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
76 ups - 0 downs = 76 votes
295 comments submitted at 02:52:30 on Dec 2, 2014 by beardslap
> You're trying to assert that this is about pigeonholing men with beards as "neckbeards" when we both know no one is suggesting that.
we don't both know this because it's not true. this is specifically what you are doing and refusing to admit to. direct quote from /u/patfav:
>specific facial hairstyle popular among chubby guys who want a chinstrap but know they can't pull it off.
how you continue to deny what is plain to everyone besides you is beyond me.
I don't even know what you're talking about here. Evidently this has become far grander conversation about social implications of the word "neckbeard" for you, rather than the one I was having about what the person in the OP said.
Yes, I know what people mean when they say "neckbeard". You and I both are aware of the general definition and popular usage. I also realize that it's usually not about the facial hair, whether or not that style remains popular among those whom the label fits today. Not every person that's called a neckbeard is fat. Not every person who is called a neckbeard has a beard. Yet the meaning is always clear. Any idea why that is?
Do I support insulting people and using slurs? Not generally, certainly not aggressively. Do I support this particular poster who used that word in this case? Absolutely. Fuck those guys for deliberately being shits and then hypocritically playing the poor poor victims of harsh language.
How you extrapolate from that that I believe all men with beards are neckbeards is a feat I cannot match.
>How you extrapolate from that that I believe all men with beards are neckbeards is a feat I cannot match.
I of course never said anything like this, you've invented this in your head.
> I also realize that it's usually not about the facial hair, whether or not that style remains popular among those whom the label fits today. Not every person that's called a neckbeard is fat. Not every person who is called a neckbeard has a beard. Yet the meaning is always clear. Any idea why that is?
this is godawfully shitty logic that you're using to justify this assholish use of the term. it doesn't matter if "the meaning is always clear", because just because people understand what you're saying doesn't mean it's any less dickish to choose what you perceive to be an aesthetically displeasing, gendered trait to represent a set of norms and beliefs that (surprise!) most people with that trait do not exhibit.
because, fuck, you want me to paint a picture with stereotypes and gendered language? most people would get it but that doesn't make it any less assholish.
> I of course never said anything like this, you've invented this in your head.
Of course not. This is reddit. I can prove what you wrote but what you said is whatever you want it to be. This is specifically what you italicized to draw attention to your accusation that I was refusing to admit to. Ring a fucking bell?
Let me repost the parts that deal with the rest of this.
> Evidently this has become far grander conversation about social implications of the word "neckbeard" for you, rather than the one I was having about what the person in the OP said.
> Do I support insulting people and using slurs? Not generally, certainly not aggressively. Do I support this particular poster who used that word in this case? Absolutely. Fuck those guys for deliberately being shits and then hypocritically playing the poor poor victims of harsh language.
This is godawfully shitty projecting of a fight you'd really like to have with me when I'm trying to talk about a specific case. Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if no one called anyone an anything-beard! Would that assholes were unable to provoke a reaction for kicks, get it, and then garner sympathy from the superficially-minded! At least there's still arguing on the internet.
All the way back to the beginning of this conversation:
>Because this thread and the linked one seemed packed with people committed to pretending they don't know what "neckbeard" means so they can play the victim of body shaming where none has taken place.
one of two things is happening here: you're denying that words mean something, or you're being intentionally obtuse because you don't want to admit that "neckbeard", on the face of it, is obviously a reference to physical appearance. either way, it's half comical and half moronic.