Topic: Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - A (Read 310903 times)

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #750 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 03:07 »

Drill King · « **Reply #751 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 05:37 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 19 Aug 2009, 19:51

Of note, I have been considering getting rid of it for a while now. I think I'm going to do so when I'm done with the prelim (a huge test that optics PhD's have to take at the end of our first year).

Hey! My Neighbor Does This, I think its a cool study. Go go go you.

Also yeah, ditch the soul patch. And if you're riding a motorcycle you should really be thinking function over form, you can get a much much lighter weight cap that are designed to go under helmets and they're not very expensive, just get a plain black one. They're really your best option I think.

So as far as helmets go, I've got to get one because the fine is like 150 dollars if I don't wear one. I am looking into my options of the non-sporty models, any advice on this? I want it to work and protect my head because motorists are scary but I really don't want to look like a big doofus.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #752 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:01 »

w00t on optics! We're the coolest people on the planet*.

Honestly, go for the full-face one. It's totally worth it for the protection. The half shell hardly protects anything and the 3/4 leaves your jaw unprotected. At the place where I took a class to get my license, someone had been wearing a 3/4 and went into a curb, chin-first.

As far as sombreros go, I'd love to attach it to my helmet somehow, but it'd probably just catch the wind and get shredded like those flags people put on their car antennae.

Collapsible top hats are boss, but I really don't think I'm ever dapper enough to pull them off, and one must be dapper to rock a top hat.

When I have time, I'll give hat #2 a go at a store somewhere. We'll see how it works.

*May not actually be true.

Drill King · « **Reply #753 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:04 »

Noo I meant bicycle helmets!

(also full-face models look BEYOND silly if you're riding, y'know, a real motorcycle. Not the play-toy crotch rockets >:C f'in speed bikes.)

est · « **Reply #754 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:20 »

But deciding not to wear a full-face helmet is basically giving the road an open invitation to turn your chin into gravel-filled hamburger if you are in an accident.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #755 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:21 »

*boh* My bad. I'm not really sure there is a way to avoid looking like a doofus with a bicycle helmet. I'll be paying attention to other responses so that I can find out myself.

Full-faced helmets are quite silly, but I'm willing to look silly to avoid getting my face crushed if I have an off, but I also think my next bike is going to be a crotch rocket, so I clearly don't care about image on my motorcycle. I just like that they have a riding position that offers far more control than the cruisers that just feel awkward to me, but I like fast machines and I like to be in control of them.

öde · « **Reply #756 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:27 »

http://www.z1rhelmets.com/products.jsp

Sexiest motorbike helmets.

There are no sexy bicycle helmets.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #757 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:43 »

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Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #758 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:47 »

But how ridiculous would I look wearing that helmet while riding a bicycle and not being a complete bad-ass?

Drill King · « **Reply #759 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 08:50 »

Oh hey there are nice bike helmets but they're all expensive http://www.evogear.com/imgp/320/8991.Image.1.jpg this is a nice helmet and seems functional too.

Tyler · « **Reply #760 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 09:50 »

Are you playing motorcycle polo?

SirJuggles · « **Reply #761 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 10:05 »

And if not, why aren't you?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #762 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 10:22 »

I'm not, though I cannot attest to anyone else. The reason is that I've never thought of it before. Clearly, you are a visionary.

Jace · « **Reply #763 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 11:40 »

Quote from: Drill King on 20 Aug 2009, 05:37

So as far as helmets go, I've got to get one because the fine is like 150 dollars if I don't wear one.

Man what? Now I know that America has some pretty ridiculous laws, but, really Canada? $150 just because someone isn't wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle. That is messed up.

Drill King · « **Reply #764 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 11:50 »

It's higher than that for seatbelts so I guess I can understand that law. Also there's been a lot of accidents in the past few years so yeah.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #765 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 11:55 »

Seatbelts!? Wearing a seatbelt is extremely dangerous!

Oh, yeah. Cars, not bikes.

I ride a bicycle if I don't want excess items (like a jacket, helmet and gloves), so that law would just stop me from riding a bicycle altogether, probably.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #766 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:10 »

In South Carolina, there isn't a fine for not wearing a helmet. Your punishment is when you get in a wreck and your heads insides go all over the pavement. This is how it should be.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #767 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:14 »

As much as I would like to agree with that sentiment, as I understand it the point of such rules/fines is so that, just maybe, we don't have so many people with their brains all over the sidewalk. Saves on streetcleaning fees and the like.

calenlass · « **Reply #768 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:34 »

Actually I really like the full-face motorcycle helmets, especially for chicks. It is best when you tuck all your hair up or pile it on your head under the helmet, because then when you get to wherever and park you can take it off and your hair spills down and you can toss it around slo-mo all advertisement-like.

(Also chicks on motorcycles are sometimes really hot.)

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #769 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:38 »

Quote from: J-cob9000 on 20 Aug 2009, 15:10

In South Carolina, there isn't a fine for not wearing a helmet. Your punishment is when you get in a wreck and your heads insides go all over the pavement. This is how it should be.

Myrtle Beach actually has helmet laws.

p.s. I lived in SC for five years. Charleston!

Quote from: calenlass on 20 Aug 2009, 15:34

Actually I really like the full-face motorcycle helmets, especially for chicks. It is best when you tuck all your hair up or pile it on your head under the helmet, because then when you get to wherever and park you can take it off and your hair spills down and you can toss it around slo-mo all advertisement-like.

(Also chicks on motorcycles are sometimes really hot.)

