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Discussions About Being Bald => Advantages and Disadvantages to being Bald => Topic started by: Andy007 on July 24, 2007, 10:50:46 AM

Title: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Andy007 on July 24, 2007, 10:50:46 AM
yes, im vain.  :-\ . im 23 and i look younger than this, more like 20. i know vainity is not the best trait (is that the right word?) of a human, but what can i do???

its cool if you arent vain. i cant imagine how that must be.  :-\

Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: shyslyguy on July 24, 2007, 12:09:13 PM
Hey Andy,

Vanity is a pretty common trait in 20 somethings actually ... (& it's amazing how many people think that they look younger than they actually do) but fortunately vanity (like hair) often diminishes with age & experience!  O0
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Tyler on July 24, 2007, 03:31:10 PM
Great response ShySlyGuy!

Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Andy007 on July 25, 2007, 10:59:17 AM
Hey Andy,

Vanity is a pretty common trait in 20 somethings actually ... (& it's amazing how many people think that they look younger than they actually do) but fortunately vanity (like hair) often diminishes with age & experience!  O0

ya, good response. i think people in young years, like kids and teenagers, dont have skills, they dont have money, they dont have experience , they dont have anything but their young age and their looks. im still like this. im not very far in my developement and i never was in my life. so i need to compensate this with my looks.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: JohnMont on July 27, 2007, 08:29:10 AM
I think we're all vain to various degrees.   You don't think all the guys in here are concerned with their looks (i.e. VAIN !?!?)    You have to keep it in proportion, though.   And head shaving is kind of paradoxical.   Its very un-vain to shave off all your hair, saying,  I don't need to keep this stuff  (hair being the focus of so many people's vanity) ..   Yet many shave because they believe (hell, they KNOW) it will improve their looks-- so of course it's done with vanity.  But beyond vanity is the knowledge that you have cast aside THE most conventional idea of what good looks are all about (a full head of hair) .

Andy, my advice to you, for what it's worth, is to try to formulate a self image based on what you think the most desirable traits in a man are.  Then cultivate those traits.  For most, a no-nonsense, straightforward image (often with buzzed / shaved hair) corresponds to the idea of a man as forthright, hardworking, uncomplaining, unself-centered. .....   So don't just cultivate an image; cultivate an attitude/ mindset that GOES WITH the image.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Bald_freak on December 01, 2007, 06:50:30 PM
I know this is an old post but I just stumbled across it.

I would of listed vanity as an advantage. Alot of people hide behind thier hair, It takes balls to lop it off at first and expose your face for every one to see.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: marty22 on December 02, 2007, 12:34:33 PM
vanity......................caused me to get transplants years and years ago.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Marz on December 03, 2007, 04:17:47 PM
I am vain to a certain extent, If I wasn't I would look like Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray) in Kingpin if I did not take the time and care to shave my head, go to the gym, wash and iron my clothes, etc.  all in order to give myself a good appearance.

If necessity is the mother of invention, circumstance must be the mother of re-invention. 



Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Vin on December 03, 2007, 10:24:30 PM
marty22, anyone ever tell you that you kind of look like Bruce Willis? Yippy-Ki-Yay.... 8)

(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagetor.com%2Fout.php%2Fi16899_brucewillistm.jpg&hash=e81222b2257befcb5d7cb1a9f5620ab86a964d71)
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Tyler on December 05, 2007, 01:21:44 AM
Wow, Marty does have the same facial expressions as Willis.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Noner on December 05, 2007, 07:14:29 AM
I'm sorry guys, what was the topic? I was too busy looking at my awsome pecs, ripped arms and extremely sexy bald head in the mirror.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Noner on December 05, 2007, 07:22:02 AM
In my head:

(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent8.flixster.com%2Fphoto%2F31%2F14%2F66%2F3114662_tml.jpg&hash=68ef5db205b59c3f2d51327c0428b7ed7067e3c3)

Reality:
(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noner.com%2Fimg%2Fnonetie.jpg&hash=457ac2a699e2cece17f25d108490c469432eedd1)
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: schro on December 05, 2007, 07:46:10 AM
Funny stuff, Noner.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Alexander215 on December 05, 2007, 07:00:18 PM
Hey Andy,

Vanity is a pretty common trait in 20 somethings actually ... (& it's amazing how many people think that they look younger than they actually do) but fortunately vanity (like hair) often diminishes with age & experience!  O0

Someone told me they thought I was in my early thirties, and I'm only 20!
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Bald_freak on December 05, 2007, 09:36:02 PM
Hey Andy,

Vanity is a pretty common trait in 20 somethings actually ... (& it's amazing how many people think that they look younger than they actually do) but fortunately vanity (like hair) often diminishes with age & experience!  O0

Someone told me they thought I was in my early thirties, and I'm only 20!

Ouch!!! But, don't worry that'll probably reverse it self in the next 5-10 years. When I was 16 I could walk into any bar or liquor store with no problems. Now at 30 I get carded all the time.
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: Tyler on December 06, 2007, 01:40:24 AM
Someone told me they thought I was in my early thirties, and I'm only 20!

Ouch!!! But, don't worry that'll probably reverse it self in the next 5-10 years. When I was 16 I could walk into any bar or liquor store with no problems. Now at 30 I get carded all the time.
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LOL!  Same here! 
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on December 06, 2007, 08:33:15 AM
Let's not forget that vanity can be used as a tool--helps keep the weight off.  But as for carding, I have to tip them first, then they'll card me! 
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: froze on December 10, 2007, 10:19:29 AM
I was carded till I was almost 40!
Plus I agree vanity goes away the older you get!!!!
I only stare at myself in the only an hour a day now!!! O0 :@` :@` :@`
Title: Re: Disadvantage: I'm vain
Post by: bulls_fan on January 06, 2008, 02:43:17 PM
"I am vain to a certain extent, If I wasn't I would look like Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray) in Kingpin if I did not take the time and care to shave my head, go to the gym, wash and iron my clothes, etc.  all in order to give myself a good appearance.

If necessity is the mother of invention, circumstance must be the mother of re-invention.  "


hahaha awesome movie. "The name's not boy, it's roy."