Are temporary dreads possible?

[Oliver_W]

I think Justin Bieber looked really cool with his, so I wanna try it out, but don't wanna be stuck with it :)

[Morgan.]

Please god no

[Oliver_W]

Please god no

Why? I played around with photoshop and it looks okay.

[Smithy]

You are white

[Morgan.]

Why? I played around with photoshop and it looks okay.

I just don’t think it’s a good look for white people

[Samm]

You are white

.

[Oliver_W]

You are white
I just don’t think it’s a good look for white people

Eh, I'm fairly ugly anyway so may as well do whatever :dance:

[caprimint]

WHY would you do this

[Morgan.]

Eh, I'm fairly ugly anyway so may as well do whatever :dance:

I don’t think that was the point being made but whatever

[Liam-]

Category is; posh boy on a gap year in Thailand, probably carries a guitar everywhere

[Morgan.]

Category is; posh boy on a gap year in Thailand, probably carries a guitar everywhere

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Category is; posh boy on a gap year in Thailand, probably carries a guitar everywhere

See Inbetweeners 2nd movie if anyone needs confirmation

[Jigs]

Insufferable!

https://ssl-gfx.filmweb.pl/ph/57/01/705701/584580_1.1.jpg

[Babayaro.]

The only white person I can think of who suits them is Newton Faulkner

[Cal.]

Such a troll, aren’t ya, you?

[Jordan.]

pbkjACE-uIs

[Oliver_W]

I don’t think that was the point being made but whatever

Lol forms of expression don't belong to any singular culture

[Smithy]

Lol forms of expression don't belong to any singular culture

The **** are you trying to express :skull:

[Headie]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/c0526de8b1604fda8cf0fc1b118df401/tumblr_ntly8lExta1qfh70bo1_400.gif

[Cherie]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/c0526de8b1604fda8cf0fc1b118df401/tumblr_ntly8lExta1qfh70bo1_400.gif

She says with blonde streaks :joker:

[Oliver_W]

The **** are you trying to express :skull:

Dreads being cool :dance:

[Babayaro.]

Also, if you feel like doing it Oliver, then do it tbh

[caprimint]

She says with blonde streaks :joker:
Lol right?

[Smithy]

She says with blonde streaks :joker:

Blonde hair isn’t part of people’s culture :skull:

[Kizzy]

I don't have a problem with it.. hair is hair do what you want with it :/

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

She says with blonde streaks :joker:

:umm2:

[Cherie]

:umm2:

You have a problem with my post, but no problem calling a forum member a braindead moron :umm2:

[Oliver_W]

Blonde hair isn’t part of people’s culture :skull:

Being part of a different culture doesn't make things off limits :shrug:

[Denver]

Being part of a different culture doesn't make things off limits :shrug:

It actually does it's just white guys pretending to be cool when they just look like racist twats

[caprimint]

How could a white guy having dreadlocks even be slightly interpreted as being racist

That is truly desperate to call racism

[Oliver_W]

It actually does it's just white guys pretending to be cool when they just look like racist twats

Lol how is it "racist" to have one's hair in a certain way?

[MB.]

I cannot wait for this lockdown to end

[Shaun]

I think there are many valid examples of cultural appropriation, but given that there are historical examples of dreads in pretty much every major civilisation (Nordic/Viking, Buddhist, Hindi, African, North American, Greek, Aboriginal...) it's a bit of an iffy area for me in this instance.

The idea of a white guy with dreads just usually conjures the stoner-hippie stereotype and it's... a difficult look to pull off. And to be fair, most backlash nowadays is because the look's been popularised thanks to Rastafarian culture and it's a bit...copycat. But... I think it's fine. Just... choice.

[Denver]

How could a white guy having dreadlocks even be slightly interpreted as being racist

That is truly desperate to call racism

Lol how is it "racist" to have one's hair in a certain way?

Because it's part a the black race and was use by attention seeking white boys acting edgy, there are cultural things you just dont do

[Denver]

I think there are many valid examples of cultural appropriation, but given that there are historical examples of dreads in pretty much every major civilisation (Nordic/Viking, Buddhist, Hindi, African, North American, Greek, Aboriginal...) it's a bit of an iffy area for me in this instance.

