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haele

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1. They get to keep their beards because it makes them look tough and outdoorsy

Reply to mr715 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:46 PM

Oct 2025

Manly men who can vanish into the wilderness, seas, or mountains.
It's a form of sympathetic magic.
If your army guys look like the sharp GI Joe army dolls you grew up with, they're going to be good GI Joe type soldiers.

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Why do special forces get a shaving exemption? [View all] mr715 Oct 2025 OP

They get to keep their beards because it makes them look tough and outdoorsy haele Oct 2025 #1

Yeah well I skip shaving to look alpha mr715 Oct 2025 #7

Gandalf or Tom Bombedil? haele Oct 2025 #8

I mean it aint bad. mr715 Oct 2025 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Oct 2025 #2

Special Forces rso Oct 2025 #3

thanks mr715 Oct 2025 #6

To leave open the possibility of blending in, where people are not clean-shaven, for one. RockRaven Oct 2025 #4

Understood. nt mr715 Oct 2025 #5

They blended in really well during the failed mission Sewa Oct 2025 #10

Because they operate clandestinely and also meet with officials of cultures where beards are the norm Melon Oct 2025 #11