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Has anyone told this guy that it's really easy to cut your own hair? Especially if you don't need to impress anyone.
by TheDudeMan 5y ago
Has anyone told this guy that it's really easy to cut your own hair? Especially if you don't need to impress anyone.
- netizen-936824 5y agoIf you don't need to impress anyone, why cut it at all?
- andrewljohnson 5y agoI find longer hair harder to manage than shorter. Easier to cut it very short every 6 months than wear it super long.
- gadflyinyoureye 5y agoWhen I first started my own consultancy, I grew my hair out. I never had long hair before and thought, "why not?" At the same time, our newly purchase house had a cockroach infestation (which the prior owners did not disclose). One morning I decided to blow-dry my hair. The dryer had a hard time starting. Then a chunk, chunk noise occurred. Finally, a stream of brown paste shot out from the dryer. I threw it away and never used one again. My coarse, gray hair was always wet morning, noon, and night. It was awful. That is the reason I get haircuts even if I'm not trying to impress anyone.
- opan 5y agoA microfiber towel works pretty well to get the bulk of the water out of your hair (you basically squeeze your hair between the towel, like juicing a lemon), and then it can air-dry over the next hour or two just fine.
- ratww 5y agoLong hair dude here. A barber taught me another technique with a normal towel. It's hard to explain and counter intuitive, but you just have to "lightly pat" in different areas instead of shaking or squeezing. The technique is mostly to avoid damage and to avoid frizz, but it is also surprisingly faster than the "shake" method. Maybe with a microfiber towel like you said it's even better.
- howstheweather 5y agoGee. So much effort, for something so mundane. I'd never manage.
- ratww 5y agoNah, it takes 5 mins. It's faster than blow drying (and no cockroaches involved). And definitely faster and more fool-proof than styling short hair with a hair product, something I'll never go back to.
- tomcam 5y agoStrangely appropriate username checks out
- tartoran 5y agoHe has a youtube channel, he wants to look presentable.
- jhgb 5y agoBecause at some point you'll start tripping over it.
- rootusrootus 5y agoAside from edge cases like Crystal Gayle, I'd bet few people can grow their hair long enough to trip over.
- exdsq 5y agoYou’re right, because hair has a terminal length! Your hair falls out naturally and over time the chances are the hairs that fall out will be the long ones, you end up with a practically maximum hair length.
- watwut 5y agoIt wont actually happen. Hair length is genetic and they will stop grow for most people at certain length.
- wruza 5y agoHow does a hair root know it? Is it because of weight/tension?
- dspillett 5y agoIt doesn't know, it just seems to because of the overall effect. There is a natural grow/stagnate/drop-or-die/restart cycle for each follicle. This varies from person to person which is why some can grow longer hair than others if they want to. It isn't all in sync, which is why we seem to have relatively constant growth rather than a grow/moult cycle as see in many fully haired animals (actually, they also have the shorter cycle like ours and moulting is just the drop/die part happening sooner for a time).
- duxup 5y agoIt gets annoying.
- jdavis703 5y agoEither the daily maintenance for long hair is annoying, or the side effects from not maintaining the hair is annoying.
- ramphastidae 5y agoMaybe he’s just doing it for himself? I personally don’t take care of myself in order to impress other people.
- dspillett 5y agoI hack my hair down with trimmers regularly because I find that to be the lowest maintenance option. Beyond a certain length is gets a bit greasy and feels “iffy” easily so needs more care, or starts to look messy unless I make at least a cursory effort with a comb. Properly long and I expect there would probably be other issues: drying it, getting it caught in things (I am quite a klutz)? Why not even shorter? This time of year cold is a factor, otherwise mainly habit. And fully short (almost or entirely not there) involves blades, I'm not trusting myself not to cut the back of my head to shreds (again, I'm often not physically well coordinated!).
- rambojazz 5y agoBecause when they get long they are annoying, and high maintenance.
- pkrotich 5y agoI was thinking the same thing - I've had someone cut my hair maybe 5 times since college - 21 years ago!
- dividedbyzero 5y agoThat very much depends on what kind of hair you have. Mine is extremely unruly to the point where some trained hairdressers can't make it look acceptable, let alone good. If I were to cut it myself, I'd be limited to either a buzzcut or looking like a shrub I guess. Might not be a problem he has, though.
- pkrotich 5y agoGood point - been doing buzzcut all my life. Started going bald in my 30s so it now just a razor
- salt-thrower 5y agoHe has a youtube channel so he probably does need to impress people.
- Markoff 5y agoor just schedule hairdresser to cut your hair at home, it should be actually cheaper considering rent, fairly standard service for decades, in China grocery delivery offer even taking out the trash service for years, since on the way out they are empty handed anyway, so it improves productivity
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoJust because you prefer to isolate doesn't mean you should min/max the lifestyle.