The Guys not talking about Guy Stuff Thread

[locke]

Do other guys periodically trim their pubes down? or do you let them grow forever like that nasty dude on Harold and Kumar 2? (heh)

[zeroguy]

Yep (to the first question). One of my flatmates apparently does, as well, since one day I woke up to another flatmate bitching at him for all of the trimmings he apparently left all over the tub.

[Wil]

I keep them short simply because I found that it wasn't only cleaner but that it also bugged me less. I also trim my chest and belly hair down short short (but not all the way off) because it not only looks better but again it bugs me less. Also my armpit hair because, again, it looks better (doesn't look like a cat under your arms) but I also use less deodorant and it results in less smell and perspiration.

Really, most of the hair on our bodies is quite dumb. Hopefully soon we'll evolve away most of the more useless hair (armpit, chest and belly, back, pubic, etc).

[daPyr0x]

I never have...
And no, it's not a forest down there
but there is hair, and I can't say I have any real desire to start trimming, waxing, or shaving it...

[locke]

I've never cut my armpit hair. and it's not ridiculously long. hmm I wonder if cutting of hair stimulates it's growth. It doesn't seem to be growing. come to think of it pubic hair doesn't seem to really grow continously either. I just trim it when it gets into little curls :p this is suddenly an interesting avenue of scientific inquiry for me. I wonder if wikipedia will be able to help?

I think of armpit hair as a sort of heat sink anyway, increases area for heat dissapation (sp?) which would be a good thing, right? otoh, armpit hair on girls is gross, but pubic hair is not. :p I don't have much chest hair, not like a thick matte or anything, it's noticeable, but not unsightly, imo (I kinda like it ?)

My head is a mass of thick fine straight blond-brown hair, which always makes people who cut it exclaim things about how wonderful it is. That's fine and dandy, now if someone would just tell me what the hell to do with it cause I haven't a clue. perhaps I need gels, but I haven't used those since first grade when I spiked my hair with mouuse. :p

[Luet]

I learned a word for all that men trimming their body hair: Manscaping

All hair (even pubic) continuously grows, just at different rates. You shed some and new ones grow in it's place. Otherwise, it wouldn't grow back when people shaved/waxed.

And no, cutting/shaving does not stimulate growth. There is some thought that plucking/waxing does SLOW growth because it damages the hair follicles.

[locke]

manscaping is a hilarious word. I learned it last night on the wikipedia pubic hair page, which, btw, is NSFW

[zeroguy]

hmm I wonder if cutting of hair stimulates it's growth.

No, but I've heard cutting/shaving hair in general can make it appear longer. Since when it grows back it will be more even rather than staggered. Or something.

I think of armpit hair as a sort of heat sink anyway, increases area for heat dissapation (sp?) which would be a good thing, right?

Only if it conducts heat well. I thought hair is more of an insulator... it seems like being covered in hair would make your warmer.

I learned a word for all that men trimming their body hair: Manscaping

I've never heard that before. zero highly approves.

[neo-dragon]

Do other guys periodically trim their pubes down? or do you let them grow forever like that nasty dude on Harold and Kumar 2? (heh)

No. All my body hair seems to reach a maximum length on its own, and I'm not naturally very hairy. I don't cut/shave any hair that's not on my head/face.

Also, the whole shaving makes it grow faster or thicker thing is a myth. It's just that hair is naturally tapered, so when the tops of hairs are cut off what remains is the thicker part of the hair. The actual number of hairs doesn't increase.

And I've heard the term "manscaping" before, but it still makes me laugh.

[Rei]

I've heard the term as well, and am generally amused by it.

[Gravity Defier]

If I haven't proven it yet, I'm sure I'm getting close; blond is a state of mind, not a hair color. *sigh*

Story first, then I will ask Adam for a favor.

I was at a barbecue yesterday celebrating a friend's birthday and we were just sitting/standing around talking about all sorts of stuff when some of the moms (am I really old enough to have friends who have children?!) of the group started talking about their sons. One told a story about her son -who is 4- getting an erection and I had a 'Wha'? Really? He's old enough?' reaction.

Needless to say, I need an Idiot's Guide To The Nonsexual Penis.

So, Adam. Will you be my go-to-penis-person until I get one of those boyfriend things? (ETA: I need to clarify that I meant for questions) I'd ask Josh but he doesn't have one, being an honorary girl and all.

[neo-dragon]

Alea, you're priceless.

[Wil]

My mother has told me that when I was just a few years old I would get an erection and ask her what "it" was. Those stories are so..... uncomfortable.

[neo-dragon]

Yeah, I sorta remember doing that myself. Now let's never speak of it again.

[Eddie Pinz]

Will you be my go-to-penis-person until I get one of those boyfriend things?

This sentence is just made of awesome. I know I'm taking it out of context, but it made me laugh.

[locke]

So, Adam. Will you be my go-to-penis-person until I get one of those boyfriend things?

I think it might be time to change my sig again.

[locke]

but yeah, boys get spontaneous erections, I don't remember them all that much at that age, but iirc there is nothing sexually explicit to the cause. go back to the first page of the thread and read the convo about what to do when you get hard in public. happens to males at all ages, moreso once puberty hits.

In my high school german class our teacher told us a story about how she didn't understand boys: her son (threeish) had started playing with his penis (not masturbating) and she had told him to STOP IT and probably had passed on one of those horrible myths mothers use (warts, it'll fall off that sort of thing, I don't remember what she said). and one of the guys in class spoke up, "but... but don't do that! You can't take away his favorite toy!" to her credit she laughed at that.

