed friend was posting shit on FB about how loaded he is while stealing money from his parents, you would roll your eyes and come here to post about it, and don't fuckin lie.

So when I see guys that I KNOW have a fucking weak chin and an overbite or are effeminate or way out of shape growing a beard and putting on sunglasses and scowling on selfies to get hit on and complimented on, I come here to post about it.

And yeah, compression shirts are another side of the same coin. If you are not hot you shouldn't get the perks of being hot. It's like the kids you complain so much about, getting participation trophies and rewards they don't deserve.

OP's bf has a fetish for bearded guys.

Nobody said it was shocking. We just think you're an asshole.

Amazing how OP claims he should be able to say whatever he wants, yet when people respond with their view of it, it's somehow unfair or "PC."

We see you for what you are OP and have called you on it. Stop being so PC and take it like the "hot" man (LMAO) you are.

[quote] If you are not hot you shouldn't get the perks of being hot.

Well OP in my experience most of the 'rewards' those guys get are comments from their straight female friends, which is a bit like being pretty in your mom's eyes.

Like I said before, you can fake your way into hotness all you want in a picture on grindr or Instagram, but once you step out of the house people are going to see what you look like, and hear what you sound like, and there are no filters in real life. So they really aren't getting any of those 'perks' you mentioned.

As I said, the acquaintances of mine who do this are pretty bummed about their actual, offline life. They aren't treated like attractive people and it's depressing. I think all the Instagram 'likes' just make it worse for them.

One in particular was crying to me and a group of friends, literally crying, saying that he didn't understand how he got so many messages on grindr but once he met them in person they all rejected him. Then he said the only guys who were into him in real life were those he didn't find attractive (which I guess is a common complaint for those of average looks). We all tried to confort him but then some of us got to talking about it and we agreed he just needs to lower his expectations.

And yes, he has a beard and wears compression shirts :)

When straight men in their 50's and 60's are all sporting facial hair, then you know the trend is on its last legs. I give it another year before the media declares that facial hair is out and clean shaven faces are in.

No trend lasts forever.

There's already the bank (ugh) commercial starring Kevin Spacey (ugh) about being an "early arriver" (ugh) who spots trends first, therefore you should bank where he tells you to. In the ad, men walk into barbers' one after the other to shave off their beards. As in, trend over.

[quote]Yeah, it pisses me off to see ugly people getting compliments they don't fucking deserve.

Has a more pathetic sentiment ever been typed on DL?

Who, other than idiots, follows trends?

If it does you no harm, OP, why do you care?

"When people show off pretending to be something they are not, and you know what they really are, the natural impulse is to feel irritated by it and want to call them out." No, the healthy, well-adjusted response is a shrug and a smile--maybe a mild eyeroll.

In fact, working out and growing a beard are both just attempts to look better and be more attractive. Not working so well for you?

As an out and proud gay man, I have only one word for OP: FAG.

I find the OP sort of hot/bratty and completely refreshing!

Holy shit, this threat has really set people off. A lot of butthurt insecure posters!

OP Sounds like a complete cunt, but he isn't totally wrong, y'know.

You remindme of the people who claim leagues don't exist. They are always the 6s and below.

As someone mentioned earlier, OP is the typical effeminate - just radiates nastiness for its own sake.

OK I guess I am the only one who thinks this way then. Except I know I am not because my friends agree and so do plenty of people on this thread.

I don't want to come across as an asshole. Maybe I haven't expressed myself properly. It's not like I hate anybody. I think improving yourself is great and some guys do look better with a beard. I just think it's ridiculous when people pretend to be more than what they are, which is a completely different thing. It's also fucking transparent nd we all laugh at them, so they are not really fooling anyone.

And what the fuck is this "OP is effeminate" crap? I am not and have never been.

ANyway I really didn't expect people to get so fucking defensive. It was just an opinion, jeez.

How is it camouflage if the man does look better with the beard and thus IS more desirable / less ugly?

Don't we all do that in different ways from head to toe? I mean the same could be said for the wearing of clothes, no? Recalling that RuPaul quote about how we all were born naked, and all that follows is drag.

[quote]And what the fuck is this "OP is effeminate" crap? I am not and have never been.

You just have a wide stance, huh?

OP is the gay equivalent of the Indiana pizza people. Congrats! You're a hateful monster!

I fucking LOVE the OP! He sounds a little like Karen Walker.