The idea of a white guy with dreads just usually conjures the stoner-hippie stereotype and it's... a difficult look to pull off. And to be fair, most backlash nowadays is because the look's been popularised thanks to Rastafarian culture and it's a bit...copycat. But... I think it's fine. Just... choice.
The first person to have dreadlocks was believed to be Egyptian but it's part if a religious look in Rastafarian in the same way Sikhs wont cut their hair and it became a popular culture with the emergence of Reagge

[caprimint]

We live in 2020 Adam get over it

[Denver]

Yes where racism and xenophobia are still at a high level

[The Slim Reaper]

Tings dem irie

TnBupO_Kjto

[Oliver_W]

I thought the "cultural appropiation" BS died with tumblr :joker:

Cultures borrow from each other all the time. Jazz was inspired by classical music, rock n roll by RnB ...

[Denver]

I thought the "cultural appropiation" BS died with tumblr :joker:

Cultures borrow from each other all the time. Jazz was inspired by classical music, rock n roll by RnB ...

Music is a lot different to trying to look like someone from another culture

[Oliver_W]

Music is a lot different to trying to look like someone from another culture

I'm not trying to look like someone from another culture. I'm considering looking like me, but with Bieber-dreads.

[GoldHeart]

How could a white guy having dreadlocks even be slightly interpreted as being racist

That is truly desperate to call racism

Anyone can have dreads :joker:, that whole cultural appropriation moaning goes too far :rolleyes:

[Beso]

Go for it, unless black people have patented the idea for themselves...then Noooooo. ..

[caprimint]

Anyone can have dreads :joker:, that whole cultural appropriation moaning goes too far :rolleyes:
Absolutely :clap1:

[Oliver_W]

Go for it, unless black people have patented the idea for themselves...then Noooooo. ..
I wasn't even questioning if I "should", it didn't occur to me there'd even be a problem :joker: I just wanted to know if I could undo them if I don't like them or if work wants me back before summer hols

[Morgan.]

Oliver can we see what you made on photoshop to truly decide if you should go ahead or not

[GoldHeart]

I wasn't even questioning if I "should", it didn't occur to me there'd even be a problem :joker: I just wanted to know if I could undo them if I don't like them or if work wants me back before summer hols

I think you'd have to cut them off Oliver if you didn't like them/ didn't want them anymore. Then give your hair a good comb and brush through .

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

You have a problem with my post, but no problem calling a forum member a braindead moron :umm2:

They are though?

[Oliver_W]

Oliver can we see what you made on photoshop to truly decide if you should go ahead or not

i didn't export or save it so I'll have to remake it :joker:

[montblanc]

messyyy

[JerseyWins]

Insufferable!

https://ssl-gfx.filmweb.pl/ph/57/01/705701/584580_1.1.jpg
That's a FIRE look!

Not to be confused with burn it in a fire

Spread the culture positively and stop looking for anything to be racist @ some people in here. Many black people are ok with it from experience anyway. Some people just look for outrage for the sake of it.

Edit: Not from experience of me doing it btw :joker: I don't think I could pull it off

[caprimint]

Yaaaas :clap1:

Oh and I think he ^ looks good with the dreads too, suits him

[Withano]

Lol. I’ve done temporary dreadlocks before. They did look kinda cool

Twist small sections of your hair. Hairspray the **** out of it. Hair straighten them and hair spray them some more.

Super damaging and you would have to wash them out after 3 days max cos of all the hairspray.

[Withano]

Should have read the forum first. I just exposed myself as a racist tryhard posh boy on a gap year to Thailand with a guitar ):

[Cherie]

Should have read the forum first. I just exposed myself as a racist tryhard posh boy on a gap year to Thailand with a guitar ):

:hehe:

[Marsh.]

I think Justin Bieber looked really cool with his

https://media.giphy.com/media/aH4EawWtJV7Fe/giphy.gif

[Marsh.]

Lol forms of expression don't belong to any singular culture

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[Marsh.]

I thought the "cultural appropiation" BS died with tumblr :joker:

Cultures borrow from each other all the time. Jazz was inspired by classical music, rock n roll by RnB ...

