My name is Alex Blagg, and I'm a proud mustached man.
As such, I suppose I'm TakePart's de facto spokes-stache for why you should support Movember, this month's movement in which men and women across the world will raise millions to fight cancer by mimicking my bold choice in upper-lip-based facial hair (find out everything you need to know about how to participate right here).
Because of certain social stigmas—perpetuated mostly by porn stars and pedophiles—many people may still feel reluctant to cultivate a sweet 'stache. So in order to debunk these mustache myths, I've come up with the following 5 Reasons Why You Should Say Yes to Movember.
1. The area between your nose and mouth will never feel warmer or more luxurious. It basically feels like your upper lip is sitting on a fuzzy rug in front of a warm, crackling fire. Highly recommended.
2. Women love mustaches. They might say they don't, they might even think they don't, but deep down, they do. When I first started growing my mustache, my wife threatened to divorce me. Now she lists it as her favorite feature of mine (probably because it distracts her from the words coming out of my mouth).
3. Nobody likes shaving. It's a boring and repetitive process that takes time, water, careful attention, and the application of various creams and lotions to your face. Mustaches mean facial surface area that does not require shaving, so you're basically helping others out just by being lazy.
4. Mustaches are great conversation starters! When you're rocking a mustache, people are always noticing it and saying cool stuff to you like, "Nice mustache!" or "Did you lose a bet?" or "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" They're a great way to get people to pay attention to you.
5. Movember is the one month when those of us who choose to maintain a year-round mustache get to feel like heroes (or at least normal people). Sporting a 'stache 24/7/365 can be a tough proposition, but during Movember, when we get to use our facial hair for good by raising money to fight prostate cancer, the mustache is ever-so-briefly restored to the kind of dignity and respect that we haven't seen since Magnum PI went off the air.
So no matter what your reason, I beseech you to let your facial hair fly, and do your part to make Movember matter. You'll feel great for helping out others, and you'll look pretty sweet while doing it.
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