Why so many men shave their heads bald these days?

LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

Hey don't get me wrong. It's not like I notice what my fellow men look like. Tend to ignore them in general. I much prefer watching the women. In fact that's ALL I do some days...

However I've seen this tendency in the past few years of men, both young and middle aged, who shave their heads bald as a billiard ball. To me it not only makes them look odd but like convicts.

Some have "short man's syndrome" too. Now that's a nasty one.

Someone mentioned to me that these shaved heads are trying to imitate a tennis pro named Agassi. Is this so?

Just askin'

uli · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:28 am Post subject:

It is the "who has the intelligence of an egg should also look like one" syndrome.
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bs · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:39 am Post subject:

I think it helps play that double high C....Lee. you need to try that one too.
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LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

swthiel · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:07 am Post subject:

When one of my stepsons shaved his head, I assumed it was some sort of karmic retribution for what I put my dad through ...

Steve's dad in the 1970's:

brem · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

It's because then, you don'T need to wash the hair. And by extension, yourself.

LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

LittleRusty · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:09 am Post subject:

It might also be for the same reason that some men wear toupes. I personally prefer shaved heads to a bad comb over or toupe. Not that I care what men look like.

LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

LittleRusty · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:27 am Post subject:

Both of my brothers-in-law were bald in high school. So it isn't just the old fogies that lose hair.

I don't have any bald spots at 50+ so I expect to keep my hair.

trptStudent · Heavyweight Member Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 2572

If I were going bald, I would not hesitate to shave my head rather than try to do some kind of bizarre comb-over. Going bald is genetic, but being bald is a choice and I'd rather make a choice.

Maybe they want to be like Neil Strauss a.k.a. Style. He makes a living teaching guys how to pick up women.

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poochie · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

It's so when we fight in the pit no one can grab me by the hair.

VTengineer · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject:

Hmm...maybe if I shave my head I could get a girl, too.

sunburstbasser · Heavyweight Member Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1194

My hair is over 12" long. So I stand out in a crowd of baldos!
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jackie · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

Bald people have a purpose, their heads make the best harmon mutes.

Seriously.

Mikeytrpt · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject:

I like to think of my ever-increasing bald spot as a solar panel for my brain....

scarface · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 1806

LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

Funny or at least off how a thread like this gets so many hits in just one day. I'm not taking credit for it. Just an unusual phenomenon.

Kind of like the reason books about dieting always sell well. People feel insecure about their image and will focus in on these matters of looks and vanity.

bs · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:52 am Post subject:

Wow....very impressive....and I assume that it is very musical as well....