Comments on: We want none of that messy individualism around here

By: All Are Best Described As “Poofy” | 36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max!

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:02:51 +0000

[...] In North Korea, the government will determine your haircut. The North Korean government is probably the single entity least likely to get you a good haircut. [...]

By: Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:10:13 +0000

At first I was amused and then I imagined myself living under such a regime and I felt nauseated.

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:40:35 +0000

To me, the fact that the government is giving “haircut advice” (not to mention the fact that we all know those “recommendations” will have real, sharp, blood-drawing teeth), really does tell me everything I need to know about that country. Why it does not seem to so inform those who are always looking for some way to soften western attitudes about NoKo, is a mystery to me and a real indictment of those always looking for enlightenment under even the largest, most immoveable boulders.

By: Ernie G

Ernie G — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:09:51 +0000

I notice that Kim’s “white sidewalls” haircut (as we used to call it in the Army) is not among the ten approved styles for men. I can imagine the reaction if someone sported one on the street in Pyongyang, or visited a factory “looking at things.” “What are you, some kind of wise guy? Off to camp with you! Ten years in Yodok will improve your attitude, if you live.”

By: Paul Marks

Paul Marks — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:05:54 +0000

Being bald I am O.K.

Of course they would still execute me (if I was lucky) for lots of other things – but, on the hair thing, I am fine.

By: Tedd

Tedd — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:28:20 +0000

It’s that dreaded word “appropriate” again …

Isn’t an amazing word? It’s hard to think of a word with a worse specificity-to-rhetorical-impact ratio. Speaking of which, is there a word for that ratio? If there isn’t, there should be.

By: The Sanity Inspector

The Sanity Inspector — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:10:27 +0000

How do you say “tooth level surveillance” in Korean?

By: RAB

RAB — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:57:07 +0000

Time for the Jedwards to do their patriotic duty. If we dropped them into Norkland, they’d probably take Pyongyang single handed as the population would die of shock

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:10:34 +0000

Hey, men only get 10 styles, while women get 18. I’m sure the equality brigade will be along soon to denounce such blatant sexism.

By: AndrewWS

AndrewWS — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:09:56 +0000

It’s that dreaded word “appropriate” again …

By: PeterT

PeterT — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:44:20 +0000

One country where libertarianism might literally be considered a fringe movement

By: Michael Jennings

Michael Jennings — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:34:11 +0000

I am sure that having a haircut that is resistant to Western influences will be very helpful when the war starts.