Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 18, 2024

The Age of Persuasion

Not so niche – nowadays, pretty every man over 40 shaves his head, to avoid having a bald spot.

Another sucker.

Maybe it’s black ink and if you apply it with a paint brush, it looks like real hair.

Slick advertising.

72 and a full head of hair… thanks to my great grandfather on my father’s mother’s side…

Do bald people get dandruff? Might be good for him

Real men wear diapers.

Another magat belief.

57 and still a full head of hair. On the other hand I have low testosterone, so you have to take the good with the unusual.

Formulated to treat ‘cradle cap’?

Once you’re not (hydrating/coconut oiling/detangling/etcing) your hair, why not do what my barber recommended to me 40 years ago… when I did have hair: Use your plain old unscented soap. That’s it. Just like you use on the rest of your bod. Spouse has two bars of soap two sham poo bottles and a conditioner bottle and two body-washing devices. I have a bar of soap and a bristle brush with a long handle. Spouse takes 20 minute showers, of which 10 minutes are in the water, 7 are doing various non-washing things and 3 to squeegee the walls. I take 7 minute showers of which 4 minutes are in the water and 3 to squeegee the walls. Plus as long as I want to stand under the lovely hot water… or until the water starts to go cool…

What’s next? A whole body deodorant?

Most white guys can’t pull off the look by choice. Those of us that don’t have a choice, well, let’s hope for a tan and wear a hat.

“Billiard ball in the wallet pocket.”

Remember, please: men with hair loss have higher levels of testosterone. Bald guys are hot, plain and simple.

Had to do something with the shampoo that made people to go bald. Good marketing campaign.

I have a bald spot like Dad’s. It’s handy for mosquito picnics and a bit of sun burn.

There has been lots of talk lately about men losing a sense of purpose, if it isn’t as the family breadwinner and protector. How about:

“Real men support the community through promoting equity and inclusion.”

Dude Wipes are wierd. Like baby wipe won’t do?

Advertisement: “Now with RADIUM! If you aren’t bald now, you WILL BE!”

Repackaged Armor All.

I’m 91 and still have all of my hair. My dad lived to 101 and still had all of his. Neither of us ever had any hair on our chests though. Of course my dad was born in a small German settlement in Transylvania. Hmmm.

I’ve been bald for 50 years. The fringe gets Dollar Store shampoo.

Mine is in the back; out of sight, out of mind…

Right next to the “Dude Wipes”.

Fight it, Bob, fight it!

LMAO!

I’d like a suntan oil specifically for your head. Nothing worse than getting sunburned there

Larry David wants words with you…..

I thought guys shined it up with a little Pledge spray polish.

Haven’t shaved any part of of body in 54 years. My wife (44yr) would not recognize me if I shaved.

“Niche target marketing” = sucker bait.

Is it any worse than the obsession recently with soaps and deodorants for private parts ??? ;-0

The average American male’s masculinity has been under attack by woke forces for so long that 57% of them would rather have a criminal as a president than a woman.

The other 43% aren’t afraid of women and don’t feel like they need a “Protector.”

Don’t forget that you should buy their truck or car so you’ll have an exciting outdoor life.

If he were better educated he’d know that high levels of testosterone engenders male baldness. Bald men are manly men!

Existential crisis sells almost as well as sex.

That’s target marketing all right – to convince you to buy something (or a lot of) stuff you neither need nor want. Notice the checkout guy behind the counter has a pony tail, only slightly less abhorrent than a Man Bun. And what are you shampooing if you’ve nothing left to shampoo?

Next they’ll be telling us that quiche is manly.

I first noticed the receding hairline while going thru basic training in ‘74. Less than a year later, after it had mostly grown back, someone commented that I had a bald spot forming at the back of my head. On the plus side, that meant the cowlick was the first thing to go and I didn’t really have to think about it because it was out of (my) sight. By the time I retired from the Air Force in ’95 the receding hairline in front had pretty much met up with the balding spot in back.

I did start growing a beard the same day as my military retirement ceremony. It didn’t have anything to do with the balding… I just liked how I looked with the beard. A few years later I also grew the bald guy pony tail, but only because it seemed like I wouldn’t have much of a chance for it if I waited any longer. The pony tail hung on for a bit more than 20 years then it got too thin to keep so it’s gone now and I just have the ring of hair that continues to get smaller with the passing years.

Would I like to have a full head of hair… sure, but that isn’t the hand that nature dealt me so why fret over it. I don’t ever plan to shave my head… that just doesn’t work for me. I did shave the beard once (it had gotten more grey than not) thinking I would look a bit younger while job hunting. It didn’t work… I actually looked older without the grey beard so I grew it back 8^)

I find this funny cause I’m Bob and I’m bald…lol.

Im blessed with good genes. My dad had a full head of thick hair when he died and my hair has to be cut monthly. I think I’d look scary bald.

It says “vs.” but seems to me more like “is about to fall for”.

I’ve got a receding hairline, but my eyebrows seem determined to reclaim the lost territory on behalf of hairdom.

I saw what was coming in my late 20’s. Got rid of it and wouldn’t have it back if it was possible. It’s wasn’t that common then and it was assumed I was a skinhead or biker. Hardly, but people tended to give way so who was I to correct them.

Carnauba wax in a bottle?