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Dave Bowman

(5,316 posts) Mon May 5, 2025, 09:21 AM May 5

Blinking fools? The men who think shaving off their eyelashes will make them more masculine. [View all]

What could possibly go wrong with taking a razor to your lashes? Apart from irritation, infections and ‘eye boogers’, that is.

Unattractively short eyelashes? I’m finally in vogue! Steady on, hotshot. Are your eyelashes naturally short?

Unfortunately, yes. Then I’m afraid it doesn’t count. If you want true stubby lashes, you have to have them shaved off by a hairdresser.

With an electric razor? That’s right. A loud and terrifying electric razor, held millimetres from your eyeball. Some people prefer scissors.

I don’t think this is for me. Then you’re missing out. All the cool kids are doing it.

All the cool kids? Well, technically all the extraordinarily fragile men who think minimal eyelashes make them look a lot more masculine – but let’s go with cool kids.

And this is actually happening? Oh yes. A TikTok video advocating the practice went viral recently, and now the trend has been reported everywhere from Turkey to New Zealand. It’s definitely a thing."

First time I hear about this, what's your opinion?

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/may/05/blinking-fools-the-men-who-think-shaving-off-their-eyelashes-will-make-them-more-masculine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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Blinking fools? The men who think shaving off their eyelashes will make them more masculine. [View all] Dave Bowman May 5 OP

Every BeerBarrelPolka May 5 #1

Why so insecure? The Blue Flower May 5 #2

Nothing says security in one's 'masculinity' EYESORE 9001 May 5 #3

JD Vance may be the next to try it Blue Owl May 5 #4

LOL!! 2naSalit May 5 #16

Shaved eyelashes give the appearance of looking unhealthy. Oopsie Daisy May 5 #5

"A TikTok video advocating the practice went viral recently" flvegan May 5 #6

Yeah, I tought something similar when I read that part. Dave Bowman May 5 #15

Smoker flare up took care of mine decades ago... MiHale May 5 #7

You had me at Ilsa May 5 #18

Lol, it's better be really sharp. 😝 Dave Bowman May 5 #32

Aside from the fact that eyelashes are important PoindexterOglethorpe May 5 #8

Alopecia took my eyelashes along with every comradebillyboy May 5 #14

Both of my sons have alopecia areata universalis. PoindexterOglethorpe May 5 #21

Like hair on my head, my eyelashes started disappearing 20 years ago. Silent Type May 5 #9

Oh good grief what fresh new hell is this.. Peacetrain May 5 #10

Yeah, that's so strange and useless. Dave Bowman May 5 #33

If they were REAL MEN, they'd pluck them out individually! Oopsie Daisy May 5 #11

Yes and painstakingly slowly! dameatball May 6 #53

The women have plastered on Brezhnev brows bucolic_frolic May 5 #12

The shaving and bamagal62 May 5 #20

Michael Jackson had his lips tattooed red for some reason. Dave Bowman May 5 #35

Who came up with this idea? JD Vance? Norrrm May 5 #13

Nothing says ultra-masculine like falling for the latest fad fashion idiocy... Wounded Bear May 5 #17

This is The Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is The Onion!!! niyad May 5 #19

Do you think the guys who fall for this are the same ones tanning their testicles awhile back? Hekate May 10 #55

Dear Goddess, I had almost forgotten about that insanity! niyad May 11 #56

Eyelashes and brows are designed Prairie_Seagull May 5 #22

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. And in the age of Trump that's saying something. Vinca May 5 #23

Yes, we're living in strange times. Dave Bowman May 5 #37

Who is telling them this shit? Aristus May 5 #24

Every woman I've ever dated loved my long eyelashes NickB79 May 5 #25

Broken noses are masculine. Any MAGA who wants one should give me a buzz. Midnight Writer May 5 #26

You should offer your services on tiktok. Probably make a fortune. niyad May 5 #43

Hey MAGA! Real men shave off one eyebrow And slit one nostril. marble falls May 5 #27

Almost as good as tanning your taint n/t gay texan May 5 #28

OMG. love_katz May 5 #29

Doing WHAT with rattlesnakes??? niyad May 5 #44

My comment is from a real story. love_katz May 6 #51

It's 4 am, woke up and I am still laughing, Prairie_Seagull May 6 #50

I encourage maga everywhere to use OG razor blades to do this. It's the most MANLY Maru Kitteh May 5 #30

This is how Tik Toxic destroys us customerserviceguy May 5 #31

Do you remember the Tide pod nonsense a few years back? Dave Bowman May 5 #38

Yep customerserviceguy May 10 #54

I just dunk my entire head in Nair every day. Tremble before my stratospheric level of masculinity! Rob H. May 5 #34

Roflmao! Dave Bowman May 5 #39

The sooner TikTok is banned RJ-MacReady May 5 #36

TikTok should be better regulated to avoid injuries and even loss of lives. Dave Bowman May 5 #40

"the trend has been reported everywhere from Turkey to New Zealand. It's definitely a thing" rictofen May 5 #41

Women like nice lashes on a guy. BlueTsunami2018 May 5 #42

In the article they say that women prefer men with long lashes. That fad makes no sense to me either. Dave Bowman May 5 #46

long lashes on a guy are sexy. The incels are just making it worse for themselves. ecstatic May 5 #45

Indeed! Drum May 5 #47

People have lost their damn minds. Iris May 5 #48

I say REAL men tattoo bulls-eye targets in the middle of their foreheads struggle4progress May 5 #49

And here I thought we women do a lot of stupid and uncomfortable... 3catwoman3 May 6 #52