# Just realized that a barber and therapist have a lot in common **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494 "2016-07-09T19:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494/1 "2016-07-09T19:12:45Z")
Im sitting in the barbershop now listening to men getting their hair cut complain about their marriage problems and then offering advice and being supportive. Then before you know it all the complaining has to stop because your is cut and it’s time to pay up. Lol All the things a therapist does when you go to talk for 50 mins. Agree? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494/2 "2016-07-09T19:47:03Z")
Yes. Bartenders do the same job also, but they provide medication. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494/3 "2016-07-09T20:01:08Z")
The local barbershop is where I get my news. Especially if I have been out of town for a while, and want to catch up. I can quickly (in the time it takes for a haircut) get caught up on the latest scandals; who’s screwing who, who’s fighting city hall, who’s been screwed by city hall, why the radio stations and papers are wrong (on everything), and who has been abducted by aliens. Or who should be. Not to mention the dirty joke archives. You can’t get this vital info from regular news sources. What would we do without barber shops? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494/4 "2016-07-09T20:35:25Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > The local barbershop is where I get my news. Especially if I have been out of town for a while, and want to catch up. I can quickly (in the time it takes for a haircut) get caught up on the latest scandals; who’s screwing who, who’s fighting city hall, who’s been screwed by city hall, why the radio stations and papers are wrong (on everything), and who has been abducted by aliens. Or who should be. > > Not to mention the dirty joke archives. > > You can’t get this vital info from regular news sources. What would we do without barber shops? Yup the topics today Dallas shootings cops shootings trump Obama 1960’s NBA ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-realized-that-a-barber-and-therapist-have-a-lot-in-common/759494/5 "2016-07-09T20:49:04Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Yup the topics today > > Dallas shootings > cops shootings > trump > Obama > 1960’s > NBA That’s going to take two haircuts at least.