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welll todays the end of the 2 day first week of my new school year, i got lots of comments from teachers and students. Let me start with the good lol. One of my teachers from last year said that she wishes she had my nice blonde hair and that it looks really nie now since i can tuck it behind my ears. Another teacher said that he didnt expect to see my hair so long and that he thought id cutt it for the summer but he said it looks better then last year. Now onto the good comments of students. The greatest comment I got was from this new girl that said she wishes she could have hair as thick and beautiful as mine and said she was jealus that a guy has longer hair then her. Then my friend that i never got in contact said that he thinks that i look alot better with long hair instead of the buzzcutt i use to get before the new school year. And now onto the bad comments, wich i actually like just as much as the good to be honest lol. Two kids i dont know where making fun of me saying that im trying to be a girl. The principal taped me on the shoulder from behind because he thought i was this girl he was looking and told me that i should cutt my hair because it dont work on guys that bastard. one girl told me that she thinks that im a fagget or just a guy trying to be a girl. and then the greatest of them all, the question from the new kid, it was simply "why are you trying to be a girl" but as i said i just like to go along with people, its all funny to me i simply just asked the kid why hes such a conformist, and when he asked what that was i told him i dont even want to be seen with someone that has such low intellegents
If you get tired of the comments, tieing your hair into a pony tail makes it much less noticable and greatly reduces the frequency of comments. One thing that is nice about having hair long enough to tie up is you can have control over how much or how little attension you want to attract.
Well, first off, aside to long hair, you all should learn some English and grammer. In addition to that, I would say to disregard these mindless people. Yeah, how many of them qualify to work anywhere but a 'fast food' "restaurant", anyway?. Please excuse any typing errors, I've been playing major lead guitar for the past two hours and my fingers are numb as HELL (I haven't played in months). Oh the (good) pain!!!!
BTW, I've never worked 'fast food' or for minimum wage (no offense intended). I realize that when you're young and don't have any experience in the "working world" that it is difficult.
Anyway, that's beside the point. To HELL with what anyone else thinks -- besides yourself. Don't be a sheep (I suspect you won't go that route). My hair was really never very long in HS, but that was because my parents wouldn't let me have (really) long hair. The longest I got was to look like Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest (not too bad for the 80's -- I guess). I received numerous compliments from women during that time!! Of course, that was when metal was first making a major appearance. I mean; we first started with Pat Benatar, then Van Halen right after that (etc.). I knew many longhaired guitarists. We all had a special connection, which wasn't only our hair. We ALL knew we were different and didn't care what others thought of us. We lived life to the fullest!! (BTW, I started playing at guitar at 14 -- I'm now 36). That is what you should do. Ignore the 'sheep'. Most of them will end up being 'yuppies' at college, anyway (SHEEEEEEEP!!!).
Don't get me wrong, college is a good thing. Following along like a blind man -- isn't. Stay true to yourself, ignore what others think. If they don't like you because of your hair then "F" them. That isn't your problem. However, you'll be surprised at how many women like it and respect you for your 'I don't follow the crowd' attitude. Trust me -- it's true!!
I'm sure they (women) get tired of these 'backwards-baseball-cap-shaved-head-long-sideburned' idiots. Yeah, that's original -- NOT!!
Damn, my fingers hurt!! Anyway, keep growing -- the longer -- the better!! You'll be surprised at the ASS...I mean...WOMEN you'll get!!
Take care, man.
P.S. When these "men" (definitely; yeah right!) comment on your hair (negatively), simply respond with "why would I want to look like a dweeb/sheep/loser/ like you? (etc.). Tell them "too bad you don't have a mind of your own -- you're a FOLLOWER -- NOT a leader!!!!
Later, man.
... and spelling. I'm always amused when someone spells grammar incorrectly when correcting someone about it.
OK -- you got me on that one. I blame the rum and coke!! I actually can spell quite well -- I did forgot the "a" instead of "e" in grammar though! Take care.
Thanks for showing the English perfectionist that even he made a mistake. Giving him a taste of his own medicine may encourage him to let it go, allowing people to think more about long hair.
I agree with a lot of hat RedRocker said, and I would like to add...
this:
If you like your hair then just STAY with it.
Because if you gave in to them now, they would only think
they were RIGHT in the first place!
Girls that give negative comments are usually NOT SECURE with their
own looks and sexuality--and might even feel 'threatened'!
Basically, it could be the same for the guys.
Maybe they will even (privately) have doubts about their
OWN HAIR...who knows?!
RIGHT NOW you just happen to be IN their FACES.
Don't have to say anything.....just stay the WAY YOU ARE...
.
Sounds like you are enjoying your hair bud. Great comments. Post a pic sometime
First off I'm sorry I did not use all proper English, I mean I'm not here to impress anyone with any intelligent. Damn, I’m only 15, I got my whole life ahead of me; I have no reason to go on the internet to impress people with what I know. Another thing, I do not mind the comments at all, like I said I think all comments about my hair are good because it tells me that I'm doing what I have always wanted to do and that is growing my hair long for my own satisfaction not others. I expected those comments and I am different then almost every kid at my school. First thing is my hair; I’m not trying to be like anyone else with it. Then there’s my guitar playing, I can play almost every song off Led Zeppelin one. I have been playing guitar since I was about 10 starting on my first acoustic guitar given to me by my grandpa that recently passed away. Also I don’t like any new bands that say they are rock and I truly hate rap music and find no talent in it at all. So please don’t assume things about me which you don’t know. Also I am in advanced English classes at my school and when I truly wish to write correctly I do, but there is no reason to on a simple message board that people just write what’s on top of there head and don’t need to go back and proof-read this and look up how to spell this or that because I frankly don’t care and I’m not here to impress you or anyone else.