I am guessing he was either super popular at school or not popular at all, and therein lies the problem.

All these years I've been brushing my teeth because i thought it would look better. Now that I've learned from OP that it's deceiving people, I'll stop that crap this instant.

R50/OP, don't want to come across as an asshole?? LOL!!! Honey, you sound like a fucking Nazi. Get over yourself, seriously. Because, honestly, I'm guessing you're no prize at the county fair in the looks department. And your friends? Mean bitches too.

[quote][R50]/OP, don't want to come across as an asshole?? LOL!!! Honey, you sound like a fucking Nazi. Get over yourself, seriously. Because, honestly, I'm guessing you're no prize at the county fair in the looks department. And your friends? Mean bitches too.

Right, so because I have standards all of a sudden I am fuckin Hitler? Come on, man. LITERALLY all I said was that SOME people use their beards to pretend to be masculine and hot and that it pisses me off. It's not Mein Kampf now is it.

[quote]I fucking LOVE the OP! He sounds a little like Karen Walker.

I am guessing he was either super popular at school or not popular at all, and therein lies the problem.

Thanks man, I guess... Backhanded compliment but after the beating I am getting on this thread, I'll take it.

Yeah I was very popular at school but I don't know what that has to do with what I wrote.

[quote]How is it camouflage if the man does look better with the beard and thus IS more desirable / less ugly?

Don't we all do that in different ways from head to toe? I mean the same could be said for the wearing of clothes, no? Recalling that RuPaul quote about how we all were born naked, and all that follows is drag.

THANK YOU for not being a fucking cow with your post and disagreeing like a normal person. Your post actually made me stop and think about what you wrote. I think you are right. But I think I am also right.

OP's screeching about how beards are faking it is hysterical since he doesn't seem to realise having a beard is just letting nature take it's course and being clean shaven is the "trying to look better" thing that makes him as touchy as a shaved monkey.

How OP looks when seeing a beard:

[quote]Right, so because I have standards all of a sudden I am fuckin Hitler? Come on, man

Hitler had "standards," lots of em. That was kind of the problem.

You seem really nice, OP.

OP sounds like the type who, in a different era, would try to out any pesky negroes who were able to pass for white. "How dare they try to steal a place in society that's MINE!!!"

OP, does it bother you when "ugly" people receive in-person compliments, or is it only the only deceivers who piss you off?

*online deceivers

[quote]I don't want to come across as an asshole.

Too late.

How dare they try to make themselves look attractive with clothing or facial hair! Everyone should be judged SOLELY on his body! That way the unpretties can see how much more deserving I am than they are!

By the way, I am NOT an asshole.

I just showed this thread to a friend and he said that many of the responders are probably the kind of guys I was complaining about. If so, I apologize. I didn't come here to hurt anyone's feelings or to make you feel worse about yourselves. I am really not a dick.

Jesus Christ, OP. Stop Digging!

I'm glad you have an equally shallow asshole for a friend, OP.

[quote]OP, does it bother you when "ugly" people receive in-person compliments, or is it only the only deceivers who piss you off?

It doesn't really piss me off, normally I just find it funny, or I laugh with my friends or something. I guess I'm having a bad day. It's a fucking stupid thing to take personally.

Well r66 I'm not a beard guy and I think you're everything they've been saying about you. You don't see your own desperation/insecurity, but you make it obvious to others.

[quote]he gets all year strangers commenting HOTT and WOOOFF and shit like that.

And here you are clinching your soft little fists and stomping your little feet because nobody ever says HOTT and WOOOFF and shit like that to you.

You poor little precious thing, you.

I can sense that OP's dick is malformed.

OP, have you considered gay conversion therapy? If not, would you, please?

[quote]I don't want to come across as an asshole

But ya are, Blanche. Ya ARE an asshole. A jealous, superficial, petty little asshole.

Beards are already going out of style. They're this year's cargo shorts.

OP, shouldn't you be campaigning for shaved heads too? After all, they're DECEIVING you by not revealing what their scalp and head shape looks like!!!! Your rightful spot at #13,423,319 in the hotness hierarchy may be STOLEN by some shaggy dude that doesn't deserve it.

[quote] OP sounds like the type who, in a different era, would try to out any pesky negroes who were able to pass for white. "How dare they try to steal a place in society that's MINE!!!"

