Beards: Yes or No?

No, since even stubble is itchy as hell. Clean shaven FTW.

@gamerguru100: have you gone past the stubble? :o

I find the nay of beards disturbing.

@Gamerno6666: Technically there is more yay anyways

No, because it can get itchy as ****. I would also look really weird with a beard.

@gamerguru100:

Ok babyface ;)

Don't get a beard if you look fine without one :p

While shaving DOES suck, the beard isn't a great alternative either. It always makes your mouth look like a wet hole in the middle of a bird's nest.

Shaving doesn't suck if you do it like a man.

Use a real Shaving soap, a real Razor, and a real after shave balm.

Anything other than a Safety or Straight Razor is just a fancy version of a Pink Pussy Razor.

If by beard you mean a real beard then yes, if by beard you mean that douche looking thing that some try to pass off as a beard then no.

I have one but people make way too big a deal about them in general, it can get kind of annoying to hear after a while

@dagxton: Lemme gues they ask things like: How long did it take to grow it and is it itchy?

@fenriz275: Yes only real beards, goatee is allowed if it is one of those real stylish ones

@Nuck81: You sir, you are a man by my heart!

Beard and a bald head = awsomeness

@uninspiredcup: but what about a real gentleman beard?:

He does look very gentlemanly.

@uninspiredcup: I wish i look like that when i am his age :o

I usually always have a beard going. It is three different colors though so I looked fairly messed up. It is brown, red and blonde and curly as a sumbitch due to my families ancestry. If I comb my beard out it is twice the length then it would normally show. I plan to let it grow for 5 years, I'm almost at 10 months

Ive had a 'tache and beard for 25 years now, my wife and family say they dont recognise me without it and to be honest i would feel abit naked without it now.

@l34052: Grow it back did you have a Ron Swanson?

I only ever shaved it off once many years ago cos the kids wanted to see what i looked like without, i grew it back immediately and ive had it since, its become a part of my identity.

@l34052: So what style is it my friend:

@dylandr said:

@l34052: So what style is it my friend:

Its not really any of these, think of a thicker and fuller grown Will Smith and you're there.

@l34052: So... a goatee?

like this...

@l34052: so this?

@dylandr said:

@l34052: so this?

Midway between the 2 i'd say

I got one but without a mustache. I do trim it though about every two weeks, depending if it grow too long.

I'm sure most of you have beards, and by that I mean wives/girlfriends you use to hide your gay.

All jokes aside, I'm a 5 o'clock shadow kind of guy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/11501340/Science-explains-why-hipsters-grow-beards.html

Science explains why hipsters grow beards

Men might be growing beards to appear more attractive to women and more dominant to other men, a study on monkeys suggests

Scientists think they may have solved one of the great mysteries of the age. Why are so many of today's men growing beards?

The answer, according to The University of Western Australia researchers, is because men are feeling under pressure from other men and are attempting to look aggressive by being more flamboyant with their whiskers.

Published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, Dr Cyril Grueter and colleagues were investigating the idea that in big societies, male primates have developed increasingly ostentatious "badges" which may enhance male sexual attractiveness to females and give them the edge over other males.

These include cheek flanges in orang-utans, elongated noses on proboscis monkeys, upper-lip warts in golden snub-nosed monkeys - and beards on humans.

The team investigated 154 species of primates, and found more conspicuous badges in males of species where social and physical conflict were common and individual recognition was limited.

i.e. The busier and more crowded with males a society becomes, the more competition there is and the more flamboyant the badges are.

The modern male not only has to vie with hundreds of fellow males in the real world but has to stand out from potentially thousands of rivals online, so clean-shaven may well be turning off women who are drawn to seemingly powerful men.

"When you live in a small group where everyone knows everyone because of repeated interactions, there is no need to signal quality and competitiveness via ornaments," he said.

"In large groups where individuals are surrounded by strangers, we need a quick reliable tool to evaluate someone’s strength and quality, and that’s where these elaborate ornaments come in.

"In the case of humans, this may also include phenotypic extensions such as body decoration, jewellery and prestige items."

But the phenomenon is not necessarily a modern one. In their paper, the authors also argue that the popularity of moustaches and beards among British men from 1842 -1971 rose when there were fewer females in the marriage pool and beards were judged to be more attractive.

During the 19th century, the attitude to facial hair changed as a result of the wars in India and Asia. Many Middle Eastern and Indian cultures associated wisdom and power with facial hair so as a result, beards, moustaches and side whiskers in particular, became more common on British soldiers

My gods.

Not a fan of having facial hair

Grown a super villain beard. Very good, makes you feel manly. However, food occasionally stick to it, specifically spaghetti.

There's a golden rule, if it's long enough to grab it with your hand, it's too long.
I like short trimmed beards.

I sport a full goatee most often. My full beard is too patchy on my cheeks and looks really messy when grown out. I like keeping my facial hair at about 1/2" in length, but am thinking about growing out the bottom of the goatee over the course of the summer.