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Old 08-09-2004, 09:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Opinions of dreadlocks?

What do yall feel about dreads? Gross, ugly, depends?

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Old 08-09-2004, 09:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sometime during last May I got the idea that I wanted to grow dreads. I can't for the life of me remember why I wanted to grow them, but anyways, that's not important.
...because i got high, because i got high, because i got hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...

Actually, I like dreadlocks.
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Old 08-09-2004, 09:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Dreadlocks look greasy and disgusting.
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:07 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Sounds like a lot of fuckin work. I keep my hair very short so I don't have to mess with it all the time. At the moment I have a high and tight, the kind of haircut lots of military guys have. Shaved almost all the way on the sides and back, and a bit longer on the top (about 3/4ths of an inch). I look good with this style and only have to cut it once every three or four weeks, which I do by myself. I have never had my hair cut by a professional, and have been cutting my own hair for years. If I make a mistake, then it all comes off. Easy.

But if dreads are your thing, then that's cool. As long as I'm not wasting my time waxing your hair and twisting it, more power to you.
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:10 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I'd never do the dread thing, cause it would look awful on me, but i like them.
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:30 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:32 PM   #7 (permalink)
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IMO it really depends on the person. Some people, it looks pretty good on, others, not so much.

If you like it, more power to you.
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:39 PM   #8 (permalink)
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As long as I'm not wasting my time waxing your hair and twisting it, more power to you.
Yeah, that's where I put my money too. I would add that if you're keeping your dreds clean, those of us that come in close physical proximity to you will appreciate it. I'd imagine that you'd help change some people's impressions of what dreds are, by showing them different. Rock on man, the revolution is coming.
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Old 08-09-2004, 11:53 PM   #9 (permalink)
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hmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Old 08-10-2004, 12:09 AM   #10 (permalink)
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If you want Jah to come and lift you up to the Kingdom of Heaven, your dreads better be long and strong. None of us baldheads like I and I is going to heaven no way.

To the best of my knowledge, which only comes from an undying love of Bob Marley, dreads are the natural condition of long and unkempt hair. If you don't comb it, EVER, and keep letting it grow, it will dread on its own. Then you can make like a real Rasta and go down to the river and wash it on the rocks.

These are not real dreads

These are real dreads
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Old 08-10-2004, 12:21 AM   #11 (permalink)
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EDIT: The first pic looks like his hair isn't even dreaded yet. It just looks like strips of hair with wax in it. Not knotty at all.

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Old 08-10-2004, 12:26 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Apparently I was searching while you were typing. I found and updated the post with a better picture of what I consider to be "not dreads."

Either way, I actually do like the style. Even though the former is not "authentic," it will probably get a helluva lot more ladies to talk to you than the latter.
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Old 08-10-2004, 12:33 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Oops, yeah I replied after the first edit, not the second.

Yeah, I'm not Rasta so I don't really care if my dreads aren't "real."

Most chicks I know actually dig the look, since I keep mine clean. And I'd rather call them dreads than matted strips of hair, which is what mine are
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Old 08-10-2004, 01:25 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I like dreads. I understand the culture that surrounds them. My dad's side of the family is from the Carribean, West Indies.

I also think that a girl who has dreads is way sexy. You see very few of them.
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Old 08-10-2004, 02:07 AM   #15 (permalink)
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damn right, girls with dreads - good thing

i think they look cool, but i don't think i have the commitment to grow any myself
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Old 08-10-2004, 02:13 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I think they can look good on the Bob Marley type, but on 99.9% of other people I think they look awful. They may not be dirty, but they look like it to me.

Don't mean to slam you mate, but that's my opinion on dreadlocks
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Old 08-10-2004, 06:26 AM   #17 (permalink)
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99% of the time a set of dreads look utterly FILTHY on a person.

On girls it is about unnatractive as it can get, and on guys they are just considered generally dirty.

Often the stereotype of a stoner is applied to them as well.
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Old 08-10-2004, 06:28 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I like dreads. I understand the culture that surrounds them. My dad's side of the family is from the Carribean, West Indies.

I also think that a girl who has dreads is way sexy. You see very few of them.
you'll see lots of them when you get to NYC.

I don't think they are attractive at all. Has nothing to do with cleanliness, but more just I don't find them looking all that nice, and I do like long hair since I have very long hair myself.
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Old 08-10-2004, 06:29 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I like hair that's touchable and that I can run my fingers thru... My hands would get stuck in dreads...
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Old 08-10-2004, 06:36 AM   #20 (permalink)
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I think dreads can look really sexy on the right person (but really bad on the wrong person). And I don't think they look dirty if it's made the way you're talking about Carn. You can tell if they are the dirty kind by how messy/matted the person's hair is.
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Old 08-10-2004, 06:36 AM   #21 (permalink)
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If you're white, just say no.

