What is up with the sudden fascination with beards? Inb4 beardlet

>>40274842
>sudden
The trend started like 2 years ago

Clean shaven and fashy haircut masterrace

Facial hair was briefly not in style for about 70 (?) years of human existence. I can't think of anywhere other than suburban cubicle dweller america that insisted men were clean shaven

>2015
>not wearing a beard

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>>40274842
Hipsters is the reason and then non manly men thinking beards are manly. Then with their beard they live in a city and never do anything manly at all BUT HEY they have a beard its so manly!

lol

I grow my beard out in cold months because of the cold. I shave it when it is warm.

The beard doesnt make the man.

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>tfw beardlet

>le manly man

>>40275377
I feel you on this, but you sound like a dick. I'm growing my beard for the first time >lol20yrsold but I deserve it, it's fuckin rugged where I'm from

>>40275697
Fuck that guy

>Can grow a perfectly distributed manly, thick beard
>Think I look better clean shaven

My beard triggers me for some reason.

>>40274842

>tfw lean
>tfw a bodybuilder
>not a fat power lifter
>striations in jaw are visible
>separation of jawline from bone visible

Why would I want to hide this

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>>40275697
this guy managed to look incredibly baby-faced even with the beard

>>40275697
>thinks a beard makes him a man

>has an earring
>is a fatty
>babyface

The compensation is real

>>40275667
this

they all look the same too. round face retards

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Rate

>>40275697
>fashion/grooming-style makes someone a man.
how can anyone be this out of touch with masculinity while still having a dick.

>>40275766
cookie cutter

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>>40275739
>separation of jawline from bone visible
If your jawline isnt your bone then what is it?

>>40275766
>I'm the barracks fuckhole/10
>Pyotr/10.

>>40275779

Like you can see the edge of my jawbone in my cheeks, and the actual shape of the bone and shit, it's hard to explain.

>>40275779
I use magnets to make my jawline hover 1'' above my jawbone.

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>>40275803
>tfw your jawbone isnt your jaw

>>40275803
Yeah, it's called not being a fat fuc..
>jawbone in my cheeks
Wat?

>>40275828
>Using instagram and HAES tier meme spamming.
You can just feel the testosterone pulsating.

>tfw grow a big beard to try to hide my face

>>40275803
>jawbone in my cheeks
Are you a fucking ant by any chance?

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>>40275828
whats with this cringey shit? I only saw it on /fit/. There are plenty of girls that like both styles and guy friends don't give a fuck either way.

>>40274842
neckbeard fedoras trying to look cool, just because that's the only thing they can do effortlessly to be "cool", that's it

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>needing any external display to validate your self worth
pathetic

>>40275874
Holy fucking jesus
All of these posts is way, way off except for the baby face one which is only apt if you have a fucking baby face to begin with

Are bearded dudes the HAES of men?

>>40275890
You realize you're on a board where the goal is external display, right?

>>40275803
just upload a picture you flaming faggot

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>>40275874
>"Wow, that clean shaven guy looks super manly," said no one ever.

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>inb4 how tall are you

>>40275803
>jawbone in my cheeks
That's your fucking cheekbone, chief.

>>40275874
>>40275901
>Are bearded dudes the HAES of men?

it appears so

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>>40275874
>>40275828
>>40275815
>>40275794
>>40275697
Daily reminder that if you ever feel the need to post something self-congratulatory on social media, you need to reassess your life and your priorities.

>>40275916
>ginger
All you fags look alike, you look almost exactly like one of my cousins.

>>40275913
That jaw is insane. Does he eat the teeth of lesser men?

>>40275937
Daily reminder that if you use social media for anything except keeping in touch with people, you need to reassess your life.

>>40275874
lots of projection

>>40275916
Ricky?

>>40274842
IDK I have a full beard with a handlebar mustache. But honestly it is getting annoying and I might shave it. I have long hair too so people call me Jesus, which really pisses me off.

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>Grow beard as part of giving up on life
>Fat piece of shit
>Lose weight
>People compliment me on my beard and how I've been keeping it shorter
>Haven't been doing anything different with my beard; have always just kept it trimmed
>Find older picture of myself; holy shit
>Realise they probably think my beard was bigger when I was actually just fatter
>Who am I kidding, they probably knew all along and simply complimented my beard to indirectly compliment my unfattened face

>>40275906
Yes, but I lift because I care about what I think about how I look, not what anyone else thinks. The issue at play here is extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation, and I look down people who post shit like this begging for attention and likes.

