Further down in the comments, the man, who goes by the username Seandouglasmcardle, added: “I KNEW it was bad even before I saw it. It just felt wrong. The whole experience felt very wrong. Like she was unsure and didn’t know what she was doing.”
The post, which was shared on Thursday on the subreddit r/funny and can be seen here, has so far garnered over 124,000 upvotes and 8,500 comments in less than 24 hours.
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Most users couldn’t stop laughing at the botched haircut. One user, bbddbdb said: “That’s a great haircut for a hat.” TheAero1221 added: “Bro, I’m sorry. I really am. But this sh*t is hilarious.”
Another user, zurkon95 joked: “Ah yes I too remember the first world war.” And TorrenceMightingale added: “Condolences to the dearly de-parted.”
Bradland commented: “The best part is going to be that middle-length when it’s growing back in. It’s going to stick up like weeds growing out of a crack in the sidewalk. Sorry about your bad luck.” And PsyduckGenius answered: “Nah man, the best part is gonna be the wicked sunburn on the strip. Gonna have a bonafide redstripe in zero time flat.”
One user, FartfaceKillah65, tried to reassure the poster saying it’s only temporary: “Oh man. My dad used to joke ‘You know what the difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is? About 3 weeks!’ I’m not sure that will be true here.”
Olli_bear joked: “OP [Original Poster] would just have to keep mowing it like this for the rest of his life! Grandpa, grandpa, why do you have a half inch trough in your hair?It all started 40 years ago when I got my hair cut by Sally…”
Another user, a_white_american_guy, suggested: “Wait two weeks and then just zero the whole thing.“Uweinnh said: “Fix it yourself by making a mohawk!” And SirRockalotTDS added: “Be a man, ruin your own haircut!”
Other users, like catdog, wondered what was his reaction after seeing the results: “Did you say something? Or were you just like …..ummmmm, looks good!” And Dramatic_______Pause said: “Bro, this is reddit. He just forced a smile and said Oh yeah, it looks great, thanks,” which the poster confirmed doing, further down in the comments.
ToneThugsNHarmony said: “I would just sit there holding in my rage with a smile on my face and then never go there again.” And l1b3rtr1n joked: “Her clippers must have been set to bold.” 192busroute added: “Love the fact that he sat there while this happened and said nothing.”
Evanhinton joked: “You’re just balding horizontally.” And key1234567 suggested: “Spray some of that fake hair up in there. You know the stuff from the spray can.”