I'll have to remember to tell any passengers that, as my second helmet is also full-face. And chicks on motorcycles are hotter than they would be not on motorcycles, pretty much always.

calenlass · « **Reply #770 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:48 »

It must be a few months ago now, but I saw a girl get off of a this and do that. And she was hot. Like, legitimately hot. It was so unfair.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #771 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:52 »

Oh man. Ducati is definitely my favourite motorcycle. I want to be crazy hip and buy this:

Just kidding, I want this. Like I said, fast machines.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #772 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 15:59 »

An old friend of my dad bought each of his daughters a Ducati for Christmas a while back. Jealousy ran high that winter.

calenlass · « **Reply #773 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 16:18 »

is he looking to adopt

Aimless · « **Reply #774 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 17:17 »

Re. bicycle-helmets... are those round ones better or prettier than the ones that are all swoopy, you know, with a pointy back?

Re. soul-patch... you know, this is the first time I've come across that expression. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Think you could really work some nice sideburns, but this opinion might get me a kickin' =P

Re. me:

As you can see, my MO is "put things over things". Hey, it's comfy, and it allows for a lot of diversity...

... but I mostly do it 'cause I hate my skinny arms, and 'cause it's a way to make clothes sit right on my body.

Would appreciate some suggestions for ways to branch out

But most of all I would really appreciate some advice in the same dept. BB's looking: hats.

I really really really want a hat or two, like proper hats with brims and everything. But I have nfi what I'm looking for, what could work on a bobblehead. They all seem to sit too high up or bend my ears down

and the fit is tricky since I have no hair. I've had hats fly right offa my head on more than one occasion

is there any viable alternative that does't involve a chin-strap?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #775 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 17:22 »

The problem with sideburns for me is that my face hair is black, whereas my regular hair is much lighter (dark blond, really, though I've got shit in my hair in that picture, so it looks darker), and the sideburns would just be an obviously different colour. I'd look kind of like Simon Pegg in "Spaced."

As for hats, it sounds like you're just trying the wrong size of hat. Even after you know your size, some run big and some run small, just like with the rest of clothes.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #776 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 20:06 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 20 Aug 2009, 15:38

p.s. I lived in SC for five years. Charleston!

<3 Charleston so much.

A Shoggoth on the Roof · « **Reply #777 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 04:58 »

speaking of facial hair how long does it take you manly men out there to grow a decent beard? I've never had the patience to go more than a few days without shaving (except sideburns but I've really never ever touched my hair there and I only just noticed I had sideburns a few weeks ago), but i'm sort of tempted to try, and if I do, I don't want to give up too early.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #778 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 05:13 »

it took me five minutes to grow my beard.

it's fabulous.

who's afraid of a ginger beard?

öde · « **Reply #779 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 05:43 »

Bearded ladies,

Mustachioed ladies,

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #780 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 07:10 »

To actually answer the question, it seriously depends on who you are. I can grow a reasonable beard in a week or two, but some people can't grow a proper one at all. I'd say give it three weeks, and if it's still looking scruffy and nasty shave it off.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #781 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 07:53 »

Quote from: Gemmwah on 21 Aug 2009, 05:13

it took me five minutes to grow my beard.

Truly, you are all that is man... No, wait. That's not right. That is better than any beard I've thought about growing.

As for the beard topic, I agree to give it about three weeks.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #782 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 13:43 »

To be fair, Gemm really is most that is man.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #783 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 13:49 »

I am the manliest of men.

A Shoggoth on the Roof · « **Reply #784 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 14:07 »

oh damn. I'm not even sure I should bother trying anymore now

JD · « **Reply #785 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 15:39 »

Is it itchy Gemm?

calenlass · « **Reply #786 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 01:47 »

Nah, Gemm knows the value of conditioning.

nichidani · « **Reply #787 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 08:29 »

re: beards
it is pretty much impossible for my boyfriend to grow a decent beard. he has the classic metalhead's goatee, which is funny because it is really just the only place that hair will grow on his face. almost like being a metalhead is in his DNA

the point i am trying to make is, some people are not destined for beard-dom. ):

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #788 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 08:32 »

These people are not real men, like me (I can't grow a full beard, at least as far as my short experiments have revealed).

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #789 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 08:37 »

Methinks we need a beard thread.

nichidani · « **Reply #790 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 08:39 »

a friend of mine was able to grow a full beard, except for a section in the very middle of his chin/neck area. think: reverse landing strip. it was a fine beard, except for that fatal flaw.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #791 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 15:11 »

Wait... like the Lemmy?

sean · « **Reply #792 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 17:29 »

Quote from: evilbobthebob on 22 Aug 2009, 08:37

Methinks we need a beard thread.

relax kiddo november is soon.

Yayniall · « **Reply #793 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 17:35 »

I have a beard currently.
I was shaving my neckline earlier and it looks much better.
The sun is bleaching bits of it blonde though, the bastard.

nichidani · « **Reply #794 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 18:29 »

Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 22 Aug 2009, 15:11

Wait... like the Lemmy?

sort of, but much less cool.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #795 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 04:55 »

Man I will be so glad when fedoras go back out. They make 95% of wearers look like twits who just had a hot topic shopping spree.

Lines · « **Reply #796 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 05:21 »

Though I do like fedoras, yes, I'd have to agree.

I want a bowler hat. And a cloche, if I can find one that doesn't look silly.

calenlass · « **Reply #797 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 06:12 »

I will keep on wearing mine anyway!

Jace · « **Reply #798 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 08:30 »

I dunno about a fedora I don't seem to be very pleased with it when it is applied to me. (enjoy the webcam quality because I can't be bothered to get a camera)

Nodaisho · « **Reply #799 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 09:25 »

Quote from: redglasscurls on 24 Aug 2009, 04:55

Man I will be so glad when fedoras go back out. They make 95% of wearers look like twits who just had a hot topic shopping spree.

I save mine for special occasions, where I have to dress up. Apparently it makes me look like Stevie Ray Vaughn. I don't wear purple, though, it's plain black.

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