# Help me with my hair (need help pretty fast ;) ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755 "2008-12-18T16:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/21 "2008-12-18T18:01:25Z")
> [@emilyforce](#): > > You can always cut it again afterward if you want to go back to the Russian Mobster look. And they’re all right up there above; you’re going to be a cutie either way. Yeah, at this point it’s about what image do you want to project. Do you want to look like Rumpled Movie Star, Russian Mobster, Jovial Life Of The Party, or what? I’ll add that, if you are going bald, shorter is better. Combovers are Not Cool, and embracing the baldness is far better than trying to hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/22 "2008-12-18T18:01:26Z")
Longer. The short haircut seems a bit…generic. I hate to say that because it seems like a cut many men have, but I like yours a bit longer. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/23 "2008-12-18T18:04:02Z")
I’d definitely get a mullet- that way you get the best of both worlds! ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/24 "2008-12-18T18:11:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Yeah, at this point it’s about what image do you want to project. Do you want to look like Rumpled Movie Star, Russian Mobster, Jovial Life Of The Party, or what? I’ll add that, if you are going bald, shorter is better. Combovers are Not Cool, and embracing the baldness is far better than trying to hide it. Nope, baldness is not an issue. As for the look - I work management in construction, so the rough look isn’t all that wrong there, but neither is the longer hair. > [@emilyforce](#): > > \*\* > dactylic hexameter\*\*, you don’t go for the look in Album Pic #3? 😕 … 😃 You don’t want to mess with my Genghis Claus look 😉 > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’d definitely get a mullet- that way you get the best of both worlds! Mullets are so far out, I can’t even see them due to the curvature of the earth. Not meaning to offend you, but that’s a fact. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/25 "2008-12-18T18:20:01Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Mullets are so far out, I can’t even see them due to the curvature of the earth. Not meaning to offend you, but that’s a fact. I think you just got whooshed – see, it’s ruffled your hair! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/26 "2008-12-18T18:21:08Z")
I vote for long. It’s _way_ more stylish and “hip” (do you kids use that word anymore? ;)) than the boring buzz cut, which just looks ordinary and even a bit thuggish. Yeah, [this picture](http://picasaweb.google.com/sigfus/Jag#5237274813018665138) illustrates the thuggish impression. You’re too handsome to look mean. The longer hair makes you look much more approachable. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/27 "2008-12-18T18:22:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I think you just got whooshed – see, it’s ruffled your hair! 😉 Well, hmpfr… my opposition towards mullets still stands _folds hands over chest_ 🆒 How could they ever be considered a proper hair cut? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/28 "2008-12-18T18:26:35Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > I vote for long. It’s _way_ more stylish and “hip” (do you kids use that word anymore? ;)) than the boring buzz cut, which just looks ordinary and even a bit thuggish. Yeah, [this picture](http://picasaweb.google.com/sigfus/Jag#5237274813018665138) illustrates the thuggish impression. > > You’re too handsome to look mean. The longer hair makes you look much more approachable. Thank you, and everyone! But that picture was taken at a gun range in Riga, where most of the locals actually looked a bit like that. So I thought I’d fit right in 😃 (my thug look generally more goes in the direction of a chubby [Jason Statham](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2328663296/nm0005458), rather than the scruffy [wifebeater](http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2007/10/08-15/kfedxbox.jpg)shirt look) ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/29 "2008-12-18T18:32:06Z")
I vote for somewhere in between. I don’t really like the buzz cut on you, but I think somewhat shorter than you have now would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/30 "2008-12-18T18:45:19Z")
Hey since I said such nice things about you and your hair can you say something sexy to me in Icelandic? 🙂 Granted, Icelandic reads kind of funny to me so I’m not sure if it will look sexy, but still… rawr! ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/31 "2008-12-18T18:47:46Z")
Fyrir þig, sæta, geri ég hvað sem er! Vill endilega eiða eilífðinni horfandis djúpt í augun á þér, á meðan varir okkar mætast. (a translation will be given after a few guesses have been made) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/32 "2008-12-18T18:54:20Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Fyrir þig, sæta, geri ég hvað sem er! Vill endilega eiða eilífðinni horfandis djúpt í augun á þér, á meðan varir okkar mætast. > > (a translation will be given after a few guesses have been made) “Fair pig, sit here and have some hair!” ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/33 "2008-12-18T18:58:26Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Fyrir þig, sæta, geri ég hvað sem er! Vill endilega eiða eilífðinni horfandis djúpt í augun á þér, á meðan varir okkar mætast. > > (a translation will be given after a few guesses have been made) “You can smell my dick anytime!” And also, long hair. That first style looks very nice on you. Everybody and their daddy does short hair. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/34 "2008-12-18T19:28:32Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Fyrir þig, sæta, geri ég hvað sem er! Vill endilega eiða eilífðinni horfandis djúpt í augun á þér, á meðan varir okkar mætast. > > (a translation will be given after a few guesses have been made) Fair pig, sit, here have some air! We’ll entangle with elf horses but i again as usual, mean very other toast. Wow, Icelandic dudes really know how to sweet talk a girl… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/35 "2008-12-18T19:37:36Z")
Oo I definitely prefer the shorter hair-much more modern and makes you look younger. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/36 "2008-12-18T20:35:52Z")
The longer hair is more flattering, not that you need anymore flattering. 😉 You look good either way, but the short makes you look like you’ll whoop anyones ass, anytime. The long makes you look friendly. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/37 "2008-12-18T20:54:08Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Fair pig, sit, here have some air! We’ll entangle with elf horses but i again as usual, mean very other toast. > > Wow, Icelandic dudes really know how to sweet talk a girl… Not quite 🙂 Fyrir þig, sæta, geri ég hvað sem er! Vill endilega eiða eilífðinni horfandis djúpt í augun á þér, á meðan varir okkar mætast. Pretty much means: For you, beautiful, I will do whatever you want. Would most of all want to spend eternity gazing into your eyes, while our lips meet. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/38 "2008-12-18T21:54:46Z")
Yeeeeah…much much sexier in English. But only because I understand English 😉 _quiver_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/39 "2008-12-18T22:03:38Z")
I like the first picture best, but I was a teenager in the 70’s, and I still think longer hair is sexy. Aside: My boss has a mullet. I kid you not. I tease him about it. It’s steel gray. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755/40 "2008-12-18T22:08:07Z")
Okay, so where are the Icelandic _women_ in this thread? (C’mon, **Worm** , get some of your countrywomen to sign up here.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-hair-need-help-pretty-fast/477755.md?page=3)