My little brother did the dread thing. When they were short, it was okay, but after a while, they just looked all greasy and nasty.

Or as I used to say to him, "it looks like your hair had sex with Mrs. Butterworth."
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Old 08-10-2004, 08:23 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Old 08-10-2004, 09:04 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure those are braids and not dreads.

The braiding that they do in the carribean (like in the picture) to all the tourists is just dreadful IMO. parddon the pun.
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Old 08-10-2004, 09:25 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Any hairstyle that requires a lifestyle change isn't worth having. If dreads prevent you from normal hygienic procedures and from durfing, then maybe you should reconsider having them.

Besides, baldness is where it's at. Quick, easy, clean, and mostly free (except for the hella expensive Gillette Mach 3 blades).
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Old 08-10-2004, 09:27 AM   #25 (permalink)
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White guys can look good with natural dreads, it just depends on the person and how much effort they put into it.

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Old 08-10-2004, 09:30 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I'm personally thinking about getting dreadlocks in the near future. I've grown my afro pretty big (Yes, I'm mixed, Black and white; Jamaican and Canadian) through 2 years of getting braids.

And I mean I'm along the lines of getting the non-"real" ones. My girlfriend has protested that I shouldn't get dreadlocks but after pointing out in public which ones that I'd get she turned the other cheek.

I like the look of clean dreads, and I'm willing to put up with the upkeep of them, as i've gone through it with my afro and my braids. I'm willing to take it to the next level.

Carn, if you have any interesting links that are good for research, by all means send them my way, I'm thinking about getting my dreads before fall starts. Thanks.
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Old 08-10-2004, 09:44 AM   #27 (permalink)
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dreads are good when the strands are even, ive seen lots where the people either did them by themselves or had a crappy hair dresser do them and they end up all over the place and in every direction. When done good and on the right people (im not talking only caribbean/african americans either) they are pretty sweet. Ill second dreds on a pretty lady are mighty fine
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Old 08-10-2004, 10:01 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I used to think they were kind of neat until the last 5 people in a row I met with dreadlocks were complete assholes or losers. Now everytime I see someone with dreads, I am prejudiced against them and I have to consciously not be put off by them. I'm trying to overcome the problem... It's like my own little racist hell
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Old 08-10-2004, 11:25 AM   #29 (permalink)
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never did care for his dreads...
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Old 08-10-2004, 12:34 PM   #30 (permalink)
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I think they look like strands of dog shit growing out of your head. It makes me sick looking at them. Ugh!

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Old 08-10-2004, 01:23 PM   #31 (permalink)
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I love dreads, especially if done well. I could never pull them off, but i have a couple of mates, white and black who have really nice, even clean dreads and they do like v nice. Rasta stylee dreads if they uneven dont look as good, but still got nothin against em.
Girls with dreads are mighty fine i agree )
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Old 08-10-2004, 03:21 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Find girls with dreads very sexy. I think it looks cool on some guys, but not others. I think it's the way they act, not the way they look that makes it look bad on some people.
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Old 08-10-2004, 03:24 PM   #33 (permalink)
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no offense meant at all here..

I hate them, I think they are nasty and disgusting looking
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Old 08-10-2004, 04:12 PM   #34 (permalink)
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One of my classmates had hers done in a salon. It looked really nice. I have no idea what err "natural dreadlocks" would look like though.
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Old 08-10-2004, 04:26 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I love dreads!

If they're well formed and not the hippy kind (saw tons of those at college) they're great! Especially very mature ones that have locked up nicely and reach down around waist-length.

I'd probably have dreads myself if I wasn't thinning so much up top and didn't love having my curls so much. I may do synth-dreads someday, though.
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Old 08-10-2004, 04:42 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I do not mind dreads at all - in fact, I think they are kinda cool - AS LONG as its not a termite nest, and does not smell bad.

There's definitely a way to keep dreads without forsaking personal hygiene, as your original post seems to suggest.

Sounds like you are doing a good job at maintaining quality dreads, and I commend you

If I didn't shave my head, I could possibly pull off a decent set of dreads. Possibly...
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Old 08-10-2004, 04:47 PM   #37 (permalink)
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just my .02, I think they're dirty, scappy and shitty looking in general
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Old 08-10-2004, 05:15 PM   #38 (permalink)
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The vote seems to be pretty split here, but for the record, I love dreads. I have a friend that has the clean kind and I have a friend who let them happen naturally. I LOVE the first one, but the second is disgusting. I say, if you want them that badly and they look good on you, go for it.

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Old 08-10-2004, 10:21 PM   #40 (permalink)
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white people should not dance either, right? :P


i love nice dreads. they're hot.
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