Is Cutting Your Own Hair Always a Better Choice Than Visiting a Barber?

[Moonbear]

I haven't had a hair cut in 3 years.

What about all the other hairs? (Ba dum bum <cymbal>)

 

[Poop-Loops]

http://www.uncov.com/assets/2007/6/29/fry-see-what-you-did-there-scaled.jpg

 

[turbo]

That's not allowed. If she has had continuous coverage, the new employer's insurance can't deny you coverage for a pre-existing condition covered on the previous employer's insurance (you would have to pay for the COBRA coverage between jobs though).

I wouldn't want to test that. I have had some really bad experiences with health insurance, and have had to pay for stuff that they refused to. If you have an illness/disability that is rare and your doctor wants to try some therapies or off-label drug treatments, be prepared to fight the insurance company and/or pay for the full cost out-of-pocket.

 

[ehrenfest]

Why on Earth would someone prefer a hack job on their head that people have been honest enough to let him know looks ridiculous when it's easier to either buzz it off or just let it keep growing long and pull it into a neat ponytail. Either option is more socially acceptable and far easier than hacking away piece by piece. I'm not even sure why getting a haircut wastes much time if all you're doing with the time is studying. If people flip through magazines while in a hairdresser's chair, you can just as easily flip through a textbook.

Moonbear that does not make sense. If I owned a razer I would buzz it all off. I gave reasons why I don't let it keep growing long in a previous post (it gets itchy, falls in my face, holds me back when I run, etc). When I was younger, I used to get haircuts from barbers and I cannot imagine doing anything productive during them. I would have to concentrate against hair falling on my book, people chatting away in the background, and other distractions. Furthermore, transporting myself to the barber takes time and then there is usually a wait.

This whole series of threads is bizarre and disturbing, and not wanting to get a haircut is actually the least of it. Thinking eating is a non-essential extra that should be minimized as much as possible is not particularly conducive to survival. When trying to cut out everything else in life except doing math and physics problems, even the things that keep one alive and healthy, and denying oneself all social interactions, well, that sounds like a rather obsessive sort of behavior. Perhaps a visit to a psychologist or psychiatrist is required.

Thanks for your concern Moonbear. This calls for some attention. I guess I should probably defend my mental health. The reason I began these threads was because I realized some of my lifestyle choices are not common and I wanted to see whether there was a substantive reason for that or not and in the cut-my-own-hair case, I was just interested in whether others were doing this also.

My point is that I am going to take some of your advice. For example, I have totally ditched my plan to eat only four items for the health reasons you and others gave in the "an optimal diet" thread. No one here has given any reason of similar caliber why I should stop cutting my own hair, so I will continue that. Moonbear's argument about good hair indicating good parenting skills was the most convincing but still there are still some problems with that argument. (I think Michael Jackson--the singer and child molester--had really nice hair but would make a horrible father. I am sure there are many other examples.)

Other people have also given good advice about stretching, religious tolerance, etc. If I were really mentally unhealthy, I would probably ignore this advice.

I think the members of PF are MUCH more helpful than a psychologist or psychiatrist would be. I don't think a psychologist or psychiatrist would understand the academic ambition behind my actions. Working in mathematics and science gives people a kind of mindset that most psychologists and psychiatrist lack. There was a chapter on Fraud and pscyhoanalysis in my AP Psychology book and pscyhologists and psychiatrists probably have to know that kind of stuff which I think is destructive to rational scientific thought.

 

[Cyrus]

Seriously, optimize your time with less of these threads. You don't want to cut your hair, fine. The rest of us do. You can spare us your lecturing. If you can't sit in a babers chair for half an our of your life once a month, you need to reevalute how your spending your time. You seem to have some sort of anti-social disorder.

 

[~christina~]

I was spoiled when I recently cut my hairo. :) Was charged 20 something for 2 hair washings(before hair cutting and after hair cut), hair cutting, hair blowdrying, and EVEN flat ironing my hair and I didn't even ask for that (I thought he was done after blowdrying my hair).

 

[stingray78]

Jajaja check this docu about barbershops:
http://www.tubepolis.com/play.php?q=barbershops&title=Barbershops%3A%2BUncut&id=kBw8uS1OjSw&img=http%253A%252F%252Fs4.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FkBw8uS1OjSw%252Fdefault.jpg

 

[~christina~]

Jajaja check this docu about barbershops:
http://www.tubepolis.com/play.php?q=barbershops&title=Barbershops%3A%2BUncut&id=kBw8uS1OjSw&img=http%253A%252F%252Fs4.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FkBw8uS1OjSw%252Fdefault.jpg

I don't think it's an everyday practice to sell stolen goods in a barber shop.

I can't believe what people will make into a show these days...like Survivor or the barbershop events...for example.

 

[rewebster]

Seriously, optimize your time with less of these threads. You don't want to cut your hair, fine. The rest of us do. You can spare us your lecturing. If you can't sit in a babers chair for half an our of your life once a month, you need to reevalute how your spending your time. You seem to have some sort of anti-social disorder.

funny

 

[gravenewworld]

Even if you try to shave your head yourself you still can't get around the ears and the neck line well at all. You can definitely tell when people shave off their own hair because they don't have a good line all the way around.


I go to a barber that still does straight razor shaves. They are the best, especially with the warm shaving cream. There are also all you can drink beers, a pool table, and guy magazines to read. You can hang out and BS for as long as you like.