I hope this doesn’t come out like one of those “So is my 10 inch penis really big enough?” threads, but I cannot possibly believe chins really matter as much a people were imagining tonight.
Today was the first really hot day in Denver. I impusevly decided to cut through the jungle on my face to cut down on the sweat factor, and set the ol’ Maverick to a #3 and went to work on the bird’s nest that hasn’t been shorn in a couple years. Upon showing up at the bar tonight I ran into a couple friends who were really surprised. One guy in particular was strangely depressed and said " That’s not fair! You have a great chin and you can grow a good beard!" A two hour discussion followed with every guy around showing profile and explaining the personal failings of his chin. I am well aware of my all around abilities to grow hair, but I hate bothering with it, and ignore it as much as possible, so the hair multiplies.
But the chin thing is new to me. I am aware of a couple guys with no chin, as well as the big chin types like Jay Leno. There is also the major dimple like Kirk Douglas, which is commonly known as the ‘chin asshole’. But in reality, not even one guy out of 100 has a chin I notice at all. And I was really surprised at the self-consciousness, and never imagined that even the most extreme chin conditions mattered, or were judged as favorable or poor.
Is it really that common for guys to stress out about the chin? Does any chick really give a shit about chin profile and shape?
I had a roommate once who had a truly Fabio-esque chin, and on one or two occasions I thought, “Wow, I wish I had THAT chin.”
Beyond that, though, I’ve never worried about it at all; I’ve certainly never considered surgery, or thought “Girl X would probably like me more if I had a better chin,” or otherwise considered my chin a determining factor in my life in any way.
And yes, now that I’ve typed it three times, the word starts to look and sound a little odd. I have a CD by a band called Chin Chin; maybe I’ll go fire it up…
I can’t answer for what ‘chicks’ think of a manly chin, but I second the previous poster… I have never thought about my chin, other than to shave it when it gets hairy.
My mother once said something to the effect of “you don’t have a chin” and explained I’d inherited that from my dad’s mother. I have a goatee, and so does my father. My younger brother has a beard, and we’ll see what happens when the youngest is old enough to have one. Might be a clean sweep.
1a. The Dudley Doo-right/George Clooney noble manly chin.
1b. The Jay Leno big goofy chin.
The very weak chin
The rest of the chins, which make up like 98% of chins.
1a and 1b can often look alike – its just a matter of how the chin owner carries it.
But I only notice the chin if its an extreme example of 1, 2, or 3. It’s that last thing I notice about someone after hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, build, clothes, complexion, hands, left shin, right shin, then chin.
I think this is one of those things like with girls and thinness – portrayals in art and commercial media (which include people being placed under contrived lighting and makeup/haircut/shave designed to “highlight” the chinline) create a false expectation of what is the “ideal” profile. Let’s face it, when was the last time they cast the guy with the chin that recedes back towards his Adam’s Apple as the stud who saves the day and gets the girl?
Interesting you mention that first thing; “chin chin” is slang in Japanese for penis… :eek: So maybe you secretly did want it to turn into one of those threads…
Heh, that’s what I was about to say. Were any of these friends Japanese school children? If so, maybe they were complimenting your chin-chin. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that).
I don’t think of my chin unless I need to shave it or unless I notice that I’m starting to get more than one. I don’t tend to notice it on other guys, either. I vaguely recall having a brief self-image crisis where I wished I had a “stronger chin,” but I’d forgotten all about it, so I guess it wasn’t ever that big a deal.
Actually, if someone offered me free plastic surgery on one and only one part of my body, I’d pick my chin. Well, I guess, technically it’d be my neck. See, I have a really large double chin. There’s this huge pouch of flab hanging off my chin that will just never go away. I’d love to have a real chin.
I have also amazed my friends by having both a chin and the ability to grow a decent beard. My friends are also of evenly mixed opinion as to which way I look better.
I’m sorry to announce that I think about my chin quite a bit. I think it is of the weak variety, and I’d really like to have a strong chin with a little dimple in the end (the “butt chin” as my step daughter calls it).
The word that always sounds strange to me when repeated is Belguim.
