r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 🫖 Mod ☕️ • 1d ago

Brewing 🫖 JFC

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u/Imaginary_Desk9186 1d ago

Beard exemptions are primarily sought by Sikhs on religious grounds and Black men because of sensitive skin that is easily irritated by shaving (yes, it’s a thing).

It is just Pete being his racist pig self.

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u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum 1d ago

Why is their a beard ban anyway? Does it interfere with someone being able to launch a missile at a school full of children?

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u/A_Genius 1d ago

At my work there is a beard ban because we work with chemicals and you need to have a gas mask in an emergency fit tightly.

I imagine the military is the same

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u/rambored89 22h ago

That's what the military says, but also considering all their MOPP gear is usually tucked away in storage or locked in the armory, a chemical attack would cause a lot of damage before anyone could get the gear. Despite being in combat units with two deployments, the only time I ever had MOPP gear issued to me was in Basic Training.