The History Of Hat Slavery: Smelly Powdered Wigs

[UncleMort]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/31056/why-did-people-wear-powdered-wigs
For nearly two centuries, powdered wigs—called perukes—were all the rage...... By 1580, the STD had become the worst epidemic to strike Europe since the Black Death. According to William Clowes, an “infinite multitude” of syphilis patients clogged London’s hospitals, and more filtered in each day. Without antibiotics, victims faced the full brunt of the disease: open sores, nasty rashes, blindness, dementia, and patchy hair loss.
By the late 18th century, the trend was dying out. French citizens ousted the peruke during the Revolution, and Brits stopped wearing wigs after William Pitt levied a tax on hair powder in 1795. Short, natural hair became the new craze, and it would stay that way for another two centuries or so.

LOL, not that much different 200 years apart

 

[shookwun]

At the end of the day you are only lying to yourself when endeavoring on the wig approach.

a sworn allegiance towards looking good in a situational manner while exempting yourself from anything that involves being exposed to excessive sweating. in other words, avoiding sex, sun, extreme sports and anything remotely fun. However, air conditioned office buildings are always your safest approach.


its comical, and absurd to actually believe wearing a wig is a viable solution in 2017. Aside from being the but of the joke, you will never form real relationships and be mentally at ease with your appearance. Unless of course you are a middle aged man who has kids, a wife and simply doesn't have anything to prove.


and you know damn well that wearing a wig is not within the same comparison as wearing dentures, makeup and hair extensions. Which seems to be the most common argument of people justifying there decision to wear. if of course you enjoy being a modern day houdini, then feel free to deceive others.

 

[UncleMort]

The point of this thread was that millions of men have suffered under various forms of hat slavery.

This community is just part of a multi-million mans suffering march.

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

Where is Slickbald when you need him

 

[UncleMort]

You can look like this guy, be worth 20 million dollars, and be a hat slave

 

[ManinBlack]

I wish that these regrowth companies would actually produce some of their "miracle" "revolutionary" new products that they have hyped for years. I wish we had hair cloning so that we wouldn't have to resort to hiding hair loss with hats, toupees, and even freaking head TATTOOS made to look like shaved hairs in 2017. Minoxidil hasn't regrown crap for me, finasteride can just slow it down and transplants presently are so limited as they stand that they look like bum fluff on extreme balders, the people who need them the most, not to mention the scars.

 

[Saurabhaj]

Look at Matt Damon in full buzzed head look.

My friends given this movie cd to me when i was 16 something,a single x movie for me at that time.

 

[UncleMort]

imagine how filthy those powdered wigs were, filled with e coli