Erik,
...you write very well! I for one am impressed.
You know, there are some college students I know who actually
have trouble putting two sentences together and making any sense.
Have no idea how they EVER made it IN!!!
When people are too lazy to use proper English? I find it so difficult to _not_ use proper English. Not only do I have to spend more attention on typing incorrectly than correctly, but writing something wrong just bothers me. It's sad when writing, such as Erik has displayed, is considered /good/ for a fifteen year old. I say some people should turn off the TV, and pick up a book every now and then.
Erik, if you have the ability to write like an intelligent person, please do so. Even is you have nothing to prove, you can at least make it easy for the person reading to make sense of your post.
I think your writing is ok. I'm glad you could share your thoughts and experiences about long hair. Keep up the good work.
You communicated. Don't let the uninvited English perfectionist shut you up! Those who attack usage saying it's not "proper English" discourage people from writing. Unfortunately, many people gave up and don't write, they just watch TV or sleep their life way, losing their ability to communicate. A lot of creative ability is lost over stupid rules that say things like "grammer should be spelled grammar". When the uninvited English perfectionist discourages people with long hair from writing, we as people with long hair lose power.
I don't think people should stop communicating. Hell, I think more people should. Sadly, allot of people who communicate on the Internet have such bad English skills that they are near incomprehensible.
I'm not a perfectionist, but I do think if you have the ability to do something, you should to the best of your ability. Erik says he can write just as good as you or I. Then why doesn't he? I do not try to do things perfectly, but I do try to do things to the best of my ability.
Also, I wasn't aware that this board was invite-only. My bad.
i've been here a couple years and wasn't aware that this was invite only...
That part of my post was meant to be sarcastic.
my browser version hasn't had its sarcasm updated lol
I think the webmaster welcomes your discussion about hair related topics; it's the English that I had doubts about.
Yes, good English helps, but too often when I try to the best of my ability, I end up getting nothing done. I often wish English spelling and grammar rules would be simplified so more people would be willing to get a good education and participate in forums like this.
I think the webmaster welcomes your discussion about hair related topics; it's the requests for better English that I had doubts about.
Yes, good English helps, but too often when I try to the best of my ability, I end up getting nothing done. I often wish English spelling and grammar rules would be simplified so more people would be willing to get a good education and participate in forums like this.
I have no rules about English usage, except that this is a general audiences site, so profanity is not allowed, nor is subject matter that wouldn't be appropriate for general audiences.
That being said, there is a general expectation that people should craft their posts. This is not a chat room. In a chat room, timeliness of posts is paramount. If you type a couple of seconds too slowly, the subject is likely to have changed already by the time you hit the enter key. Here, the timing is slower, affording more time to reread what you've typed before sending it to the server to be processed. That's what I mean by crafting -- simply spending a little extra effort to edit the post before submittal.
I don't ask that posts be perfect, and I don't ask that undue time be spent on each post. However, bear in mind that when you post a message, more time will be spent reading your post than you spent typing it. A simple rereading of what you have just written is usually sufficient to catch most errors.
That's what I mean by crafting -- simply spending a little extra effort to edit the post before submittal.
I re-read my post number 32542 about 4 times before I posting it, then found the error after posting it. I guess that's the best I can do.
I say it one way, I seem like a spelling and grammar Nazi. The Webmaster says it another way, putting the same message across, and he seems like the nice, conflict resolving admin. I guess it's all about delivery and who you are.
I'd just like to point out that "allot'"is correctly spelled a lot. Two words, one "L."
Yah, you'll notice a lot of typos in my posts. Please, do not take this as a tenuous grasp on the English language, but a tendancy to think faster than I can type, and a lack of a fundamental need to proofread every second of stolen internet surfage when I'm supposed to be working.....
Hey, Tim, don't let it bug you. Some of us are English majors/minors (minor in my case) and can't spell for shit, either. That's why we have a thing in the scientific field (I'm a Bio major, plant taxonomy focus) have a thing called peer review in which every paper to be published is read several times by people in the feild. Proofreading is for proofreaders, not writers.
maybe my long hair means i'm picky - i try to spel everything correct, but one thing that bothers me as much as needless silly repetition is redundancy. sentence fragments too. run-on sentences are hard to read the concepts get lost. i ain't even going to address slang.
well i suppose i should adjust & tolerate the occasiona ltpyo... at least you guys finish what you
I can't believe that people are stupid enough to think that men with long hair are trying to be girls.
I don't think anybody really does believe that longhairs are 'trying to be girls', but some people who dislike long hair feel the need to be insulting and this kind of insult is the most unpleasant thing they can think of saying. It says more about the insultor than the insulted!
My gosh this has become a great argument now hasn’t it? I can’t believe that this is what it has all came to! A stupid argument about how people wish to write a damn sentence or two about something involving hair. You people, I swear. How about we take all the fun out of posting things on this board. Let’s all get graded on it too, or better yet, let’s only have the perfect English writtings apear on this board for now on.