Long Hair in the Majority
Posted by Reflective on November 09, 2001 at 23:11:10: Previous Next
Just thought I would share an experience that I just had. I pulled my car into the gas station. There were three other guys there already when I pulled in. Two of them had long hair. So when I arrived, that made it three long hairs and one short hair. Talk about a reversal! It was so cool.
Re: Long Hair in the Majority
Posted by Bill on November 10, 2001 at 03:04:31: Previous Next
In Reply to: Long Hair in the Majority posted by Reflective on November 09, 2001 at 23:11:10:
: Just thought I would share an experience that I just had. I pulled my car into the gas station. There were three other guys there already when I pulled in. Two of them had long hair. So when I arrived, that made it three long hairs and one short hair. Talk about a reversal! It was so cool.
Yeah, it's great! The best experience I've had like that by far is at the San Francisco longhair parties. We've had 30 to 40 guys there, and sometimes everyone there is a longhair. Occasionally there have been a few shorthaired types there, and we have them WAY outnumbered. It was awesome to be in the midst of so many longhairs and have us be so much in the majority I felt like WE were normal and they were unusual. The first time I experienced it, the thought rushed through my head, "Wow, this is the first time in my life to be in a big crowd and still be in the majority!"
At our SF longhair brunches, shorthaired friends of ours are welcome but few come. Most say if they come, they feel uncomfortable being so outnumbered by us. That's funny since we are outnumbered by shorthaired men all the time, and we don't complain about it. We just have them outnumbered at the table of course - there are usually lots of shorthaired men in the restaurant.
Mostly people don't notice us much, but sometimes people have come up to us and asked us if we were a band or something. The restaurant workers sure notice we're unique though, and as our members arrive, they single them out and send them back to our table.
Re: Long Hair in the Majority
Posted by Reflective on November 10, 2001 at 10:59:07: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Long Hair in the Majority posted by Bill on November 10, 2001 at 03:04:31:
Bill, I think that your treatise "On Being a Longhair" is really great. Thanks for putting it out there!
Re: Long Hair in the Majority
Posted by Slack on November 13, 2001 at 08:21:15: Previous Next
In Reply to: Long Hair in the Majority posted by Reflective on November 09, 2001 at 23:11:10:
: Just thought I would share an experience that I just had. I pulled my car into the gas station. There were three other guys there already when I pulled in. Two of them had long hair. So when I arrived, that made it three long hairs and one short hair. Talk about a reversal! It was so cool.
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Sometimes I get uncomfortable around other longhairs. I guess I don't want to be automatically lumped in with people.
I do feel better if I'm not the only one in existence, though.