Yeah, it’s another unanswerable poll as stated.
I am slender, and I am fit. I do not need to be musclebound.
On the other hand, having the ridiculous haircut would result in having hair on top of my head again…
Do I get the physical strength and endurance that ought to go with those muscles?
If so, I’m jumping at it. I would give a whole shitload to feel strong again, even just as strong as I used to be.
If not, god no, not interested in looking like that even without the hairdo. But the genie would have to upgrade my heart as well, the muscles alone wouldn’t do it.
Yes, you’ll get the physical strength and endurance commensurate with a muscular body of that size. Nothing supernatural, though, so don’t expect to commit He-Man-level feats of superheroism.
Oh, so the genie’s going to fix my heart, too? I’ll have to take it, then.
In deference to hirsutely challenged Dopers, I did contemplate adding answers that remarked favourably on the haircut but not the muscles. But I thought that nobody in their right mind would actually select such an answer. Maybe I should create another poll all about this… In fact, here is just such a poll.
I will TOTALLY take the body and rock the page-boy cut.
I was born in the mid-70s, so I am part of the He-Man generation. Sure, I’ll look like a goof, but all of my fellow middle aged friends will get it.
Meanwhile, I can maintain it without effort and diet? My job’s already under threat, I can probably make a solid living going to cons (cosplay) and/or bodybuilding events and make some cash. Or try for a live-action He-Man remake!
Heck, I could do a live action He-Man remake as a youtube channel (He-Man does the laundry, He-Man takes out the trash, He-Man tries to buy a normal shirt, etc.) and probably do reasonably well.
Sounds like a nice plan, but apart from the muscles and haircut, do you look enough like He-Man to pull it off?
No (that whole body waxing is going to suuuuuuuuck!) but then again, Schwarzenegger doesn’t look much like Conan (aside from base physique) and made it work! I’ll also have to start on my tan. And dying the hair color is workable. The problem of only being 5’10 is the hardest one to overcome. Good camera work will be needed!
I’m not exactly sure what “he-man page boy” hair looks like. Nevertheless, it sounds like something I should decline. My bald spot is annoying, but not embarrassing.
An Image of the original (there have been many remakes)
Cartoon He-Man had a cool haircut. The bangs were a little goofy, but I would still rock them.
Ah… to return to the early nineties, when I had shoulder-length hair…
Well I’m not quite 5’2" and female. I’m gonna look really weird. But I’ll be healthy and strong and weird-looking!
– skipping the second poll as the vote has nothing to do with the hair. If those bangs will stay out of my eyes I can live with that haircut, though I wouldn’t go out of my way to get it.
A well styled page boy(ish) cut can work, even on a 50+ guy:
I’m not bald but I am bald. Makes choosing a bit of a puzzle.
I’ve been bald for so long, I barely even remember having hair. And I’m perfectly happy without it. At this point, it would just be a bother.
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I have a full head of hair, I just choose not to wear it.
Oh! I need to go change my vote. Sure, that would be great. I’ll put up with looking funny.
The witness question would greatly depend on what the testimony is. “Some guy I never saw before came in and robbed the place and he’s sitting right there” is a lot different than “I saw Bob do it. I’ve known Bob for 10 years.” The circumstances surrounding the crime, the strength of testimony and the how it holds up under cross will determine how I feel about it. When questions come up about eyewitness testimony people tend to picture that experiment where someone runs into a classroom, commits a fake crime and runs out, then the teacher asks the class to write down what they saw. Something like that is extremely unreliable. But that’s not the only type of eyewitness testimony
Obligatory link to Better Call Saul.