"Inspiration" is not the same as literally dressing up as someone in some cheap parody.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o3XGUJGBuYs/TNIXSrT8HdI/AAAAAAAAB5g/lu5Z8u2VgDA/s1600/dreadlocks.jpg

[Kazanne]

Go for it Oliver of that's what you want,you can always alter it if you don't like it, nothing wrong with trying different things.

[Smithy]

That's a FIRE look!

Not to be confused with burn it in a fire

Spread the culture positively and stop looking for anything to be racist @ some people in here. Many black people are ok with it from experience anyway. Some people just look for outrage for the sake of it.

Edit: Not from experience of me doing it btw :joker: I don't think I could pull it off

Girl you don’t even pull off your own hair!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Girl you don’t even pull off your own hair!

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[caprimint]

Jersey irl

https://66.media.tumblr.com/b5d751b07efb77ddd5dbafdbe512d16d/tumblr_n9wsgegDxp1qjaoa9o1_r1_500.gif

[Marsh.]

Is Oliver American? If so, I don't see it being a problem. Americans, I've noticed, dress like it's the 1990s anyway.

[Cherie]

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o3XGUJGBuYs/TNIXSrT8HdI/AAAAAAAAB5g/lu5Z8u2VgDA/s1600/dreadlocks.jpg

:joker:

[Jordan.]

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o3XGUJGBuYs/TNIXSrT8HdI/AAAAAAAAB5g/lu5Z8u2VgDA/s1600/dreadlocks.jpg

The Wacknd :love:

[Oliver_W]

Decided to order clip-in extension things so I can just have it sometimes :)

[The Slim Reaper]

Decided to order clip-in extension things so I can just have it sometimes :)

Clip ons are pretty cringey; why not go the whole hog and get the ones attached to the rasta hat?

[Oliver_W]

Clip ons are pretty cringey; why not go the whole hog and get the ones attached to the rasta hat?

lol I got some like that from a Gorillaz gig. It wasn't official merch, someone was selling them outside.

But anyway the clips are fairly easy to conceal? When I went through my emo phase I had coloured fringes which people didn't know were fake.

[Niamh.]

Clip ons are pretty cringey; why not go the whole hog and get the ones attached to the rasta hat?[emoji23]

[Marsh.]

Decided to order clip-in extension things so I can just have it sometimes :)

When I went through my emo phase I had coloured fringes which people didn't know were fake.

I-

[user104658]

Wow I just found this thread, a great morning read :joker:. I'll throw my rasta hat in the ring;

1) I don't think it's racist, the idea that dreadlocking hair is historically "only a black people thing" is just plain false. It was very common in all cultures, and not even that long ago.

2) However I think it will look ****ing stupid. So... I guess... do it and post pictures? :hehe:

[Cherie]

Wow I just found this thread, a great morning read :joker:. I'll throw my rasta hat in the ring;

1) I don't think it's racist, the idea that dreadlocking hair is historically "only a black people thing" is just plain false. It was very common in all cultures, and not even that long ago.

2) However I think it will look ****ing stupid. So... I guess... do it and post pictures? :hehe:

:nono: you will never win ML with this attitude!

[caprimint]

:nono: you will never win ML with this attitude!
Omg :joker:

[Gstar]

Dreads are a long process and are usually kept in for a while (years), it’s not a “temporary” hairstyle

[The Slim Reaper]

Dreads are a long process and are usually kept in for a while (years), it’s not a “temporary” hairstyle

Not if he "clips them on" :hehe:

[Oliver_W]

Dreads are a long process and are usually kept in for a while (years), it’s not a “temporary” hairstyle

They can be if you use water-soluble gel and hairspray :)

[The Slim Reaper]

They can be if you use water-soluble gel and hairspray :)

Jah bless, me Breda.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Did we ever establish if Oliver intended to black up for this new look as this would not be acceptable?

[Gstar]

They can be if you use water-soluble gel and hairspray :)

You make it sound so easy :laugh:

[Oliver_W]

You make it sound so easy :laugh:

Surely I'd just need to grab a bit. twist it around, coat it in gel, and hairspray it? :laugh:

[Babayaro.]

Surely I'd just need to grab a bit. twist it around, coat it in gel, and hairspray it? :laugh:

I love Marsh's masturbation routine

[Marsh.]

I love Marsh's masturbation routine

:joker::joker::joker:

[Marsh.]

Clip the dreads in WITH your coloured fringe.