Pros and cons of having long hair (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Infamousblt@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Pros

You look really good like a photoshoot model in the sun
Infinite hair style options
Can wear it up or down depending on your mood
Keeps your head and neck and ears warm when it's cold
Can be masc or fem or both or neither at your whim
Smells nice when you wave it around
People like touching it if you want them to and it feels nice

Cons

WHY THE FUCK IS IT STILL WET I WASHED IT HOURS AGO WHY WON'T YOU JUST DRY OH MY GOD PLEASE

It's a tough choice tbh

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[-] Red_Eclipse@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

It is a tough choice tbh!

After covid started I stopped bothering to get a haircut and let my hair grow all the way down to my butt. People compliment me on it and stuff but it's actually kinda bothering me in a sensory way. It's always getting in the way, getting tangled, so then I tie it up in a bun, but then that bothers my scalp sometimes, and then it's a pain to wash and dry it and brush it, and it keeps getting more and more split ends as time goes on. Maaannn.... I might just cut it. But it's so cool to have like, Rapunzel hair, or fuckin like, braided long-ass Valkryie hair you know? Takes years to grow that shit out. Idk... I've been going back and forth on it for months.

[-] erik@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

I'm in a very similar boat. I've got the COVID long hair down to my ass and I definitely enjoy how unique it is for my peer group and professional life. I don't have quite the annoyance you seem to have with it, but I still get some. As an otherwise very obviously cishet guy, there's a certain fun to try on just a little gender non-conforming stuff, like when I used to wearing nail polish in high school and college. Like you, I love having this like viking mane that I tame right before I start lifting or something.

But I know I'll never grow it out again. And as a guy well into middle age that still has not only hair, but a full head of it that goes all the way down my back, I feel like I need to live this life for my balding brethren that have no choice in the matter.