I am now a skinhead

[Big Gulp]

Fear of a Black Planet much?

Also, your tattoos are of poor quality.

S'okay.  I'm not a fat chick.   

[voodoolily]

Nice try, but I'm not taking that bait. You know you were asking for it with the post title, so quit feigning shock.

[Big Gulp]

Note to self:  stop baiting with celery.  Use Krispy Kremes in future.

[voodoolily]

 

Well duh.

[lamaros]

What part of "high & tight with zero guard on the sides and the neck blocked" isn't explicit?  Are you a barber (hair stylist, whatever) or aren't you?  Don't you have to go to some type of school to do this?

I think it's a bit naive to go to get your hair cut at a new place and just assume that whoever does it will be decent/know everything. The number of people who straight away posted "what does Big Gulp mean?" might clue you in to the fact that your assumptions were a little of base. You'll be surprised to learn, but you don't have to study for 10 years to become a hairdresser.

btw, I agree with Rasix.

[Viin]

Next time you go get your hair cut (if you are a guy) ask your stylist if they know what a high and tight is. If they say no, then go find someone else to cut your hair. No one is asking YOU to know what it means, but it's like asking a baker what pastry flour is and they have a confused expression on their face.

[lamaros]

Next time you go get your hair cut (if you are a guy) ask your stylist if they know what a high and tight is. If they say no, then go find someone else to cut your hair. No one is asking YOU to know what it means, but it's like asking a baker what pastry flour is and they have a confused expression on their face.

Why should I go find a new hairdresser just because they've never heard of a high and tight when I am more than happy with their ability to cut my hair? Huh? Is this some kind of game: hairdresser trivia?

[Selby]

Last time I had a haircut they fucked it up and gave me a military cut.  I was furious.  It's been almost 3 years since I got a haircut just because of it.  I don't plan on one for a good long while, if ever.

It's hard to find someone who knows how to cut hair, they always end up cutting off too much or giving me some goofy style that I hate (ala John Connor from T2).

[Viin]

Why should I go find a new hairdresser just because they've never heard of a high and tight when I am more than happy with their ability to cut my hair? Huh? Is this some kind of game: hairdresser trivia?

Don't be so confrontational! Obviously if you enjoy the haircut from your existing stylist then continue to enjoy it. I meant if you were randomly picking someone new because you were out of town, had to find a new one, etc. then it would behoove you to find someone who knows men's hair and not just perms and coloring.

Edit: unless of course, you get perms and coloring done.

[Trippy]

High & Tight is a Military cut.  Blocked means square-cut the neck and don't taper it to a point.  Yes, "Zero Guard" is the attachment you put on the clippers to determine how long the hair will be.  The best is, I bet she also asked him if he wanted to keep his sideburns. 

Youtube HowTo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3sEq3FvtT0

Huh okay. That's a little like how I cut my own hair, which I've been doing since I got out of college, except I have a flat top (well more like a slant top since the top of my head is sloped like Patrick Stewart's) and I don't bother with that fade stuff. I hate having long hair since my hair when long is absolutely straight and it takes bottles of hair spray/mousse to get it to budge and even then I have to constantly comb it.

[Furiously]

Seriously buy a flowby. Or get a friend to clipper you.

I have not paid for a haircut in 15 years. Course, I have like no hair.

[Phildo]

I've been shaving my head regularly for a few months now.  It's so much easier to deal with.

Used to go to a pricey hair salon when I was younger because my mother made me.  The mens cuts were like $20-30 less than womens and the women complained.  So they raised the price of mens haircuts!  Mine took less than 20 minutes start to finish, WITH shampoo.

[Abagadro]

Last night there were skinheads on my lawn.

[Paelos]

We ran off the skinheads in Atlanta. You best be wearing a ballcap with a wifebeater and a shotgun if you're gonna be racist round these parts.

[SurfD]

Sorry, the only thing i could think of while reading the initial post was

Mr. Smithers: I told you to get rid of those SIDEBURNS!

[Der Helm]

Maybe the only way in the universe to get one length is to grow it all out at the same time.

Did that 3 years ago. Oh, and my last "professional" haircut was in the 90s, I think.

[stray]

I usually do do that.. But then somewhere along the way, I get something different... Then later, I might want to resort back to one length. For whatever reason though, stylists interpret "one length" as meaning "bangs and back of your head at the same level". Maybe because a lot of women get their hair cut that way.

That's the complete opposite of one length though. One length is the borderline mullet Jim Morrison look.

[NiX]

I went to the barber a couple days ago and managed to walk out something close to the high and tight haircut, but with some length in the front. That's the last time I watch TV while I'm getting my hair cut. Everyone at work calls me G.I. John now

[UD_Delt]

Don't sunburn the top of your head, that fucking HURTS

QFMT...

