Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/31/this-guy-sacrificed-4-years-of.html
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There was a fine moustache hidden in that beard.
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Dude, are you okay? Because your 4 years of beard growth is more like 4 months for me. (Okay, I grant you, my beard is all gray and scraggly these days, but…)
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Probably a four-year-old beard. Which was trimmed from time to time. Writers without beards (is that gonna be a new international charity?) probably think four years of beard growth is the same thing.
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That looks like about 4 months beard growth. Do you mean he’d had a beard for 4 years? Ok. It will grow back in a month. This doesn’t feel like an epic sacrifice for a costume.
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In the first photo he looks as if he’s thinking, “I can’t believe I’m going to go through with this.”
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I remember makingba similar sacrifice, giving up my moustache for a few day’s worth of snorkeling. It grew back a lot faster than Id expected.
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Is it unusual? I generally grow my hair out for 5+ years then get rid of it for a halloween costume.
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Obligatory:
speaking as someone who cannot grow a beard to save my life, and who envies every glorious beard i see, i will hold and carry that regret for you, sir. (even though that IS a perfect costume)
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And tomorrow he can sacrifice his moustache for Movember!
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I was going to say, at 4 years mine reached my navel.
And stopped growing longer. Terminus barba, baby!
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I believe you may have misused the word “sacrifice” here. First-world sacrifices?
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And probably a few meals too.
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Hey, you never know. There could have been an alter involved, loaded with beard trimmings… 
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That’s a weeks beard growth for Papasan. Honest. I can go as an Islam Cleric and not even try…
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That’s about the same length as mine and I shaved 6 months ago. If I gave it 4 years I’d look like some kind of wild-eyed religious hermit.
I’m very tempted to share my passport photo.
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I was thinking the same thing. That’s what I look like by 4PM.
Mine’s been growing for a about year (I shaved it just before November last year), and It’s longer than that. Maybe I’m just part werewolf or something. I often get compared to Jesus or John Lennon by strangers on the street (whomever happens to be bigger at the time).
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In the times I’ve had LARPs running year-round, I’ve gone through large periods of my life with strange hair or facial-hair choices due to costuming needs, such as thick muttonchops, a curled mustache, or long bleach-blond hair. It’s worth it!
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