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[–] 68 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I can't see shit without my glasses. The person in the mirror getting their haircut is just a flesh colored blob.

When they finish up and I put my glasses back on, it's a surprise every time.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago

    I'm the same way. They always ask midway through how it's looking and I just say it's looking great. I've gotten some funky cuts and some really good cuts that weren't what I was going for.

    My wife (not a hair stylist) cuts my hair now which makes it extra fun because she just does what she wants and I never know if I'm getting a mullet or a buzz cut.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I used to be like this before I got my eyes zapped. I would just close my eyes because I couldn't see shit anyway and not having them on was overstimulating.

    For years after some guy in a back alley wielding a laser pointer fixed my eyes, I would still find myself closing them during a hair cut.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I scrolled away from this post and scrolled back to make this comment because i couldn't get the image of you sitting in a hairdressers with your eyes screwed shut like you're about to get hit by an oncoming train out of my head.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I started wearing contacts to the barber because of this. It's really the only time I wear them because they irritate my eyes way more than they did when I was a kid. Can barely keep them in for four hours before my eyes are screaming for oxygen.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Glad it’s not just me… I wore contacts from the time I was 18 through my mid-20s. I went back to glasses full time until about a year ago. I’m in my mid-40s now… and man those damn things are hard to wear now.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 days ago

    Just walk away. That's how mohawks were born.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I started doing my own haircuts during the pandemic and I’ve probably saved thousands of bucks since then. And even then, I still don’t speak up until afterwards. You know when you’re halfway through it and you can see it’s not looking good but you power through it anyway because then you’ll end up with an even worse mess if you stop midway.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I just start making the same noises I make at the dentist when something isn’t right. There’s nothing in my mouth at the barber but the sounds are important. Words? No thank you.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    They know better than me anyway. That’s why I hired them instead of doing it myself.

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  • I thought so too, and it was true until my last cut which was so bad I teared up as soon as I left the salon. Cut my bangs to about an inch and the rest was long, so they just went straight out. The person was newer and I should have called it out, but they just kept cutting thinking they could fix it. They couldn't.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I used to go to a hair cut every 3ish months. The last 3 hair cuts I got went along like Them: what do you want? Me: 3 on the top, 7 on the side* Them: What? Me: Sure

    Its been 2 years since my last hair cut.(*I may have forgot the numbers by now) Tell my friends and family I'm trying something new. I'm just too lazy/annoyed to go back in the chair and just smile and wave...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Don't speak up, just nod. They love that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    I have been gathering strength for about 6 months now to tell my barber to go a bit easier on my ears when he’s folding them back to trim hair behind. I may speak up one day.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I learned to cut my own hair during the COVID lockdowns. Been doing it ever since.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Never make your hairdresser mad.

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