Great vid. How did you go this whole video without showing your previously epic moustache?

@ThinWhiteAxe

4 жыл бұрын

We don't talk about that moustache

@syrialak101

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThinWhiteAxe Oh yes, we motherfuckin' do!

@AeromaticXD

4 жыл бұрын

That was a badass moustache

@Daneclaw

4 жыл бұрын

That moustache was glorious.

@saciidbadiid1427

4 жыл бұрын

Hitler moustache: level 1 crook JJ moustache: level 100 mafia boss

I mean if there was ever a video that Dollar shave club should have sponsored this should have been it

This video was a missed opportunity to have Dollar shave club as a sponsor

@cruiseaddictiontv6435

4 жыл бұрын

He should reupload it with the sponsor

@Chicken008

4 жыл бұрын

Or that beard oil one..

@tktru

4 жыл бұрын

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Makes me remember this quote from a 2014 newspaper article: "The Tory party has previously been accused of pognophobia. Margaret Thatcher reportedly said she ‘wouldn’t tolerate any minister of mine wearing a beard’." It was on the news that the first bearded Tory cabinet minister since 1905 had been appointed. 😅

“Single men don’t affect fashion history” 1930s Toothbrush Moustache: Hitler: Am I a joke to you ??

@Brakvash

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, people used to call Hitler's moustache the "Chaplin Moustache".

@colltonrighem

3 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Antman It’s a damn shame that Hitler had to ruin a mustache that honestly looks quite nice

@paulwilkinson4073

3 жыл бұрын

@@colltonrighem hAhaha I don’t think he done that on purpose but I understand you

@troodon1096

2 жыл бұрын

It's always some brutal dictator that has to ruin it for everyone else. "Adolf" used to be a popular name too.

@Oturan20

Жыл бұрын

The weird thing is that handlebar moustaches are still considered nice despite the fact that Stalin had one...

Beard or no beard I still don't trust most politicians.

@FrederEngelh

4 жыл бұрын

iamblt you do well

@simonster-9094

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you I guess?

@troodon1096

2 жыл бұрын

Politicians or no politicians, I still don't trust most beards.

@frenchcat2910

Жыл бұрын

Stunning and brave

Early 20th century Chinese warlords and military strongmen had this obsession with baldness. They wanted to be seen as spartan and resolute, even if they in were in reality often quite corrupt and weak.

@JJMcCullough

4 жыл бұрын

Edward Jing interesting!

@kingdomofbird8174

Жыл бұрын

Then why aren't they weakmen?

Another theory is that much like pudginess and pale skin, beards were a sign that you could afford a beard. In a time when OSHA wasn't a thing the people working in the factories were thought to not have beards because of the potential for an extravagant beard to get caught in the machinery. So being well dressed and having a beard said "I have other people making my money" so ofcourse higher social circles and those that wished to imitate them adopted the look. Politicians, doctors, lawyers, academics, artists of high stature, and nobility all had the fact that they wanted to differentiate themselves from those poor drones working in factories. But that's just a hypothesis.

@NicolaW72

4 жыл бұрын

The astonishing point is that at the same time many of those poor drones working in the factories had the same bushy beards with the same length as the nobility has - there´re many picture´s left over from the working class of the 19th century and many picture´s from simple soldiers e.g. from the Civil War in America - and they usually show that the workers had the same huge bushy beards than the company-owners and that the simple soldiers had the same huge bushy beards as the generals, often really down to their belly buttons. They all celebrated their masculinity in the same way. And later it was the same with shaving their faces: Look at all the picture´s from simple soldiers of the First World War: You´re looking always into shaved faces or sometimes in a remaining small moustache beyond the fact that the living conditions of that soldiers were definetly not better than the living conditions of the soldiers of the American Civil War - and the same shaved faces you will see if you´re looking at picture´s of generals of the First World War. Btw.: This shows that the soldiers of the Civil War didn´t walked around with such strange beards because they had no occasions to shave their faces but that they walked around with such strange beards because they wanted to walk around with such strange beards and that they let them grow in such a strange way fully volontarily. That is really the astonishing point because in other culture aspects it just worked as you´ve written it: Pale skin was in pre-modern times a sign that you can sit at home in the shadow and that you´ve not to work as a peasant on the field were you got a dark brown skin from all the sun. When the common work places shifted more and more from the rural countryside into the urban fabrications and poor people started to house in gigantic urban slums with few sunlight, the "brown-is-beautiful"-wave started: With a dark brown skin the upper class was able to show that they were able to enjoy a better life. But with the beards it obviously doesn´t works this way. For whatever reason.

