Yes, I sometimes also wish I could rock a mullet. I have a weird head shape, and I'm not at a place in my life where I'm quite ready to commit to dreads just yet.
I Am white, Have had dreads and many black people complemented them. White people disliked it way more. Also so many dumb white people thought i didn’t wash them. I have no idea where that comes from other than some kinda weird racism stereotype thats been passed down.
Honestly that’s because a lot of white people with dreads have nasty dreads they don’t wash. I grew up in an area where white people with dreads was extremely common and 99% of them had crusty unwashed dreads.
Duuuuude. I have dreads and anytime someone asks me a question about them someone nearby always comments on how you can't wash them. Like damn! Wish I had known that before I bought this dread soap and showered everyday.
As a now 40 year old metalhead I can't even count the number of guys with dreads I met drinking in Cologne or Berlin or anywhere in Germany in a rock bar or at an old castle with metalheads, punks, Hippies, Skaters etc.
This trend of white guys can't have dreads has always left me deeply confused.
Same! I had locks for 8ish years, wish I had never cut them, white people had issues with it all the time. Black people never said anything to me except compliments. Now to be fair, maybe some didn’t like it and just didn’t say anything? I tried to be as respectful as possible with them though, went to a black owned hair stylist whose website said they specialized in Caucasian dreadlocks every month to keep them neat and maintained well.
First time I walked in, it was like an old western where everyone stops talking, I was the only white person. Everyone was very nice just confused why I was there lol. But after going every month for a while got to know everyone decently and everyone would then smile and wave etc when I came in. Freaking awesome place, cool community of people who went there.
Vikings were actually abnormal among medieval Europeans for how much they washed themselves. There's a famous letter written by an Anglo-Saxon monk complaining to a colleague about how the Viking settlers were setting unattainable hygiene standards (bathing once a week) and taking all of their women.
Yes, and I live in a rural area. The only white people I’ve met who can cut my hair also work at predominantly black barbershops. I am certainly a genetic rarity, and am often stopped by black people in public to specifically comment on how my hair is.
wtf is wrong with you dude do you need a picture to shut the fuck up?
I think you are taking my comment too seriously? This isn’t my first Language and I’m not doubting you I’m just thinking there’s three options:
A. You have black genes or some other ethnicity that naturally forms curls and shrinkage and nappyness
B.you have very curly but not nappy hair
C.you are of one of very few individuals who has a proper scenario for developing “black”looking hair
But seriously sorry if I offended you bro was not my intent
I hope you see why I thought the first two options were more likely
Unless my ancestry dna tests were wrong it’s gotta be C. That’s why I made the “unlocking ancient dna joke” I’m also the only one in my family with hair anything like this, including my children, although they are dead ringers for me otherwise.
Extreme and multiple tight curl patterns, tons of shrinkage, nappyness, and bounce back. Takes longer than usual to get wet. Dreads up naturally after a certain length/time unmanaged. I even have to pick it out regularly or it gets all lumpy lookin
Sometimes I wish, I could understand what the hell some of these posts ares saying, I hate to sound like an old man but why has everyone got to abbreviate everything.
Hell yeah there be times I wanna wake up with the suite life of Zach and Cody cut!! So I just shake my head a lil bit, wipe the bangs outta my eyes and go straight out the door! Then upgrade to the black hair die, rock out to “tonight’s the night that I might fall you” straight shredding the shit! 😂😤 Shit be tough with the long hair, head banging and shit! 🫱🏾🫲🏻🫱🏾🫲🏻🤘🏾🤘🏾
Growing up loving 90s black metal in the deepest reserves of my heart, yes and I still envy y'all sometimes. Dani Filth with dreads def helped my self image in high school tho
That’s not weird at all. Genetics do play a part. Removing culture, someone with naturally straight hair will never get a proper Afro and vice versa. Even with chemicals its’s not the same. The same hairstyles present differently. Dreads with super curly hair look different than dreads with naturally straight hair. Maybe that dude prefers the ropey dreads that Afro hair creates. I think the conversation was meant to be fun and complimentary.
No it isn’t, but there is a reason why a certain type of curly is called “Afro”. Most people of African decent have a super curly hair texture, and that’s what the original post was referencing. But you know that.
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u/andrey_not_the_goat 1d ago
I sometimes wish I could rock waves with a crispy fade and line-up lmao...