Comments on: Hierarchy of Beards: the evolutionary history of face-fur http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349444 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349444 beards! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/2535785043_aeaa4a02da_o.jpg beards!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/2535785043_aeaa4a02da_o.jpg

]]> By: Mary McKinney http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349194 Mary McKinney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349194 Great names: Flapwings, Claus-esque, Maltese, etc.,. Great names: Flapwings, Claus-esque, Maltese, etc.,.

]]> By: normd http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349222 normd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349222 "lose your keys" -HA! “lose your keys” -HA!

]]> By: geopet http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349486 geopet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349486 Honestly? I'm shocked no one has mentioned the Douche yet. Below the Wilted Cigar and above the Standard Cop. Hilarious! Honestly? I’m shocked no one has mentioned the Douche yet. Below the Wilted Cigar and above the Standard Cop. Hilarious!

]]> By: chetspartan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349234 chetspartan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349234 It has to be said, beards.org I wonder how many of these you could find on the site. My own - http://www.beards.org/images/displayimage.php?album=48&pos=4 My old roommate's - http://www.beards.org/images/displayimage.php?album=48&pos=11 It has to be said, beards.org

I wonder how many of these you could find on the site.

My own – http://www.beards.org/images/displayimage.php?album=48&pos=4

My old roommate’s – http://www.beards.org/images/displayimage.php?album=48&pos=11

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349491 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349491 and the segue into http://www.christianmontoya.com/wp-content/randoms/mullets.jpg and the segue into
http://www.christianmontoya.com/wp-content/randoms/mullets.jpg

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349494 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349494 also, no Hide-a-cat? also, no Hide-a-cat?

]]> By: me3dia http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349245 me3dia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349245 You may also be interested in "<a href="http://octophant.us/beards.php">Beards in Battle</a>," a reproduction of Civil War tobacco cards. You may also be interested in “Beards in Battle,” a reproduction of Civil War tobacco cards.

]]> By: DarthTurducken http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349508 DarthTurducken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349508 I love Wondermark! I love Wondermark!

]]> By: tanner http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349254 tanner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349254 My wife made nearly the exact same print about mustaches a little over a year ago. Literally, almost the same layout with the scroll thing underneath the portraits. She just sold hers locally, never put it online. It just amazes me how alike people think. My wife made nearly the exact same print about mustaches a little over a year ago. Literally, almost the same layout with the scroll thing underneath the portraits. She just sold hers locally, never put it online. It just amazes me how alike people think.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349256 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349256 Aw, rats! I wish I'd seen this a year ago - I did a presentation for my Social Psych of Attitudes class on mens' facial hair. Aw, rats! I wish I’d seen this a year ago – I did a presentation for my Social Psych of Attitudes class on mens’ facial hair.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349264 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349264 i have to be a wet blanket, but some of these are clearly MUSTACHE styles, (e.g., sans beard.) i have to be a wet blanket, but some of these are clearly MUSTACHE styles, (e.g., sans beard.)

]]> By: airship http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-352086 airship Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-352086 I beg to differ. Real men don't shave at all. They proudly wear their facial hair as Almighty God intended - full and unkempt. I beg to differ. Real men don’t shave at all. They proudly wear their facial hair as Almighty God intended – full and unkempt.

]]> By: Chicchan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349273 Chicchan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349273 Hmmmmhm I guess Che Guevara´s would be somewhere in between chilly chin and wilted cigar Hmmmmhm

I guess Che Guevara´s would be somewhere in between chilly chin and wilted cigar

]]> By: demidan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349283 demidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349283 How could Che Guevara have anything other than a Douche? How could Che Guevara have anything other than a Douche?

