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I mean, I'm gonna have to eventually, so-

Oh damn, you got me! Well, it's been a wonderful journey, and I'd love to thank all my conversing mates, of course @SDcomics for paying more attention than me, as well as @DarthDre758 @docsilence and @Damien the three D's, @fac and @Chooch555 @TENIME @AceofKnaves @Justice @vicious @NORM @TheSameIdiot @altcunningham @erock @joshsquash729 @JakeEkiss @Akatsuki and everyone for engaging with me so much that it really gave me the boost! Couldn't have made it this far without you, and here's to another 5,000!

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TheSameIdiot said:
As a dark aside, I've heard aging is kind of like that. Suddenly you don't recognize the guy in the mirror.

Time comes for us all. Hooray!
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I've always kinda gotten that. I'll never forget the day I was at work and one of our cooks came up and asked how old I was. I asked him how old he thought I was, and he looked me up and down and said "36". I was 20 at the time. 😭 Sure, he didn't speak great English, so maybe something was lost in translation, but it's always stuck with me as both funny and unfunny. I've always had that "overly caffeinated, under slept" look to me, and it doesn't help that, thanks to an abusive dad, I had bald spots starting in high school that only got worse with some not-so-fun medical treatments a couple years later. Some folks will tell me I look pretty young until they see me from certain angles and then they do a silent "yowza!" But even when I was undeniably young looking, because of aforementioned Dad and all the silly manners and rules we had to abide by, I always got the "you're so grown up for your age!" or "you're so mature!". Funny how, depending on the situation, that can either be the greatest compliment or the worst insult.

But thankfully now my body and soul are both pretty old and crotchety, so folks don't often have many doubts.

Ru1977 said:
I mean, I'm gonna have to eventually, so-

Oh damn, you got me! Well, it's been a wonderful journey, and I'd love to thank all my conversing mates, of course @SDcomics for paying more attention than me, as well as @DarthDre758 @docsilence and @Damien the three D's, @fac and @Chooch555 @TENIME @AceofKnaves @Justice @vicious @NORM @TheSameIdiot @altcunningham @erock @joshsquash729 @JakeEkiss @Akatsuki and everyone for engaging with me so much that it really gave me the boost! Couldn't have made it this far without you, and here's to another 5,000!

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We love you 5000, Ru.
 
Ru1977 said:
I mean, I'm gonna have to eventually, so-

Oh damn, you got me! Well, it's been a wonderful journey, and I'd love to thank all my conversing mates, of course @SDcomics for paying more attention than me, as well as @DarthDre758 @docsilence and @Damien the three D's, @fac and @Chooch555 @TENIME @AceofKnaves @Justice @vicious @NORM @TheSameIdiot @altcunningham @erock @joshsquash729 @JakeEkiss @Akatsuki and everyone for engaging with me so much that it really gave me the boost! Couldn't have made it this far without you, and here's to another 5,000!

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Red Ogre said:
When I started shaving my head, I had a full head of hair (foreshadowing). Some time later I got lazy/busy and didn't shave for a couple of days. I walked into an elevator with mirrors and out off the corner of my eye I saw some sad sap's head that was 80% bald spot and oh-my-gawd-that-is-me!
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This is what caused me to start shaving my head. I didn't mind the balding from the front look...I was in the company of dudes like Sting, Paul Bettany, Jude Law, etc., so I could live with that. When I saw a video a friend took and the bald spot on the back of my head was so incredibly visible, I was done! I can handle the receding hairline, but having a damned cul-de-sac on my head was a bridge too far for me!
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ANY QUESTIONS?

Actually did a David S. Pumpkins costume several years ago...back when that was a fairly new skit!
Ru1977 said:
I mean, I'm gonna have to eventually, so-

Oh damn, you got me! Well, it's been a wonderful journey, and I'd love to thank all my conversing mates, of course @SDcomics for paying more attention than me, as well as @DarthDre758 @docsilence and @Damien the three D's, @fac and @Chooch555 @TENIME @AceofKnaves @Justice @vicious @NORM @TheSameIdiot @altcunningham @erock @joshsquash729 @JakeEkiss @Akatsuki and everyone for engaging with me so much that it really gave me the boost! Couldn't have made it this far without you, and here's to another 5,000!

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I'm surprised @Damien didn't start playing the walk-off music halfway through this speech!
joshsquash729 said:
Maybe that's what Cher was really singing about in "If I Could Turn Back Time".
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Either that or plastic surgery.
fac said:
Here's to using your time better in the future! 😅 :unsure::eek:
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Hey, we won't have any of that productive use of time around here! Pretty sure it's a violation of the board rules!
 
TheGillMan said:
This is what caused me to start shaving my head. I didn't mind the balding from the front look...I was in the company of dudes like Sting, Paul Bettany, Jude Law, etc., so I could live with that. When I saw a video a friend took and the bald spot on the back of my head was so incredibly visible, I was done! I can handle the receding hairline, but having a damned cul-de-sac on my head was a bridge too far for me!
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I started shaving my head at like, 30-ish. I'm 48. The 28 year olds I work with think I'm mid-30s. One of my exes occasionally sees something I post on social media and will respond "WILL YOU JUST AGE ONE DAY OR SOMETHING." Buzzing it all off really is like a time machine.

That being said, I've been shaving my head almost every day for nearly 20 years and if a miracle drug popped up that would bring it all back without causing my dick to stop working, I'd take it in a New York Minute, cos I'm tired, and also cold. (Or hell, if I could just go all silver, finally, because I've got Liam Cunningham's hairline and the dude rocks the high forehead and bald spot look, Ser Davos Seaworth 4 lyfe)
 
docsilence said:
Liam Cunningham
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Thank you for this. Off and on for the last 25 years or so, I've kept it high and tight, and around the time I proposed to my wife I noticed the loss. I think keeping it so short helps mitigate some but when it reaches Cunningham status, I may have to let the sides grow out a little, have my facial hair go beyond a van dyke and connect, and just let it be. I have always been mistaken for younger than I am and secretly enjoy that, and even now there are people I work with in their 40s who are shocked they aren't way older than me, but looking my age may be kinda fun.
 
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