No, asshole, because I am not a racist. I have friends of all races. And you shouldn't use the n-word to score points in an anonymous forum. Who's the racist now.

[quote]I can sense that OP's dick is malformed.

WTF seriously, that's your contribution? OK man.

OK regardless of all the insecure dickheads that just want to pick a fight, I have gotten some food for thought in this thread. Mostly I want to make clear that I like beards just fine, and in fact I myself HAVE A BEARD, so it's not about beards or no beards. It's about effeminate gays PRETENDING to be masc or flabby/skinny guys PRETENDING to be hot. That's what I meant with my opening post, and some of you understood it from the get go while others just wanted to pile on me.

I simply cannot believe that most people here don't judge like I do. Everyone I know does. I have been in DL long enough to know that you fucking do. I KNOW it's shallow, but it is what it is. I am just being upfront about it.

I think OP is just being honest. Honesty should not be it's own reward though. Let's chip in and buy him a night at the Donovan in DC.

It's a fucking beard. They didn't bend the space-time continuum to acquire it, they just let it grow. This thread is stupid.

Post your picture, OP.

We'll be kind.

I would hate-bottom the OP so hard. I have a thing for hot douchebags.

OP are u a top? Hung? Muscled? Call me.

I can't believe how stupid OP is. How does a beard camouflage anything? Do you pin your tricks down and shave them to see if they're still hot? What a dildo.

It's weird that OP thinks his standards should be the standard for the rest of the people.

It's like a religious nutjob thinking his religion should be the only religion in the world.

Did he grow up in a Conservative household?

[quote]WTF seriously, that's your contribution? OK man.

And this thread is YOUR contribution OP. Is that something to be proud of?

[quote]OK regardless of all the insecure dickheads that just want to pick a fight,

Once again, this is YOUR thread.

[quote]I have gotten some food for thought in this thread.

Shame though that with your mental diarrhea it's already come and gone.

[quote]It's about effeminate gays PRETENDING to be masc or flabby/skinny guys PRETENDING to be hot.

And here you go again. The more you post the more likely that this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

[quote]That's what I meant with my opening post, and some of you understood it from the get go while others just wanted to pile on me.

Um, wasn't it you who threw the first stone? "Those who live in glass houses..."

[quote]I KNOW it's shallow, but it is what it is. I am just being upfront about it.

And that makes it ok,huh? "I'm just being upfront" is usually "I don't know when to shut the fuck up."

Live and let live, bitch. Stop shitting your panties over how others are living their lives when it has nothing to fucking do with you. I have no doubt that you are precisely the type you're crying about.

OK so my friend says that none of this thread mess would be happening if posters here had avatars with their pics like on Realjock or Grindr.

I really don't want to dig myself in any deeper because oh my fucking god, you guys are meaner than fucking catpiss. Jealousy is really an ugly thing. I understand that I came out quite strong with my opinions but for fuck's sake. We are all guys here, I thought I could speak freely and bluntly.

And actually fuck it, I really don't want to be a dick and i am a really cool guy in person but I am not gonna be walking on egshells so that you don't take out your insecurities on me.

And to the guy who asked if I was a top, yes I am and yes I used to be a fitness trainer p/t before i started this job so I guess that answers your questions hahaha... but the truth is I am picky as fuck when it comes to guys, so.

OP, why do you keep responding? Every response makes you look and sound more retarded.

Or, are you, in fact, retarded?

[quote]No, asshole, because I am not a racist. I have friends of all races. And you shouldn't use the n-word to score points in an anonymous forum. Who's the racist now.

Are you that massively stupid or are you just trolling? Racism is considered a "bad" thing because it is ill-treatment or discrimination toward people for characteristics they don't choose. You're wanting to do the same thing over other non-chosen characteristics. No one's saying you don't have freedom of speech, but trashing people over things they don't choose is low and reveals a lot about yourself as others have pointed out.

[quote]OK so my friend says that none of this thread mess would be happening if posters here had avatars with their pics like on Realjock or Grindr.

You're free to take a selfie that shows your face beside a monitor with this thread open. Upload it to tinypc and give us the link.

Or do you want to be DECEPTIVE?

Neo-con blogger Charles C Johnson owns this thread.

He's an ugly baby-man who started sporting a beard as a part of his take-no-prisoners online persona.

And a ginger to boot!

Add me to the Hot Shallow OP fan club.

