Because I Know You Want to Know
Dreadlock Truth is a vital resource for fans of countercultural hair and the generally hair-conscious. Among its nuggets are tips on upkeep, colouring and decoration, and where to find accommodating employers. (Book shops and health food markets are recommended.) There are of course photo galleries. Other subjects of interest include energy-channelling, mushroom use, coping with flashbacks, and mental health services.
Oh, and there’s a lovely section on lice:
Pull your dreads up and try to bun them up if you can, or at least pull them into a high ponytail. Use about a half bottle of rubbing alcohol (70% or higher)… Tie a plastic bag tightly around your head for about 30 minutes. It’ll itch and it’s annoying and stinky, but it’ll kill the bugs. Rinse, and watch the bugs fall out.
The site also includes message boards devoted to “dance and object manipulation,” with subcategories covering stilt-walking, juggling and hoop-dancing, and a section in which dreadlocked adventurers share their tales of “injuries sustained in the pursuit of happiness.” One 230 lb gentleman explains how, “I once almost knocked myself out dancing at a local concert,” while another devotee relates the perils of poi, a form of performance art involving the spinning of tethered weights, sometimes enhanced with glow stick chemicals and/or fire:
I extinguished a flaming poi with my eye once. Luckily it was burning low and about to go out anyways.
Much to learn, so little time. Via MeFi.
Take that, stereotypes.
As a bald person I find it deeply offensive.
Tie a plastic bag tightly around your head for about 30 minutes.
Air holes?
“However, the length of time it takes for the dreads to fully mature may vary depending on your hair type and texture”.
I’m sure there’s an analogy in there somewhere.
Don’t these white colonisers know their hair is racist…?
https://thompsonblog.co.uk/2013/03/racist-hair.html
We need some power analysis now!
“However, the length of time it takes for the dreads to fully mature may vary depending on your hair type and texture”.
For a Komondor, it takes about three years.
For a Komondor, it takes about three years.
Blimey. It’s hard to tell how much actual dog there is under there.
For those who prefer their hoop-dancing without the crustiness, there’s always this.
As Edward Woodward’s character put it in Hot Fuzz: If we don’t come down hard on these clowns, we are going to be up to our balls in jugglers!
Maybe we could let these alternative lads meet up with those calling their hair colonialist appropriation and watch the fun ensue. Especially if the alcohol bug killer enters the scalp.
But otherwise dreadlocks always seemed to me a good indicator that a) you were on unemployment benefits or study benefits or b)you were in a job that had such minimal standards that I want to know where immediately just to avoid it.
Yes, a book by its cover and all, I’m sure Einstein would have been mostly as smart if he had dreadlocks instead of static hair. He probably just wouldn’t have had the job in the patent office to sit around and think all day, I’m guessing.
What percentage of these dreadlocked twits have lice?
A modest suggestion: Require them to use a delousing booth before entering a library, train, etc.