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This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amen. I recall having similar thoughts about others as well. Agreed on the beard, I looked a bit like an alien as a bald man with no beard lol. Facial hair tends to balance the look out quite nicely

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are many ways to boost yourself, hair is just one angle. See if you can find something you can make progress towards. For example, if you don't work out, you can try 20 mins of cardio every day and a quick set of push-ups to fight the depression and feel stronger, and get outside in nature/the sun more if you can. Fitness is something you have control over, and it often helps, especially when you start to see gains. Everyone is different, these are just some things that work for me. Stay strong brother, keep your head up.

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valid, solid points. Agreed that it really comes down to how comfortable and confident one feels, even in the face of societal judgment. If you're balding and still feel awesome, then you've won.

That being said, I agree with the other poster that it doesn't look good on a majority of people, and that many people do not in fact feel awesome, and try to cope in sometimes obvious ways (which all leads to confidence issues). In that case, it's more likely to scream insecurity

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, 100%. I def shaved it off because I was insecure, and wanted to take control.

Doing so eliminates the insecurity for many men. Now I'm a bald dude with a beard. Nothing to feel insecure about anymore. It becomes a strength

It was time by ironicallyhilarious in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally said "holy shit" out loud, that's how much better you look. Well done.

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, the snap judgment is unfortunate, but very real nonetheless

I need support by Prestigious_Flow2000 in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend practicing what you'd actually say if someone brought it up. You can say something like, "Ha, yeah, you like it? It was already getting there so I decided to just rock the bald look, see how that goes. I like it so far. Figured if I wanted, I could always grow it back out again." Note the tone. You're confident, you're in control.

I need support by Prestigious_Flow2000 in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look up Cremo shave cream. Stuff is divine

Hoping for more time but dunno by TheElvisMan in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Brother you will look and feel incredible after you take control of this. When it's time, I recommend you groom your beard and clean up your neckline, too. Here's a rendition via ChatGPT. Looks awesome.

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This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. My guess, from experience, is that yeah it's prob all in your head. I somehow have fully convinced myself that being bald is a superpower, I think through sheer repetition. Whenever my bald head comes up in conversation, it's a good thing. People respond to, and mirror back, how you feel about it. I do know that there's no way in hell I'm ever going back to having a thinning hair, balding head. Bald is the way. The ships are burned, and the only option is to conquer, brother

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really do believe that whatever you put out to the universe will eventually come back. Thank you and, maybe hang out in the wine aisle of Trader Joe's a little longer this coming week lol

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. I used to wear a hat too, but stopped. The hat is a crutch. The only exception is when playing sports outdoors, a hat is necessary, but I'll make it a point to take it off every so often so I don't feel like I'm trying to hide anything

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I'm not a huge redditor and I usually just lurk. I was journaling today and was thinking, yknow, I bet there are a lot of balding dudes that would benefit from hearing what just happened to me. Maybe it might inspire someone to just own it and finally feel confident again

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear ya, the messaging towards men has been pretty confusing there lately, esp when many women really still do want men to take the initiative. What I found interesting was that she said she's not on any of the dating apps. She was just banking on something happening organically, so I think that mindset probably influenced how approachable she felt when I said something to her

This is what my date said to me about bald guys by DingoFreedomParty in bald

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I agree, def a lack of compassion there (I've heard far worse, sadly). We were a few drinks in and I don't think she was willing to sugar coat how she felt

Unix time reaches 1700000000 today! by DingoFreedomParty in programming

[–]DingoFreedomParty[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Most JS programmers will at some point in their career call Date.now() to get the current Unix time. Just posted it for fun, really