@quote8066

3 жыл бұрын

A GAME HYPOTHESIS see you next time.

I actually kinda like how giant beards used to look

I live in Indonesia where having facial hair, especially when unkempt, is usually associated with being radical or extreme, backwards, and corrupt, especially for police officials and politicians. I dunno where this stereotype came from though; it's oddly specific lol.

@lawden210

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, when you think of extremist terrorists, the image to come to mind are bearded men

@retf8977

4 жыл бұрын

Because how the media stereotypes ISIS, which, I have to say as an Egyptian, is kinda true, as ISIS believes that having a beard will increase your chance of going to heaven

@hairypotter.

4 жыл бұрын

@@lawden210 because of the media people think like that , beard is fairly common in south asia and middle east !

@risannd

3 жыл бұрын

Surya Paloh: hold my beard

@saulgoodmanKAZAKH

2 жыл бұрын

In Kazakhstan, giant beards are associated with extremely muslim people and arabs.

Dollar Shave Club missed their opportunity to sponsored this video

So when guys come back from war and they have beards their rugged warriors and made it more popular. But when World War 1 used gasmasks and men would die if they had facial hair, that's not a valid theory for 10's of millions of men not having beards and it falling out of fashion?

I love the late 19th century style with suits and beards!

JJ, when are you gonna make a video on Japanese politics and political parties?

@blackcat1642

4 жыл бұрын

I wanna know what the party for japanese kokoro stands for

@rezajafari6395

4 жыл бұрын

@@blackcat1642 just another far-right party

@gloriesnormaldude7513

4 жыл бұрын

The far right is the best

@gloriesnormaldude7513

4 жыл бұрын

@HappyandAtheist yeah it's sad

@jerrytheracecardriver1100

4 жыл бұрын

Because nobody here gives a shit about japan except the people whose families moved from there in the last 50 years.

Here's a specific trend I've noticed: short, grey, well-trimmed beards (often accompanied by large glasses) as a symbol of creatively inclined old men since the 20th Century. See Dr. Seuss, Charles Ives, Ernest Hemingway, George A. Romero, John Williams, Steven Spielberg, Hayao Miyazaki, Richard Attenborough, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sigmund Freud.

Because they thought that everyone thought that they were fans of Karl Marx.

@daedraq

4 жыл бұрын

And the moustaches went quickly out of fashion in politics thanks to hitler and stalin

@Daneclaw

4 жыл бұрын

@daedraq Not really, many politicians had moustaches after WW2.

@Myreactionwhen_80085

4 жыл бұрын

Max lol. It was funny before dang

@markmh835

4 жыл бұрын

@@daedraq -- And Saddam Hussein..... back at the time when it seemed like every male in Iraq had a Saddam mustache. 😒

@eldoradolou

4 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Karl Marx?

Can't believe you uploaded twice in 3 days. Well, I ain't complaining!

@JJMcCullough

4 жыл бұрын

Saciid Badiid mail videos are non canon.

@saciidbadiid1427

4 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough fair play

@alexandrub8786

4 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough that was what i thought to.

Rutherford B Hayes: The time when Santa Claus was president

@mr.blonde8808

4 жыл бұрын

Santa Claus won by just one vote. The elves weren't very happy!

@thecommunistpartyofvooperi9613

4 жыл бұрын

He was one of my far relatives. The Hayes family has some connection with mine, I don't know how though

@AWiseOrange

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Taft had all but the beard

@heisensaul5538

3 жыл бұрын

too skinny to be Santa

Hi JJ WW1 had a significant impact on the beard. It was a requirement for nearly all soldiers to be clean shaven - with some officers being allowed to rock a mustache. This was the case for the US military, ANZACS, British (until I think 1916 then it was clean shaven), and Canada. It was the first time many of these countries imposed the requirement. Also many of these countries had conscription at the time forcing large numbers of men to essentially shave all at the same time and essentially create a trend. My grandfather was British and he mentioned to me it was quite common for non conscripted men to follow these trends as a means to show they were prepared to fight. This probably helped solidify the clean shaven trend and moved people away from the beard. Cheers J

I wish I could grow a full beard. Hopefully by the time my hair turns gray or white I'll be able to grow an enormous handlebar mustache and pretend I'm 150 years old.

