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Why is there no hair? It's completely surrounded by hair. The entire rest of the head (except parts of the actual face) is covered by hair. Other animals have hair.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 months ago

George Carlin said it best, yes a receding hairline is annoying, but no where near as bad as an advancing hairline.

Who would want to have to shave their forehead?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Just really think in terms of bangability. You wanna bang someone with a hairy forehead? Neither did our ancestors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This is it, it's the perfect example of adaptation through sexual selection.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Better non-verbal communication with your peers. Same thing for having white eyeballs and dark irises, everyone around you knows exactly what your looking at.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Man, I'd love to see her as a beleaguered ruler struggling with questions of morality in a fantasy show. Just imagine seeing her wrestling with life-or-death decisions concerning hundreds if not thousands of her subjects.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

The furry community is very welcoming....or so I'm told.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

It helps to think of your hair as essentially being a mane. Remember, lion manes also expose their forehead.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Male orangutans don't have their faces completely covered with hair. So it's not just humans.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

evolutionary our bare skin matched with our outstanding ability to sweat is related to staying cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ever have sweat drip into your eyes? Shit stings.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why you have eyebrows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why I shave them off...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I am a woman with a small forehead (low hairline) and it always looks like I'm wearing a wig. I hate it. I yearn for a normal-sized forehead.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

All women yearn for a normal-sized forehead. Regardless of actual forehead size.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I am a woman with ample forehead to spare. Too bad I can't send some your way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

long forehead hair would be hard to keep out of your face. there's survival fitness in not having hair cover your eyes /speculation

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

other animals have hair but less around the face. The hair on top of my golden retriever is long but around the face it does not grow long. For all practical purposes the area around the snout and eyes is bare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Hairy Potter

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

If I look surprised, would my eyebrows be technically on my forehead, thus giving it hair? 🤔

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It houses your brain and absorbers impact... What's strange about that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Hair helps absorb impacts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

absorbers impact

YMMV