Comments on: Tangent: Silly Beard Poll http://www.debito.org/?p=1953 Arudou Debito s Home Page: Issues of Life and Human Rights in Japan Fri, 24 May 2013 05:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Albrecht http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169777 Albrecht Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:57:10 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169777 Keep it.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169667 Shannon Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:57:59 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169667 Hi Debito

I reckon keep it but add snazzy mo!!

I think beard are good.

]]> By: smartguy4ever http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169659 smartguy4ever Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:56:47 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169659 Keep it for a bit, gives you some gruffness factor.

]]> By: Yayoi K. http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169656 Yayoi K. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:38:15 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169656 I think you look rather dashing!

]]> By: linet http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169655 linet Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:28:49 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169655 hmmm I like the beard, but I agree with several comments, maybe try a more top-involved style (like more mustache) and increased length (like let the beard grow to your side burns would help balance it all out.

:)

from san francisco,

rock that beard!

]]> By: Kaoru http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169648 Kaoru Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:22:57 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169648 I’ve always said that beards are like automatic-only driving licenses. When you get to know somebody with a beard, they can only sport a beard in your presence from then on, as they will forever look strange without one. When you get to know somebody without a beard though, they’ll look fine either way.

If you can cultivate it properly, it might be worth getting yourself a really sinister looking picture for use in any news articles where you’ve been setting the cat amongst the pigeons.

]]> By: Gaijinalways http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169642 Gaijinalways Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:08:50 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169642 Looks good, only wish my wife would agree to let me grow one!

]]> By: Drew http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169574 Drew Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:43:05 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169574 CAUTION: TONGUE-IN-CHEEK RACIAL STEREOTYPING AHEAD…

Dude, you’re a Japanese citizen now. There are only 2 types of goatee available to you: The few pathetic little wisps of hair that men under 30 can sometimes grow, or the long grey pointy kind seen on elderly masters in martial arts movies. You have chosen a goatee incompatible with your passport.

Maybe that can be your new “hook”:　”Debito Arudou, a Japanese man who can grow a proper goatee!”

]]> By: carl http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169567 carl Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169567 Hmmm…

I dunno, my jury is still out on this one. I’ll need some more time to decide.

]]> By: Damian http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169563 Damian Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:16:28 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169563 Greetings from Texas, Debito-san!

Dude, keep it!!!

]]> By: tie http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169558 tie Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:38:42 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169558 the way i figure it, a beard increases your overall surface area which puts you more in touch with the universe. and that, if i may swear, is unfuckablewith.

]]> By: scott http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169554 scott Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:18:52 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169554 Very professorial (if that’s a word!). Looks good.

– If it ain’t a word, it oughta be… Especially in this case! :)

]]> By: Mike http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169551 Mike Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:11:24 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169551 The reason your beard grows sparse is because you probally never served in the military. Your beard will grow out real fast in there, lots of dry shaving out in the field. Does wonders for facial hair.

– That it does. Done plenty of dry shaving in the Boy Scouts, as a ranger at Philmont. Beard grows fine. Still didn’t do much for my mustache, though.

]]> By: Justin http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169543 Justin Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:06:21 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169543 I agree with full coverage. Beard or no beard; there is no try.

]]> By: A Man In Japan http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169540 A Man In Japan Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:04:09 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169540 I think it looks quite good. I would keep it!

]]> By: Sam http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169536 Sam Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:54:54 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169536 Have you tried growing from ear to ear? Looks like that might be a slightly better fit than what you go going at the moment ;)

]]> By: Phil http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169526 Phil Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:42:26 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169526 You look like a ’70s porn star! Keep it ;)

]]> By: Dr Weissnix http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169520 Dr Weissnix Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:26:22 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169520 Great! The very small number of people with beard living in Japan is growing. But I’m biased due to my own preference.

]]> By: Tony D http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169519 Tony D Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:12:44 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169519 I like it, it’s dignified. Gives you an air of authority!

– Well, if that’s all it takes, I’d have done it sooner! :)

]]> By: Andrew Smallacombe http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169516 Andrew Smallacombe Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:26:46 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169516 As my mum used to say when I had a mustache: “If it grows wild on your bum, why cultivate it on your face?”
Save the photo for a “Good Debito/Bad Debito” collum.

]]> By: Michael http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169515 Michael Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:22:29 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169515 If a Star Trek movie is casting… you will make a lovely Klingon. It would be better with a mustache.

;)

– Kaplah! Pass the blood wine! (I’ve gone off prune juice…)

Anyway, I have done the mustache and full beard in the past. The mustache comes out stringy and wiry, not thick (and I have a habit of biting on it in idle moments). The rest of the beard comes out like Karl Marx’s (I used to hide pencils in it back in college). Going for the chin look this time, seeing how it comes out.

]]> By: thesbian http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169514 thesbian Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:17:24 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169514 It’s perfectly fine in theory, but I’d go for the full coverage.

]]> By: theanphibian http://www.debito.org/?p=1953&cpage=1#comment-169510 theanphibian Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:03:14 +0000 http://www.debito.org/?p=1953#comment-169510 omg shave it shave it shave it!

If not, my delicate mental image of Debito-san will be forever changed.

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