>>40275906
Last time I checked beards grow are outside the skin, and muscles are inside the skin. Muscles are therefore an internal display.

>>40275966
No, he eats friendly lead to the face.

>>40276018
this sounds like something straight out of /plg/

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>numales think bears make them looks "masculine"

>did you hear the one about the faggot that thinks beards are manly?

Anything you've 'earned' by doing nothing is not manly

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>>40276073

>>40276073
Some people just don't want to shave everyday though, what is the point? To look professional? In the office there isn't a dress code or appearance standard at all. It doesn't matter

>all the jealous beardlets ITT
kek

>>40276099
This, this is actually true. Anyone who can grow a beard doesn't give two shits about it, it isn't a symbol of something and we don't bitch about it, its just facial hair, keep it clean and fuck the haters

>can only grow a patchy neckbeard at best
>no hair above neck at all
>look babyfaced shaved
No hope for me brehs

>>40276111
One thing is being proud of being able to grow a good looking beard, it does look good when you got a even growth

However saying stuff like "lol with no beard you look like a woman" and "ladies love beards, makes em wet" makes you seem autistic and like your compensating for shit

>>40276111
>Anyone who can grow a beard doesn't give two shits about it,
>>40275874
>>40275828
>>40275815
>>40275794
>>40275697
>>40274842

>>40275697
You can tell by his eyes that he has a hideous beta face under that beard.
Beards are for people with shitty bone structure. Hence why almost no models or actors have one.

>>40276188
is that what you tell yourself in the mirror? that you have good bone structure while shaving your neck fuzz?

>>40275916
You know you look ridiculous when you cant's grow a beard on your cheeks, right?

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Fat, effeminate men with weak jawlines and chins because they were disgusting mouthbreathers as children need to hide their inadequacies somehow. Combine that with a generation of men who are so pathetic that they feel the need to show how "manly" they are by playing dress up in work clothing, and you have the perfect storm of lame nerds who think beards are the ultimate key to manliness. It's even better because it doesn't require effort on the person's part, just don't touch a razor for a few weeks/months.

Now that being said, I don't normally rag on dudes who grow a beard. I can't really grow one myself, but I'm lucky in that I have a strong jawline and other "masculine" features. I just hate seeing the same beard culture bullshit all over the place and how hipster jackoffs parade their facial hair as some kind of definition of their masculinity, because they can't do anything else that would define them as a man in society, such as changing a fucking tire or chopping firewood


Yes, this shit triggers me

>>40276244
pretty much this

/thread

>>40276201
I can grow a beard. But I look better without one because I wasn't a mouth breathing product of incest

>>40276098
Yea...Not many bank managers, diplomats and other high paying jobs have face fedoras, nobody trusts somebody hiding half their face all the time maybe? Or maybe it just shows disaprin in basic hygiene

Also it's because hair interferes with respirator seals

>>40276278
So you can't grow a beard then. All men look better with full beards.

There's a reason the male archetype includes facial hair.

>>40276294
Then why don't any models or good looking actors grow anything more than light stubble?

>>40276294
the pubic hair you have in your cheeks doesnt count as a beard, m7

>>40275916

>That sillyrics chinstrap desperately trying to pass for a beard.


Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy

>>40276313
Because society has put standards on what beauty is percieved as in this area as time has gone on vanity has become pronounced. Why do you think we all lift fuccboi?

>>40276294
>There's a reason the male archetype includes facial hair.
Explain why most sexual symbols and men who are displayed as sexually attractive towards women dont have facial hair then

>zac effron
>Justin bieber
>younger brad pitt
>Ben affleck

just to name a few i could think of right this second

>>40276330
...So not having a beard is better looking? (Assuming you actually have facial bones)

>>40276330
*era not area

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>>40276244
Pretty much this and in addition, the beard trend triggered a ton of equally insecure lowtest men who couldnt grow one and it all escalated.

