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[Yanlin]

Not to mention the itch.

[Kagus]

It itches a hell of a lot more when it's just been shaved than when it's fully grown.  Also, there was no change in scent production when I shaved my pits, and I use a liquid deodorant that I can only assume is not affected by long hair.

But then again, that's not to say it's perfectly hygienic to have long hair either.  That's a lot of extra area for stuff to get caught in/stuck to.

It really, really only comes down to what the individual prefers.

[Raz]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Brown Jenkin....
And I wanted to sleep... Damn youuuuuuuuuuuu...

Ha! Enjoy your voyage through the shapeless abyss!

[Pandarsenic]

Fair enough if you consider it important to shave for health reasons. Shaving the hair from one's body, legs or underarms for any other reason, to me, indicates vanity—and I can remember when vanity was not considered a virtue. Then again, I have my own peculiar code about "fashion" and "beauty" and conforming to others' standards. I am in the minority.

But wouldn't someone choosing to leave hair there mean they'd just be conforming to your standards?

Also, for some reason, this sounds oddly like an excuse to be lazy about personal maintenance. Here's a good reason: Very few people like seeing a ridiculously hairy person. Is avoiding others' ire also vanity?

[eerr]

it's not about how much hair you have, but how you have hair that makes people tolerate alot.

when your lazy, people stop appreciating that you have alot of hair

[soup_alex]

But wouldn't someone choosing to leave hair there mean they'd just be conforming to your standards?

Also, for some reason, this sounds oddly like an excuse to be lazy about personal maintenance. Here's a good reason: Very few people like seeing a ridiculously hairy person. Is avoiding others' ire also vanity?

Perhaps, but hair occurs ("normally", anyway) naturally. I think it's more a case of choosing to let one's hair grow than choosing to deliberately grow more hair. I don't think I'd enjoyed being "copied" in the way you suggest; other people "conforming to [my] standards", for purely aesthetic means, at least. I would be happy, however, if more people stopped caring so much about how they had to appear to other people (and how other people had to appear to them), especially from a gender-based perspective ("why aren't guys supposed to shave their armpits?", after all: equally, why are girls "supposed" to share theirs? and countless other sensible questions with ridiculous answers).

I'm not sure I would classify myself as "ridiculously hairy"! I would also think that the point at which hairiness becomes ridiculous, it could also be classified as dangerous to health.
I'm not sure what you're suggesting by "avoiding others' ire". I was bullied at school, I suppose, about the length of my hair, and am still (albeit rarely) subjected to comments and insults about it today; but this isn't my problem—more specifically, it's not my problem if some ignorant, backwards-thinking or fashion-led folk feel sufficiently offended by the hairs on my head to want to direct personal insults towards me. Now, if I felt threatened enough by others' aggression about hair (really, of all things?), if I really believed that not conforming to others' standards, would result in physical harm, I might be persuaded to lose some hair. However, this has not been the case, and in my experience the sort of people who would make it clear without solicitation that they find some aspect of your appearance to be distasteful, will likely try to find some other aspect of your self to be offended by should you attempt to "rectify" the first.


Addendum: I have trimmed/shaved/cut facial and head hair in the past when it was required by law (i.e. at secondary school, where a code of uniform was enforced) and where an "excessive" volume of hair would have potentially resulted in losing (or not gaining) a job... albeit reluctantly.

[Techhead]

I somehow felt compelled to post this at the mention of "ridiculously hairy", although a thumbnail was all I could find.

From the bizarre anime Hare+Guu.

[soup_alex]

From the bizarre anime Hare+Guu.

Calling an anime "bizarre" is like saying that fire is "hot".

Looking at your pic, and having just rubbed one out to Vincent Price in another thread (not really), I feel compelled to post this:

[kotekzot]

shaving your armpits is a matter of courtesy during a warm season, unless your sweat and decaying bacteries smell like roses.

[Wiles]

shaving your armpits is a matter of courtesy during a warm season, unless your sweat and decaying bacteries smell like roses.

If you have good hygiene it doesn't really make a huge difference.

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

*Maybe NSFW* or not

That's what armpits should looks like, guys.

[JoshuaFH]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

*Maybe NSFW* or not

That's what armpits should looks like, guys.

Our armpits should look like some anime chick? I'm sure the big googly eyes would freak out alot of people.

[Yanlin]

That is one disgusting armpit.

[umiman]

That's a strange sunburn.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

men don't shave armpits because it takes to much effort for no discernible gain.