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The real reason men grow beards(www.bbc.com)

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There have been a lot of articles about men’s beards since hipsters started rocking full beards in the last couple of decades, and they’re often loaded with opinions against it. It’s usually not more scientifically interesting than asking “why animals grow hair”. They do, and nobody really cares enough to ask “why”.

I’d rather like to know “the real reason men shave”. That’s somewhat more interesting, because it’s something humans have created and there ought to be a reason why.

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Ric0la@discuss.tchncs.de
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BBC still asks users to follow them on google+ …

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Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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This article is from 2016.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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When I shaved my cats wouldn’t let me pet them. I couldn’t deal with that kind of rejection.

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MonkderDritte@feddit.deOP
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Lol, you looked like someone else to them? Don’t cats identify via nose too?

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EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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It would probably even more upsetting to have someone smell like your servant owner without looking like him.

Imagine if someone spoke to you sounding exactly like your mother but looking nothing like her

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glimse@lemmy.world
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Appealing to prospective partners is not why I have a beard. Improving my standing with other men is not why I have a beard.

I have a beard because…I like it. It’s for me. I was clean shaven for a year for a job and hated it so much I quit.

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There can be other, individual reasons especially for “like”, but that and “beauty” have a strong link to evolution. For example, a wolf wouldn’t find a bowl of fruits beautiful.

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What do you think exists “like” and “beauty” for?

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HiddenLychee@lemmy.world
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If you don’t mind my asking, why do you think you hated it so much? Just hate the way it looks on you specifically?

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  1. It made me look 10 years younger and I’d prefer to look my age

  2. Shaving is annoying. Occasional razor burn and cuts aside, it’s an “all or nothing” style. If you miss a spot, it sticks out against the smooth skin

  3. Having to do it daily sucks especially for people like me who get 10am shadows. Post-shave stubble looks bad. Post-#1 trimmer stubble looks the same

  4. It’s relaxing to scratch a beard and it doesn’t feel good to scratch a freshly-shaven face.

I trim my beard once a week and I can do it half asleep. it stays relatively nice and if I miss a spot, it mostly blends in. Sometimes during the week I will trim the couple of hairs that grow a little higher on my cheeks but even if I don’t, it doesn’t look too bad.

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