@saulgoodmanKAZAKH

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine saying phrases like "That is worse than the time I lived in a pandemic"

Prime Minister of India have grown a Long Beard now

@amulyaranjan6070

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah🤣

i was expecting a dollar shave club sponsorship

Facial hair is considered slovenly, a sign of poverty, "dirty" and unkempt in Japan, where I live. If I go couple days, definitely get the sour look. The only people who might be able to get away with it are, musicians, artists and possibly guys in game design, I think.

@studiokiselbach

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ratchet4647 Ainu, the indigenous people have thick heavy beards, even take a look a Emperor Meiji all the way up to end of the second world war, beards and the moustache were in vogue.

@therubberbandman3008

4 жыл бұрын

Yea Asians grow weak patchy beards...go figure that it looks sloppy and unkempt on them. Real beards can be neat and stylish.

@hairypotter.

4 жыл бұрын

@@therubberbandman3008 u have to be more accurate , not all asians have a hard time growing beard , only east asian people have weak beard or no beard , in other parts of asia like south asia or middle east its pretty easy to grow good quality beard !

@therubberbandman3008

4 жыл бұрын

@@hairypotter. yes when people say that they mean east asians

@LetsGoGetThem

3 жыл бұрын

Could be a lay over of the prejudice of the Ainu who often had massive beards as a sort of cultural trait, the beard become a symbol of "barbarity" so to speak.

Rutherford b hayes in the thumbnail. Very nice 👍

@JJMcCullough

4 жыл бұрын

Are you a Hayes Head?

@davidmehling4310

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Morris I'm from Fremont Ohio where Hayes estate, Spiegel Grove is open as a historical site, house preserved as circa 1880

@alexmorris6954

4 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough how could I not? Im from Delaware county, his birthplace

I was told JFK was the last president to wear a top hat, and, because he had thick Irish hair, he popularized the idea to not wear a top hat Edit 8:40 oof

@jaojao1768

4 жыл бұрын

Not really, top hats had already fallen out of fashion for all but the most formal situations and there is a photo of JFK and Eisenhower both wearing top hats

@troodon1096

2 жыл бұрын

Top hats, except for specific ceremonies and events, had already fell out of fashion a few decades before JFK became president. Also, he did in fact wear one for parts of his inauguration ceremony. Edit: well someone else said basically the same thing, but well... eh, great minds think alike and all that.

I love that this is a thing. Surprisingly in-depth content for a video about politicians' beards.

I think personally the appearance of beards is relatively benign. I just don’t understand the way anybody plays appearance politics or what a beard is supposed to say in our time other than someone’s personal decision

11:03 Interesting that Justin Trudeau became the first bearded prime minister of Canada in 120 years.

You mentioned how one of the theories of why beards were popularized was due to the “manly” soldiers coming back from war with large beards because they couldn’t shave in the field. The argument for the clean-shaven look is actually the exact same: that soldiers had to be clean shaven during WW1 to put on their gas masks. Given the scale of this war and the number of men who fought and came home, I wouldn’t entirely discount this theory. Approximately 630,000 Canadians joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and 424,000 served overseas, out of a population of 8,000,000, that represents ~7.9% and 5.3% of the Canadian population, almost all of which were men. Assuming half the population were men and that they were all required to be clean shaven, this would mean that between 10.6% and 15.8% of Canadian men would have been clean shaven by default at wars end.

Why did Canadian KZreadrs stop having lovely moustaches? jk love ya JJ

@ThinWhiteAxe

4 жыл бұрын

Never bring that monstrosity back

Awesome video. Also, a big thank you for making video. As an American Studies major at a Hungarian university, I find them really helpful to understand some certain topics. :)

Last British PM with a mustache was Harold Macmillan in the 1950s (tbh 2 women were PMs since that time)

@mayuri4184

4 жыл бұрын

And the women are the famous Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and the previous Theresa May, if I am not mistaken.

@alexandrub8786

4 жыл бұрын

@@mayuri4184 and like any original itvwas better than the sequel.

Surprisingly entertaining video.Even the pitch for Loonie Politics worked. Superior job.

Congrats on 100K, JJ. Now its time to watch the video.

we need a part 2 on this one now that everything has changed

*Cough* Karl Marx was the OG bushy beard man *cough*

Nice 5 o'clock shadow JJ Also it feels like beards are slowly making a comeback , I wouldn't be shocked to see politicians bringing it back

@maxis2k

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad the era of Baseball beards is fading. It's hard to watch sports when all I can think of is how uncomfortable it must be for the players. And 90% of the sweat on their face getting stuck in their beard...disgusting.

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

Mulcair, Singh...Trudeau for like a month.

