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Why men should not fear balding...
« on: December 21, 2006, 03:24:32 PM »
I recently wrote an article on Helium.com titled "Why Men Should Not Fear Balding."  You can read the article here: http://www.helium.com/tm/100895

I'd be interested in your thoughts and comments on the article.


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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 03:46:47 PM »
Very good Tyler!

The one point (that you make several times) that really stands out is how with the proliferation of mass media, a naturally occuring fact of life became something to be shunned.  Now, bald men are embracing their baldness and trying to shed the stereotype that bald is a bad thing!

Great job Tyler... you get the gold star for today!


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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 04:32:44 PM »
Well done, mate!

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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2006, 04:52:48 PM »
Excellent article Tyler.  I think we all feared balding at one time, especially when we were younger.  Does anyone say "Yes!  I am losing my hair and going bald!!"?  Few, if any, I suspect.  We come to accept it, beat nature to the punch, then laugh in her face! 
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 07:11:50 PM »
Excellent!

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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2006, 12:02:03 AM »
Awesome article, Tyler.  Drove that one straight to the end zone!  How long did it take them to approve it?  I got a few pending approval.
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2006, 03:57:27 AM »
Awesome article, Tyler.  Drove that one straight to the end zone!  How long did it take them to approve it?  I got a few pending approval.

Thanks everyone!!

It took about a week to approve it.
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2006, 07:29:31 AM »
good job buddy.


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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2007, 03:29:24 PM »
I enjoyed reading that, very well written. I agree that media portrayal has a lot to do with it - there was a time not so long ago when being bald was portrayed in the media as a subset of geek (and not in a good way). Now, as you say, there are big A-listers and clearly successful bald men who blow away the myth. I see more and more bald young men when I travel to work, and when I arrive for that matter - I'm one of them of course!

You can see the depth of attitude that we are standing against when the other post on why not to fear balding by Mary Jones says that those who retain their hair are "lucky" - she's supposedly taking a pro-bald position!

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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2007, 03:35:02 PM »
Great job Tyler and it plugs the site at the end.  Very well written!
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2007, 05:38:18 PM »
This article made the front page of Helium today!!!!  You can see it at http://www.helium.com
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2007, 05:39:36 PM »
Sweet! WTG T!
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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2007, 05:46:18 PM »
Nice Tyler!  O0

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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2007, 05:51:24 PM »
YDM Tyler. O0


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Re: Why men should not fear balding...
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2007, 05:53:40 PM »
Thanks guys!  The best part is that it references SBG!   O:O
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