• Octoham@lemmy.world
      1·
      24 days ago

      from the way i’m interpreting this meme, it’s mocking the people that do actually think like this. ofc there’s a whole life waiting for you whether you have mpb or not, but some ppl are superficial as hell and go “it’s so over” as soon as there’s a sign of baldness

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    29·
    25 days ago

    The Vegeta hairline hit me at 25 so I just buzzed it all off… I never lived life at all lol

  • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    126·
    25 days ago

    I started taking pills for it a few years ago. It was ridiculously easy to do. I did it online, it auto-renews, and it’s an easy chewable I take every morning.

    I think a lot of guys have the impression that hair treatments are bullshit, because for a while there they were. But the new shit works, at least for me.

    No side effects or downsides for me. My hairline is just paused, even rewound a little bit.

    • imdc@lemmy.ml
      8·
      24 days ago

      This the stuff where 2% of users lose their boners, then 2% of that 2% don’t get them back once they stop taking it? Nah I’ll take the chrome dome.

      • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        25 days ago

        Do you think maybe there’s some kind of demographical overlap between people who take hair pills and people who were going to lose their boners anyway?

    • hedge_lord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      24 days ago

      When I see people complaining about losing their hair to male pattern baldness I’m thinking “just take finasteride” or “why don’t you just take finasteride” or “just block the DHT this isn’t some inevitable thing and that’d probably help so why don’t you just do that?” But I’m not a testosterone enjoyer so I lack their perspective on things

      • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        24 days ago

        It’s not that simple for some men, but for some other men it’s exactly that simple. I’m sure I’m a little lucky, but it was such an easy decision for me with no downside.

      • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        25 days ago

        Ok, but I’m not lying.

        Do you think I’m advertising or something? What would be my motivation for lying?

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          24 days ago

          I don’t know anything about you or these pills but typically one would tell a “lie” like that as part of their overall campaign to cope. The point isn’t to deceive others but to bulwark a worldview that emotionally benefits the person to hold in some way (ie, “I was smart to take these pills, wasn’t taken advantage of at all”)

          • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            24 days ago

            Ok, well, no need for me to cope with anything. I’m not being taken advantage of. It’s been working for six years.

            • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
              11·
              24 days ago

              It also kept tigers away for six years! Personal anecdotes are not meaningful when it comes to something like medical efficacy.

              See, the simple fact that you’re telling me those things when clearly I don’t give a single fuck tends to suggest the contrary, but of course it’s not conclusive and again, I don’t give enough fucks to actually find out.

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      25 days ago

      Have you noticed a loss on libido? My understanding is that those pills reduce testosterone, which can reduce libido and everything else t does for men.

  • Master@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    25 days ago

    At some point in their life most men have to make the greatest decision in their life… Keep their hair or keep their erection. I’ve started shaving my head!

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    4·
    24 days ago

    Man, my only regret about shaving my head was that I didn’t do it 15 years sooner!

  • Übercomplicated@lemmy.ml
    3·
    24 days ago

    I’ve had a pretty intense widows peak since teenagerdom and have also gotten regular compliments on my hair since teenagerdom. Coincidence? I think not!