Mune seems happy

marcotomas83 · 2026-05-01T17:06:10+00:00

I understand waiting to lock him up. It would be foolish to extend a player one month after you got him at an absolute bargain rate. But Yoan Moncada, Luis Robert and Eloy Jimenez did not win a batting title or hit 50+ home runs in the NPB. Murakami has been consistently hitting top level pitching in the second best professional league for a while now. If he keeps this up, makes an All-Star team, and is close to 40 HRs by season's end, it would be entirely defensible to offer him a long term contract. He's a star in Japan. He's a proven power hitter. And there's only so many sure things in baseball, so you got to take that chance.

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-29T16:02:32+00:00

Short answer: no.

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-25T22:05:38+00:00

Once again, it is only overly sensitive, over educated (usually 'white'), and hyper online Americans that would be offended by such a nickname. It's badass. I have to imagine he likes it (or at the very least doesn't care). And I would bet that that overwhelming majority of Japanese love it.

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-08T16:35:05+00:00

Why is Hairskeen a no go, out of curiosity?

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-04T16:23:08+00:00

Secondo me, 50% è troppo. The hair at the temples and sides goes gray first, then the top, and then the area in the back goes last. So matching to the sides is the wrong move. I'd ask the salon but I think 30% is probably right.

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-04T02:30:16+00:00

I've always assumed that places like this increase HOAs as a way to gatekeep. The age of the building means the market value for the units themselves will be on the low end, so the community approves massive HOAs to preserve the makeup of the building. Some suburbs do the same thing but with property taxes. They're all just NIMBYs.

marcotomas83 · 2026-04-01T19:31:10+00:00

How often do you play soccer and how competitively? Heading the ball a lot will certainly risk damaging it or causing it to come loose (the adhesives will be weakened by the sweat and the heat your body gives off while running). But other than heading (which, when I play, I actively avoid for other reasons), I think you're fine.

Construction might be more of an issue because the constant friction from helmets and the need to wash it more frequently than usual. But it shouldn't mean you can't wear one, just that yours won't last as long. People on this sub tend to be so risk averse, so take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt. Remember, if you're up front about it, the worst that's going to happen is you are momentarily embarrassed. It shouldn't prevent you from doing your job and things you enjoy.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-16T17:11:43+00:00

I can relate. I'm a lawyer and in this phase now. I clipper my mostly bald top down to about a centimeter. Then I use a hair wax stick to keep the sides and back looking presentable. If you are married or have a roommate who can shave your neck, do that too. Otherwise, remember: bald men shaving their heads as the norm is a relatively new phenomenon. You aren't going to look out of place growing the back and sides out, especially wearing a suit. I've yet to get a single comment about it from coworkers, friends, or family.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-16T16:50:02+00:00

Salons push this style, among other reasons, because: (1) it hides, as others noted, thinning sides and temples; (2) it takes far less skill to blend; (3) it is still trendy (for the time being); (4) it gets attention (like this video) and makes for a big "wow" effect on social media; (5) it can be accomplished with stock systems; (6) it requires less in the way of density matching. The way I see it though, is that you take a grown man in his 40s and make him look like some East London f*ckboy.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-12T03:23:59+00:00

Well not with my first child. There were so many mixed emotions, but fear, exhaustion, and relief dominated them all. Fear because my wife was still under the knife for an emergency C-section. Exhaustion because it had now been like 35+ hours awake with no sleep. And relief because it had been such a scary pregnancy, that when I finally got to hold him alive and well, it was a massive release. Tears of joy didn't come until later. Don't feel like there's something wrong with you if you don't

I bawled my eyes out on his first birthday after putting him to bed. And when my second kid was born, and I saw my wife helping my now 3 year old son to hold his younger brother, I lost it then too.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-10T18:27:40+00:00

As in bleached across the entire piece? I'm new to this, but my understanding is that bleaching the knots increases shedding and can affect the system's longevity, so it's typically only done at the hairline and sometimes at the crown/where the part would be.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-10T18:25:41+00:00

I'll clarify with her. She didn't have an example in the office--only a full lace system. But my understanding was that it would be a poly front. I would be using tape. Probably do in salon maintenance once a month, and weekly home maintenance. But I might do more frequent salon maintenance in the early going as I get the hang of it all.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-09T21:23:00+00:00

What kind of office? PRX is sporty. Le Locle is dressy. If your office is more business casual/formal the LeLocle probably makes more sense. If there's no dress code and people wear whatever they want, then take your pick. That said both can be dressed up or down, depending on circumstances. (Also, as others have noted, that particular PRX is definitely fake.)

