Body hair is gross

Bingles · Aug 29, 2023

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You are absolutely right! Skin moisturizers and essences do nothing for skin health and wrinkle prevention, you think you are doing something cause your skin feels nice and shiny, but it's useless for 99% of the people. They are not completely useless though, because there are some niche uses for skin moisturizers, such as when a person has unnaturally dry skin due to some type of skin condition or drying medication, such as Accutane treatment, but for rest of the people the skin naturally produces all the moisture it needs, so you would just be wasting your money.
And toner is a scam too! It does literary nothing for the health and anti–aging of your skin. All it does is smells nice and makes it feel and look soft and smooth for about 30 minutes, then the effect goes way, they are a useless gimmick, even more useless than moisturizers. So save your money on moisturizers, essences and toners and rather invest in a good sunscreen and serums.

You should apply vitamin C serum in the morning and vitamin A serum in the evening after washing your face, these really help with skin health and anti–aging; these are two things things that actually work, most other stuff are gimmicks designed to scam money out of people. Same goes for fancy and expensive masks and face washes, literary any alcohol free face wash will do, just get the cheapest one. As far as face masks you want to use one once a week, but don't spend tons of money on fancy ones, I get a clay mask which costs me 25 bucks and lasts me 9 months, and it cleans pores and removes dead skin cells just as well as some overpriced gimmicky mask that has only 4 servings for 50 bucks!

But 95% of your wrinkle prevention will come from sunscreen. Always wear sunscreen, SPF 50 will last you for whole day, unless you intentionally spend time in the direct sunlight, all though to be safe it's not a bad idea to reapply once during late afternoon. Also have sunscreen on even when you are not leaving the house, and even during winter, you might think that it does not matter, but there are UVR even indoors and even through cloudy winter sky—over many decades it adds up!

No, it's just that rich people like to splurge. And beauty industry knows this, so they meet that splurging demand with overpriced gimmicks. You can get good skin care on a budget if you are smart about it. Like I said, 99% of it is good vitamin C and A serums, plus a good sunscreen. The rest of it can be either gotten for cheap or completely excluded.

Bryan Johnson is not in his 60s, he's in his mid 40s. Also I disagree that he looks like his early 20s. Well, maybe his body does from the neck down, but his face could pass for a 35 year old at best.
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I tend to buy middle-priced products as the cheap stuff dries out my face. My dad always gets the 5-in-1 crap you get of the ASDA shelves and it is terrible. Either way, I feel more comfortable doing the full routine. East Asian brands tend to be the best so I watch a lot of Korean and Japanese skincare videos. It's not about looking good for others but for myself. I want to look back on myself in a few year's time and be proud of the achievements I made, to see the physical difference before and after. Occasionally I do home exercises but once I get my gym membership sorted I will be in a fully maximized routine.

Meshuga said: ↑

Not really, no. That says what Edgar Rice Boroughs liked, not the way it should be.

Body hair, if anything, protects skin from chafing. Some say body hair is an evolutionary holdover, others think it’s an important adaptation. Appreciation for and disgust with it move in and out of fashion, depending on your place and time. The Egyptians are the first culture we can identify as having an aversion to it. They shaved everything; chest, back, arms & legs, groin, face, head, and eyebrows. They used wigs and makeup to create the illusion of a natural state, but stylized in the shape they wanted. You have to know it was still obviously fake, though, so I’m thinking the pretend was part of it.
Other people seem to be more selective about who shaves what. Feminists love to point out the double standard of furry troglodytes stomping around, expecting their women to look like slippery seals. They wanted to let women be hairy, like modern Europeans, but as you pointed out, we seem to have gone the other way and started holding men to the feminine standard, and branded it “manscaping” to make us feel better about it.

I don’t actually care either way. Men and women both can shave or not and that’s their choice. I do think you have a strong point about self care. Obvious grooming indicates a person who values themselves. While you don’t want to be around a narcissist, you also don’t want to be around a person who has no regard for themselves, or the image they present to other people. If you don’t value your own self, why should I value you? That said, you can groom while keeping your hair.

Shaving, even plucking, risks ingrown hairs that can be unsightly on their own, and even develop into cysts. You’ll also have a lot of skin-on-skin friction that can chafe, if you shave places like your pits and groin. Wear a tight shirt and shorts with a good liner, though, and that problem goes away.

Do what you wanna. As long as you wanna take care of yourself and look like you care for yourself. Otherwise, you’re not going to be as successful as you could.
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For me, it's a personal choice and preference, not something I feel pressured to do. Might be because of how I was raised, most film characters and superheroes are clean-shaven. I'm partially Italian and being clean-shaven is common so maybe I looked up to that subconsciously. Unsure what it is but I really cannot stand facial hair. I'm not shaving because I want to be more feminine but because it makes me feel comfortable in my body.

I'm gonna head off to bed, my head hurts. I'll make a log post tomorrow. Goodnight. :>

UnholyConfessor · Aug 29, 2023

Bingles said: ↑

I wanted to do a variation of it relating to Mr. Bungle but I gave up and went with the easy option.
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You like Mr Bungle? Their self titled album was a little too circus rock for my tastes, but when Disco Volante came out in '95 I think they really came into their own, not commercially but artistically. The whole album has a demented jazz sound, and a new sheen of eclectic experimentation that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to John Zorn, but I think Patton has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '99, Mr Bungle released this; California, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Retrovertigo". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Bingles · Aug 30, 2023

UnholyConfessor said: ↑

You like Mr Bungle? Their self titled album was a little too circus rock for my tastes, but when Disco Volante came out in '95 I think they really came into their own, not commercially but artistically. The whole album has a demented jazz sound, and a new sheen of eclectic experimentation that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to John Zorn, but I think Patton has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '99, Mr Bungle released this; California, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Retrovertigo". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.

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This is perfect.

IGY · Sep 23, 2023

Bingles said: ↑

I'm partially Italian
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Hmm, Scottish-Italian! That's quite the blend!

Bingles · Sep 23, 2023

IGY said: ↑

Hmm, Scottish-Italian! That's quite the blend!
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It's a common mix, especially around the Central Belt. Forza Palermo.

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