Weird that OP can't comprehend that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and just *had* to post his bitching on here.

For me, I'd pick a masculine easy-going "ugly" dude over a prissy high-maintenance fem "hot" guy anytime...

Do you think we CARE what you think of us?

R91, there are no fem hot guys

[quote]For me, I'd pick a masculine easy-going "ugly" dude over a prissy high-maintenance fem "hot" guy anytime...

Agree! Except that I don't think I could ever perceive a "prissy high-maintenance fem" as hot.

LOL. Despite his denials, OP does come across as a bit of a prissy high-maintenance fem.

[quote]Jealousy is really an ugly thing

OP doesn't realise that his incessant whining about other people getting compliments is exactly like a tenth grader who's whining that Cathy-Ann Wilson [italic]shouldn't [/italic]be the boys favorite because she sticks toilet paper in her bra! [italic]Why [/italic]won't Chad take me to the prom??? It's SO unfair!

The longer the beard, the bigger the mental illness.

I don't know if he lisps but OP's fussiness does seem stereotypically feminine.

r97 -- HOW did you come up with this hypothesis?!

OP: a dash of Cindy Brady, a pinch of Nellie Oleson and a whole lot of suppressed Emily Howard.

Are you shocked? Everyone knows it's true, R99

I've got a long beard, too

Yeah, I'm crazy

[quote]Jealousy is really an ugly thing. by: OP

Honey, read your own original post again really, really carefully. You'll see why this statement reads ridiculously coming from you, of all people.

[quote]OK so my friend says that none of this thread mess would be happening if posters here had avatars with their pics like on Realjock or Grindr.

Even so, we have yet to see [italic]your[/italic] own photo, OP (which could be easily linked), although you have made extravagant claims about how hot and attractive you find yourself....

Some men grow beards because shaving irritates their skin.

HA believe it or not, other people think differently than you OP. What you may find "fugly" others think is attractive.

THAT'S HOW PEOPLE WORK, DUMBFUCK.

This is why you are forever alone with no friends OP. You are a giant douche that everyone shit talks behind your back.

Oh god guys, some bearded guy on grindr got all the good comments!! None were left for OP!!! THE HORROR.

How will you survive without more comments OP!? How will you know where you stand in the hierarchy?!

LMFAO bitch you are PATHETIC. There are gays being murdered and banned from establishments and here you are bitching that a fatty got your comment. Get some perspective you whiney bitch.

This is OP.

LOL this is literally the most hilarious thread i've ever read on DL.

GUYS OP was so upset that everyone thought (correctly) he was an asshole that he showed the thread to his "friend"!!!* hahahaha omg this is killing me.

everyone you know agrees with you!? hahah exactly how are the RHONJ doing these days?

What OP's position boils down to is fear. He's at the top of the mountain, and afraid of being knocked off. He can't stand the thought of anyone else getting compliments that should be reserved for him. It's as if there are a finite number of compliments available, and one going to someone else means one fewer for OP.

While he says that he's all for others trying to improve themselves, he doesn't really mean it. Someone tries to improve their looks by growing a beard (which works, if they're getting compliments on it), and the OP criticizes them. Someone tries to change their style, the OP mocks them. I'm guessing he also laughs at and/or harasses the out-of-shape guys at the gym who are trying to improve their health/looks. Because that's "not who they really are." OP has decided in his own mind who they really are, and what they can and can't do.

He should worry less about what other people are doing, and focus on his own issues.

I thought this thread would go another way.

Maybe the cunt OP learned something about himself today. Probably not, though.

[quote] He's at the top of the mountain, and afraid of being knocked off.

He says... God knows what he really looks like. Whatever it is, that appears to be all he has to work with.

[quote] He's at the top of the mountain, and afraid of being knocked off

NO WAY is OP at the top of any mountain. No one even near the top (or anyone reasonbly secure) ever goes around fretting that someone growing a beard may steal praise that should belong to him.

R115 but don't you know? All his friends think the same!!111 Regina George's friends dare not disagree, or else they will end up in the burn book next ;)

R116 [quote] NO WAY is OP at the top of any mountain.

Fair enough. But he thinks he is.

[quote]But he thinks he is.

errr... wants to think he is.

Could never grow a beard because by the third day of not shaving the hairs curl back into my skin and dig in.

I'm wondering what kind of person continually tells the world about how hot and cool he is. Hot? It's quite possible you are. But to feel the need to crow about it reeks of insecurity.

