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Strange questions that sometimes need answering (or not asking in the first place really).

mo237 said:
How people went to opening day and churned out a video - whilst the park was still open - is crazy. At that point I can't imagine any of it being enjoyable, but just stressful. You also risk sacrificing quality for speed. What was it Shigeru Miyamoto said - "a delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever".
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If you've planned well and you're good, and I mean professionally good, then it's literally a walk in the park. You know your shots, you've already scripted most of what you're going to say, you've pre-produced your graphics, titles and description, you've templated your timeline in your editor of choice. You can use the time in queues effectively, to edit on the go (if you're using your phone), if not then you can spend 20 mins sitting down over some food and get out the content.

But, as I said, you have to be good. Really good, to be able to do it with both speed and quality. It's something I could do, but choose not to. I very much enjoy the separation between my professional life and my personal interests, that hasn't always been the case. I believe as we get older we realise what we need to silo.

I have friends who are also in the professional video and photo fields. We're all absolutely terrible at documenting our leisure time. We forget to take photos, we don't take videos, we don't post about it on social media. I assume that it's because normally those things are part of our jobs and professional lives, but I couldn't say for certain. It is an amusing observation though.
 
I used to enjoy photography, even did an A level in it.
As soon as my job revolved around image quality, I lost all interest in cameras when I'm not being paid!
 
I know for a fact that it almost definitely doesn’t, but my random question for the day is; why does it seem like my facial hair grows back more quickly since I’ve started shaving more often?

Within the last few months or so, I’ve transitioned to shaving twice a week rather than once a week. Ever since, it now feels like my facial hair grows back just as quickly in 3 days as it used to in a week! I know I’m getting older, which might have an effect, but I swear to god that it was like flicking some sort of switch; the instant I transitioned to shaving twice a week rather than once, it’s like the growth rate doubled alongside that!

I know that it’s almost definitely all in my head, but I wonder why I perceived the regrowth rate as suddenly accelerating when I started shaving more often?
 
Because you are getting older.
First it grows quicker.
Middle age makes it thicker, and your first bits of grey hair are often beard stubble.
Old age turns it to rough sandpaper.
Proud to say I have only shaved about once a week for the last couple of decades.
Gardeners are often hairy as well as weird.
 
Gave up shaving years ago once it got to the stage of daily. Now I just trim my beard once a week and it's far more comfortable than having a raw itchy face all day. Agree with Rob, it's the first place the greys show up and it's as thick as wire now.
 
My facial hair looks really messy if I try to let it grow into a beard, so I'm waiting until I'm between jobs or something to let a beard grow messily until it's an actual beard (not a messy in-between). Kind of looking forward to having a beard because I can't be bothered with shaving either, and I think it will be like a comfort blanket on my face or something. I think I'll like it.
 
I spend way more time maintaining my hair now, as a middle aged shaved head goatee owner, than I ever did as a spiky-headed teenager on a night out. There's jut sooooo muuuuch head to shave! :frowning:
 
When you get older (in your 40s) it’s really not the beard hair that is a problem, it’s the ear hairs you have you start worrying about. They grow at an absolutely astonishing rate and are a tufty one as well. It’s like trying to fight back a very fast growing thick bush.
 
Nose hair is a real problem now. My Mrs bought be a trimmer for my birthday last year and shoving that up my nose is becoming a regular occurrence.

But if it's hormones that stimulate hair growth, and hormones tail off as you get older, why am I getting hairier by the year? Nose, ears, back, that bit between my eyebrows, now growing further up cheeks.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
Yup. More hair everywhere. Except on my bonce.
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It’s almost as if the hair has retreated from the head and is finding new places to creep out from and emerge. Sometimes, I even find a long hair growing on the outside of my ear. That’s a weird one.
 
Matt.GC said:
Nose hair is a real problem now. My Mrs bought be a trimmer for my birthday last year and shoving that up my nose is becoming a regular occurrence.

But if it's hormones that stimulate hair growth, and hormones tail off as you get older, why am I getting hairier by the year? Nose, ears, back, that bit between my eyebrows, now growing further up cheeks.
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Cigarette lighter shot up each nostril for half a second.
Man up.
The other good one as you get older...single pube hairs deciding to grow out of your eyebrows.
I'm up to about one a month.
 
rob666 said:
The other good one as you get older...single pube hairs deciding to grow out of your eyebrows.
I'm up to about one a month.
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Yes! Glad it's not only me. Every week a so, these really random, really long, really thick strands of white hair keep growing. The rest of the eyebrows look like normal. But these super strength random strands that come from nowhere. Pure white and tough as nails. Need pulling with tweezers. I might start collecting them to make a rope out of them.
 
Shaggy_Dog_ said:
When you get older (in your 40s) it’s really not the beard hair that is a problem, it’s the ear hairs you have you start worrying about. They grow at an absolutely astonishing rate and are a tufty one as well. It’s like trying to fight back a very fast growing thick bush.
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The barber attacks them with fire which seems to work well.
 
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