@chrisprobst6963

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m so... commies lol Also, please don't refer to that thing Justine had on her face as a beard. It made him look (Appropriately) like a cartoon villain if I recall

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisprobst6963 I was waiting for him to tie someone to the railroad tracks...😖🤠 or duel the musketeers.

Your videos are great JJ. Always interesting!

I'm glad that era ended, because now we get JJ on Saturday mornings!

Easy: they didn't want some Drusselsteinian scientist destroying their statues

I'm absolutely convinced that you try to figure out a way to work the word (about) into every segment.

The real question is why do we assume that having a beard is weird, it's just what the hair on your face does when you leave it alone. It's quite literally your natural state why does it say anything about you.

@boygenius538_8

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly having a beard is the default

0:42 This is innacurate, Dom Pedro II and the Brazilian monarchy as a whole were overthrow in 1889.

People care more about identity and appearance than actually policies in politics now I guess.

@alexandrub8786

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't a part of France voted Macron because " he looked good"? So yes thats also a factor.

@gibariangaborski8334

3 жыл бұрын

Always has been that way. Humans were never purely rational.

What a great, informative video. One of my favorite youtubers!

As a bearded man I'd love to vote for a bearded politician

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

Congressional black caucus? Congressional hispanic caucus? Naa, Congressional bearded caucus.

@saulgoodmanKAZAKH

2 жыл бұрын

How to vote: [ ] Their political views [ ] Their personality [ ] Do it have a beard though

Facial hair was all the rage in the 70s. Oh yeah, in the 1970s as well. I meant the 1870s. But it will always astound me that one of the most war and disease infested periods in history was also the time when men were trying to have the biggest beards possible. Think about it. You're sitting in your seventh month in Andersonville prison, covered in mud and rain and blood. Good thing I have this giant net on my face to catch everything and allow me to breathe it in!

@tc59932

7 ай бұрын

Or... the signalling of masculine strength in a time of adversity.

If current trends continue, the next generation of world leaders will be sporting neck tattoos, skin "fades", and meticulously trimmed hipster beards.

I just hope the mustache makes a come back on this channel.

This is the content I'm here for.

When you’re unable to grow a full beard. :/

Sometimes he uploads videos about stuff I haven't thought about. The More You Know. 🌠

I feel like beards made a comeback this past decade (although not with politicians)

I wish I could grow a beard.

Surprised Herzl got mentioned as a celebrity. Definitely back then but he’s almost unheard of now.

The RAF now allows beards

"peak beard" lol this is one of your best videos! but I can't believe you didn't tie it to your mustache

You have a “el diablo” loteria card as a book mark very cool 🤜🏽

Great video - Rutherford B. Hayes looking very good in the thumbnail.

I promise to bring back Presidential Facial Hair!

Seriously, I haven't laughed this hard in the longest time! Wonderful video!

A couple of years back Channel 4 in the UK put out a reality TV show called 'The 1900 House' where a family lived life as people did in the Victorian era. In that show the father ended up growing facial hair because he said he wasn't comfortable using a straight razor, of that era, so perhaps part of the fashion associated with facial hair was to do with people who weren't keen on cutting themselves whilst shaving. There was also another episode set in early 1940s Britain during the Blitz and rationing, both are entertaining and definitely worth a watch.

Firstly - I love your content - you are always intelligent, well spoken, fair and entertaining - a balance few strike so well and what help me to enjoy literally anything you do Secondly - When you talked about the beards of soldiers looking more rugged - I remember something about WW1 and how soldiers needed to be shaved in order to effectively wear their gas masks (infamously why the certain Austrian has his trimmed mustache), so perhaps even some of that could have contributed to soldiers returning home shaved (having done that for years of war to avoid a painful death or crippling injury, that plus all the problems like lice in trenches with men) - I want to say I saw other fronts of the war like the Russians or the Ottomans with far more facial hair on their soldiers vs the Western Front. Just a curious thought wanted to throw out there - keep doing what you do!

It would be cool to do a video about Max Aitken Lord Beaverbrook who was a very influential Canadian in the UK who founded newspapers and served in the government in WW2.

Interesting video! Who was the bushy leader at 2:46 ? Keep producing these wacky educational videos!

6:56 I just realised that I’ve never seen an Asian with a beard before

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

Lao Zi, Confucius

I wonder if that's part of why Vermin Supreme's always rocking one. The boot hat does a lot of work, but that wildman beard really helps sell the effect.

JJ, your Super Mario sound effects make me wonder if you have a Let’s Play channel.

I liked the Lotteria card you were using as a bookmark.

