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My dad texted me tonight saying he was excited to go to the Father John Misty show soon. I bought him & myself tickets for his birthday. The weird thing is, he also sent a selfie (incredibly unlike my father) saying, and I quote, "I better wear a hippie t-shirt so I don't get mobbed for my cop/republican haircut. Talk about unintended consequences!" This caught me off guard, but my dad is a strange and humorous guy with nothing against cops or Republicans, I think he was simply stereotyping this particular concert-going crowd.

Example of Dad's haircut

His hair is cropped short, standard Dad stuff, but is this a thing? I am pretty isolated to the city life, which is pretty diverse, so I have no idea if people in the 'burbs are giving my dad shit for looking like a "Cop/Republican."

Which ties into something I've been thinking about a lot lately, regarding my haircut, the typical hipster short-sides-long-top cut. Has this hairstyle been taken over by the alt-right, and us hipsters have to just move on? Is this hairstyle no longer acceptable?

Example of my haircut

I'm probably reading into this too much, but I don't want anyone to judge us for our haircuts and it's a touchy political climate out there so I want to distance myself as much as possible from the president.
I want your opinions on haircuts. Do you think the high & tight, or any hair cut has been taken over by the alt-right, or are there any other haircuts linked with political movements?

 

[Sinfamy]

Just avoid the Hitler Youth.
Not for political reasons, it just makes your face look like a thumb.

 

[Sai-kun]

A friend of a friend made a status on FB recommending that people stop getting undercuts.

I just lmao, lmao. I'm not changing my hair cuz some nazi fucker thinks they can own a haircut.

 

[capitalCORN]

Although fascists are big on branding, you can't blame a haircut.

 

[rekameohs]

are there any other haircuts linked with political movements?

 

[MikeyB]

High and tight haircuts, like really high and tigh haircuts, are pretty popular in the gay community where I live, so I don't see the alt-right associating themselves with it too much.

 

[Hydrus]

I have the same haircut as you OP and I'm not changing it for anyone, let alone Nazis.

 

[Moonlight]

That Richard Spencer shit he and his army of ghouls he clones from his scalp is the big one.

 

[Trouble]

Shaving your head used to be a skinhead (neo-nazi) thing, but we took it back.

 

[mlclmtckr]

Lol your dad's haircut is like the most generic inoffensive possible one

I think he wishes he was edgier than he really is

 

[kirblar]

A friend of a friend made a status on FB recommending that people stop getting undercuts.

I just lmao, lmao. I'm not changing my hair cuz some nazi fucker thinks they can own a haircut.

Yeah, pop culture reclaimed them and isn't going to give them back without a fight.

 

[UltraMagnanimous]

Just be careful what kind of mustache you grow.

 

[Dreadnought]

You have what haircut you like don't let other people influence you.

 

[rashbeep]

The only grooming style that has been ruined is the hitler stache

I have a similar one to the op, and i probably won't change it till I go bald

 

[23qwerty]

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Undercuts look awful so I'm not too beat up about Nazis ruining them for everyone else.

 

[capitalCORN]

As someone who's made a life mission to study the human figure, that hairline defies everything I undestand about it.

 

[blue_phazon]

The hipster look was a popular cut everywhere back in that era, not just by nazis

 

[HawksWinStanley]

Which ties into something I've been thinking about a lot lately, regarding my haircut, the typical hipster short-sides-long-top cut. Has this hairstyle been taken over by the alt-right, and us hipsters have to just move on? Is this hairstyle no longer acceptable?

I'll say it's no longer acceptable mostly because it looks fucking terrible on 95% of the dudes who wear it that way.

 

[Random Human]

It's time for us in the alt-left to reclaim the bowlcut!

 

[a Master Ninja]

Just be careful what kind of mustache you grow.

I wonder if Hitler ruined that mustache FOREVER. Luckily it's not a great look, but still.

 

[ReadingRambo]

The biggie is the alt-right (macklemore) haircut as made famous by the Hitler youth 70+ years ago.

 

[Loxley]

It's fucking hair, cut it however you want. Unless you're buzzing a swastika into the side if your head, the average person won't think you're a neo-Nazi because you have a haircut that's hugely popular with young men right now.

Yeah, GAF calls it the "fuckboi" haircut, but GAF has a spotty history with fashion advice outside the dedicated fashion OTs

 

[ReadingRambo]

I wonder if Hitler ruined that mustache FOREVER. Luckily it's not a great look, but still.

We're fine as long as gas masks don't come back into fashion.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Not dropping the undercut but I'm also not from the US. If anyone can suggest a better way to make my thick hair not look dumb and unmanageable when medium/long length I'd like to hear it.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Geralt of Rivia, nazi sympathizer.

 

[L Thammy]

I wonder if Hitler ruined that mustache FOREVER. Luckily it's not a great look, but still.

