Maybe you have heard someone mention something about "no shave November" over the past month. Maybe you have seen some guys that looks like they have been staying in a cabin in the woods for a few weeks.
This is supposed to be about raising awareness for cancer research or cancer in general. I'm not really sure. I feel uninformed mostly because there doesn't seem to be a lot of talk about that part of it. Most of the talk is about "look at this cool beard I have".
During the first few weeks of the month I also let my beard grow out. It was fuller than I had ever let it get before. Did I do this for "no shave November"? No, I wouldn't say that I did it for that reason but I was certainly influenced to try and stop shaving for a few weeks because of it. The great thing about this activisim is that it takes laziness to participate. All you have to do is stop doing something. Sounds like a good way to get participation from men.
Then last week I realized I wasn't a big fan of having a beard (Cari wasn't a fan of my beard either) and I started to think, "what's the point?" So I went into the bathroom and shaved.
Some of these campaigns probably have good intentions and there are probably people out there promoting the cause in a worthwhile way but most of the guys on Facebook aren't doing much for cancer by happily not shaving and neither was I.
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