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Teppichkind
15:03 / 12.03.08
don't know whether this really belongs here, but i was kinda wondering and barbelith seems to be open enough to talk about this in a normal way, so here we go:

i am a guy that has problems with these 'well' groomed metrosexuals that you see everywhere. while i may understand why one would shave his face, armpits and for that matter private area, i can't stand the idea of shaving off ALL the hair.

i think at some places on a man, there should be hair. in a very sexist way of thinking, i have to confess, but nonetheless... not having at least a bit natural hair on legs, arms and especially the chest... to me that is just 'over-grooming'. plus i think chest hair is kinda sexy, but that's just me ;P

opinions?
 
 
Jack Fear
15:11 / 12.03.08
Unless you're actually sleeping with the guy in question, then what possible business is it of yours?
 
 
Evil Scientist
15:34 / 12.03.08
i am a guy that has problems with these 'well' groomed metrosexuals that you see everywhere.

Where do I go to see well-groomed naked metrosexuals out of interest?

Uh, a friend wanted to know.

It comes down to personal preferences really. Body hair isn't essential for modern humans from a survival perspective. Some people like the look and others don't. Some of these naked metrosexuals of which you speak may well be shaving for other reasons as well. Or maybe their partners like it. I don't know.
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
15:41 / 12.03.08
i am a guy that has problems with these 'well' groomed metrosexuals that you see everywhere

Seek counselling.
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
15:58 / 12.03.08
... it's not specifically sexist to feel this way about body hair, everyone has a preference but do you not think the level of judgment, the word "problem" is a little bit of an overstatement? I mean, it's your own business if you want to wax your chest/legs, shave your eyebrows off, pluck your eyebrows. Essentially your body belongs to yourself, not to the people looking at it and additionally there isn't 'over-grooming' in anything but a subjective sense.

Basically to the person who spends two hours moisturising you are an ungroomed lout who needs to look in a mirror.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
16:04 / 12.03.08
What is moisturising, by the way?
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
16:06 / 12.03.08
You smear rabbits on your face and then do a little hoppy dance.
 
 
Saint Keggers
16:29 / 12.03.08
i can't stand the idea of shaving off ALL the hair.

Well if it helps you make it through the night just think of them as all competitive swimmers. That bare skins that offends you might make the difference between winning a gold medal and drowning in the Olympics.
 
 
Teppichkind
16:47 / 12.03.08
well, it doesn't 'offend' me. it's more the question of whether women actually like it (from a bisexuals point of view). i mean it is actually quite manly....
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
17:01 / 12.03.08
Well, what usually happens is the the Vagina Hive Mind selects that kind of universal preference at random and then reverses it at a later date.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
17:19 / 12.03.08
It's fashion, innit. Works on some, not on others, everyone's got something that works for them, clothes and appearance not that important but still worth thinking about but not in a negative way.
 
 
HCE
17:54 / 12.03.08
It's not exactly laughing out loud at "Vagina Hive Mind" -- it's more of a cackle.
 
 
grant
18:15 / 12.03.08
these 'well' groomed metrosexuals

ANDROIDS
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
18:30 / 12.03.08
Now we've got "moisturising" out of the way, what exactly is "exfoliating"? Is it anything like being flayed alive? Because I'm not that fucking vain.
 
 
Lama glama
18:51 / 12.03.08
I think it has something to do with rolling rocks on your face.
 
 
petunia
18:51 / 12.03.08
Exfoliate.
From Latin exfoliare to remove leaves.

Nothing to fear from a simple bit of gardening, Stoatie.
 
 
Dead Megatron
19:05 / 12.03.08
It's not exactly laughing out loud at "Vagina Hive Mind" -- it's more of a cackle.

Speak for youself, I'm just happy I don't have any surgery stitches that could burst open right now.

My opinion? Shave your back, trim the rest. And take a bath every once in a while, if it's not too "metro" for you. Plus, how do the guys who actually do shave completely shave their nipple-adjacent areas? The thought alone gives me chills. I mean, razor, hot-wax, I see no way around lots of paaaiiinnnn!!!

what exactly is "exfoliating"? Is it anything like being flayed alive? Because I'm not that fucking vain.