But cool? I'm not seeing it. At least not how I define cool. To me, a truly "cool" person isn't so concerned about how the world views them, and especially isn't upset or jealous about how the world views others around them.

OP, the things that are bothering you aren't a zero sum game. Just because the guy next to you receives a compliment doesn't change the way people perceive you.

But but but.... r121. He's hooking up online and the evil fuckers with facial hair are STEALING HIS BOYS!!!!

HIS!!!!

Hey brah, I will help and support you with your First World Problem.

*puts arm around OP*

It's okay. Don't let these DL ratchets get to you. They're just peanut butter and jealous.

OP is the kind of person I would like to bludgeon until his intestines pop out if ever if I find him on street. You deserve every bit of hatred that is coming at you. You narcissistic pig. Did your asshole folks die before giving you any kind of values,morals ? I am sure people around you , including your ugly and moronic parents are just delusional cunt faced fuckers who should empty this world as early as possible.

Go away and bury yourself in shame you fucking worthless piece of shit.I wish you nothing but misery and pain.You deserve to suffer like a wretched dog.

OP has clearly hurt some feelings. His fundamental argument is 100% correct, but people are going out of their way to rake him through the coals (and even wish him dead!) because others see right through them.

FACT: Because beards are in right now, fugly guys and feminine guys are wearing them just like everyone else. However, people are full of shit if they want to pretend ugly guys don't get called hot just because they have beards! And feminine men, if they were truly at peace with who they were, wouldn't latch on to such a desperate attempt to seem manliet.

Don't get me started on POZ guys who wear beards as a form of false advertising (hiding their facial wasting).

OP's theme was explored to much better effect when Greg Berlanti did it 15 years ago in "The Broken Hearts Club."

"Dumb gorgeous people should not be allowed to use literature when competing in the pickup pool. It's like bald people wearing hats . . . it's deceiving."

--Howie

The hate toward "less attractive than MOI!" is sad and repugnant. But - I do agree with OP on one point tho.

After you've been in the gay scene a few years and heard one too many bearded males screeching "Gurl??!!!" or "FABulous!" in a high pitched gayvoice -- you gradually stop seeing a beard as a signifier of masculinity, and just start seeing it simply as a hairstyle choice for the lower half of the face.

[quote]Don't get me started on POZ guys who wear beards as a form of false advertising (hiding their facial wasting).

Oh, please do get started!

WHEN WILL THE TEARS STOP???

Op's first world problem

why would we be jealous of you?

I LOVE beards on men. A beard can make a plain man HOT.

R130, nice!

But, but, but, THEY'RE DECEIVING US, R132! They're really NOT hot and they're getting the kind of compliments that are reserved for real hot people like ME.

I think the short-beard fad does improve the appearance of young, dark-haired white guys who may be plain. That they often complement the beard with the big black eyeglass frames also helps. The uniform, clone-like look detracts from their ugly idiosyncrasies. Doesn't work as well on other guys, though.

If you were to draw a venn diagram of this, a lot of the bearded guys are getting compliments from men who are much more attracted to beards/body hair in general. And a lot of the clean shaven men are getting compliments from men who like that. There's some overlap if the man is so handsome that he's hot either way, but otherwise it's not like group A is "stealing" compliments from group B.

Where do we stand on handlebar mustaches?

r137, that was a 70s porn thing, right? Who else does it?

R137, it's "look-at-me!" gimmicky at best. And way too hipster. But if the guy's hot, come on, we would still do him! For example:

r139's guy reminds me a little of the lead singer from Voxxclub, who reminds me a little of Brett Favre.

They're popular with hipsters R138. Sometimes paired with a beard.

R139, he is adorable!

I understand you, OP. History repeats itself.

Why can't the uglies just all bow down before us pretty people???

Contrary to OP's claims, it says much about his self perception that he needs to force people into "ugliness" in order have a better chance at shifting compliments from them to him.

Is OP the same person who bitched about being hit on by guys whom are not in his league? That was on another thread.

Bearded Bump!

I wonder if OP knows what a legend he's become on DL

What about compression shirts at the gym? They are deceiving as fuck too.

I loved how the OP kept popping back up in the thread to defend himself, each time coming off like more and more of a complete douchebag narcissist!

"I don't like that they keep getting compliments...THAT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR ME!!!"

