Legbeards v Neckbeards in trollx discussion of body hair (np.reddit.com)
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295 comments submitted at 02:52:30 on Dec 2, 2014 by beardslap
Legbeards v Neckbeards in trollx discussion of body hair (np.reddit.com)
SubredditDrama
79 ups - 0 downs = 79 votes
295 comments submitted at 02:52:30 on Dec 2, 2014 by beardslap
Women definitely have the right to not shave. Kind of funny, though, that the same people who desperately defend a woman's right to not shave and hate men who prefer shaved anything call the same men "neckbeards".
I love it. This is the exact same lack of reading comprehension that fueled most of the dumbass replies in the linked thread.
Why bother thinking when you can just assume somebody else said something stupid? So much easier that way.
Really, what am I missing? Do you deny the irony in calling people you disagree with "neckbeards" when you disagree with holding someone to higher grooming standards because of their gender?
Yes, because calling someone a "neckbeard" is not a comment on their personal grooming, it's a comment on their beliefs and opinions.
To look at it a different way, I have been called a "legbeard" in this very thread.
Now I could play dumb and act like the guy is body shaming me, and I could even call him stupid because I'm male and my legs actually are shaved, but because this isn't my first day on reddit I know that he isn't actually talking about my legs, he's talking about me agreeing with Two/TrollX.
So wait: using physical characteristics is or is not an OK shorthand for describing someone's beliefs and opinions? I can't tell by the way you phrased this.
I'm not arguing if it's OK to use neckbeard as a shorthand (incidentally I'm fine with it, especially after the flurry of replies I've received over this).
I am arguing that "neckbeard" is not shorthand for "man with hair on his neck", and it is not body shaming. Men who wear beards are not typically exposed to body shaming, except maybe from confused dogs.
> I am arguing that "neckbeard" is not shorthand for "man with hair on his neck", and it is not body shaming.
This is the exact same logic that /r/fatpeoplestories uses to justify why "hamplanet" and "hambeast" are not weight shaming terms. I hope you recognize the argument as the thinly veiled bullshit it is when it's used there.
> This sub is a place for you to tell us about hamplanets in your life and your relationships/encounters with them. Remember that hamplanet is not just about the weight, but also the hamentality - rudeness, entitlement, fatlogic, etc. Not all fat people are hambeasts but all hambeasts are fat people.
> This is the exact same logic that /r/fatpeoplestories uses to justify why "hamplanet" and "hambeast" are not weight shaming terms. I hope you recognize the argument as the thinly veiled bullshit it is when it's used there.
Really? So you think that people who use the term "neckbeard" are REALLY hating on the facial hair, but hide it behind hating on the people for being obnoxious, misogynistic, self-pitying, video-game obsessed, outspoken political and philosophical neophytes? Because that's what your analogy would suggest.
> "neckbeard" is not shorthand for "man with hair on his neck", and it is not body shaming
just on the face of it, that's EXACTLY what this means, and you're literally in the process of shaming these guys.
I am literally in the process of shaming these guys for their physical neckbeards?
WTF are you reading? Is this bait?
neckbeards are physical things. if a man has a physical neckbeard, your words associate him with a particularly negative stereotype of men. so yes, you're shaming.
Oh OK, so I am unintentionally shaming men with beards on their necks who aren't actually "neckbeards" by using the term "neckbeard".
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