Karma has come around on friends...

[Thom]

haha, I'm surprised this has become a debate over whether karma is real or not. I've never believed in karma itself but I just use the term to describe an ironic situation people are experiencing.

I guess I should have titled this..."Insensitive friends have got what they deserved!"

 

[Dedge89]

Wow Thom you sound like an arsehole.

Who does that? Thats such a bitter/immature thing to do and I hope you're joking in general. Your argument is contradictive, surely now because you UNDERSTAND the emotional distress of going bald, you would want to help your 'friends' straight away and prevent them from going through the same experience.

So what if they poked fun at you? Be a man jesus, they obviously didnt understand the seriousness of it all.

Tell them about the Big 3 straight away and be a good human being, not a spiteful little child.

 

[Thom]

I don't think my being a good human being is dependent on whether or not I tell them about the big 3 lol. :whistle: If they can get over their pride and ask me how I'm keeping all of my hair on top then yeah I'll tell them.

Get off your high horse, it's not my job to save their hair for them. If they ask me, sure I'll tell them. If they care as much about saving their hair as I do they will do the research themselves and find out how to save it all. It's not like the treatment is an ancient secret known only to this forum.


and it's obvious you only read my first post. If you had read my further posts you would have seen me explain that I don't truly wish the emotional anguish of balding upon anyone. You would also have read me say that I haven't ONCE made fun of their balding because it's cruel to make fun of something a person has no control over. So before you become the morality police, cruising the board to cite people for being mean, you might want to actually read more of what they have to say in the first place.

 

[Dedge89]

I don't think my being a good human being is dependent on whether or not I tell them about the big 3 lol. :whistle: If they can get over their pride and ask me how I'm keeping all of my hair on top then yeah I'll tell them.

Get off your high horse, it's not my job to save their hair for them. If they ask me, sure I'll tell them. If they care as much about saving their hair as I do they will do the research themselves and find out how to save it all. It's not like the treatment is an ancient secret known only to this forum.

How can you be so hypocritical within one post? You really are something else lol. Don't try and be clever with your little 'good human being is dependant on whether or not i tell them about the big 3' statement, it's not about the context, it's about the incentive.

YOU'RE clearly on the high horse. It's your job as a 'friend' to tell your friends about these treatments. It's almost like you're playing some sick game where you're testing them if their worthy of that information, jesus christ this isn't a movie kid, this is real life and I cannot see how on earth a 'friend' would withhold information from another friend because they want to see them 'swallow their pride'.

I wish some of my friends had told me about the treatments when I was first thinning, it took alot of time being in denial, researching different treatments, finding out what's best, what's the most money efficient e.t.c that if someone just sat me down and talked me through it at the start, I would of been in a better position right now. Alot of people don't go researching as deep as you did purely because these treatments are relatively hidden, it's generally accepted through the media that theres's no 'cure' for baldness and alot of people just assume this way and never bat an eye lid at finasteride or minoxidil.

I don't truly wish the emotional anguish of balding upon anyone. You would also have read me say that I haven't ONCE made fun of their balding because it's cruel to make fun of something a person has no control over.

Once again, hypocricy, you don't wish the anguish of balding upon anyone YET you're not willing to help your friends until they come to you because you had fun poked at you. Obviously, it's not cool to take the piss out of someone over something they can't control, and your friends clearly didn't understand the distress of balding, but seriously man I'm sure if you just inform them now, you'll get a sorry and you'll be helping your friends.

You know yourself the chances of one of your friends actually randomly coming up to you and going 'HEY DUDE SORRY I CALLED YOU BALDY, FORGIVE ME AND HELP ME PLEASE' is unlikely, because you yourself should know how much of an embaressing thing it can be to talk about and you should make the first move to help them, REGARDLESS of whats been said. It's called being the bigger man and not being stubborn. Fk Sake I don't get people these days, it's all about grudges and what not.

 

[Thom]

First off, you sound bitter. Yes I read your post about losing almost all your top hair since last summer and that is unfortunate. I think you are an angry kid, angry about your situation, so when you see someone on these boards making light of a situation it upsets you. When you read my post you detected a bitter person wanting all of his friends to fail and lose some hair like he has though sitting here typing it I just typed it for humor. The overall point of this thread was we've all been made fun for hair loss at a younger age and it makes you feel depressed beyond reason so when some of the people who gave you hell about it, no matter how much you politely asked them to stop, start balding it does give someone a sick satisfaction if only for a minute. Call it immaturity, call it whatever you want, anyone who has had someone make fun of them for this is going to feel a slight sense of justice for it coming around. If you don't like the thread there is absolutely no reason to get on here and leave a rude comment mate.

and the big 3 treatment isn't hard to find no matter how much you think it is. I found it in a day. Just because I don't run in the streets preaching the good news about what the big 3 has done for me doesn't make me a bad person. If you want you can take up your bullhorn and let the world in on this big secret!

 

[Dedge89]

First off, you sound bitter. Yes I read your post about losing almost all your top hair since last summer and that is unfortunate. I think you are an angry kid, angry about your situation, so when you see someone on these boards making light of a situation it upsets you. When you read my post you detected a bitter person wanting all of his friends to fail and lose some hair like he has though sitting here typing it I just typed it for humor. The overall point of this thread was we've all been made fun for hair loss at a younger age and it makes you feel depressed beyond reason so when some of the people who gave you hell about it, no matter how much you politely asked them to stop, start balding it does give someone a sick satisfaction if only for a minute. Call it immaturity, call it whatever you want, anyone who has had someone make fun of them for this is going to feel a slight sense of justice for it coming around. If you don't like the thread there is absolutely no reason to get on here and leave a rude comment mate.

and the big 3 treatment isn't hard to find no matter how much you think it is. I found it in a day. Just because I don't run in the streets preaching the good news about what the big 3 has done for me doesn't make me a bad person. If you want you can take up your bullhorn and let the world in on this big secret!

