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[Quezo]

Dearest Mr. Lucas,

 

It doesn't.

It makes your neck look giant, and your face smaller.

Those pictures of you back in the 70's and 80's, your facial follicles furiously flowed from

all aspects of your head.  You were lean then too, and had style of your own.

 

Most men have fallen prey to putting lines to the bottom neck area of the beard.

Myself included.  It is only through growing a full man mane mysef that I see the error of this tactic.

 

1.  Maintenance. No shaving is why you started growing a beard, right? So quit it already! Let's see what them hairs are made of. Let It Grow. Now, if your face fur extends to your eyeballs on your cheeks, it's time to start seeing those nice ladies at the mall who use string to get those hairs under control. Or pluck em yourself if you've the cojones.

 

2. Style. If your beard rises past your jawline at the bottom, you either have a giant jaw, or it's gotten out  of hand. I'd say shave itoff and start fresh, as you now have sidewhiskers, not a beard.

 

3. Testosterone. What says I am a man better than a beard? A footlong penis you say? Granted, but you can be arrested for showing that off in public, and what a waste of potential at that, Mr. Reggie Sexofender.

 

4. Hair. An easy solution:  Long hair? Short or long beard. Short hair? Short to long beard. Medium hair? Short or extra long; a danger of looking unkempt here. Juxtaposition is key in this area.

 

5. Grooming. Any beard can look raggedy if you do not frame it correctly with hair, hygiene and clothing, or H2C. Just be cleanish. Or dirty, if that's your thing, but commit to it.

 

Ok, so I know you are probably saying to yourself, "who is this fucker, and why should I care?"

 

Just know that I am not alone in thinking this, just likely the first to say anything to you, George.

 

I can call you George, right?

 

Quezo

 

 

 

[raubhimself]

George may be the only man on Earth with a thicker neck than me, so I say he should keep flaunting it for my own personal gain.

[donald]

I totally agree Quezo, I used to cut the neck beard off, not so much for appearance but because I couldn't handle the itching. After a week or so of toughing through it, I have no issues now and I'm glad I made the commitment not to shave. 

[joe.distort]

screw that, i keep mine at a decent line both because i am insane about unevenness and because it itches when its hot. since we live in az, thats like april-october

 

hilariously, my lady just thought it kinda stopped growing there for a few years until she asked me about it

[donald]

you are a stronger man than I Mr. Distort. I can only handle having a beard in months that have an R in them here in phoenix, september is pushing it, but I can at least start growing one around the end of that month. 

[joe.distort]

barring one night for a kinda half assed costume, ive had a beard for 5 1/2 years straight

[bunnyeyes]

Ok my my two cents on the neck beard.  You all know I live with someone who usually has an epic beard year round out of utter laziness.  There are cases when the neck beard should be groomed in my opinion.  I don't mind the beard but please shave the neck when it starts to look like you have a vagina on your neck.

[donald]

HAHAHAHAHA

[Quezo]

Ok my my two cents on the neck beard.  You all know I live with someone who usually has an epic beard year round out of utter laziness.  There are cases when the neck beard should be groomed in my opinion.  I don't mind the beard but please shave the neck when it starts to look like you have a vagina on your neck.

 

I don't know, a neck vagina is pretty special.

It's that "forbidden neck vagina sex will make him manstruate to death" because arteries & shit

[MrAwesome]

This is important.

[Mary]

It really depends on the raw materials you have to work with. I agree if you're doing it to cut down on maintenance, then don't be concerned what you look like. But Mr. Mary, for example, looks serious, dignified, and professional with his beard groomed off his neck, and since he's a school nurse, and a male school nurse freaks some people out (not the kids or parents, generally -- they are cool), those are good goals. He actually looks better with the beard than without.

It's like when some dude on Yahoo! Answers asked "If you're balding, should you shave your head or comb over?" and I answered, "Get a freakin' professional haircut from someone who knows how to cut thinning hair, and you will look all studly." Not everybody can pull everything off.