The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos

Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by max76 on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:58AM (#19463120)

I don't feel like baldness is something that needs to be fixed. To me that sounds the same as saying the genes for blonde hair can be "fixed".

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Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by Grustaf on Friday March 22, 2019 @05:21PM (#19467089)

Then you’re out of touch. Almost all men are very unhappy about losing hair, but very few mind being blond. Some even like it!

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Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by scythe on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:57AM (#19463786)

Blond hair is easy to fix. Hair dye has been around for years. Why shouldn’t bald people be afforded the same freedom, in an era where we literally fly through the air on titanium wings just to take vacations?

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Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by max76 on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:30PM (#19464167)

It's the term "fix" that I don't like. It assumes the opposite state is broken.

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Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by scythe on Friday March 22, 2019 @04:57PM (#19466877)

A person with normal hair growth can choose to be bald. Someone with alopecia cannot choose the reverse. If baldness were to appear only by choice rather than as a result of low IGF-1 expression in hair follicles, I would imagine it would be more respectable, not less.

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Re:The Boombox Incident: removing bald people from photos by Bricejm on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:09PM (#19465854)

It would be helpful. After losing my hair, the sun became the enemy. Easy to forget to bring a hat.

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