The Random Hair Thoughts Megathread

[floridaorchid]

I'm seriously considering getting rid of layers and getting a blunt cut

That's my struggle. I keep changing my hemline, I've had a U for a year or two and now I'm thinking about switching to blunt

[mochichichi]

I love silver hair, I guess once I live long enough (by God's grace) I will have silver hair

Same here!

[embee]

I'm seriously considering getting rid of layers and getting a blunt cut

Well, you might like that, but probably you'll lose those delightful spirals and every updo will be challenging due to the ends trying to stick out like a paint brush. I could hardly wait for my hair to fairytale again so I could make a bun with the ends tucked in properly.

[gghh]

I'm wondering if the increased difficulty with detangling is also coming from the fact that I haven't trimmed my hair since November. Perhaps my ends will feel better once I get rid of whatever damage has been accumulating when I go to cut it in November this year. That and I need to clarify.

[Bat]

I love silver hair, I guess once I live long enough (by God's grace) I will have silver hair

I felt to old letting my natural silvers come through yet bleaching it silver didn't so weird I'm back to being bald though 😅

[Brandt]

Here's a thought that's only semi-random...

I wish that somewhere there was a survey done to determine average hair length for both males and females, with that survey repeated once per year. I perceive the average hair length (men and women) has increased since 2020, but then that might be because early that year was when I began my hair journey, so I've noticed long hair much more. Regardless (and probably somewhat due to the pandemic--though as we progress in time, those effects would be less. If the survey were to be done in different parts of the US and/or different countries, then even better!

I definitely think there are more men with long hair now than 10 years ago, or especially 20 years ago (but not as many as during the late 1960s or 1970s).

[Nefcerka]

Brandt, that sounds like a good idea Imagine the astonishment of people if there was a question in yearly census, among the usual ones like age, sex, nationality - what is the length of your hair in cm/inches? I´d be very interested to know, and even more I´d like to know which is the longest-haired country in the world. I´d probably bet my money on India, what do you all think?

[Eudocima]

Wow Brandt, complete coincidence but I hopped on this thread to share this interesting blurb I ran into about male long hair:
"LONG HAIR
Traditionally, long hair was always a symbol of masculinity. All of history's great warriors had long hair, from the Greeks (who wrote odes to their heroes' hair) to the Nordic, from the American Indians (famous for their long shiny hair) to the Japanese. And the longer and more beautiful the hair was, the more manly the warrior was considered. Vikings flaunted their braids and samurai wore their long hair as a symbol of their honor (they cut their braid when they lose honor).
When a warrior was captured, his mane was cut to humiliate him, to take away his beauty. That custom resumed in what is today military service. There when new soldiers begin their training the first thing they do is cut their hair to undermine their self-esteem, make them submissive and make them see who's boss.
The Romans were the ones who "invented" short hair so to speak, between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.. In battles they believed this gave them defensive advantages, since their opponents couldn't grab them by the hair. This also helped them to recognize each other in the battlefield.
Short hair on men is a relatively new "invention" that has nothing to do with aesthetics.
But today we often see men being humiliated, sometimes called "gay" for wearing long hair, not knowing that short hair is actually the "anti-masculine" and is a repressive social imposition, while long hair symbolizes freedom."
(From the Fabulous Lovers Of Weird Everything Facebook page)

[Eudocima]

Furthermore (and truly random), my husband thought I was making a "lazy rat bun" 🐀 and not a lazy WRAP bun 🤣🤣🤣

[mochichichi]

My next measure isn't for almost another 3 weeks, but I'm excited to get there. Not for any growth or hair related reasons but because I either didn't let my hair dry enough or put just a little too much oil in right after my wash, and it didn't straighten out and spread the way it does when it's dry so my May measurement picture looks weird.