Author Topic: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!  (Read 129880 times)

Offline socctty

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I'm sure none of the below has gone unsaid, but I thought I'd gather it here in one place since a lot of guys cite the subject of this thread as a reason not to go sly.

While I was just shaving my head in the shower, I was thinking about how I used to tell myself the same thing. But an idea hit me - most guys think that they can't pull it off because of the SLY mystique, as I call it. A sly guy is not only a bald guy, but a bald guy with confidence about being bald. No one really notices anyone without confidence, but a confident person attracts attention. And a SLY guy attracts even more. Hence, the sly mystique. Sly guys would look good with or without a bald head! The liberating act of going bald brings about the confidence that truly makes a man sly.

So, if you're sitting on the fence, jump to our side.

Besides, have you ever heard a woman say any of the following?
- "I sure love a man with a comb-over"
- "There's nothing sexier than a man with a receding hairline"
- "I love it when a man looks like a slob because he doesn't have time to style his hair"

I doubt you have! Plenty of women dig a smooth head. And those that don't are only waiting to meet a man with one. Ask any woman what she finds sexy in a man, and you'll hear "confidence" a hell of a lot more often than "the hair that the guy in the Rogaine commercial has." Or "a nice toupee" or even just a plain ol' "nice hair."

The day I decided that I would shave my head was the day I saw one of my superiors at a large conference. In my field, you have to be bold and confident. But he spoke meekly, didn't assert himself, and as he stood under a light in the room, his comb-over was fully on display for 200 people to see - to be unable to ignore. I don't mean to shame him. But it was obvious that he wasn't confident in himself and the comb-over was the neon lighting framing it all. Enough neon to make Vegas blush. He's always conveyed himself as a man angry with himself and his personal life, come to think of it. He's a man that could use a HeadBlade, even if he had the hair.

So, to summarize - you WILL look good with a shaved head, because you will be more confident in yourself! You will carry yourself like a man that has nothing to hide, and just to prove it, is willing to put it on display. So go shave it.

(sticky topic? :D)


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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2007, 08:05:59 PM »
Great post Soccty!  You've got your sticky post!  And, I think it will make it to the blog as well.   O0
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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2007, 08:14:12 PM »
Very well said socctty!  O0
 

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2007, 08:22:26 PM »
Hell yes! Kudos to you for that, I couldn't have said it better if I tried! Great post!

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2007, 08:28:09 PM »
Way to go socctty.  One of the best I've read.  With oratory like that we should run you on the Sly ticket next election.
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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2007, 06:09:02 AM »
 :D O0 BEAUTIFUL post, Socctty! Encomiums for that. You have more insight than half the psychology professors with whom I work. After the adjustment, anticipating that gleaming, sly-bald silhouette in the mirror is like a shot of adrenaline--hence the confidence. Stay sly and spirited, Professor Melon
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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2007, 08:35:31 AM »
nice. that was the single most important post i have read on here. and tonight...it's going down!

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2007, 09:54:35 AM »
nice. that was the single most important post i have read on here. and tonight...it's going down!

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2007, 08:20:20 PM »
mission accomplished!! how ridiculously liberating!

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2007, 08:33:57 PM »
mission accomplished!! how ridiculously liberating!

Way to go man!!  I look forward to the after pics.
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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2007, 02:57:10 PM »
Amen brudder. Well said.

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2007, 08:36:33 PM »
words of wisdom... well said friend.    O0
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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2007, 05:36:27 PM »
Super post!  Thanks!  O:O



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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2007, 01:20:26 PM »
amazing - love this site

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Re: "I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2007, 03:37:05 PM »
well said !