Can someone explain the current hipster beard thing

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by craigster59

The majority of the art dept guys I work with who look like that are gay. They call themselves "Bears".

I never knew bears were gay.

I knew they liked pick-a-nick baskets. At least on cartoons.

[Jim Richards]

The hipster in my condo building has a pretty nice looking wife, although she's kind of a hipsterette.

[GH85Carrera]

Does she have a beard?

[Jim Richards]

Not that I've been invited to see.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Does she have a beard?

Maybe she IS a beard!

[varmint]

the hipsters have begun to realize they suffer from a masculinity deficit. the beards are a misguided attempt to fix it.

[willtel]

Don't question those with blue warts.

[targa911S]

what...

[masraum]

I can't embed from my ipad, but this was amusing

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-xgYTVS-Fg

[70SATMan]

Originally Posted by varmint

the hipsters have begun to realize they suffer from a masculinity deficit. the beards are a misguided attempt to fix it.

Don't you work in an art dept? I thought a lot of dudes up your way wore beards.

Lot's O hipsters in baseball at the mo. No lack of masculinity.

[uncle_scott]

My dad had an awesome mustache growing up, and my uncle always had a big beard. Its pretty much been a way of life for me, and I have consistently had a beard since about 2007. I feel like that was before I heard the term hipster regularly. Ultimately my beard was grown out of laziness in not wanting to shave, and now I am growing it out because I like it a little longer. My wife loves it...go figure.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by targa911S

what...

OK, but 1 You're an old guy and 2 You play a bass (it is bass, right, I think that's right). I think the bass gives you a free pass on several eccentricities.

Maybe, just maybe, we've found the source of the hipster beard virus ^. It's benign in the hands of Targa911S, but mutates and is capable of airborne transmission (unlike ebola) once a non-bass player has it.

[varmint]

Originally Posted by 70SATMan

Don't you work in an art dept? I thought a lot of dudes up your way wore beards.

Lot's O hipsters in baseball at the mo. No lack of masculinity.

i am an F-250 diesel driving, lifetime NRA member, republican who just spilt four cords of wood for the winter. and i still qualify as a damn hippie in this state.





shave most of those hipster beards nd this is what you're left with. it's like a mullet for the low testosterone crowd.

[targa911S]

LOL...I love this place....yes it's bass. Bass players also have the H.A.T. virus. Now you ALL will get the hipster virus from looking at my picture..sell all your razor stocks..

Isn't november the No Shave Month?

[GH85Carrera]

I have had my beard since the late 1970s. I don't have any plans to shave. I am the opposite of a hipster.

[70SATMan]

Originally Posted by varmint

i am an F-250 diesel driving, lifetime NRA member, republican who just spilt four cords of wood for the winter. and i still ,,,,,

work in an art dept. yes? Do you wear a beard?

[varmint]

art department, yes
beard, no

[70SATMan]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I have had my beard since the late 1970s. I don't have any plans to shave. I am the opposite of a hipster.

I almost always have some form of facial hair going on. My wife and girls are used to me changing my look all the time.

Right now, my oldest says my current stache style makes me look a little like an 1800s baseball player.

Been a Hick, a Rocker, a Punk, a Mod, back to a Hick, to a Grunge, to a Kook and now, leaning back towards a Mod which is what Hipsters long to be.

[70SATMan]

Originally Posted by varmint

art department, yes
beard, no

OK then, See?? That wasn't hard.

[oldE]

Tell you what.

Dig out some pics from the sixties and seventies and look at the 'cool dudes'.
Yep. Looks just as stupid to us now as the proffered pic at the start of this thread.
But, man we were cool!
My dear wife (of 38 years) did not see me without a beard until we had been married for 16 months. She still likes the bearded (but trimmed, these days) look, although I find I tend to think of Santa when I look in the mirror.

Best
Les