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Post by godwhacker on Sept 27, 2021 13:55:29 GMT
39, receding, plus bald patch. I ask the hairdresser and girlfriend every time whether it's time to take it all off or not, and at some point soon they're going to say yes. I'm already getting it cut shorter than I used to, but I don't really want to start shaving it until I have to... Ha FWIW I had the exact same mentality but nobody said a thing, even when I earnestly asked their opinion. Eventually shaved it off on my own then got nothing but compliments. Well the missus has the final word, as she's staring at it more often than anyone else. |
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Post by anephric on Sept 27, 2021 16:23:48 GMT
I just shaved mine when I felt the time was right, I'd had short hair for years before then and a truly horrific Skrillex-alike half shaved, half long monstrosity for a while so it wasn't much of a jump.
I thought about growing an ironic skullet for a while in an attempt to look like a redneck serial killer but that didn't go down too well with the missus. I listened to her on that one occasion.
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Post by Agent Llama on Sept 28, 2021 14:27:53 GMT
40 here. Started slowly receding in early 20's. I now shave it myself, grade 2 or 3. Most hair on top has gone, following in the genetic footsteps of my dad and my grandad. It used to bother me, but now not massively. I have recently discovered the odd grey beard, nose and eyebrow hair too, but I don't mind these. My uncle got handed the unlucky gene in that regard, going full-on white/grey in his twenties. Occasionally I experience 'hair envy', but there are more important things in life.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 28, 2021 14:29:05 GMT
Hair envy  |
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Post by aubergine on Sept 29, 2021 1:58:34 GMT
I’ve been considering shaving just lately, mainly because my hair is at that point where it looks incredibly shit and desperate if it ever gets long, and all the hairdressers have been closed for months.
My mark of “ok, this is baldness” has been when you get the thing in back, but my hair has just gradually receded from the front without that wispy hair nor the Jewish Hat spot.
Also, from the front I don’t see a problem, eg in a mirror every day. But every now and then I see a photo of myself and I’m like “holy shit!” because I’m ugly as hell.
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Post by simple on Sept 29, 2021 7:21:49 GMT
I’ve got a solar panel opening up at the back so home working and Teams meetings are being very kind to me
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Oct 1, 2021 3:54:46 GMT
I'm increasingly suffering from what is apparently called a "receding hairline" though it's not too bad yet. It's called "Geheimratsecken" around here. Literally "privy council corners"  |
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Post by shinymiller on Oct 2, 2021 13:23:05 GMT
Another baldy checking in here, started running no-guard clippers over my head about four years ago and then two years moved onto wet shaving it instead. My hair always looked a bit rubbish anyway so don’t miss it, and the combo of wet shaving & moisturising also means I don’t suffer with dandruff anymore either.
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Post by dndhm on Oct 4, 2021 12:30:05 GMT
I started shaving mine to a #1.5 or #2 last year after nearly a decade of deliberation. My wife clearly dislikes it and occasionally makes irritating comments ("Well you did decide to shave your head" when I got a touch of sunburn on my head) like I have a choice about going bald.
It's receded to the point where it looks ok for about a week after a good haircut and then looks progressively worse until I'm stressing about having awful hair again. It's an unnecessary cycle of background stress and shaving it once a week and putting up with the occasional passive-aggressive comment from my wife is preferable. I've also wrestled with the idea of growing a skullet or doing a swept-back Jack Nicholson style, but I worry that people would fail to see the ironic intent and just think I'm a sex pest or something.
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Post by killerbee on May 13, 2022 8:52:37 GMT
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Post by retro74 on May 13, 2022 8:57:00 GMT
I wonder if ‘gammon’ will ever become sexual harassment? It seems to be more prevalent in men than women
Maybe both ‘gammon’ and ‘Karen’ will be
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Post by suicida on May 13, 2022 9:00:15 GMT
This bit is fucking hilarious As a fellow bald cunt if anyone at work so much as mentions it now I'll be going straight to HR /s |
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Post by sport✅ on May 13, 2022 9:07:00 GMT
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Post by zagibu on May 13, 2022 9:16:44 GMT
The good thing about baldness is that you don't have to worry about looking like shit after extended helmet use, because you're already looking like shit anyway.
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Post by killerbee on May 13, 2022 9:52:08 GMT
Now there’s a phrase you don’t hear every day… |
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on May 13, 2022 10:52:48 GMT
So does this mean we can no longer call each other bald cunts on the forum?
