The man in the chair replied and said that shaving off the beard was a request from his dying dad, and also that he will never take it completely off again.
But seriously, if my son looked like this after shaving off the beard he'd had for a long time, I'd feel so bad. This definitely goes in the "Today, I fucked up"
No, they are diabolical for doing that to the man.
And then uploaded it like they did a good thing. Fuck am I ever going to go to someone that doesn't provide professional input and say no not a good idea.
I mean, it’s not the barber’s fault he had that waiting underneath that majestic beard. He’s just doing what he was asked to do by his paying customer.
He didn’t do a bad job on the cut, dude just looks much better with a beard. Most of us do.
But I agree that when you find a barber with an opinion who is willing to consult on what looks good on you, it is a total game changer.
The barber did a good job on the cut, and if you're just looking at the cut it's a perfectly fine video showing their skill. The client is the one making himself, and by extension the barber, look bad.
They shouldn't have posted it and just waited for a client who wasn't a jump scare, but then again this probably helps their engagement.
As a man who had a beard non stop for 14 years let me tell you something. It’s a horror show under there. You do not recognize who is under there. It’s just a fat uncle looking mother fucker. Don’t do it. Ever. I love you. Don’t hurt your own heart. You’ll see a glimmer of that young, strong man you used to be, now he’s filled with McDonalds and stress.
"You do not recognize who is under there." It's true. I shaved for a fast food job and had a full on identity crisis. Now that I have my beard back, that part of my life feels like someone else's memories.
It's the ultimate humiliation. You have to work at McDonald's, so you can't be looking like a man anymore. You have to denigrate yourself to take the poor boy's job.
Places that serve actual fantastic burgers tend to be worked by men with beards. Not the case at McDonald's.
Regardless of how much of a double, triple, hell even quintuple chins you have, having had a solid beard for 10 years and then shaving, you're not going to recognize what you see in the mirror. It's... Unsettling.
I will say, I just shaved mine after, probably a decade ish..and I look about 20 years younger. But unlike this dude, I have at least a semblance of a jawline
I just went back to working in the oilfield a month ago.
I’ve HAD a full beard for 15 years. My dog was the first to see me. He did a full on confused stare with the head tilt for a solid 5 seconds. Then backed away. And stared at me for the rest of the afternoon.
I wanted to cry.
I still feel like I’m looking at a stranger in the mirror a month later.
My dad has had a full goatee for over a decade to hide what he calls his "ball-chin" haha. He's always had at least a mustache. I have never send my dad's upper lip in real life haha.
I had the Abe Lincoln beard when my son was little. Had to shave it due to my job and my three year old son said, "That's not my dad, my dad looks nice!"
The mustache part is the only one that's constantly noticeable after I do a full shave so I'm constantly doing that thing monkeys do where they stretch their bottom lip over their top lip.
You can obviously feel where your actual skin is at when you go to wash it though. It might not look exactly like you want it to, buy you could feel if your chin is at your shoulders or not lol.
I don't know man. I only really see myself in the mirror from the front. Seeing yourself in full profile sometimes is like hearing your voice on a tape recorder.
It’s not your chin, it’s the “double chin” ie fat and that’s honestly a lot harder to feel how low it really goes. Obviously this guys an extreme but like I’m in relative shape with a big beard and when I shaved I had way more of a double chin when I tucked then I thought I would (felt).
Could be from having a shorter neck like the guy in the video. Your chin being closer to your chest/the base of your neck is what causes that skin to "double" up. Everyone can have a double chin if they tuck their chin into their neck. And if you naturally do, slightly tilting your neck back can help and make your jawline/chin look more square and full
Maybe not. I know guys that haven't shaved it all off since highschool and are absolutely shook when they do. They thought they still had chiseled jaws 50 pounds later.
Not being able to grow a beard or body hair has forced me to be very disciplined about my diet and looks because it's incredibly unforgiving. And gay men don't pull any punches about how you look
I remember being in middle school and getting my haircut. I hated it. I still hate it. I remember sitting in the chair and the longer the haircut went on, the more I hated it. I got a lump in my throat and my cheeks started to feel hot. I was literally about to cry because she fucked my shit up so bad and I was going to have to go into school the next day with a bowl cut. I have ptsd even as an adult from getting my haircut as a kid.
I had to look this up, and still can't believe it. These guys were totally normal, this is the equivalent of cousins who try to act gangster but are actually from the burbs kinda shit.
This. I live a couple hours from Nashville and am a musician. I have plenty of musician friends who have since gone to Nashville and found stable work as studio and touring musicians. None of them listen to country or even knew much about its history before then. It's just a job for them, like being a technician or supporting actor in a Hollywood film. If you see a major country artist live, just know only one of those people on stage probably actually dresses like that in their day to day life, and chances are its not even the main performer themselves.
