Hair

I just shave my hair with a shaver. I guess we both agree that spending money on your hair is futile and unnecessary!

As to the history of using hair as an accessory of beauty I'm not sure when it started. In movies they always show prehistoric man with beaded hair. I'm gonna go ahead and assume that's just for the effects and not really historically accurate.

But the history aside, we have evolved with hair on our heads and we're programmed to like hair and tweeking with it. Are you saying that if everyone decided to shave their heads then in a few generations no one would care about hair?

 

FURTHERMORE AS A MEDICO AND GI YA KNOW IT'S A PAIN IN THE ASS TO KEEP CLEAN. AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CRITTERS USING IT FOR A HOME; THAT CAUSE DISEASE.


NOT GOOD FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS..


HMM I'M ON CAPS FOR SOME REASON.


I BLAME THE HIPPIES. NOT ONLY FOR THE CAPS GLITCH BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYHTING I NEED TO LAY A ROOT CAUSE TOO. f*CKING DOPERS. USELESS.
WASTING AIR THAT FISH NEED.

No, in fact I still have all my hair.  Never got to wear it long.  It wasn't the fashion when I was in school, and I went straight into the Army, where very little hair was the requirement, and then into the Airborne where a shaved head was the norm because wearing a jump helmet made anything but shaved a howling discomfort.

I grew up with short hair and I still keep it that way.  My wife forbids me to shorten it any more than it is.

just a question that I thought might promote a decent discussion.

Why are we so caught up in our hair fetish, worrying about it, pampering it and spending billions to have it cut when it grows and styled and colored?

What is it about Man that drives that particular obsession?  And it is an obsession by every definition of the term.

''Why are we so caught up in our hair fetish, worrying about it, pampering it and spending billions to have it cut when it grows and styled and colored?''


You already know the answer...tho, imo, your natural proclivity to promote your alleged agnosticism is again showing and perhaps in question.....perhaps this is a subconscious move to the Cross.



''Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.''


Eccl. 2-11

You asked: ''Why are we so caught up in our hair fetish, worrying about it, pampering it and spending billions to have it cut when it grows and styled and colored?''


The answer is still obvious. Reread the scripture and then put that master medico mind of the front slope back into first gear.....running in third like that is bad for your bp.

Draw the nexus. It has nothing to do with your faith or lack thereof I suppose but it does have to do with the reference to the scripture being made.

I was talking about vanity. As does the scripture relate. That is the answer to the original post. It was hijacked in your mind not in actuality.


''Did you just violate your own rules of conduct''.


Dunno did I? Btw their your rules as well so follow them.


Iow. Nor were you being attacked. But if you perceive it; then you know the drill. Report it as per the Coc. Otherwise quit acting like a 12 year old female whose first experiencing menstruation.

Your to old for it and you should know better. That was member to member.


Now as Mod to member... your thread is locked. Until reviewed by higher authority reference your complaint. Which I will personally forward to the owner-admin.


We aim to please.



Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 07-Apr-2013 at 13:06

Mountainman, hair was a fashion statement for Europeans long before the Hippies and Mods. Since ancient times it has been used by various civilisations as a mark of identification:
Egyptians shaved their heads to keep cool in the heat
Jews were forbidden to cut their hair or beards, perhaps to set themselves apart from the Egyptians
Persians grew long, curled beards as protection from the desert winds
Celtic warriors wore moustaches and spiky hair to appear taller
Romans cropped their hair short and shaved their beards so enemies couldn't grab hold of them.
Vikings had long hair and beards to display their health and virility. Short hair was the mark of a slave.
Catholic priests shaved their heads to remove their individuality and proclaim themselves part of the collective church.
Medieval noblemen had pageboy cuts and bowl cuts to demonstrate they could afford their own barber
During the 16th century, men wore short hair and beards in imitation of the ancient Greeks
In the 17th century, long hair was prevalent
Georgian fops shaved their heads and wore wigs to keep the lice away
Regency dandies like Beau Brummel curled their hair
Victorian gentlemen had bushy beards or sideburns
From the Edwardian era until the 1960s, men wore variants of the short-back-and-sides, or the crew cut popularised by WWI soldiers.

Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Visually hair identifies a person culturally. Even when a person rebels with the style, it still places them in a certain group. As there are certain identifying features when it comes to hair, IMHO, hair as an identifying medium very probably predates homosapiens.

 

Originally posted by Nick1986 Mountainman, hair was a fashion statement for Europeans long before the Hippies and Mods. Since ancient times it has been used by various civilisations as a mark of identification: Egyptians shaved their heads to keep cool in the heat Jews were forbidden to cut their hair or beards, perhaps to set themselves apart from the Egyptians Persians grew long, curled beards as protection from the desert winds Celtic warriors wore moustaches and spiky hair to appear taller Romans cropped their hair short and shaved their beards so enemies couldn't grab hold of them. Vikings had long hair and beards to display their health and virility. Short hair was the mark of a slave. Catholic priests shaved their heads to remove their individuality and proclaim themselves part of the collective church. Medieval noblemen had pageboy cuts and bowl cuts to demonstrate they could afford their own barber During the 16th century, men wore short hair and beards in imitation of the ancient Greeks In the 17th century, long hair was prevalent Georgian fops shaved their heads and wore wigs to keep the lice away Regency dandies like Beau Brummel curled their hair Victorian gentlemen had bushy beards or sideburns From the Edwardian era until the 1960s, men wore variants of the short-back-and-sides, or the crew cut popularised by WWI soldiers.

Thank you, Nick.  That actually makes since.  I know shaved heads were the norm in my airborne unit because otherwise the discomfort caused by hours and hours a day strapped into a jump helmet would drive you mad, and when I rode a motorcycle I kept it short for the same reason.  Too hot in Texas to be sweating inside that helmet.

While we're listing hair peculiarities, the Sikhs are another group that do not cut their hair, and the Japanese samurai never cut their que.


Edited by Mountain Man - 19-Apr-2013 at 21:46

Ah, yes...the Peacock Age when men wanted to go around looking like women.