]]> By: Bob http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349287 Bob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349287 Frank, no, there are true beards there as well. The one that caught my attention is the Hyneman, an obvious reference to one of the hosts of Mythbusters. Frank, no, there are true beards there as well. The one that caught my attention is the Hyneman, an obvious reference to one of the hosts of Mythbusters.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349289 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349289 piff! call THAT a beard? http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3889&referer=newsletter piff! call THAT a beard?
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3889&referer=newsletter

]]> By: MajorD http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349293 MajorD Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349293 Puts one in mind of the old Soviet poster of their great leaders (and this <a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f137/dryfoo/DKosPix/hist-shav.png" rel="nofollow">Chinese version</a>, known affectionately to foreign diplomats as "The History of Shaving". Puts one in mind of the old Soviet poster of their great leaders (and this Chinese version, known affectionately to foreign diplomats as “The History of Shaving”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349559 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349559 My favorite is Douche.. Greetings from Lithuania Tomas My favorite is Douche..

Greetings from Lithuania
Tomas

]]> By: k012957 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349306 k012957 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349306 Lose-your-Keys!!!! Now I know what mine is called! Lose-your-Keys!!!!

Now I know what mine is called!

]]> By: Micah http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349328 Micah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349328 Related, an old friend did a series of portraits called "Beards: Portraits of Confederate Generals, Zionist Leaders and Enemies of the State." Unfortunately her <a href="http://julieweitz.com/">website</a> is all flash, so I can't link direction, but if you click on Artwork and then Beards, you can see some examples of her work. Related, an old friend did a series of portraits called “Beards: Portraits of Confederate Generals, Zionist Leaders and Enemies of the State.”

Unfortunately her website is all flash, so I can’t link direction, but if you click on Artwork and then Beards, you can see some examples of her work.

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349585 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349585 There's a similar page in Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy's <i>The Affected Provincial's Companion</i> (a little book that's a must for lovers of fine typography, ornate anachronism and high dandyism). There’s a similar page in Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy’s The Affected Provincial’s Companion (a little book that’s a must for lovers of fine typography, ornate anachronism and high dandyism).

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349346 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349346 http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/13/funny-pictures-is-a-beard/?cp=2 http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/13/funny-pictures-is-a-beard/?cp=2

]]> By: Pope Ratzo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349356 Pope Ratzo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349356 They left off my prized soul-patch, aka "chin-spinach". They left off my prized soul-patch, aka “chin-spinach”.

]]> By: avraamov http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349359 avraamov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349359 http://www.folknet.co.uk/pugwash/morris.htm http://www.folknet.co.uk/pugwash/morris.htm

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349380 Roy Trumbull Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349380 A reporter in China realized that the Chinese have trouble telling westerners apart just as westerners have trouble telling the Chinese apart. Pointing at a poster showing Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao he asked who were those men>? The reply was, "We call that poster the history of shaving." A reporter in China realized that the Chinese have trouble telling westerners apart just as westerners have trouble telling the Chinese apart. Pointing at a poster showing Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao he asked who were those men>? The reply was, “We call that poster the history of shaving.”

]]> By: airship http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349642 airship Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349642 I am the proud owner of a near-perfect Claus-esque. It is especially handy this time of year, as it makes me very popular around young children and young adult women. :) I am the proud owner of a near-perfect Claus-esque. It is especially handy this time of year, as it makes me very popular around young children and young adult women. :)

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349139 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349139 Huh. I have an almost perfect comic-con. It's just not square at the bottom. Would have been more interesting if it included all the (often incredibly silly) real-life names for beard styles that already exist. Like mutton-chops... Huh. I have an almost perfect comic-con. It’s just not square at the bottom.

Would have been more interesting if it included all the (often incredibly silly) real-life names for beard styles that already exist. Like mutton-chops…

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349140 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349140 Thanks, I needed that to make sense of what growingly happened to me for a few months now. Thanks, I needed that to make sense of what growingly happened to me for a few months now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/07/hierarchy-of-beards.html#comment-349144 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349144 If the Friendly Mutton Chops are absent, this cannot be considered a true hierarchy of facial hair. If the Friendly Mutton Chops are absent, this cannot be considered a true hierarchy of facial hair.

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