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Bald guys? HOT. Combover guys? NOT. I'm thinning to the point where I've begun buzzing my hair. In another year or two I'll go full on Savalas style and like it.
Though I will loathe TheDonF for his full head of glorious grey hair.
Thinning (a lot) here, too. I've been sporting a slicked-back pony-tail thing for several years, but definitely anticipate going the buzz-cut before too long. The MrsMoonPie has been sworn to tell me when it's time to buy the clippers. I don't think I have the patience to do slick bald, though--I can barely stand to shave my face every day as it is.
A 20-something variation I've seen: the emo comb-forward. Nearly as bad as the combover (and, needless to say, requires a bit more hair than many balding guys have.)
Chinese dudes in New York's China town are the kings of Awesome fuck you comb overs. I saw a guy just the other day who had combed a full heads worth of hair over just his forehead, leaving his crown totally n-u-d-e and r-u-d-e, also he was a sweaty mess. He was also wearing a filthy white t-shirt over a big ole white beerbelly, black shorts, black socks pulled up soooooo high and 1 dollar sandals and a fanny pack in front, he was also the type of cat who is not done with his smoke until the filter is half-smoked as well. His whole persona screamed "FUCK YOU" so loudly that I had to stop and take a moment. What a guy.
It's not all grey, thank God! It's getting there, though. I've got a few patches of almost all grey and then the rest is what they call salt and pepper. With increasingly more salt. Dammit.
You gotta love the way he sits down at the table, with an air of great import, as though he's about to perform some mystic rite or solve a major world issue.
Combover? Pretty awful. But the bald head with the one dispirited rat's tail at the back gesturing at a long lost hipness? Even worse. Cut the damn stuff stubble-short; then it's all about accepting your sexy male pattern baldness and broadcasting that you're comfortable with yer testosterone-induced hair loss. Also, hawt!
Well. I've been called many things before, but handsome ain't one of them. I suggest a good optometrist. Not that I won't take the compliment anyway - thanks.
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