About My Beard March 7, 2008
Posted by peak9 in Atheism, Blogs, Humor, Personal.Tags: Atheism, atheist, blog, blogging, Culture, funny, Humor, News, Personal, Quotes
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This week, I had two different bloggers from two different blogs mention my beard on the same day. Yes, my avatar has a beard—me about 10 months ago. The beard is long gone.
Here is what the Teen Athiest had to say:
peak9, I like myself way too much to “take things so personally.” Wouldn’t you be annoyed if you heard the same shit every day, no matter what it was? “Trim your beard,” “Wear something nicer,” et cetera. If I honestly believed I knew everything and couldn’t stand dealing with the ageism, I wouldn’t call myself the Teenage Atheist. I did choose that moniker for this blog, however, because I am admitting that I don’t know everything, and I welcome advice from my readers on how to deal with problems and go about things.
So, don’t generalize. Just because you were a know-it-all dipshit when you were my age doesn’t mean we all were. That’s ageism in and of itself.
My response:
Awesome. There’s no more beard either.
Here is what Brandon said at The Original Mudpuppy:
Just because I don’t have a fun blog name like “Politics & Culture” and I don’t look like the 4th member of ZZ Top doesn’t mean I’m not funny.
My response to Brandon:
Actually, I don’t have a beard anymore. I can’t believe two different bloggers on two different blogs commented today on my summer beard. The other blogger called me a dips%#t. At least you only associated me with a band of fellow Texans.
What are some other associations that can be applied to my former beard? A coworker once mentioned “rapist.” Another said I was “bummin’.” My own wife threw out “child molester.” We have “4th member of ZZ Top” and the ranting of a petulant imp. Let me know.
I love zztop and facial hair….on a dude, my hubby hates his gotee, but he keeps it for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQs1m5imLxg
this beard stuff is hilarious! my hubby tried to grow a beard just out of college & everyone called him terrorist because he’s indian. he finally shaved. i told him he could stop shaving again if i can stop shaving my legs……. we’d be the cutest couple: the terrorist and the fat french chick! unique!
Dude, I have nothing against your beard. It was just the first thing that came to mind as I was looking for examples of annoying repetitive phrases.
And by the way, I wasn’t calling you a dipshit; I just assumed based on how you described your 18-year-old self that you used to be one. If you’re telling me to not take things personally, try it out yourself first.
Teen Athiest,
I know you didn’t knock my beard, you just mentioned it in your condescending response to my noncondescending comment on your post. I could care less what you call me. I found it humorous, that’s all.
Peace.
sillyspring,
I forgot about terrorist. I was called this by a coworker also. LOL. Your method of getting your husband to shave is funny. My wife just stopped kissing me, so I had to get rid of it.
The Levites were held to a bearded code. Leviticus 19:27 states, “You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard”
We all know what happened to Sampson, “Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him” (Judges 16: 19 NKJ).
Do you feel weaker peak9? I’d be careful out there.
By the way I am sick of annoying phrases like, “I’m sick of annoying repetitive phrases.”
Rigg,
Fortunately, I’m not a Levite. I don’t feel any weaker, because I have just grown out my hair to compensate for the lost power of the beard. Now, I don’t look like the 4th member of ZZ Top, but the sixth member of Switchfoot.
I did the hair thing for 20 years and the beard thing longer. I’ve been doing the Ken Caminiti gotie thing on and off over the last 15 years; its been on for 8 years due to increased protrusion of my inherited double chin. When I was a kid they called it a Fu Manchu.
I think the problem is that God created man to look funny and we keep trying to change that fact.
God Bless.
Speaking of ZZ Top,
You all might get a kick out of watching this ZZ ish funny video.
By the way it is good “clean” fun!
http://christyhulsey.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/car-city-carwash-commercial/
Oh, sure. Because there’s nothing condescending about “I was a know-it-all when I was 18, and so are you, so quit whining.” (Note the lack of the word “dipshit” this time.) I don’t write rebuttals to comments unless a) I spot a logical fallacy or b) I smell condescension, or general asshattiness. Yours definitely fell into the latter.
Teen Atheist,
Satan has got a hold on on you.
Because relying on non-sequiturs when faced with a valid argument is totally the way to go. Mm-hmm.
You had no argument. There was no condescension in my comment at your blog. Your bitter perspective on life made my comment condescending. Satan does own you. It is perfectly logical to a Believer, but not so much to a skeptic.