I swear to god some men would list their beard as a fucking hobby if asked

>>40274842
>weak jawline
>grow beard

>>40276340
I dont give a shit do whatever the hell you want

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>>40276363
Beardfags btfo

>>40276336
Did you just name off all of your 17 year old sisters' "Would fuck" list?

>>40275966

he is dead
hope he passed on them genetics

>>40276388
>Implying women don't peak 17-21

>>40276244
But what if the only "beard" you can grow is a patchy thin disgusting early teenager "beard". Like it or not, thick beards are a sign of masculinity. Also gonna need you to kill me senpai.

>>40276388
That 50shades of grey guy doesnt have a beard and most women age 15-40 want to be in his position
Ive never met a woman in my life who prefered guys with a beard, famous or IRL

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>thinking the only 2 options are being a long bearded fedora or being a clean shaven faggot

>tfw job makes me go clean shaven
>beard grows out so quick if I don't shave for a day it starts coming in real thick
>can outgrow my roommate's 2 month beard within a week or two
>been able to grow one since I was 16

I mean on one hand I'm happy I can grow one, but it also sounds nice not having to worry about it.

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>keep a beard most of the time since graduating high-school 10 years ago
>literally nobody had beards then, even got mocking comments
>recently every beta is having one
Fuck this world.

>>40276411
Beards are a sign of the genetic makeup that allows for facial hair to grow. You can have the biggest, bushiest and most bitchin beard on planet earth, but that isn't gonna exempt you from acting like a panty stain if you don't have the proper mindset.

Like I said, just because some dude has a beard doesn't mean he's instantly some nu male pussy. If a guy like Pat Macnmarra came up to me and told me he was gonna fuck me in the ass, the toughest thing I'd be able to say to him would be something along the lines of "for how long". That being said, modern day men tend to parade around their facial hair as if it means they are the be all, end all of masculinity. It's your actions and mindset that define your perceived manliness, not your face pubes.

>>40276444
That beard length is literally the faggot length.
The only acceptable options are:
>clean shaven
>stubble
>beard that at least a couple of cm
>longer beard if you're into that

>>40276464
pretty much this. Have rocked the Riker style beard since '06 or so.

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>not having a stubble

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>tfw bald so forced to grow a beard
>now all these people with hair have beards too so i cant even stand out

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>>40276230
>>40276325
Yea, yea I know but don't really care

you think I should keep it clean shaven and go back to being an /o/perator?

if you like beards you might be gay
t. my gay friend loves beards

>>40274842
>sudden fascination
Did you just wake up from a coma that started in 2012?
Beards have been a trendy thing since 2013 and there were signs of the trend before.

>>40275697
This is the reason why having a beard and talking about it makes you such a faggot.
Just have one if you like it, or don't if you dislike it.

>>40276111
>>40276130
I have a full beard and it looks good, but I never talk about it. I have a friend who grows an even nicer beard, and he never shuts up about it. His Xbox gamertag contains the word beard, his wife refers to him as "the beard" in social media posts. It's sad that someone can have so little substance that something like a beard is such a big part of their identity. I mean, it'd be one thing if he was the only one in that social circle who had a beard, but 90% of that group of friends have a beard.

>mouth breather
>weak chin/jaw
>can't grow beard
>start using minoxidil on face
>use for two months, see maybe a 5% gain in facial hair
>causes my head to shed like crazy
>has drastically sped up my male pattern baldness
I'm even uglier than before

>be child, i don't know how young
>can't wait to grow a beard like my badass uncle
>grow up
>grow beard
>hipsters become a thing
>assholes make hipster comments about my beard all the time
Fuck hipsters

>>40275828
>giving oral to a woman

cuck

>>40275794
Fucking sargon that fag

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>>40274842
Because it looks good on my face. I'm going bald early and being the bigguy4u with a buzzcut and beard will never go out of style.

>>40276835
>Not giving oral to woman

Cuckold

beards were fine a few years ago, but if you have one now it's very obvious that you're hiding and ugly face

reminder that no amount of weightlifting can ever make you not-ugly

>>40277011
So the people that had beards years ago were fine, bu the same people are not hiding their facial features?

Anon, that makes no sense. You think everyone with beards are ugly, but everyone with beards a few years ago were not?

>>40276363
The post that sums it all up really

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>>40274842

Because all the low test jawlet chinlet betas can finally get to hide their genetic defects.

