Why cant Chinese people grow facial hair?

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Pikaboo

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I find having to shave all the time to be a PITA. Well, not my ass, but the wife's ass. The day after I shave it is like sandpaper and she hates the carpet burns between her legs/cheeks.

Sincere Uncouth.
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mammador

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because they're called homo sapiens mandarinensis and they can't grow beards...

culture is the reason most likely. Kind of weird since Confucius and many of the ancient emperors had beards.
 

Mr. Pedantic

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because they're called homo sapiens mandarinensis and they can't grow beards...

culture is the reason most likely. Kind of weird since Confucius and many of the ancient emperors had beards.

Maybe that's how they became emperors.
 

Sho'Nuff

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https://www.google.com/search?q=chi...roD4Dg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1097&bih=614&dpr=1

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rsutoratosu

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HOLY COW HOW TRUE AND FUNNY IS THIS...

I tried to grow a beard or mustache for work for 6-7 months.. we had a bet at work and after 6 months + of not shaving, I look like butthead, random spots everywhere

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StrangerGuy

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WTH is the point of this question? Like being born a boy or a girl, its not something you can choose.
 

Broheim

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Cant grow bears? This mark ass trick obviously hasnt watched many kung fu movies.

-snip-

completely lacks volume.


beards come down to genetics and white people are generally more well endowed in the beard department than the other races.

probably because we adapted to colder environments and increased body hair, particularly in the face, helped us better withstand the cold.
 

El Guaraguao

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completely lacks volume.


beards come down to genetics and white people are generally more well endowed in the beard department than the other races.

probably because we adapted to colder environments and increased body hair, particularly in the face, helped us better withstand the cold.


Oh, yeah. That makes sense. China is a tropical paradise. I hope that next summer, I have enough cash to visit the warm tropical beaches of China. Doesnt make sense. Bro, stop being stupid.

/sarcastic
 
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mammador

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Oh, yeah. That makes sense. China is a tropical paradise. I hope that next summer, I have enough cash to visit the warm tropical beaches of China. Doesnt make sense. Bro, stop being stupid.

Manchuria and Beijing reguarly get snow and are on the same latitude as much of the US. I don't think anywhere in China is technically between the two tropic lines.
 

mammador

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This question to me is like asking "how come most black men have a bald scalp?" hmm.. it's because black human DNA doesn't allow it, and black men with full hair are genetic freaks....
 

El Guaraguao

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Manchuria and Beijing reguarly get snow and are on the same latitude as much of the US. I don't think anywhere in China is technically between the two tropic lines.

Exactly.

Thanks for reminding me to add a sarcasim note to my post ^_^
 

Broheim

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Oh, yeah. That makes sense. China is a tropical paradise. I hope that next summer, I have enough cash to visit the warm tropical beaches of China. Doesnt make sense. Bro, stop being stupid.

because modern day weather is representative of the last ice age, totally forgot about that bro. how stupid of me to forget that the Scandinavian ice sheet made it all the way to Beijing...
 

El Guaraguao

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because modern day weather is representative of the last ice age, totally forgot about that bro. how stupid of me to forget that the Scandinavian ice sheet made it all the way to Beijing...

Thats enough internet for me today. Thanks.
 

Broheim

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Thats enough internet for me today. Thanks.

"Hair is an insulator that keeps you warm. Long, full beards that trap the cold air and raise the temperature of the neck are going to be an added bonus when you’re under the weather,” says Walker. Facial hair can act as a physical barrier to cold temperature, adds Dr. Felix Chua, a consultant respiratory physician at the London Clinic, Harley Street. “Hair around the chin and neck adds another layer of protection."

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/natural-beauty-fashion/stories/5-health-benefits-of-beards (disregard the treehugging website and focus on the quote)

just because modern day china has comparable weather conditions to europe does not mean it always has, if conditions where the same Chinese people would look like Europeans, that's clearly not the case.
 

RedRooster

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I'd rather be able to keep the hair on top of my head than be able to grow facial hair. If that's the case, the Chinese got it good, no maintenance and good hair forever! I've never seen a bald one.
 

mizzou

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I am nearly full on euro-Caucasian, and I have a very hard time growing facial hair on the side of my cheeks. Also, my facial hair is mostly blonde and brown, making it very hard to see when it's just stubble.

There is a possibility I have mixed native american genetics from my tennessee background (mainly just by my looks, nothing confirmed)

Now THERE is a stereotype for inability to grow hair :)
 

BoomerD

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I'd rather be able to keep the hair on top of my head than be able to grow facial hair. If that's the case, the Chinese got it good, no maintenance and good hair forever! I've never seen a bald one.


:hmm: not sure if serious...


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