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As someone with a beard, I just cant imagine shaving every morning. Seems like a huge pain in the ass and waste of time. You do you if thats your thing though

As someone with a beard, I just cant imagine shaving every morning. Seems like a huge pain in the ass and waste of time. You do you if thats your thing though.

tenfourwookie 5y ago
It certainly would have been then. Today even sandpaper beards like my own are quickwork with an electric trimmer. Have you ever tried trimming significant facial hair with a pair of scissors? Holy hell is that tedious!
simonh 5y ago
Eh, for me it takes less time than brushing my teeth. Then again under lockdown it's more like once or twice a week than daily. I suppose that counts against my argument though, if it was so easy why don't I still do it daily?
- dfxm12 5y ago
  There are a lot of easy things that we don't do everyday... We brush our teeth for health & hygiene. We, for the most part, trim/shave our beards for fashion. After all, under lockdown did you always get dressed up in the same way you did before? Now, if it cost you money to keep your beard, that would be a different situation and probably motivate you more.
cafard 5y ago
In the days before the safety razor, not that many men shaved every day. Supposedly it was WW I that created the daily shaving habit in the US. Before that, it was common to be shaved by the barber.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  That seems plausible - being able to wear a gas mask with a tight seal was a matter of life and death in WW1. When a habit like that can save your life, I don't imagine you'd be quick to give it up after returning home.
- eth0up 5y ago
  > Before that, it was common to be shaved by the barber. Or.. the one who shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox
ASalazarMX 5y ago
I prefer a beard because I'm lazy, but when I shaved, an electric shaver made the process quick and easy.
cmrdporcupine 5y ago
I find shaving pleasurable. Something about the ritual and the smoothness and clean feeling sensation of my face afterwards. That said, I often grow a beard during ski season. Because I just enjoy the mountain man look to go with my telemark skiing, winter clothes, accompanying border collie covered in snow, and beer belly.
wccrawford 5y ago
As someone who shaves... Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I view it. I tried growing a beard for a while, but I found that it was itchy, and anything I did to try to alleviate that was as much work as shaving, or even more. Recently, I switched electric razors again and it's a lot quicker and easier than the ones I'd been using (for like 5-7 years), and it's back to "meh whatever" category again instead of "Ugh, do I have to do this?"f Someone said it takes less time than brushing their teeth, and that's not quite true for me... But my electric toothbrush says I should brush for 2 minutes, and my electric razor says I should spend less than 3 minutes shaving so I won't irritate my skin, so it's pretty close to that.
- ecshafer 5y ago
  Beards become less itchy the more they grow. Shaving makes the hair sharp, and itchy. But if you let it grow out, trim the beard, and such, a beard becomes no more itchy than hair on your head. But there is a good 2 weeks of itchy.
  - wccrawford 5y ago
    A while after that it got itchy again, and I ended up having to use special shampoo and "beard butter" and such to stop it from itching. It ended up not worth the time, effort and money.

As someone with a beard, I just cant imagine shaving every morning. Seems like a huge pain in the ass and waste of time. You do you if thats your thing though.

tenfourwookie 5y ago

It certainly would have been then. Today even sandpaper beards like my own are quickwork with an electric trimmer. Have you ever tried trimming significant facial hair with a pair of scissors? Holy hell is that tedious!

simonh 5y ago

Eh, for me it takes less time than brushing my teeth. Then again under lockdown it's more like once or twice a week than daily. I suppose that counts against my argument though, if it was so easy why don't I still do it daily?

dfxm12 5y ago
There are a lot of easy things that we don't do everyday... We brush our teeth for health & hygiene. We, for the most part, trim/shave our beards for fashion. After all, under lockdown did you always get dressed up in the same way you did before? Now, if it cost you money to keep your beard, that would be a different situation and probably motivate you more.

cafard 5y ago

In the days before the safety razor, not that many men shaved every day. Supposedly it was WW I that created the daily shaving habit in the US. Before that, it was common to be shaved by the barber.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
That seems plausible - being able to wear a gas mask with a tight seal was a matter of life and death in WW1. When a habit like that can save your life, I don't imagine you'd be quick to give it up after returning home.
eth0up 5y ago
> Before that, it was common to be shaved by the barber. Or.. the one who shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox

ASalazarMX 5y ago

I prefer a beard because I'm lazy, but when I shaved, an electric shaver made the process quick and easy.

cmrdporcupine 5y ago

I find shaving pleasurable. Something about the ritual and the smoothness and clean feeling sensation of my face afterwards. That said, I often grow a beard during ski season. Because I just enjoy the mountain man look to go with my telemark skiing, winter clothes, accompanying border collie covered in snow, and beer belly.

wccrawford 5y ago

As someone who shaves... Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I view it. I tried growing a beard for a while, but I found that it was itchy, and anything I did to try to alleviate that was as much work as shaving, or even more. Recently, I switched electric razors again and it's a lot quicker and easier than the ones I'd been using (for like 5-7 years), and it's back to "meh whatever" category again instead of "Ugh, do I have to do this?"f Someone said it takes less time than brushing their teeth, and that's not quite true for me... But my electric toothbrush says I should brush for 2 minutes, and my electric razor says I should spend less than 3 minutes shaving so I won't irritate my skin, so it's pretty close to that.

ecshafer 5y ago
Beards become less itchy the more they grow. Shaving makes the hair sharp, and itchy. But if you let it grow out, trim the beard, and such, a beard becomes no more itchy than hair on your head. But there is a good 2 weeks of itchy.
- wccrawford 5y ago
  A while after that it got itchy again, and I ended up having to use special shampoo and "beard butter" and such to stop it from itching. It ended up not worth the time, effort and money.