Ok, ok, I know the guys aren't really shaving anymore, ya know leaving that 5 O'clock shadow......but on Ari??

[a kennedy]

His “cool beard shave” is kinda icky, or is it just me??? I don’t even watch Ari, just saw him as I’m passing through channels, but he looks nasty.

[ZDU]

1. Sexy

Scruff, beards, facial hair is sexy.... to each, their own. Now you know mine

[Traildogbob]

3. Cool.

The Navy trained me to shave every day. But now retired, maybe once a week or so. No shame, and my dog don’t care. So good to know some ladies think it is sexy.
Razor blades are expensive.
Every body do your thing. Freedom!!!! USA!

[ZDU]

5. Shipmate

The Navy made me do that too. I resented it. Fair Winds and Following Seas shipmate

[Traildogbob]

9. 🫡 proud ShellBack.

Multiple crossings. And 4 passages through the Strait, and ran ashore in the Suez. Not my faught, I was on the scope and charts On Port watch. Starboard crew with new Ensign screwed that up and ran our props into a sand bar. Held those oil tankers passage up for 13 hours. The mighty Destroyer stuck in a sand bar. 😱 we Did not miss that OOD junior Ensign, a Haqueseth type.
Smooth seas back at ya.

[ZDU]

13. Aye, Shellback here too

Great to meet you and an incredible tale too! Awesome to hear as it brought a smile and a hearty laugh to my soul too ⚓️

[Traildogbob]

14. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Sure we both have tells. I will keep an eye out for ya sailer, ZDU. God I would love to visit the CIC of today.
OPS Specialist PO2.
Cheers Brother.

[a kennedy]

4. No, his is NOT sexy.....and you're right....it is JMHO.

[ZDU]

7. Disagreed

Keep the clean cut to yourself. Not competition from me.

[hlthe2b]

2. He has a really heavy beard and probably would need to shave multiple times daily to keep

clean-shaven appearance.

That said, I don't mind neatly trimmed beards as facial hair goes. What drives me nuts is the current trend that echoes the scruffy long out-of-control "Deliverance-type" beard, once only really popular among backwoods hermit-types or some bluegrass or country music performers (the latter didn't really bother me as it was more a traditional kind of look).

But, ooh, I don't like those on men I meet that one might think would assume a more professional appearance in jobs that have a lot of public interaction.



Ick...

[ZDU]

6. Send the bearded men

... my way

[hlthe2b]

10. Sure, but I'll keep the neatly trimmed ones...

[madamesilverspurs]

8. Some guys look really good with a beard.

Or mutton shops. Or a goatee. Or a handlebar moustache. But I confess that I'm not a fan of the "cool beard shave", it looks like the guy is stuck between "Look, Ma, I hit puberty!" and "My DTs don't let me hold a razor." Maybe a bit harsh but, regardless of who is sporting the style, it always reminds me of the guy we had to scrape off the sidewalk outside the restaurant front door every Saturday morning; one glance at that scruffy look and I can still smell that guy.


.

[Traildogbob]

11. 😂😂

A vivid image and scent.

[Xavier Breath]

12. Ah yes, the Fred Flintstone look inspires such confidence and wreaks of professionalism.

So no, you're not alone.