I've been bald, as in shave with a razor twice a week bald, for about 6-7 years now. Getting a sunburn on the top of your head is possibly the WORST experience I have ever had. You just cannot cool down at all and pretty much just constantly sweat, then you walk into a nicely AC'd room and you get the chills because you;'re still sweating...

Horrible experience.

[slog]

Don't sunburn the top of your head, that fucking HURTS

QFMT...

I've been bald, as in shave with a razor twice a week bald, for about 6-7 years now. Getting a sunburn on the top of your head is possibly the WORST experience I have ever had. You just cannot cool down at all and pretty much just constantly sweat, then you walk into a nicely AC'd room and you get the chills because you;'re still sweating...

Horrible experience.

I've been shaving my head for a few years now.  Wear a hat nub.

[Yegolev]

[Sky]

My hair is over two feet long right now. I like it under a foot long, nice shoulder length. But I like it to have natural layers, something that's almost impossible to find. The best long haircut is started from a bald head and never cut, mine hasn't been chopped since I was bald a few years ago. Don't want it all one length, don't want some seventies layering, don't want the front longer than the back, don't want a damned mullet. I'm amazed salons stay in business. I stopped going to barber shops and salons because nobody could ever cut my hair right, I've been to almost every one in town, taken pictures, etc. So I use the clippers and keep it short or let it go for years.

I need a haircut so goddamned bad, too.

Since nobody can cut hair worth a damn in my crappy town, my main consideration is a good set of tits. I enjoy a stylist who understands the draping her titties all over me for an hour earns a healthy tip. Bonus for a low cut top and hanging them in my face. There's probably a business opportunity there...

[Signe]

Geez, men are so goofy about their foo foo hairdos.  I bet you gossip about each other while you sit under the dryer.  This thread stinks of Orange County Housewives.

[Brogarn]

Mother Nature and I had a show down back in '96. She thought she could make me look like my father. I denied her that satisfaction, brought out the cilppers, and have done so ever since. I'm happy with it and couldn't imagine having a full head of hair again. Hell, I can't even stand it when I get lazy and go two weeks without bringing out the clippers. Hair is annoying!

[ClydeJr]

The nice thing about going bald is there's only one haircut that looks good: short all over. I get out my clippers on the shortest guard, trim everything down to the same length, then ask the wife to come in and clean up any places I missed plus shave the neck.

[Brogarn]

I don't use a guard. I use the lowest setting on the clippers (unless that's what you mean) and go right down to the skull. Do it all myself with a couple mirrors. Gotten pretty good at it, actually. Only takes a couple minutes.

[stray]

Geez, men are so goofy about their foo foo hairdos.  I bet you gossip about each other while you sit under the dryer.  This thread stinks of Orange County Housewives.

See, James Brown was wrong. This is a woman's world. A man can't even find a decent barber these days, and now we're in a panic.

[Signe]

I bet prison would give it to you high and tight with zero guards while you were getting bald.

Try prison. 

[Viin]

The military might be a better choice, at least you might get to shoot some guns or something.

[Fordel]

I find the best barbers are the ones who barely speak English. I don't know why this is, but it is. The Thicker the accent and the fewer words spoken, the better the skill.


Bonus points if the TV in the shop plays nothing but Soccer highlights all day.

[Bunk]

On behalf of balding men everywhere, the whole lot of you can go fuck yourselves....

In highschool, my bangs came down to my chin, and the rest went half way down my back. After growing up with a dad with a three foot comb-over, when it started vanishing in my twenties I just sucked it up and chopped it off.

I still miss it.

Oh, and I admit that I pay $25 bucks for a haircut of what's left mainly because I like having some else wash my hair and massage my scalp.

[pants]

There's probably a business opportunity there...

There was a hairdressing chain in Sydney in the 80s called Stallions - and that pretty much was their business model.  Get pretty hairdressers with big tits, get em to rub their tits around your head while giving you a shitty haircut. Did great business for a few years, then shut down.  Not sure why - maybe they got hit with a sexual harassment suit or something.

[Lantyssa]

There was a hairdressing chain in Sydney in the 80s called Stallions - and that pretty much was their business model.  Get pretty hairdressers with big tits, get em to rub their tits around your head while giving you a shitty haircut. Did great business for a few years, then shut down.  Not sure why - maybe they got hit with a sexual harassment suit or something.

Maybe their clients learned a strip club is less expensive and people don't make fun of them for several months afterwards while their crappy haircuts grew out?

[FatuousTwat]

The main reason my hair is halfway down my back is for lack of a decent barber/salon around here... My college ID picture is fucking laughable, I look like Moe.

[Azazel]

I need to shave my head with the clippers again this weekend. Well, I do most of it then get my wife to do the rest. I've been growing my beard out for 15 weeks now, so I'm getting a nice facebush going, with an extended goatee that's several weeks longer. When I clip all my hair off, I'll look like a muslim. Best not to get any planes to the US for the next month, then.