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Things that confuse me about haircuts

Nessie

Neurotypicals seem to place quite a high priority on how their hair looks and I really don't understand their fixation with it. For example:

  1. Why they talk about going to the hairdresser (who cares?)
  2. Why they enjoy having their hair cut (bright lights, horrible chemical smells and a hairdresser who talks incessant b*****ks)
  3. Why they walk up to you periodically with a big grin and say, "So, what do you think? Do you like it?" (as if I'm expected to notice that something has changed. Hint: I never do)
  4. Why they constantly brush, fluff-up or re-style their hair throughout the day (I ran a cursory brush through it when I got up, and I go to work to, y'know, work, not play with my hair all day)
  5. Why hairdressers are always trying to convince you to 'try something new' (err, it's taken me a decade to find something that both looks and feels acceptable, why would I change that?)
  6. Why they cost so much (especially with the amount of torment we have to put up with, per point 2, frankly we should be paid to be sat there)

Do you understand it? Funny stories and explanations both welcome and encouraged.

Parents

  • 1. They care about image more than 'substance'

    2. They care about what other people think

    3. It's part of the social ritual of 'nothing chat' / 'verbal grooming' - grooming in the sense like when you see monkeys picking lice out of each other's fur as a form of 'social bonding'

    I cut my own hair with clippers: 6mm on the sides, 9mm on the top, 3mm at the back for anything below the level of the bottom of the ears

    It's only gone wrong twice when the length guide slipped/came off... hair grows back so 'no biggie'. I'd quite happily just go 6mm all over (or even 3 or 0) but the wife's not keen...

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  • 1. They care about image more than 'substance'

    2. They care about what other people think

    3. It's part of the social ritual of 'nothing chat' / 'verbal grooming' - grooming in the sense like when you see monkeys picking lice out of each other's fur as a form of 'social bonding'

    I cut my own hair with clippers: 6mm on the sides, 9mm on the top, 3mm at the back for anything below the level of the bottom of the ears

    It's only gone wrong twice when the length guide slipped/came off... hair grows back so 'no biggie'. I'd quite happily just go 6mm all over (or even 3 or 0) but the wife's not keen...

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