The red pill or the green pill - which one???

[Unfollicled]

Okay, hypothetical I know but; if you were given the choice of being able to take either a red pill, which would cure or halt your hair loss but that had some negative side effects and needed to be taken for the rest of your life. Or the choice of a green pill, which would cause you to loose all your negative views about being bald and actually relish the idea to the extent that you acquired this amazing self-confidence that allowed you to function very successfully in the world and completely forget you ever feared hair loss, which would you choose?

 

[Quantum Cat]

is this another veiled 'is Propecia worth it' thread?

 

[mcdowel967]

did not get your point exactly

 

[swingline747]

Okay, hypothetical I know but; if you were given the choice of being able to take either a red pill, which would cure or halt your hair loss but that had some negative side effects and needed to be taken for the rest of your life. Or the choice of a green pill, which would cause you to loose all your negative views about being bald and actually relish the idea to the extent that you acquired this amazing self-confidence that allowed you to function very successfully in the world and completely forget you ever feared hair loss, which would you choose?

What side effects?

Are we talking ED or like blacking out and driving your car down a city sidewalk at 2pm every weds???? Actually I might fear the ED more honestly.

 

[uncomfortable man]

I want to take the pill that makes everyone else not give a **** about baldness. Where is that option?

 

[DannyBoyy]

I want to take the pill that makes everyone else not give a **** about baldness. Where is that option?

Oh that "pill" is the "stop caring what other people think" "pill"...i had this "pill" when i had hair...lots off it...and the option? you can take it any time you like have fun.

 

[SurveenA4]

Don't understand. Consult doctor for your problem.

 

[Unfollicled]

The point of the topic was to draw focus to the fact that, it's the way we view ourselves that is the cause of our anxiety. The green pill could come in the form of some kind of cognitive therapy that would help to accept what we cannot change.

Let's face it, something has moved our cheese so perhaps it's time for a rethink instead of hopelessly supporting industries that offer products that don't work.

 

[gravesen]

The red pill of course (if it cures, if it halt i already have propecia).

I won't care about a mystical self confidence. It won't give me simple pleasures like being able to attract a girl. Don't get me wrong, i don't wanna be Di Caprio, i just want to keep my average ability (wich is not that great), to attract some girls, without feeling i have to run the race with some sort of great handicap, and to feel okay with myself without being delusional.

I prefer a rationnal self-confidence than no-confidence (i mean a confidence based on my achievments in the areas of life i care about the most : one of them is girls), but i'll take the achievments and the simple and great pleasures of life with no-confidence rather than a magical self-confidence that doesn't change a **** in my life and wich is condemned to go away unless i'm delusional.

This question is just a variant of "Would you rather be intelligent and feel pain or stupid/ignorant but happy", the second one is called delusion. You may be happy but you won't achieve anything in life, and won't be able to work on your tangible situation because you're looking at it only through a deforming mirror. Actually i don't even feel that happiness can be genuine if it's never challenged. It's the same thing without self-confidence, always feeling confident while "deserving it" will just make you farcical, creating a big distorsion between who you are/what you do about your life and your evaluation of that. I don't think this kind of self-confidence is worth having.

(Sorry for my english, it's not my first language)

 

[I.D WALKER]

Your English is fine. Mine needs work and it is my native tongue I believe Happiness and Confidence is a subjective and purely conditional state. I base this broad statement strictly off my own unique human experience. Perhaps I am merely one of the "unlucky" ones who lacks the adequate concentration and adaptive skills to sustain permanent bliss. When I ponder my own constant quest for" peace on earth ," I often recall the sensitive insight of a celebrated American poet I won't name, " The constant thing about Change is that it is so stable". Thanks for sharing.

 

[ghg]

"Sorry for my english", lol. The oldest and most obvious way of fishing for compliments on the Internet. And usually used by ppl who know they can write good enough english.

 

[swingline747]

I want the Blue pill..... you know the one that gives you NW1 hair and a REALLY BIG D**K!
that was a choice right?

 

[der29]

heres the red pill...bald is ugly.

 

[uncomfortable man]

But ugly is not a crime nor a punishable offense, is it?

 

[kingdomforhair]

But ugly is not a crime nor a punishable offense, is it?

Not it's not. But that's be real here, society places a real emphasis on being attractive. It's your right to ignore this culture but if you don't play by the rules of the game expect retribution, be it less romantic partners, discrimination in the workforce (bald men are under represented in positions of power) or social isolation, overt and covert. That's reality. You either face it or ignore it, that's a CHOICE you have.

You do have to, however, deal with the consequences of your choices. If you choose to go bald (by not treating your hairloss) then accept the consequences that go with that decision. Maybe for example you decided the risks of side effects from finasteride are too high, well fair enough. You save money, you forgo a tedious daily chore, you save time. There are benefits to all choices. There are also downsides, which you should accept willingly.

 

[Unfollicled]

The red pill of course (if it cures, if it halt i already have propecia).

I won't care about a mystical self confidence. It won't give me simple pleasures like being able to attract a girl. Don't get me wrong, i don't wanna be Di Caprio, i just want to keep my average ability (wich is not that great), to attract some girls, without feeling i have to run the race with some sort of great handicap, and to feel okay with myself without being delusional.

I prefer a rationnal self-confidence than no-confidence (i mean a confidence based on my achievments in the areas of life i care about the most : one of them is girls), but i'll take the achievments and the simple and great pleasures of life with no-confidence rather than a magical self-confidence that doesn't change a **** in my life and wich is condemned to go away unless i'm delusional.

This question is just a variant of "Would you rather be intelligent and feel pain or stupid/ignorant but happy", the second one is called delusion. You may be happy but you won't achieve anything in life, and won't be able to work on your tangible situation because you're looking at it only through a deforming mirror. Actually i don't even feel that happiness can be genuine if it's never challenged. It's the same thing without self-confidence, always feeling confident while "deserving it" will just make you farcical, creating a big distorsion between who you are/what you do about your life and your evaluation of that. I don't think this kind of self-confidence is worth having.

(Sorry for my english, it's not my first language)

Some would say that the person who continues to flog a dead horse is the deluded one. You can only move on when you let go of old baggage. Women are very perceptive and can sense a guy who lacks confidence in himself. For her, that is a far greater turn-off than his lack of hair, but he cannot and will not see it and has constructed a whole language of negative vocabulary to support his own defeat. How clever is that?

 

[Primo]

Some would say that the person who continues to flog a dead horse is the deluded one. You can only move on when you let go of old baggage. Women are very perceptive and can sense a guy who lacks confidence in himself. For her, that is a far greater turn-off than his lack of hair, but he cannot and will not see it and has constructed a whole language of negative vocabulary to support his own defeat. How clever is that?

Great post, sums up my thoughts exactly.

 

[DannyBoyy]

"Sorry for my english", lol. The oldest and most obvious way of fishing for compliments on the Internet. And usually used by ppl who know they can write good enough english.

Could be that or he could be saying cause you know how peeps here like to diss people with bad english when that someone disagrees with what they say.