Good Thing I’m Usually In Such A Good Mood
By Mitch Berg
Evolutionary news: scientists show facial hair makes guys look meaner:
…men (women, too) viewed bearded male faces as more threatening when the pictured males adopted an angry look.
Facial hair, the authors wrote “may intimidate rival males by increasing perceptions of the size of the jaw, overall length of the face, and by enhancing aggressive and threatening jaw-thrusting behaviors … . The current study is the first to show that the beard augments a threatening behavioral display as bearded men with angry facial expressions received significantly higher scores for aggressiveness compared with clean-shaven faces … . This suggests that the beard plays an important role in intermale signaling of threat and aggression.”
Do you feel lucky, punk?
May 16th, 2012 at 7:51 am
Here’s an example to either prove or disprove the study.
May 16th, 2012 at 7:53 am
I expect that we will soon see the Obama campaign distribute photoshopped pictures of Romney with a beard.
On the other hand, if Biden gets hold of the article, he’ll start growing one.
‘Cuz that is just the way Joe rolls..
May 16th, 2012 at 7:58 am
Here’s an example to either prove or disprove the study.
Y’know, oldjohnnie, I bet that is exactly the picture they used in the study.
May 16th, 2012 at 9:31 am
A man with a scruffy beard and a scowl may appear mean, but a clean-shaven punk with a crack habit and a gun pointed at your chest may be more of a clear and present danger. We have too many sociologists looking for grants and too many journalists willing to act as their echo chamber.
May 16th, 2012 at 9:43 am
…men (women, too) viewed bearded male faces as more threatening when the pictured males adopted an angry look.
That’s my secret…I’m always angry.
May 16th, 2012 at 11:22 am
I’m not angry, just a Grumpy Old Man, damnit!!
May 16th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Gee; I had always thought it was my steely eyed glare that skeered off moonbat stalkers.
But beard’s OK too; whatever gets the job done.
May 16th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
K-rod, believe it or not, there are people in the world — yes, even in Minnesota — who believe that grumpy old guys are responsible for all the evil that besets humanity.