3. "yeah, mainly a few fucked up shape ups" In response to Reply # 0
I visited a new barber a few years ago. happened to be someone I knew as a kid from the old neighborhood. I let him cut my hair twice. motherfucker took about 2 hours. He used every tool imaginable for that damn hair cut. spray water bottle, blow dryer, clippers, T-liner, straight edge razor, a chalk pencil or some shit,
7. "On a sorta related, but not completely related note..." In response to Reply # 0
my barber just retired. Like...just retired from barbering...by text. JUST NOW! He just cut my son and I Saturday. Dude has cut our hair for 4 years. I'm blown.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
effective immediately I'm retiring from being a barber. apologize for the suddenness of this, I wish I had time to exit in a timely manner. I had great memories of being your barber and I will miss it. ______ and ______ have my full confidence and will continue to provide you the service you've come to expect.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
11. "7 or 8 years ago, my barber was ill" In response to Reply # 0
he'd gone through cancer treatment, and tried to come back to work, and he clearly wasn't ready. i'd been going to him for over 10 years and felt a sense of loyalty to him.
he fucked my hair up pretty good, to where i had to shave my head. I was gonna try again, but he went back in the hospital, and passed away shortly after.
I shaved my head for almost 2 years after that. his daughter cuts my hair now.
15. "I remember when I was in like 7th grade " In response to Reply # 0
One of my friends was an 8th grader. And he was old for his grade. I was young for my grade so he was like two years older than me. He said he could cut hair. He cut my homies hair and it looked fine. So I said, aiight. First pass and *bzzzt* down to the scalp followed by "Oh shit!"
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
20. "female barber fucked my shit up" In response to Reply # 0
This was when my man who lived down the block gave me cuts. Sometimes he would be caught up and couldn't stop by or have me stop by his spot, so I would take my chances at Astor Hair.
I had my guys but one time they sat me with a Spanish chick. She was friendly and made sure to rest her bosom on my shoulder / arm.
Let's just say I went to my man afterwards to mitigate the damage and he was dying, but sympathetic.
Since my man stopped the barbering / started working at shops I didn't care to go to, I started going to my new guy, it's been 10 years
Just opened up his own shop in Queens in an area I never go to (like basically all of queens) but I have no hesitation of going out there
25. "One of the better barbers I ever had was a black woman in her 50s/60s" In response to Reply # 20 Tue Feb-13-18 11:20 AM by Hitokiri
I stopped going to her because she had to have elbow or shoulder surgery so she was out the game for a minute and while she was on hiatus, the shop she was at closed.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79554 posts
Tue Feb-13-18 10:46 AM
21. "Man, I went to this dude down the street" In response to Reply # 0
He had my shit looking like I was from Memphis in the 90’s.
I had to coach him up.
Drove past there a few weeks later and this nigga had a hand painted PeT GroOminG sign on his shit.
I just shave it all off these days.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79554 posts
Tue Feb-13-18 11:25 AM
27. "I was broke so I gave myself a fucked up haircut in HS" In response to Reply # 0
Couldn’t get the fade right so I had a bowl cut.
I had to go a whole day with that shit. I went straight to my man after school and he faded me up and said “don’t ever try that again” I knew I couldn’t show up at the spot with that bowl or it would be endless jokes.
Then I went down to the community center where we all played basketball and shit. My nemesis was waiting for me and had like 3 dudes around him and I could tell they had been joking my cut. When I pulled my hat off and had that fresh fade. The look on his face was priceless.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
29. "I had a guy shave my head" In response to Reply # 0
The cut was getting fucked up so I said fuck it and he shaved it off. I forgot how and why it was getting fucked up. Not really a big deal, but this was 90s LA, where the only Mexican guys with shaved heads were bangers. I was a dorky teenager and that cut invited a lot of trouble, mostly a few "WHERE YA FROM, HOLMES?!" here and there, or adults in my life taking me aside and lecturing me on why the banger life was a bad one
<------------------- Represent the city that I'm from- Dum diddy dum
30. "usually a bad fade for me is a few stray hairs or strange curve" In response to Reply # 0
but it disappears within a week or two. recently the stylists have tried to do a drop in the back which i can't stand, i like my fade to be even all around my head.
once in high school i tried giving myself a fade and that didn't go well. i ended up bald because i messed up so bad.
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