It's really ugly and awful. Beards are bad on ugly men but on good looking men...it's even worse.

hey, op, it's chad, the hot bearded but kinda flabby bear your boyfriend left you for. he rides my thick dick every night like a champ, while exclaiming he's never been fucked so good before, and when we're done fucking like animals, we lay in bed and Kiki like girls. he's truly my best friend. sorry things didn't work out with you, but I'm happy to call him mine now.

After speaking to several psychologist friends, it's become apparent that the gays who drool after and fetishize beards and facial hair have major unresolved psycho-sexual issues with daddy or a father figure. Yes, gross as it seems.

Same goes for those women who openly salivate and soak their panties over guys with beards, no doubt thinking they sound empowered and liberated while instead coming across as sad and slightly unhinged.

You simply have to run a mile from people who are too into facial hair because it's a sure sign of mental imbalance.

Fuck off, R153. There's nothing wrong with liking men that look like fucking men.

I assume you're scissoring your Ken doll as you type.

R154, the lady doth protest too much. How badly do you want to be fucked by daddy?

I'm not protesting anything, R155. I definitely have some "daddy issues" (what gay man doesn't, really), but I really don't think that pathologizing sex with men who look like actual men is particularly healthy or productive. A "daddy issue" to me does not translate into "I want my dad to fuck me." Have you ever taken a psychology course? Were they even offered at your community college?

TMen with facial hair/beards are so much sexier to me than the plucked, tanned WeHo whores of old who now all sport the new clone cut.

Every time I see some clown with a beard, I think, geez, it must be horrible to be so fucking broke and so poverty stricken you can't even afford to buy a box of god damned razor blades.

Is it really a choice between eating and shaving? Tsk, tsk.

So OP, what about plastic surgery? That is the ultimate false advertising.

I strongly suspect the guys who bitch most about beards are guys who cannot grow a decent one.

There I said it.

I'm hoping it fades out for those who can't manage it or have a revelation (OMG I actually have a really shitty beard!)

I've had a beard for about nine years now, so I was ahead of this trend, and I'll keep mine when it's long gone.

Most annoying part: All of the gays who are making their own beard beauty products. First it was beard oil, then beard wax, now beard shampoo and conditioner. Selling it on Facebook. One of my friends is doing it, and it's literally the same as every other gay guy's mix: "I use organic oils, and fragrances that are made from organic extract....." blah blah blah.

[quote] When will the beard trend go away!?

I hope the trend outlives you, OP, if only for the sake of your continued vexation.

The degree of ardor in some people's anti-beardism raises more questions about the plaintiff than about the defendant -- just as it does with those who blame everything on hipsters.

I'm neither a member nor invested in either club, but it strikes me that those who get up on too high a horse about beards or hipsters must have very small minds, live in smaller still worlds, and way too much time on their hands.

Are the anti-beard people the same who are pro-circumcision?

I think I may be right.

Odd -- one they favor cutting, the other they don't.

Is this thread's OP the same as the one in the "Not everyone is beautiful" thread? They sound like the same asshole.

R162's reply makes no sense.

How about a mustache? What do you think of those OP?

I think it's time to revive this gem of a thread. I miss the OP. I hope he's well.

Beards evolved because women were turned on by them. It's their only evolutionary purpose.

bump this legendary thread

We don’t need another fucking Taylor Swift thread.

Jesus H Christ.

A friend of mine is currently using a beard to hide some rather nasty nasolabial folds.

[quote]you are not a 'bear'. You are not 'masc'.

Tom Hardy fakin it

[quote]Yeah, it pisses me off to see ugly people getting compliments they don't fucking deserve. And if you were honest you would admit that seeing people who are below you in looks get attention also pisses you off

LOL. You actually notice and pay attention to these things?

This asshole has balls, and his observations are accurate. People cannot handle the truth. Reason - ego. I like OP. You want someone who can tell you the truth about people and life. That way, you save on time instead of indulging on your delusions.

I'd take a friend like this any day over backstabbers who you don't know when they're going to strike.

[quote]Yeah, it pisses me off to see ugly people getting compliments they don't fucking deserve. And if you were honest you would admit that seeing people who are below you in looks get attention also pisses you off

No, it doesn’t. Don’t drag others into your crazy, fool.

Jealousy is a demon that's hard to fight.

Jealous of the attention, not the beard, in op's case.