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Grow beard when you get old

Postby johnwang on Sun May 03, 2020 3:35 pm

I grew beard when I was young so I could looked old. When I get older, I like to shave my face clean so I can look young.

Why does someone want to grow beard in his old age? Your thought?

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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Franklin on Sun May 03, 2020 6:37 pm

don't have any idea about the motivation to do that


i thought there was a chinese tradition of not growing facial hair while your parents were alive
(maybe so the parents don't feel really old...)


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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Trick on Mon May 04, 2020 2:49 am

Direkt related to martial arts, can a big bushy beard act as chin protective against a punch? But for sure such a big beard could be grabbed and so to ones disadvantage in close combat situations?
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Trick on Mon May 04, 2020 2:54 am

Beard or not, should it be about looks rather that of practicality ?
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Bill on Mon May 04, 2020 8:09 am

The distinguished gentleman with a beard look has always been popular in the west.
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby johnwang on Mon May 04, 2020 11:58 am

21. You will look 12 if you shave. Don’t take the risk

You do want to look 12 when you are 80.

When I

- was young, I don't mind to train Taiji slow because I knew I could move fast.
- am older, I like to train Taiji fast, because fast = young, healthy, strong, ...

Am I the only person who think this way?
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby yeniseri on Mon May 04, 2020 12:34 pm

LIke to go fast when needed! otherwise take your time to explode when necessary i.e. issue force ;D ;D
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby robert on Mon May 04, 2020 1:07 pm

Fashions change.

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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Taste of Death on Mon May 04, 2020 10:01 pm

Beards are popular now but that wasn't always so. I heard that men grew beards after 50 because they no longer cared what their wives thought of their appearance. And a lot of men hate to shave.
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Trick on Tue May 05, 2020 12:10 am

johnwang wrote:21. You will look 12 if you shave. Don’t take the risk

You do want to look 12 when you are 80.

Come on, 12!? Just trim it, or keep a stubble and you’ll look 21, that’s still young.....(maybe the writer of that list switched the numbers. It should be - look as21, and be in point 12) 8-)
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby Trick on Tue May 05, 2020 12:17 am

However looking as a twelve year old and manhandling some burly bearded rough’n tough guy could look cool.
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby HotSoup on Tue May 05, 2020 10:17 am

Wu Tunan’s motivation was pretty clear — faking his age :)
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby johnwang on Tue May 05, 2020 10:51 am

HotSoup wrote:Wu Tunan’s motivation was pretty clear — faking his age :)

Fake his age to be older? Why?

Last time I had my hair cut, the girl asked me how old I was. I told her I was 20 years young than my true age. She believed me. It makes me feel great for many days.
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Re: Grow beard when you get old

Postby everything on Tue May 05, 2020 10:54 am

to look old and wise? so you can look contemplative when answering Qs with mysterious answers
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