Same for fatasses, hides their jowls and tripple chin, kind of.

>>40277080
>have nice chin
>beard never grew more than middle schooler level

>>40277080
>tfw no chin
>tfw manlet
>tfw cursed to be eternally pubefaced
>tfw "cute guy"

I must have committed grave sins in an earlier life to deserve this fate. My only hope is my voice at this point, wish me luck /fit/friends.

>>40276283
Doesn't interfere with respirator seals anymore, that was back in WWI and maybe WWII. You can have a beard and fight fire or wear a gas mask now.

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Beards look good AF

Look at my main man Rye, look at how he's rocking that dirty look. If you never about him and saw him walking down the street, you'd be like "damn there goes a 9, he's attractive" and why? It's because not only does he have excellent genetics that males dream of, but a beard that signifies manliness and dominance with a bit of ruggedness amplifies his looks. It's really easy

How can women stand that shit?
It's even thicker and more rigid than pubes, it's scratchy and itchy to the touch and unless you meticulously shampoo and comb it, there's bound to be food particles stuck in it.

>>40275916

looks neo nazi as fuck

>>40274842
Sure grow a beard but don't ever talk about it unless someone asks you first.

>>40277403
/thread

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>>40277080
>can finally get to
This new invention the "beard"?

>>40277434
most hate it but metrosexual lumberjacks love it

>>40275697
This guy is so fucking insecure holy shit

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>>40274842
I like the Roman attitude towards beards and long hair on men. They kept their face clean shaven (for the most part) and their hair short to show their mastery over nature.

>>40275015
The trend started 6000 years ago.

>>40277670
Weebus Gayacletus

>>40275697
Stupid meme but the guy is a hot bear.

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>>40277713
>Gayacletus

>>40275774
Raised by women, watches too much crappy tv, or not enough time spent with male role models

>>40275015
>>40277712
This.

In ancient Judea and Rome guys were already being proud and bragging about how well they could grow a beard.

>>40274842
Beards were originally used to protect against the weather but they've lost that use since we spent most of our time indoors. Being clean shaven can show off a GOAT jawline which is aesthetic, and functionally superior to a beard. But having that blend of both, with a bit of thick stubble that still shows your facial structure is best.

>>40275968
>>40275937
I hope more and more people begin to realize that this is the way to handle social media platforms

A beard is a clear indicator of an adult male. It may be seen by some as primitive, clean, or even trendy. Everyone has their own opinion, but the fact of the matter is that a beard is a symbol of a biological man.

Perhaps people gravitate towards letting their's grow out due to the fact that it is a symbol of their manhood. Maybe others grow them out specifically because they want to be a part of the modern trend.

In the end, it is foolish to generalize an entire group of individuals by what your incomplete opinion believes these people stand for.

tl;dr Let people do what they want and stop fighting amongst each other like women do

>>40276244

this shit. I have a full beard. basically cause I worked in kitchens now I have a real job and I can grow it out. 1.5 years of growing. shits annoying desu.

in my experience everyone loves a good beard. but fuck grab a stack of napkins or you're fucked when you're eating. and the hair drops everywhere. jesus fucking christ.

but I hate the beard culture. this rustic old man shit. herp derp beard comb, gel, and retarded lifestyle. it's fucking pathetic.

if you grow a beard. dope. that's it. who gives a fuck
>>40278019


nope. I just got lazy as fuck

>>40275913
If you need a beard to look manly, youre clearly a babyfaced jawlet/chinlet.

>What is up with the sudden fascination with beards?

>What is up with the sudden fascination of one of the defining sexual characteristics of human males?

>>40275874
>scared of a light shaving cut
>calls others women
Whoever made this is the biggest kind of faggot

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>>40277670
Three of the Five Good Emperors had beards.

Full beards can hide weak jawlines, poor skin, babyface, and weight. If your face looks bad, covering up 40% of it with hair will obviously make you look better.

People with strong jawlines, good skin, pronounced cheekbones and all that jazz look good with or without a beard.

The misconception comes from ugly people hiding behind a beard, so they think everyone who doesn't have one must be inferior because they themselves look worse without one.

Seems like every fat person I know grows a beard or tries to as if it will somehow hide the fact they're cosplaying humpty-dumpty.