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Post by Nemesis on May 13, 2022 10:57:00 GMT
Not unless you make it sexual.
Then it’s ok.
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Post by RadicalRex on May 13, 2022 11:22:58 GMT
No, if it affects primarily people of a certain sex, that apparently makes it sexual by definition. Careful about calling people neckbeards, that's sexual harassment now
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Post by dogbot on May 13, 2022 11:27:08 GMT
I can't imagine what might have motivated them.
Yes, personal insults are a bit shit, but c'mon.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 11:30:12 GMT
It's fair enough I think. I can't change my hair loss any more than any other people can change things that ARE considered harrassment if called out. A lot of men psychologically struggle to deal with hair loss, so why should it acceptable to be called a bald <insert other derogatroy term here>?
I also want fuckers to be sued for being gingerist, or for insulting people with glasses. It's too late to fix my damaged teenage years BUT IT'S A START.
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Post by dogbot on May 13, 2022 11:34:34 GMT
It's inappropriate behaviour in the workplace, for sure. No arguments there.
But sexual harassment? Can't help but feel that rather devalues people who experience far worse sexual-based behaviours, tbh.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 11:43:11 GMT
I can't imagine what might have motivated them. Yes, personal insults are a bit shit, but c'mon. Is it actually real? |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 11:45:16 GMT
Well, like everything there's layers isn't there. It's obviously not on a par as to what passes for sexual harrassment and what women have had to and still endure, but I do think it has to be classified as something, because like all forms of harrasment it can be damaging on a psychological level, of that there is no doubt.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 11:54:42 GMT
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Post by zagibu on May 13, 2022 12:05:30 GMT
Now there’s a phrase you don’t hear every day Are you sure your life is exciting enough if helmets don't play a large part in it? |
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Post by RadicalRex on May 13, 2022 12:30:33 GMT
Well, like everything there's layers isn't there. It's obviously not on a par as to what passes for sexual harrassment and what women have had to and still endure, but I do think it has to be classified as something, because like all forms of harrasment it can be damaging on a psychological level, of that there is no doubt. Yeah 100%, I mean you can totally argue that it's harmful, that it is harrassment or that it is discriminatory, and I'm not against suing for this insult. It's just the classification as sexual harrassment that's wild, and inflating the use of a term like this strips it of its actual meaning, which is itself potentially harmful. |
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Post by stuz359 on May 13, 2022 12:46:53 GMT
Let's make it a hate crime then!
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Post by dogbot on May 13, 2022 13:00:10 GMT
Well, like everything there's layers isn't there. It's obviously not on a par as to what passes for sexual harrassment and what women have had to and still endure, but I do think it has to be classified as something, because like all forms of harrasment it can be damaging on a psychological level, of that there is no doubt. Yeah 100%, I mean you can totally argue that it's harmful, that it is harrassment or that it is discriminatory, and I'm not against suing for this insult. It's just the classification as sexual harrassment that's wild, and inflating the use of a term like this strips it of its actual meaning, which is itself potentially harmful. Exactly. No argument with it being harassment, just think that calling it sexual harassment is unhelpful. |
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Post by sport✅ on May 13, 2022 13:08:13 GMT
Yeah 100%, I mean you can totally argue that it's harmful, that it is harrassment or that it is discriminatory, and I'm not against suing for this insult. It's just the classification as sexual harrassment that's wild, and inflating the use of a term like this strips it of its actual meaning, which is itself potentially harmful. Exactly. No argument with it being harassment, just think that calling it sexual harassment is unhelpful. Look, some of us are tired of all the workplace sexual propositions due to our male pattern baldiness. I just want to be left alone to reconcile the accounts. |
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Post by Vandelay on May 13, 2022 13:18:19 GMT
Just double checked on this, as I also thought it was an odd choice to refer to it as sexual harassment, even though I can understand it being discriminatory language based on sex. Sexual harassment in the UK, at least according to Wikipedia, covers: "harassment occurs where there is unwanted conduct on the ground of a person's sex or unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and that conduct has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassmentI think we see sexual harassment and immediately assume we are talking about the unwanted sexual conduct, but it does also cover sex as a synonym for gender. As the panel says, baldness is more common and often associated with men. The insult was certainly intended to intimidate and degrade the recipient, as admitted by the guy that said it. Seems like a reasonable ruling on those grounds. |
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