I sound bitter because I want you to help your friends? Surely a bitter person in the context of balding would be someone who wants everyone else to be bald like them to inflate their tiny inner ego.

I have been thin at the crown for 3 years, had fun poked at it, called a monk e.t.c and laughed it off. Why would I be angry LOL! You b**ch made if that's something to hold a grudge over. Most men go bald, its normal, theres people way worse off, I have no reason to be angry when I'm fine in so many other aspects. Playing that card on me is you resorting to the lowest form of comeback, a sarcastic and patronising comment about my baldness, you just completely and utterly went against everything you said haha.

I make light of the situation myself, I shave it off and just embrace the skinhead, it hasnt held me back in any aspect of life, if anything I live a superior social life to most non-balding people, confidence is key, I learnt this along time ago son. So convince yourself what you want about me, that sounds more like a defence mechanism for yourself. It's funny how some of your minds work.

I admit I may have come across rude, but seriously man I was disappointed reading some your comments, I understand that whole feeling of justice thing, that's one aspect, but personally I just think you should tell them that's all. I'm allowed an opinion and so are you. But don't say you don't want anyone to go through the balding distress then 1) Enjoy seeing your friends suffer from it, 2) Attempt to patronise me with my post. But if you say it was just humour whatever, I hope your friends for their sake find out about the Big 3 for themselves soon before it's too late!

Edit; Oh and before you reply with the obvious 'but your clearly not that confident/happy to come on here and post for help' comeback (zzz..), obviously I'm concerned as to the speed of my loss, as even though it doesn't affect my everyday functioning, I wouldn't mind keeping it Peace.

 

[Thom]

I sound bitter because I want you to help your friends? Surely a bitter person in the context of balding would be someone who wants everyone else to be bald like them to inflate their tiny inner ego.

I have been thin at the crown for 3 years, had fun poked at it, called a monk e.t.c and laughed it off. Why would I be angry LOL! You b**ch made if that's something to hold a grudge over. Most men go bald, its normal, theres people way worse off, I have no reason to be angry when I'm fine in so many other aspects. Playing that card on me is you resorting to the lowest form of comeback, a sarcastic and patronising comment about my baldness, you just completely and utterly went against everything you said haha.

I make light of the situation myself, I shave it off and just embrace the skinhead, it hasnt held me back in any aspect of life, if anything I live a superior social life to most non-balding people, confidence is key, I learnt this along time ago son. So convince yourself what you want about me, that sounds more like a defence mechanism for yourself. It's funny how some of your minds work.

I admit I may have come across rude, but seriously man I was disappointed reading some your comments, I understand that whole feeling of justice thing, that's one aspect, but personally I just think you should tell them that's all. I'm allowed an opinion and so are you. But don't say you don't want anyone to go through the balding distress then 1) Enjoy seeing your friends suffer from it, 2) Attempt to patronise me with my post. But if you say it was just humour whatever, I hope your friends for their sake find out about the Big 3 for themselves soon before it's too late!

Edit; Oh and before you reply with the obvious 'but your clearly not that confident/happy to come on here and post for help' comeback (zzz..), obviously I'm concerned as to the speed of my loss, as even though it doesn't affect my everyday functioning, I wouldn't mind keeping it Peace.

I am obviously not worthy to be in the presence of such a saint among men. I wish you all the luck in the future oh Dedge89, patron saint of ill-informed baldies! :innocent:

 

[Set The Ray to Jerry]

Ha, this thread reminded me of my father and older half-brother. My half-brother was a teen in the late 80s and early 90s and thus rocked a totally bad *** mullet. He also loved to tease my dad about his hair. My dad at that point was NW5-6ish and my brother used to muss up his thin hair, do the slaphead thing and call him "baldy".

My dad told me about this and that he had warned my brother not to make fun of his hair or he'd get "the curse".

My brother's hair started going south at around 19 and by 24 he was completely shaving his head. And the funny... well it's not funny but my bro was a bit of a little **** about it, but his hair loss actually progressed way faster than my father's ever did. I have pics of my dad from when he was around 30 and while he may have a high hairline he's still got a thick head of Norwood 2.5-3ish hair. My brother was a NW6 by the time he was 32. :whistle:

OK so I still got "the curse" despite the fact that I never made fun of any baldies but still. There's a moral in there somewhere.

I don't know.

 

[Thom]

Well Set the Ray to Jerry, you just made me realize I wasn't completely truthful! I said I never once made fun of anyone for losing hair but you reminded me that I did make fun of my father a lot. He likes to make fun of other people constantly and has always had a dig on me about this and that so it was the one thing I could make fun of him about....and now I've lost my right to it. :/

So karma recognizes family badgering too haha...

 

[GeminiX]

The great Karma monkey sees all!

 

[Thom]

The great Karma monkey sees all!

 

[elliotramsey]

It's the evil monkey!!!!!

 

[Dedge89]

I am obviously not worthy to be in the presence of such a saint among men. I wish you all the luck in the future oh Dedge89, patron saint of ill-informed baldies! :innocent:

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!

But yeah I guess if wanting to tell my friends about something that I see could possibly benefit them makes me a saint in your eyes, I'm glad. Appreciated. Peace kid. (No sarcasm intended !)