POLL: It's official, I'm going bald *with pic*

[JoeKing]

just shave it bald man, I would. Could look good on you.



Also, I always thought you were japanese or something

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: JoeKing
just shave it bald man, I would. Could look good on you.



Also, I always thought you were japanese or something

Y'know, so did I. Imagine my surprise when I looked at that pic.

There's a story behind my name; perhaps I'll tell it sometime.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: JoeKing
just shave it bald man, I would. Could look good on you.



Also, I always thought you were japanese or something

Y'know, so did I. Imagine my surprise when I looked at that pic.

There's a story behind my name; perhaps I'll tell it sometime.

Tell it now please. Bored.

 

[Blueoak]

Work out at the gym. It'll do more for your mental health than any hairstyle at this point.

 

[aidanjm]

shave off the hair. But definitely keep the little moustache and goatee. they suit you, they look good.

 

[yukichigai]

Okay, the story. It's not necessarily a good one, but it's a story all the same.

Back in the day I was trying to sign up for a free webpage account with Netscape. At the time I went by the name TalkieToaster, your lovable breakfast companion. Talkie's the name; toasting's the game. Yes, I liked Red Dwarf. Unfortunately, so did everyone else and their uncle; when I attempted to register the account TalkieToaster it told me it would be very happy to give me the account TalkieToaster23892, or something like that.

Like many young geeks -- geeklings, if you will -- I was a bit non-conformist. The idea of tacking a number on the end of my nick was the equivalent of photocopying someone else's face and taping it over mine as far as I was concerned. I realized I needed to create a new nickname and a new identity, lest I be a mindless conformist sheep. But I needed it in a hurry. So what did I do? I loaded up freedict.com and started putting words into the Japanese->English translation tool. You'll be happy to know that at least four people each have nicks that are variations on the Japanese words for death, life, sleep, distracted, god, fire, cat, computer and sushi. Finally I started pulling words out of the lyrics of the music in my Winamp playlist; in goes "misunderstanding", out comes "yukichigai". Unlike previous words, this one sounded vaguely like a name. I tried it on the netscape page and what do you know, not a single person had previously registered the nick "yukichigai". My non-conformist sensabilities had been satisified, and I now had a whopping 20 megs of space to do with as I pleased.

Later I added "Y|" in front of my name on certain IRC servers to indicate that I'm a switch. I found it looked interesting and unique, so I started using it elsewhere whenever I could.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Blueoak
Work out at the gym. It'll do more for your mental health than any hairstyle at this point.

Meh, losing my hair doesn't bother me much, beyond the annoyance of not being able to keep the hairstyle I'm used to. I'm not, how shall we say, the most fashion-oriented of people; trying to find a new "look' is like the UN Inspections team trying to find WMDs. (*badump-ting!* Thank you folks, I'll be here all week.)

 

[Muadib]

You've got 5,10 years tops. Get out there and LIVE!!!

 

[monk3y]

Cut it short, maybe even shave and you should look pretty intimidating with just the goat.

 

[Red Dawn]

Shave your head, keep the goatee, lose the glasses and hit the gym.

 

[SwiftWind]

Let your hair fall out...

 

[OokiiNeko]

You'll be happy to know that at least four people each have nicks that are variations on the Japanese words for death, life, sleep, distracted, god, fire, cat, computer and sushi.

No way!


* Just buy a Wahl clipper set. Just use the trimmer without the attachment. Works for me, enough women don't seem to mind, and I save $$$$ on haircuts. To carry it off, I think you'll need to lose the facial hair.

 

[loup garou]

Shave your head, and lose the 3 musketeers goatee, Porthos.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
Try a comb-over

And look like a one wing seagull in the wind.

Also, you might try the bald man with a ponytail trick. Chicks dig it.

 

[pennylane]

Might as well try the rogaine crap at least once...

 

[nakedfrog]

Don't shave it.

 

[733SHiFTY]

use a bic, if you want to be badass.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: 733SHiFTY
use a bic, if you want to be badass.

You mean headblade, no?

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: desk
well don't shave it completely, just cut it really short (like 1/4").

and nay to mustaches

 

[p0ntif]

combover

 

[jadinolf]

You got the baldness gene from your mother.

Punish her.

 

[jaysgirl]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
You got the baldness gene from your mother.

Punish her.

If I woman is going bald, does she also get that from her mom? Or just men?

I think you should shave it.

 

[edprush]

You should consider Propecia. There were/are folks on this board that take it...maybe they can chime in.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: desk
well don't shave it completely, just cut it really short (like 1/4").

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: jaysgirl

Originally posted by: jadinolf
You got the baldness gene from your mother.

Punish her.

If I woman is going bald, does she also get that from her mom? Or just men?

I think you should shave it.

If baldness is an X-chromosome item like it is assumed, then bald women would have picked it up from both parents at once, whereas men with only 1 X would have picked it up from their mother.