In case you missed it, the clean-shaven look is out. Sorry, straight-laced mama’s boys, you’re not en vogue anymore. Our society is in full-throttle scruff mode.
We’ve been slowly moving entering the dawn of the mustachioed man for a few years, but now it’s here. Mustaches are fuller, beards are thicker and a man’s face will never be subject to the wind and cold.
The ever-popular muttonchops, the delightful hybrid between sideburns and mustache, is also making its harshest comeback since the ‘70s and ‘80s. Follicle-friendly men, you might as well ride the beard bandwagon while it’s still around.
Perhaps you’re not a trendy guy, but facial hair is one accessory you don’t have to buy. If it goes out of style, you can just shave it off. What are you going to do now that you’ve spent $40 on that fedora hat you got last summer? Or $15 on those neon Kanye West “sunglasses?”
This trend is especially useful for the gents who feel like they’ve been blessed (cursed?) with a perpetual baby-face. Instant man-ification: grow some facial hair. You’ll instantly feel more mature and confident; especially since that cute alternative girl in your literature class is eyeing you (just remember to buy a pair of Converse All-Stars, or else she’ll lose interest in a few days).
Merely having the ability to grow a patch of hair on your face is not enough to suffice though. Cultivating a stellar ‘stache takes more care and responsibility than that. Grooming is key - no one likes an unruly mass of face-pubes.
If you don’t trust my authority on the matter (since I don’t have the ability to grow facial hair, nor would it be socially acceptable for me to do so), take a note from Brad Pitt - with a trimmed goatee, he looks suave and devastatingly handsome. Left un-groomed, however, he looked like something the Cowardly Lion would have a crush on.u
This sentence took nearly two hours to write, and, though it’s painful to confess to it, the reason for this delay isn’t writers’ block, inept typing skills or even a recently botched connection in my left parietal lobe: it’s PointlessSites.com.
Really, the name says it all.
PointlessSites.com happens to be one of the most massive collections of useless Web sites ever compiled. Honestly, the only possible method available to create something this asinine must have been done by dredging up link after link from the internet’s darkest user-friendly cesspools. Yet, thanks to the sheer amount and absurdity of the Web sites featured, PointlessSites.com is a uniquely addictive experience.
Sure, with a site this large, visitors are bound to find that quantity sometimes exceeds quality, but what’s life without a little adventure? Just clicking through the 10 or so categories, from Games and Puzzles to the Completely Pointless (even by their standards), is a quest epic enough to entice even King Arthur over to the cause.
There will be some duds along the way - AnnoyingCursor.com, for example, should be avoided unless someone desperately wants to do battle with a pointer, and ObeytheKitten.com should only be accessed by people who want that image to forever haunt their nightmares. Still, the occasional unfortunate find aside, exploring PointlessSites.com is satisfying and well worth the effort once the user finally stumbles upon that one hidden treasure so deliciously entertaining it makes Farmville a thing of the past.
For those who still aren’t convinced that a site called PointlessSites.com has merit, rest assured that not every link is a big bust like, say, BlankSite.com (just guess what that’s about). Between first-person Tetris for the gamers, Book-A-Minute for the literature nerds and Color Flip for the people who like nicely hued paper, just to name a smattering, there’s enough variety to make certain that everyone can find a time-waster suitable for him.
Truthfully, despite its namesake, PointlessSites.com is not, in fact, pointless; it’s fun, and if people don’t mind melting their brain with the silliness of it all, it’s a perfect new page for any procrastinator’s portfolio.