I think it has something to do with rolling rocks on your face.

It is more like using a soap that is made of sandpaper all over you body. Beauty can be costly
 
 
Lama glama
19:08 / 12.03.08
You could pluck your nipple hairs with a tweaser. It's efficient and doesn't involve pouring hot wax on your nipples.
 
 
Dead Megatron
19:08 / 12.03.08
Still sounds painful
 
 
Lama glama
19:12 / 12.03.08
Also, how would one go about shaving one's back, DM? Do you just mean the shoulders?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
19:14 / 12.03.08
You could pluck your nipple hairs with a tweaser. It's efficient and doesn't involve pouring hot wax on your nipples.

Or you could just not worry about it and go for a pint instead. Which is ALSO efficient, and depending on the bar, also doesn't involve pouring hot wax on your nipples.
 
 
Lama glama
19:17 / 12.03.08
I don't actually pluck my nipple hairs, Stoatie. I have no clue about the efficacy of nipple-hair tweasing, but in my head it seems like the easiest way of going about it if a person is so inclined.
 
 
electric monk
19:32 / 12.03.08
Tweasing nipple hair is more pain than it's worth. Easiest and best is a fresh razor, hot water, shaving cream, and a steady hand.
 
 
Dead Megatron
19:45 / 12.03.08
Also, how would one go about shaving one's back, DM? Do you just mean the shoulders?

Ideally, with PROFESSIONAL HELP, which is what I do, every other month. Or, if you don't feel like paying for that, you can ducktape your razor to you back-scratcher, or train Yoga for years and years to achieve enough elasticity.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
19:46 / 12.03.08
Still sounds painful

Bug or feature?
 
 
Dead Megatron
19:48 / 12.03.08
I'm afraid that joke completely escaped me, Haus. Which is unfortnunate, your jokes are usually quite good.
 
 
Janean Patience
19:48 / 12.03.08
Nothing to fear from a simple bit of gardening, Stoatie.

Except I dimly remember the Stoat clears leaves with a flamethrower. Not recommended for faces.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
21:30 / 12.03.08
Hey, I haven't done that since I was a kid.

Who'd trust an ADULT with a flamethrower? C'mon!!!
 
 
Hydra vs Leviathan
21:50 / 12.03.08
Shaving (of any part of the body, regardless of gender) is a really fucking bizarre thing when you think about it.

Who the fuck invented it, anyway?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
21:54 / 12.03.08
A Mr Alan Shaving.

They named it after him.

Christ, do I have to explain EVERYTHING?
 
 
Triplets
22:17 / 12.03.08
Well, Stoatie, you could show me this thing you Earth-men call... kissing!




Then clear my nipples.

With a flamethrower.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
22:54 / 12.03.08
Buy me a pint and I'll give it a go.

Flamethrowers rule. I miss them.
 
 
eye landed
03:38 / 13.03.08
while i may understand why one would shave his face, armpits and for that matter private area, i can't stand the idea of shaving off ALL the hair.

speaking as a man who doesnt really understand shaving anyones faces or legs, even (although i am turned off by femoustache)...i tried it a while ago and all i got was a really irritating all-over itch that lasted a couple days. would this go away after a while, as my skin gets used to the artificially sharpened fibres slowly and constantly penetrating from beneath? and how would this impact my sensitivity to caresses and zephyrs?
 
 
Alex's Grandma
04:17 / 13.03.08
Bert, my dancing partner, here in my residence in Hove, has suggested that he's only prepared to perform certain gestures of a romantic nature if I 'have a Brazilian'

The problem with this is that I'm not sure what 'a Brazilian' is. Does he want me to play football with him? I don't know.

Men are always boys; they never grow up. But still, I wonder if my standing there in goal on a grey afternoon, while Bert 'tries to put the ball in the back of the net', is going to help very much with anything, really.

Perhaps I should poison him? What does anyone think?
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
05:42 / 13.03.08
Studio audience: DO IT
 
  

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