Comments on: 28 socialist hairstyles meet North Korean approval

By: Editz

Editz — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:56:00 +0000

Is no one allowed to sport a Jong-il?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:53:00 +0000

I’m still waiting for the Mobile Infantry to find the brain bug.

By: Cassandra D.

Cassandra D. — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:30:00 +0000

There’s the ever popular, “Let’s trim our hair on accordance with the socialist lifestyle.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2XVNFzNlZ8

By: eldritch

eldritch — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:08:00 +0000

Ahhh… the 80s…

By: James Penrose

James Penrose — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:24:00 +0000

It people weren’t starving or being imprisoned for not loving Dear Leader enough, this would all seem some elaborate comedy sketch by Second City or something.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:01:00 +0000

That all the models appear to be about 28?

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:59:00 +0000

That’s 28 more than I’ve ever actually seen.

And in the land of the one-hair-doed, the eraserhead is apparently king.

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:57:00 +0000

How /DARE/ you! EXTRA WORK HOURS YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR CITIZEN!

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:50:00 +0000

But it’s the ban on mullets that really says “totalitarianism.”

By: Godfree

Godfree — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:15:00 +0000

Those photos are from @dguttenfelder’s Instagram stream. He’s in North Korea and his pics are fascinating.

By: jaybar

jaybar — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:01:00 +0000

The men’s page looks like the album cover from the North Korean version of DEVO.

By: Wreckrob8

Wreckrob8 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:00 +0000

Can I have that in pink, please?

By: Kevin Pierce

Kevin Pierce — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:44:00 +0000

Men: Lose that facial hair!
Women: Red lipstick!
Now dance!

By: peregrinus

peregrinus — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:42:00 +0000

Actually, I think this shows the People’s Democracy in a rosy light. I’d have figured for the boys, buzzcut only. For the ladies, buzzcut. Bar the people they show on TV.

Ladies 13-17 look downright long and impractical.

By: Kevin Pierce

Kevin Pierce — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:35:00 +0000

Something about this reminds me of Logan’s Run

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:33:00 +0000

Well that and the starvation, the gunpoint propaganda, the censoring of everything, work camps, and so forth.

By: jandrese

jandrese — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000

No mullet option? I don’t think I could live there.