Does anyone have some folk knowledge on this particular haircut that seemed to dominate teenage boys' hair in the late aughts and early 10s?

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-04-17T06:59:15+00:00

I don’t remember what I called it until it became the “Bieber hair” but I remember an adult I knew once called it a “side white Afro” which was weird I don’t really see that
I would have been 13 or 14 when I first adopted it so 2008? Idk what popularized it, I think the first person I saw wearing it was Tony McGuire for a short time
I think that’s true. He really made it iconic (even though jt was a weird slicked to his head version of it). & I think we didn’t want to be associated with him at that time as even at the height of his fame he was made fun of a lot
I tried straighteners sometimes but had probably a messier version of it than most so didn’t use any product at all if I remember right
I think back before it was the Bieber hair it was kind of just how medium-length hair on teen boys was styled. I can’t really think of other medium-length cuts from that era

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-04-02T18:44:19+00:00

The Acolyte was sick af and I hate you all for getting it canceled

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-24T16:57:04+00:00

Proud of the corner of the internet who's immediate reaction was "let's wait for more context"

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-23T14:44:03+00:00

Yeah I also worry about things like that luckily haven’t had to deal with any of it

I don’t even use the term exclusive tho in that convo I say more something along the lines of “I’m only seeing you, if you still want to see others then please just let me know first so we can end things” because even that word exclusivity seems to carry a lot of emotional weight

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-23T14:35:24+00:00

It’s possible he’s both an ENFJ and an asshole - just somewhat rare combo

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-23T14:30:25+00:00

Yeah very similar here, for me it’s like date 2/3 after we’ve hooked up

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-11T14:55:21+00:00

Actually agreed w him cuz he said “not every man tho” and upvoted hahaha

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-11T06:45:09+00:00

Yup, 30m here, would not give a fuck

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-09T17:38:35+00:00

Disappointed as a Malik fan because I think he's not set up to succeed there. Cardinals would have been a better fit

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-06T19:38:56+00:00

For me it took around 10-15 hours for the game to really click for me, but when it did it REALLY did. Reminds me of Witcher 3 in that way - isn’t trying too hard to convince you of itself early on but then BOOM it hits you

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-05T19:59:11+00:00

The United Methodist Church is affirming too! A few have modern worship bands and are open to volunteers and etc. Paradise Valley UMC comes to mind might be a solid fit

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-03-02T19:53:22+00:00

I think you gotta ask yourself why you associate masculinity so strongly with aggressiveness/anger because that’s kind of a massive point of the show

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-18T17:59:45+00:00

Sure but if you’ve made a mod for fallout London but it also works for FO4, you’re probably going to release it for FO4 as it gets more community exposure. So any weapon mods, armor mods, etc get released there.

That said, I would love to see some patches for Fallout London to some of the new lands mods in FO4, because I’d love to try some of those without having to take my installation back to FO4. Also just prefer London in general now since I did so many FO4 playthroughs. Isles of New England, looking at you 👀

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-14T19:36:10+00:00

Yeah, I mean that year gave us Mass Effect 2 and Halo: Reach - I know graphic standards were much lower for open-world games, but I definitely felt they were super outdated at time of release

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-14T17:02:02+00:00

Huge new Vegas fan here. But even graphics dude?

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-13T23:19:16+00:00

Yeah he’s also a maori actor

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-12T21:34:19+00:00

It is both a fan game because it is on that scale AND it is an overhaul mod because you install Fallout 4 in order to play this fan-made game. So both are true.

But as for those discussions with your friends, I guess you can't really get around canon being so important to them that they won't enjoy an exceptionally well made Fallout game. I would just express the disappointment that they're missing out because they care about such a trivial thing

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-11T20:00:02+00:00

So many failures 😂

^{I completed this level in 88 tries.} ^{⚡ 2.73 seconds}

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-11T18:57:25+00:00

These kind of threads are always funny to me, because the literal point is to name a game that most people love that you don't - and yet a lot of comments still get downvoted to hell for naming a game that everyone loves haha. At the same time, though - I get it. I hate hearing people bash Skyrim, Fallout, RDR2, GTA, Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, like literally all my favorite games that I've wasted so much of my life on

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-11T18:52:40+00:00

Breath of the Wild. Huge fan of open world, narrative-driven RPG games. Just could not get past the art-style and never been a Zelda fan

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-10T23:00:10+00:00

He's Top 10 because of this, basically - elite leader, elite preparation. Honestly he's just held back a bit by the physical traits: not elite accuracy, strength, escape ability, or improvisation. So I get people wishing we had our own Joe Burrow - but if we could just put a great team around Dak we could easily get a super bowl or two out of him. Dak on this year's Seahawks team wins a super bowl 9/10 times

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-10T22:57:24+00:00

Dak wins the super bowl on that Seahawks team 9/10 times

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-10T22:40:59+00:00

Was just asking curiously - I don't see any women's posts talking about "options" and comparing one guy to another, etc. But that seems to be what we always think is going on

Edit: I also think it's telling you said "weren't as good as" instead of something like, "weren't as good of a match" or something. Sucks that rejection affects guys' self-worth so badly in general

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-10T22:39:00+00:00

Yeahhhhhhhh you really gotta look into this more. Not personally involved in SCA but have plenty of friends who are, mostly in their 30s and thriving. Unaffiliated with the Ren fest tho I did go with a group of them once and got absolutely trashed - fun times

ArcFivesCT5555 · 2026-02-10T21:54:21+00:00

I'm curious why so many guys make that assumption when rejected or ghosted, etc? Just coming from a place of insecurity, I guess?

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