I like your hair,it really looks fabulous

Finally, content for everyday, working class, deeply interested in politics and fashion, Joes like me!

This video was really good you should almost have a history channel.

0:20 I was actually thinking President Rutherford B. Hayes...

I notice that anti-establishment candidates have more defining characteristics like Trump and Bernie so I think we’ll see more looks for politicians later on

Such a missed opportunity, It'd be amazing if this video was sponsored by Manscaped .

J.J. can you make a video about the history of beards ?

This should be a manscape ad.

I always wondered why that was a thing I just knew it was cool

I think that a mustache gives that extra kick of character

The British army had a requirequirement where men had to shave their beard and underlip, but had to have a mustache. This association of the mustache with the military is why the amish have beards and not mustaches. It stopped because in WWI the rule was ignored in the trenches and because it preventes sealing the gas mask. Really like your channel and your unbiased coverage of Canadian politics!

@MyleneRichard

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the British army regulation about facial hairs seems to had been followed pretty well by the officers for all the wars (even doctors but maybe less by the chaplains). If you look at pictures taken in the tranches, most soldiers are without facial hair and some are sporting the mustache. Same for commonwealth forces excepting the Indian forces (for obvious cultural reasons though hairless faces can be seen there too). I don't know about other armies regulations, but the French soldiers were nicknamed the "Poilus" (the hairies) and the mustache seems pretty mandatory and you can see a lot of beards. Maybe some historians had rejected the idea of war helping to cut the bead from fashion, but during WW1, for countries like United Kingdom and France, it's about 20% of their population who were in the army (so likely 40% of their men), forced to shaved for the duration of the conflict. Soldiers were often pretty young, average enlisting age around 23. I'm sure it helps to spread the habit of shaving.

Just noticed your Cedar Point souvenir! Represent!

Is this why JJ doesn’t have a moustache anymore?

@Will-vt1rf

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly lmao

@JJMcCullough

4 жыл бұрын

It was for the sake of my political career.

Dan grenshaw beard with he’s eyepatch look badass

Sir, is there a name for your style of art / coloring? It is excellent.

I studied under Christopher Oldstone-Moore at Wright State University! Great professor.

Next election I shall look at both parties candidates and support whoever has the best most elaborate beard without looking at their positions.

Great video as always J.J. btw is that a Serbian flag in the box in the lower left corner or am I mistaken?

@aleksaradojicic8114

4 жыл бұрын

Yeha thats 90% Serbian flag.

This is a question I never knew I had.

@dorianphilotheates3769

4 жыл бұрын

Nilesh Kumaraswamy - Haha! 😀 Good one.

How JJ still hasnt reached 1 million subs is still beyond me

That caricature just looks like Leon Tolstoy to me.

Jack Layton knew how to rock a moustache.

I think we should go back to the beard era

2:54 Hey, I have that book! Smithsonian’s Presidents: Every Question Answered! Great book! 😊

feel like the future will be great

0:12 *Salisbury

I love those mocking faces you make lol

When silent films began, clean-shaven Valentino caused many a woman to gasp admiringly, prompting men to also become clean shaven. As a side note, when the late Kirk Douglas would remove his shirt to show a bare chest, also causing the ladies delight, the sale of men’s undershirts dropped!

Ya i think we've gone too far. Politicians are comming off as robots now adays. I dont think I'd vote for them, but recently, I loved Beto swearing at the press, and Yang pointing out how big not wearing a tie was.

Glad to see D. Pedro I of Brazil's beard got a mention! As you described the contemporary exceptions, another Brazilian leader came to mind: President Lula da Silva. His was a political statement of a "working class politician". I wonder if that is what Jeremy Corbyn is going for. Do you think it may be a trend for left-wing labour politicians?

@PedroHenriquedoNascimento

4 жыл бұрын

Before anyone mentions Spain's Mariano Rajoy as a right-wing politician with a beard. Apparently, he uses it to cover scars from a trafficking accident he had when he was still young.

@JJMcCullough

4 жыл бұрын

Oh damn I knew there was one other recent leader who had a beard I was forgetting.

@ashkitt7719

4 жыл бұрын

Bernie Sanders doesn’t have a beard though but he does have unkempt hair. Also Jagmeet Singh.

A notable exception to this is Spain. When I visited the non-Catalan parts in 202-13, almost every adult man had a full beard, inc. politicians and now the King.

@LordDim1

4 жыл бұрын

Sam Aronow Beards seem to be making a comeback amongst mainland European monarchs. The kings of Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands all now have full beards, along with the Crown Princes of Norway and Denmark