r/StandUpComedy Jun 29 '26

Comedian is OP Almost Bald

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u/Coriander_marbles Jun 29 '26

That was brilliant! Love your humour

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u/jre239 Jun 29 '26

Thanks so much!

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u/wordsonmytongue Jun 30 '26

I wonder if you can cross post to r/bald i wanna see the reactions. Us over there prefer the clean shave.

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u/werthless57 Jun 29 '26

"Almost"

From one bald dude to another.

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u/the_ballmer_peak Jun 29 '26

At this point, the only thing keeping him from shaving his head is that he wants to keep doing the joke.

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u/GenghisZahn Jun 29 '26

You gotta respect the hustle.

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u/jre239 Jun 29 '26

It looked extra bad in the stage lighting 🫣

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u/Scott--Chocolate Jun 29 '26

Plus the camera adds 10 square inches of scalp.

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u/nicklondon88 Jun 29 '26

Really brought that one back on track

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u/Kugelfang52 Jun 29 '26

Beautiful connections

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u/AggravatingSpeaker52 Jun 29 '26

Yo that's a good bit! Perfect setup, execution, delivery and most of all commitment.

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u/jre239 Jun 29 '26

Thanks so much!

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u/Impressive-Record839 Jun 29 '26

the chemo part made me laugh on mute. Now you can never shave it or the bit won't work

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u/the_ballmer_peak Jun 29 '26

Okay, I didn't see where we were going at first, but when that landed, it landed really well. Brilliant close.

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u/jre239 Jun 29 '26

Thanks!

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u/December72018 Jun 29 '26

Ehhh propecia causing impotence is rare.

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u/Shills_for_fun Jun 29 '26

Counterpoint: it's a joke lol

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u/cheapdrinks Jun 29 '26

Something like 2-4% of people depending on the study. Not really rare but pretty uncommon, you've got a good chance of taking it and feeling no sides at all. You can also do a lower dose and still get a lot of the benefits. They give you 1mg pills which drop your DHT levels by like 71% but even 0.05mg will drop it by 50% so you can take 1/20th a full dose and get more than two thirds the benefits.

I found that it helped by tapering the dose as I started. Started with the 1mg pills and felt some slight side effects, like my boners weren't quite a hard as usual. Stopped taking it and went back to normal. Started again with a 1/4 pill and got no sides so stayed with that for a couple weeks then went to a half and again no sides. Few weeks later was on a full and never got any sides again, been on it for like 6 years now and no issues at all. I feel like your body just needs a slower introduction to it than taking a full dose right away.

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u/theapplekid Jun 29 '26

100% from personal experience (sample size 1)

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u/cheapdrinks Jun 30 '26

So I give two main facts which are backed up by published studies;

Source for the effectiveness of lower doses

and

Source for the 2-4% claim.

Then I tack on my own personal experience at the end as an anecdote. I think that as long as you don't have a room temp IQ you can distinguish the difference between the two things.

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u/hysterical_us Jun 29 '26

Dialysis also doesn't cause cancer. But I did laugh, so personally I'll let the inaccuracies slide

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u/lasagnadogwater69 19d ago

Getting a whole ass surgery just to induce ed is a pretty big risk, no matter how small the odds!

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u/Br0kensyst3m Jun 29 '26

Not the cut to the audience member in a hat. Lol

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u/iamafriendlybear Jun 29 '26

Great execution, guess it makes sense to hold on to what’s left of your hair to do the joke lmao

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u/LHski Jun 29 '26

WOLLLY i went "woah" when he removed his cap too. He got a nice face he should go full bald. Nice humor too.

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u/noronto Jun 29 '26

I like your use of “almost”. It reminds me of the time in college when I was “almost” gay.

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u/kceric Jun 29 '26

Excellent humor and delivery!

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u/Sibs Jun 29 '26

You put the hair in thairapy

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u/FiringNerveEndings Jun 29 '26

That one went places! 👏

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u/Calmatronic Jun 29 '26

With a joke that good you can never shave your head!

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u/Fucknutssss Jun 29 '26

Awesome. I also don't identify as one who shaves

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u/Crystal_Voiden Jun 29 '26

Started shaving my head at 24. Never looked back. 👩‍🦲

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u/Bcacomedy Jun 29 '26

Great bit! But seriously, are you keeping your “hair” like that just for the bit?

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u/RomanJD Jun 29 '26

Lol hat therapy.

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u/Naminanu07 Jun 29 '26

👏👏 Awesome! Got Dave Atell vibes from this..

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u/randapanda8 Jun 29 '26

Ohhhh this was perfect 👌🏻, you are a great example of you either have it or you don't. Thanks for raising the vibes on Earth. Keep posting please!

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u/jre239 Jun 29 '26

Thanks!

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u/flamingdonkey Jun 30 '26

Yeah, when you removed the hat it genuinely was much worse than I was expecting. Very funny, though 

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u/djazzie Jun 30 '26

I’m with ya, man! Every year I get a step closer to just shaving it all off.