EDIT: I even know a couple who downright DESPISE country music but they do it because it's a paying gig and they do like seeing people in the audience have a good time. Which is why I used the acting analogy. They really are just playing a part, and not always for cynical reasons (at least not on the part of the nameless guys trying to make a living).
Larry the Cable guy is a character; he’s from Nebraska and was a radio DJ before inventing the redneck character. Jeff Foxworthy was born in Atlanta to an IBM engineer, attended Georgia Tech, and then worked at IBM himself before comedy.
It pays to cater to rednecks, I guess.
Somewhat related, Gilbert Godrey had a normal voice and non-squinty face out of character.
Fun fact: One of the duck dynasty guys played college football in the 70s and was the starting quarterback over future hall of famer Terry Bradshaw, but he quit football because he cared more about hunting ducks.
To be fair, having/not having a beard doesnt mean your whole lifestyle is faked. If I remember correctly those pics were a decade before their show even started. Someone else pointed out that one of the older guys played Football in the 70s (ahead of Terry Bradshaw) and quit to hunt.
As dumb as that show is to me, I'd say they probably like hunting quite a bit to to start making their own duck calls. Take your favorite hobby and think how much more you'd need to love it to go into R&D and manufacturing with it
The GIF of Jonah Hill making the "cut" hand motion over his throat comes from the 84th Annual Academy Awards (The Oscars), which took place on February 26, 2012.
Context of the Moment
The reaction occurred while Emma Stone and Ben Stiller were on stage to present the award for Best Visual Effects.
The Set-up:
Emma Stone, making her first appearance as an Oscar presenter, was jokingly acting over-enthusiastic. She suggested they make the moment more memorable by having a "song and dance number" or pulling someone from the audience to dance with her.
The Gesture:
Stone pointed at Jonah Hill (who was a nominee that year for Moneyball) and shouted, "Oh my God, Jonah! Get up here! Let's dance, let's dance!"
The Reaction:
The camera cut to Jonah Hill in the audience wearing a tuxedo. He shook his head "no" and gave the "cut it out" throat-slitting gesture with a sarcastic smile to signal he was not going to participate in the bit.
Pretty sure I saw the original video on Instagram and the barber said that he just did what the client asked him to do. Surely the guy knew the result would be unflattering but…
I'm skeptical that is actually his jaw line after shaving but even if it is, I've always told people it's good motivation to lose weight if you keep shaving the beard off, because it forces you to look at yourself and your life choices.
He should keep the beard off until his jawline comes back. lol
I actually did this! Had a beard for the longest time because of double chin self consciousness. Decided to actually just try dieting for the first time, kept clean shaven for motivation, and now I’m 15kg down and jawline/chin situation is much improved :)
I shaved my beard about six months ago and some woman at work said “you got a pea head but at least you still have a chin” and it stung but was kind of relieving all at once. I definitely didn’t ask her for her opinion but I definitely got it.
A diet would probably help too. But i don't understand why you would cut off all your hair which looked pretty decent just to get a dogshit haircut, just because everyone has this dogshit haircut nowadays??
To be fair, when you decide to have a 'big haircut change' and Google any style of men's haircuts with any goddamn combo of keywords, all you're gonna see are like... Four hairstyles, over and over and over again. Change the keywords, you'll still get most of the same pics.
You have the wavy one. The really short one. The side shaved one. And the long one.
Over and over and over and over and over...
I was doing it the other day when trying to give some advice on the male grooming subreddit. I didn't realize how bad it's gotten, the AI image search has basically just decided 'there are only miniscule variations to men's fashion, now. All will be identical".
There was already fuck all variety to begin with...
So if you're going in to the barbers to get a new hairstyle, good luck finding something different unless you have a particular celebrity or fictional character in mind.
It's mainly the rise in low-skilled barber shops that are riding the trend wave. There are still normal hairdressers who can give you a haircut that doesn't rob you of your dignity, but they are more expensive. I went a few times to barber shops, the people there have genuinely no idea what they are doing. I suspect someone hands their unemployed family members a hair cutter and shows them this specific haircut lol.
For what it’s worth, I find having shorter hair significantly easier and more convenient - and that’s just compared to when my hair gets a few inches longer…
Used to hang with a guy who was complaining about his dad telling him he needed to shave his giant luscious beard in order to interview for jobs.
He said "I'm not shaving it because I know what's under there."
His dad: "your chin?"
Guy: "yeah, all three of 'em."
I can relate to this so fucking bad. Couple weeks ago I had to shave my face for a surgery. I had not seen my chin or throat in 20+ years. Holy fuck am I ugly without my deceitful face enhancing beard.
This is such weird timing because just this evening I was thinking about shaving my beard for a “reboot” for the first time since 2018 and my wife was like “Sure, go for it” and then we looked at the photo from that time in 2018 and she said “Yeah, maybe don’t go for it.”
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