You start getting a lot more spontaneous erections when you're thirteen-fourteen. I still get one every time I get drowsy, which could be embarassing at class or school, luckily no one ever pointed it out. And, like I'm sure many guys have, I've gotten pretty adroit to adjusting/tucking it up against the waistline of my pants as I stand up from wherever I've been sitting.

[powerfulcheese04]

I know I'm coming to this late, but, on the hair issue:

Hair grows continuously, up to a maximum length. Shaving it does not make it grow faster, it just changes the appereance (thickens the hair by making it all a cylindrical shaft rather than leaving the tapered end that originally existed.) Arm pit hair is not a heat sink, in fact, it's the opposite. It traps heat... and it traps bacteria, thus leading to the yucky smell if you've been sweaty. (Bacteria + sweat = bacterial byproducts = stinky.)

[Gravity Defier]

I'm glad I amuse you people

In my high school german class our teacher told us a story about how she didn't understand boys: her son (threeish) had started playing with his penis (not masturbating) and she had told him to STOP IT and probably had passed on one of those horrible myths mothers use (warts, it'll fall off that sort of thing, I don't remember what she said). and one of the guys in class spoke up, "but... but don't do that! You can't take away his favorite toy!" to her credit she laughed at that.

Her son is a little late to the game starting at 3, isn't he?

My nephews (well, only the younger one now) watch tv in a way that reminds me of Al Bundy; they have one hand down their diaper/underwear and they just play with themselves as if it were -and I suppose it is- the most natural thing to do. Same with post-shower towel offs. It's like they have this 'Hey, I'm naked so I better make the most of it' mentality, get in a few tugs, then get dressed.

That I knew boys did. I guess a part of me just thought erections didn't show up until puberty, lord knows where I got that idea.

So here's another barbecue inspired question: same child as was mentioned earlier told his mom he was sad his penis was small. His mom wasn't sure what he was using to compare (dad is basically out of the picture, but it's possible he was the basis for the comparison). Either way, I always thought that was a learned thing when older, whether or not you care about size. Is this child just weird or is it normal for boys (in general) to worry about that so young?

[Thank you to the boys of Pweb. I feel weird googling this sort of thing...I mean, keywords: Penis, erection, etc would get me some interesting links I'm sure.]

[Petra456]

I googled it, and it came up with a lot of message boards for moms. I remember when my sister first noticed my nephew (he was about 3-4 at the time) would get them while he was in the bath. It freaked her out a bit and she asked her doctor who told her it was perfectly normal.

[Eddie Pinz]

I don't know if 4 is young or not. I pretty much feared that my penis was small since the time I can remember. Up until the time that I was first with a girl. So I don't think that it started that young, but it was definitely a fear at a young age.

[locke]

I don't know if 4 is young or not. I pretty much feared that my penis was small since the time I can remember. Up until the time that I was first with a girl. So I don't think that it started that young, but it was definitely a fear at a young age.

*nods*

couple this with the desire to know if it's small or not by comparing to other guys your age and then wondering if wanting to know that makes you gay. :p

[zeroguy]

...and these days the internet can answer all of these questions (well, not to a 4-year-old hopefully, but eventually).

[locke]

bump to help Dave figure out the inside joke.

[Jayelle]

Once again, xkcd nails it. This reminded me of you guys talking about the friend zone:



Rollover: Friends with detriments.

[Rei]

As someone pointed out to me, he's almost a decent guy, and misses it entirely by being a manipulating bastard.

[locke]

wow. That xkcd. yeah. nailed how a lot of guys approached girls and relationships. kind of amazing, sad and truthful all at once.

I blame romantic comedies. and guys' fear of rejection.

theory, Apatow comedies perhaps could cure some of this by teaching the nerd-schmucks that they have to let a girl know they're interested romantically if they want to have a hope with a girl they're interested in.

I once went to a teen-christian rally thing called Acquire the Fire. and there was a whole multi hour thing about how real relationships grow out of friendships first, and you should ideally only be in one relationship because you don't want your heart to be broken ever. I took that to heart because it gave me an excuse to avoid relationships, but it also is extremely bad, bad bad advice. I think now that a failed relationship as a teen is an invaluable experience (I can say this b/c my big relationship in college ended before I was twenty, heh), and in a lot of ways a healthy thing, sort of like a vaccination.

[Wil]

Yeah, I agree with locke. The best kind of relationship with a woman should start with her crying out Gods name whenever you are with her.

[neo-dragon]

This thread so deserves to be bumped.

So how does everyone feel about circumcisons?

[elfprince13]

don't get them once you're an adult unless you have a burning desire to be an orthodox jew.

[neo-dragon]

I've never thought of it as being the norm before. I guess I've never given it much thought either way, actually.

[Jayelle]

I don't think circumcisions are necessary for any medical reason. If we'd had a son I wouldn't have circumcised him.

However, I do think that if you're Jewish or Muslim that there's no reason to not do it either. I don't like it when people are really anti-circumcision.

[elfprince13]

worldwide, only about 30% of guys are circumcised (according to wikipedia anyway)

[locke]

if it were up to me alone I'd say no to circumcision and teach the lad to clean himself but it'd likely be a joint decision. There are decent arguments on either side of the debate.

[neo-dragon]

I actually think that this is one area where the father should get to make the call. I mean, if I have a daughter I'm not going to argue with the mother about the best methods of feminine hygiene.