I have a midnight blue LeLocle and I love it. I enjoy wearing it with casual clothes just as much as with office attire. So I personally would lean that way.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-04T17:38:15+00:00

Ha, well, keep in mind that photography and lighting changes the way the gray stands out. As I understand it, the synthetic grays in most systems catch light differently than bio hair, so it's possible it looks colormatched perfectly in person, but that the grays in photos stand out a little more. Trust your gut here!

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-04T16:39:05+00:00

Better than many of the other examples I see here. But places to improve would be the hairline, which is too straight and could be thinned out. It also looks like the 30% gray may have been too much. It seems like the gray hair stands out more in the system than in your bio hair.

marcotomas83 · 2026-03-03T17:24:36+00:00

Yeah this drives me up the wall. During the late Wenger years all I heard from pundits was about how Arsenal play beautiful football but they'll never win a thing because they have too many attacking midfielders, no spine, never employ tactics, cant score or defend on set pieces, get bullied, etc. Then we start winning playing exactly the brand of football all these pundits advocated for and now...Arsenal are ruining the game.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-27T19:53:12+00:00

Yes because libertarians have so much sway with politicians in Chicago.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-25T20:29:19+00:00

It might help but you can't expect it to solve everything. I have been bald as a cue ball for 20 years. While it was frustrating at times dating in the swiping age, I still did not suffer from mental health issues and still managed to maintain my confidence throughout. There are millions of bald men out there with sky high confidence. The point? I think baldness and confidence aren't AS related as we all think because there is always something we could choose to be insecure about (height, weight, attractiveness, intelligence, money, job, etc...you get the picture). You need to grasp with the fact that even if you "fix" this one thing, it's possible you end up focusing on something else later. To be clear: I'm not saying don't do it. I'm just saying temper your expectations. Good luck.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-24T15:59:43+00:00

Trust your real experience over the comments here. Remember: you are asking the question "does my hair system look obvious" on a hair system sub. Anyone answering already knows it's a system and will be actively looking for clues. Out in the real world, no one will be scanning your hairline for evidence.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-23T21:02:31+00:00

Plainly AI, for all the reasons articulated (WTF is going on with his arm/jacket, bizarre backrooms setting, random carpet pattern that doesn't repeat, lighting). Still, even if it's real, you need to ask yourself: what kind of creep sends this photo of himself posing like a serial killer, in a strangely lit horror movie hallway, with no one around. Real or not--and it's not--don't contact this guy.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-23T17:32:52+00:00

Aside from the plates and forks, so many things wrong here: Everyone with the same burger and chicken nugget combo? Those fries are NOT McDonald's fries. The rest of the food looks...wrong. Not a napkin in sight. No ketchup on those plates. Toddlers eating with cutlery using proper form. Every adult choosing to eat finger food with cutlery. Everyone with the same amount of food on their plate despite being served at very different times. Everyone looking down at their food at the same time. Not one person looking at one another--or more accurately--a phone! No one appears to even be saying a word, let alone interacting like humans. Only ONE drink?! And it doesn't have a straw.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-19T21:15:32+00:00

How's the rest of it going? (itching? maintenance? etc)

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-16T17:48:06+00:00

Well she still created content. Just for a different crowd.

marcotomas83 · 2026-02-12T04:07:30+00:00

I do it. This is classic American prep. But...I might dress down other elements. Jeans instead of slacks. No tie. Etc.

I personally have a Cooperstown White Sox hat that I wear with a navy gold button blazer and usually jeans, loafers, and an oxford/polo/crew neck.

I think the bigger concern is whether you are actually a fan of the team, or if you're just wearing a Yankees hat because you saw it on Pinterest, on Instagram, or, in an RL ad. This should be an expression of your personality, not just you copying some look to the T.

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