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I was reading this, and it got me interested:
As for myself, when I'm back in the USA, I grow a glorious beard like Karl Marx and go a week without shaving (i.e., the non-beard area), but when I am abroad, I trim it down to "cute & fuzzy".
We Should Have Seen Beto’s Defeat Beard Coming All Along
What is a defeat beard but a vision-boarding mindfulness retreat for the face?
slate.com
I remember True Force Loneliness prophet "Roller" Steve Hoca growing a beard when he had decided to give up - although, lo & behold, when he got some hits on Tinder, he quickly shaved it off.O’Rourke is hewing to a time-honored masculine tradition of growing beards to mark losses, career milestones, and departures from daily public scrutiny. Al Gore sprouted a temporary one after conceding the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush. Upon their respective retirements from long-running television hosting gigs, Jon Stewart and David Letterman both let their facial hair grow in. For gender-conforming men, there are precious few aesthetic adjustments one can make to one’s appearance that can convey a major shift in lifestyle and self-conception. Growing a beard is one of them.
As for myself, when I'm back in the USA, I grow a glorious beard like Karl Marx and go a week without shaving (i.e., the non-beard area), but when I am abroad, I trim it down to "cute & fuzzy".