Adolf used to be a common name. Adidas was founded by a guy named Adolf Dassler.

 

[Surface of Me]

It's fucking hair, cut it however you want. Unless you're buzzing a swastika into the side if your head, the average person won't think you're a neo-Nazi because you have a haircut that's hugely popular with young men right now.

Yeah, GAF calls it the "fuckboi" haircut, but GAF has a spotty history with fashion advice outside the dedicated fashion OTs

This essentially.

 

[PillarEN]

Lol. Are all the people messing with him? It's like a bunch of drones using the same robotic message in the reply section.

 

[Caelus]

I'm not white, so I can get whatever haircut I want and not be immediately accused of being a Nazi / sympathizer.

I love undercuts.

 

[GatorBait]

Probably best to avoid an extreme undercut nowadays, or a Hitler mustache at any time post-1930's (if you time-travel to a prior year, no worries). However, I'd argue you might be able to pull off the extreme undercut if the rest of your "look" is not that of a Nazi/Trump supporter. For example, a lot of hipster-looking service industry guys rock that hairstyle where I live, but absolutely nobody would assume they are white supremacists.

Otherwise, everything else seems to be completely on the table in the U.S.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

GAF has a spotty history with fashion advice

Bullshit. Just look at resident NeoGAF fashion expert Bronx-Man

Dude looks fly.

 

[888]

I do what I want.

Usually very similar to the "Nazi" (under)cut. Everything is political now a days, like hell am I allowing my hair to be.

 

[Eusis]

Shaving your head used to be a skinhead (neo-nazi) thing, but we took it back.

In hindsight it's inevitable when so many men who are balding really ARE going to look better shaving it all off than vainly trying to keep it on.

It's definitely why I won't get that short sides/long top cut again though, I had that done without even knowing he was going for it and given Richard Spencer and his fascists weren't THAT well known just a few years back it was fine, but now that they've exploded into the scene...no.

 

[God Dayumm]

Bullshit. Just look at resident NeoGAF fashion expert Bronx-Man

Dude looks fly.

I'll take the undercut and a nazi uniform, thanks

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I'm cutting my hair however I like and I don't want to hear anymore of this stupid shit.

 

[rockinreelin]

Bullshit. Just look at resident NeoGAF fashion expert Bronx-Man

Dude looks fly.

Dem legs are like little tree trunks.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I'm cutting my hair however I like and I don't want to hear anymore of this stupid shit.

This.

 

[Nicolada]

You shouldn't change your hairstyle just because you're worried someone will associate you with certain groups. It's just hair.

 

[Bakercat]

I just grow my hair out and let it do whatever so I don't look like I contribute to any political group. I do get the occasional look and scold from older Americans that I need to cut my hair and not be a hippie, but I attribute that to them living back in the 60's and the thought that the decent American was in a suit and clean shaven.

 

[Rival]

I just want my hair to stop falling out.

 

[Stinkles]

Just avoid the Hitler Youth.
Not for political reasons, it just makes your face look like a thumb.

a teenager in our circle called that haircut a "fuckboy" haircut.


Apparently they are deeply unpopular. Like nerds, but with objective reasons why they are hated.

 

[Switch Back 9]

Which ties into something I've been thinking about a lot lately, regarding my haircut, the typical hipster short-sides-long-top cut. Has this hairstyle been taken over by the alt-right, and us hipsters have to just move on? Is this hairstyle no longer acceptable?

Hell no! This is like the only haircut that looks good on me since I can't just have greasy long skibum hair anymore.

 

[Transhuman]

This caught me off guard, but my dad is a strange and humorous guy with nothing against cops or Republicans, I think he was simply stereotyping this particular concert-going crowd.

Does he watch the news much

 

[ZeroX03]

But Macklemore's haircut is the first mainstream hairstyle in years to actually have something to say

 

[Obliterator]

Its hair. Do whatever you want with it whenever you want and who really gives a damn if someone else doesn't like it. As long as you feel it.

The only truly one I think is likely DOA at the very least for another couple decades is the Hitler Stache

 

[Snowybreak]

Ugh... Fuck those assholes for taking the undercut. It's like one of the only hairstyles that actually agree with the shape of my head. But because I have blond hair and blue eyes, I'd look like an actual Nazi.

 

[Ourobolus]

Bullshit. Just look at resident NeoGAF fashion expert Bronx-Man

Dude looks fly.

loool

 

[HelloNewman]

Ugh... Fuck those assholes for taking the undercut. It's like one of the only hairstyles that actually agree with the shape of my head. But because I have blond hair and blue eyes, I'd look like an actual Nazi.

I'm keeping the haircut nazis can eat shit but this haircut makes me look amazing.

 

[Stinkles]

I'm keeping the haircut nazis can eat shit but this haircut makes me look amazing.

Sure it does.