blr_p said:
This bit is interesting, you say being in design school you find it unattractive. In my experience its got lots to do with culture. Over here its acceptable. Abroad, you don't have to be in design school to notice it, clean shaven rules over there. Or, if you got thick growth then maintain it with a trimmer, have a goatee or whatever but it has to be well kept, no scant growth or bum fluff . The only time i had something like that was in my teens, where you are kinda desperate to show you are more than just a boy.
See, thats the thing, culture is a localized concept, if youre literate, aware and dynamic, you surpass the requirement to be acceptable in a culture and the desire to fit into a social norm.
Your become a global citizen if you believe in a global culture. I am not saying one should ditch their own culture, infact I'm saying the exact opposite. When youre aware of multiple cultures
you surpass the concept of a singular culture entirely and have bits and pieces of the best cultures instead.
In this case, lets say this guy has to present himself to an MNC meeting.
Suppose your stand on it is his moustache and hairstyle is "culturally" accepted.
But this job needs the person to be dynamic and adept. And it has to reflect.
I say I can turn this guy into a completely different individual visually and make him even more culturally acceptable without the moustache and hairstyle from a c grade film hero that was ripped from a hollywood film.
I say, give him WHATEVER facial hair thats stylized to suit his facial contours and cleaned at angles that compliment the negatives of his face to balance symmetry. There's nothing immature or teenage about it, its about aesthetics . Its about whats the angles of his face, the skin tone, hair color, type , texture, reflectiveness. Theres no shame is knowing ones own body and its maintenance.
I seriously don't understand peoples thing of proving or not proving themselves to be more than a boy or lesser. I had a surd friend who had the most disgusting goatee i have ever seen, it was literally DISGUSTING for his facial structure and contours, yet he was determined to have it. This determination is the demonstration of his true immaturity and mental age, no matter how well kept you are, if one does not have the will .. to better themselves.. to improve functionality and life around them and others whats the point of being in any culture? Just to please others?
Culture must scale with aesthetics, especially for a country like india where everyone already people abroad to be more healthy and better attractive. If people dont take it upon themselves to be unique themselves how will a nation ever be unique where. Big words for a corrupt country, I realize but hey.. I wouldnt even bring it up if I didnt care.
blr_p said:
I've got a story about facial hair removal that is unusual. I used to have an african friend, a black guy. We once started talking about shaving and he showed me how he did it. he took some white powder out of a tin, mixed in some water, made a paste then applied it to his face. Left it there for a few minutes then took a wet towel and wiped it all off. That was it. All the beard gone. No blades... nothing :O
How safe can this be ? he'd been doing for ten years and no probs at all.
I begged him to let me try it but he told me that it would burn my skin. That had to be the fastest, easiest , smoothest shave i've ever seen and it only works if you're black !!
Women can use depilatories for their legs but to date there isn't anything like this for the face especially for lighter skinned folks.
It's probably some similar compound/ester but I dont think it targets melanin like laser does otherwise he would suffer marked pigment destruction. Whatever it is, its probably toxic and the reason behind blacks being able to use it is because their dermal and epidermal thickness is by far the highest of all races. He was smart to stop you from using it otherwise a burn would probably be an understatement considerring indians have less than 33% of the avg muscle, skin and bone density of other races in the world.
I also dont understand guys who buy 3-5k worth electric razor and thousands worth shaving equipment to shave thick facial hair everyday or 2 days when in a country like india it takes only 5-7k just to reduce facal hair density by 70% by laser permanently if they know they dont look good in a beard and never keep one thats impossible to grow in such thickness to start with. Why is it such a "drastic step" you dont become less aesthetic, it's more efficient and cheaper in the long run. Theres no ego and question of maturity involved.
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