Beardfags are sometimes annoying and I've NEVER met someone who talked and bragged about being cleanshaven the way some fucks OBSESS about their facial hair.

I wonder if this stupid trend will progress to people obsessing over body hair. I have chesthair and a thick happy trail and it's kinda annoying, but I keep it because it'd be way more effort to keep it completelby shaved and I'd rather not put hot wax on my nipples

>>40276464
If you got mocking comments, it was probably a shitty beard.

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>>40275916
>mfw it's ricky

>>40275916
>That's a shitty beard

>>40276188
What's wrong with hiding my fat face behind a beard until I lose it? Women get to wear a literal mask when they go out, why can't I?

The worst trend are the "hedge trimmer" beards that are long, but over groomed. It's the facial hair equivalent of having a pencil dick.

I saw a study like 6 years back over masculine traits but can't find it now.
They surveyed thousands of woman for what seemed most "manly" to them and the top results were beard, bald dome, and muscles or something like that. Anyone know?

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I've had this beard since I was 20 and am judging some faggy beard competition next weekend. Also my face has been Shlomo'd in this pic.

>>40275810
You must have a lot of iron in your diet.

>>40275697
I don't have anything against beards but the muh epik beard shit is incredibly fucking irritating.

>>40279214
Terrible

I can't not have facial hair, I shave my head because of MPB so i look really unbalanced without it.

I don't see how anyone doesn't think those long bushy beards don't look fucking disgusting.

>>40274842
>can grow decent beard
>usually keep clean shaven, I just like it
>when I grow it out men think I'm some kind of ex soldier badass or something
>women compliment my jawline when I'm clean shaven

It really makes no difference to me, either way people like me.

>>40274842
Beards were manly and status symbol for thousands of years. Whad do you mean "suddenly"?

If anything being shaved is a late 20th century meterosexual thing only.

>>40276415
You haven't met many women have you? There's some chicks that really like a beard

>>40281406
And yet, deep down, you're just a simple minded faggot.

>>40275980
Gary?

>>40274842
only hipsters and people above the age of 50 have beards.

every proper white collar non-hipster iperson i know shaves and is clean shaven.

some of us keep up appearances of personal grooming because of professionalism.

>>40274842
Crisis of identity in general and masculinity in particular Tbh

>>40281737
>white collar
>literally being a wagecuck
lmao

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>>40277403
>there goes a 9
I mean, Goose is the most /our guy/ actor in all of history and OGF is honestly my favorite film released in the last 5 years, but you are fucking shit at judging aesthetics my dude

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Manlier than all you pussies

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>>40277403
>The Goose
>9/10

I hate you fucking delusional retards. Thinking you know anything about aesthetics. Just fucking lol.

>>40283047
if not for the fact that the hormone that causes full beards also causes hair loss

>>40275697
>this guy takes selfies from different angles, with different expressions.
>uploads them to the net
>add meme texts
>OH IM A MAN

let that sink in for a minute

>>40283152
See >>40283012

>>40276652
>x-box gamer tag
>wife
Now I know why I'm not married. I don't do video games and I'm rather be selling dope and fucking random strippers than having a fucking beard competition. fags. I do actually have a beard but its just because I'm lazy and its easier to just touch it up every couple of days than shave constantly.

>>40275338
How about the army you mong?

>>40283208
Literally did not become standard practice until World War I due to the necessity of gas masks.

Does anyone else think beards only got popular because fat guys realized they could use them to hide all their chins?

>>40283130
Yes, he's a 10/10 to most women.

Anyone here have experience with a blonde beard? Mine is pretty dark and dense around the jaw but very bright blonde in the goatee area. Will it look better, I'm only 2 weeks in?

>>40275815
shouldn't it be women OR children anyway?

>>40279214
white trash/10

>>40283208
Not only is that because of see >>40283238

but special forces don't shave and I've known 3-4 airborne guys and medics who were not to shave as parts of certain missions in iraq

They hide unmanly faces. Arnold Schwarzenegger clean shaven looks masculine, other men clean shaven look like babies.

>>40275697
>>40275794

I usually have a beard because I'm too lazy too shave (trimming is so much faster).

I hope people think that I'm a hobo and not a fag like pic related.