Comments on: hiding behind that beard? http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7779 Scott Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:46:05 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7779 In order to hide behind something, you have to make something to hide behind. I am not making anything, I am simply letting that which is natural take place. I am putting down the blade, not picking up a mask. Not shaving is perfectly natural. Shaving is perfectly unnatural. In order to hide behind something, you have to make something to hide behind. I am not making anything, I am simply letting that which is natural take place. I am putting down the blade, not picking up a mask. Not shaving is perfectly natural. Shaving is perfectly unnatural.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7587 Steve Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:56:28 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7587 Steve: Right. It's also one of the lamest and most-worn-out jabs at beards that there is. Steve:
Right. It’s also one of the lamest and most-worn-out jabs at beards that there is.

]]> By: Aldon http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7583 Aldon Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:26:35 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7583 How can we hide when we stick out in a crowd. They are camelions ... hiding behind conformity. How can we hide when we stick out in a crowd.

They are camelions … hiding behind conformity.

]]> By: Steve (not Beardguy) http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7578 Steve (not Beardguy) Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:08:20 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-7578 Yeah, I've heard the "hiding" line a few times. It's a common piece of slander by people who want a quick shot of feeling powerful at someone else's expense. It's only a temporary feeling of power, especially after I tell them they were out of line! Yeah, I’ve heard the “hiding” line a few times. It’s a common piece of slander by people who want a quick shot of feeling powerful at someone else’s expense. It’s only a temporary feeling of power, especially after I tell them they were out of line!

]]> By: Franklin http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-171 Franklin Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:21:12 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-171 Your right on. I live in the caribbean and many people ask me, "Why a beard, it is warm here?" Well, "Don't you have hair on your head?" I am not hiding anything, but maybe a double chin and I love my beard. Your right on. I live in the caribbean and many people ask me, “Why a beard, it is warm here?” Well, “Don’t you have hair on your head?”
I am not hiding anything, but maybe a double chin and I love my beard.

]]> By: Joseph Alexander http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-92 Joseph Alexander Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:59:21 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-92 I completely agree with what Cypher said. Although I'm not to the point where I could care less about what people thought, my confidence has grown exponentialy in relation to the growth of my beard. Growing a beard does take some courage, but man is it worth it! I completely agree with what Cypher said. Although I’m not to the point where I could care less about what people thought, my confidence has grown exponentialy in relation to the growth of my beard. Growing a beard does take some courage, but man is it worth it!

]]> By: Cypher http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-17 Cypher Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:38:39 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-17 Quote: "For those who are shy and self-conscious, and those who are lacking in self-confidence, growing a beard requires genuine courage and determination. Growing a beard is the opposite of hiding." And for those that lack these qualities, growing a beard will put them in you. When I started growing my beard out for the first time I felt that everybody was staring at me and that I couldn't hide or 'blend in' any more. Now I could care less what people thought about me or my beard! Let'em stare. Quote:

“For those who are shy and self-conscious, and those who are lacking in self-confidence, growing a beard requires genuine courage and determination. Growing a beard is the opposite of hiding.”

And for those that lack these qualities, growing a beard will put them in you.
When I started growing my beard out for the first time I felt that everybody was staring at me and that I couldn’t hide or ‘blend in’ any more.

Now I could care less what people thought about me or my beard! Let’em stare.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-16 Steve Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:47:05 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-16 Wow! Douglas, I couldn't have said it better myself! Wow! Douglas, I couldn’t have said it better myself!

]]> By: Douglas Mitchell http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-13 Douglas Mitchell Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:39:22 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-13 What better test of a sense of commitment could there be than growing a beard and sticking to the decision? Your curiosity about how it will look when fully realized has to overcome the initial jitters about its uncertain early stages. Your sense of purposiveness in being yourself, and having not the slightest need to conform, to please others, to blend in with the crowd, this has to be a powerful quality of character. And in the end beards ARE all about character. Very few dull men or weak men or average men have beards. Meanwhile, a beard--especially an oversize beard--has its external uses. No one can fail to pick you out in a crowded train station or hotel lobby when you've arranged to meet for the first time, and no one forgets what you look like you once they've met you. What better test of a sense of commitment could there be than growing a beard and sticking to the decision? Your curiosity about how it will look when fully realized has to overcome the initial jitters about its uncertain early stages. Your sense of purposiveness in being yourself, and having not the slightest need to conform, to please others, to blend in with the crowd, this has to be a powerful quality of character. And in the end beards ARE all about character. Very few dull men or weak men or average men have beards. Meanwhile, a beard–especially an oversize beard–has its external uses. No one can fail to pick you out in a crowded train station or hotel lobby when you’ve arranged to meet for the first time, and no one forgets what you look like you once they’ve met you.

]]> By: greentogroove http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-10 greentogroove Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:38:29 +0000 http://blog.beards.org/2006/02/18/hiding-behind-that-beard/#comment-10 Thought I had an original idea to post beards, until I googled it.... love your site. You're right! No one's hiding.... even up here in Alaska, where long flowing beards are rampant, you gotta stop and appreciate and phat beard. Thought I had an original idea to post beards, until I googled it…. love your site.

You’re right! No one’s hiding…. even up here in Alaska, where long flowing beards are rampant, you gotta stop and appreciate and phat beard.

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