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There is totally an argument to be made for the whole idea that modern solutions create problems, which can be solved by other modern solutions that also create more problems that can also be solved . . . Totally true, that said, the whole problem->solution->problem->solution cycle is (for most hair types and professions) a better train to be on than the whole "no shampoo" train. There are totally people who can pull off the "no shampoo" look. Women have an easier time of it than men and even then it is never quite "corporate". Not like "professional artist" good-but-crazy hair, but "good looking but not professional" hair but more "attractive server or perpetual-temp-that-never-manages-to-land-a-full-time-gig". If that is your scene, that is cool. Capitalist acceleration of perfect hair is like capitalist acceleration in a lot of other areas. On the one hand, it is a losing game, but on the other, if you've got the chance to play the game, it helps not to have hair that smells like vinegar or looks kinda nasty. Class mobility in the US is . . . not what it is advertized to be (this also applies to most anglophone countries, the majority of SA membership). So, you know, don't spend more than you can afford chasing some crazy perfect hair. I'm sure there are some folks that can tell you they made the whole baking soda and vinegar work. I get that the plural of anecdote isn't data, in the social sciences, it's call "ethnography" which sounds a lot worse than it is -- it just means collecting a bunch of anecdotes to see if there is some broader trend. I'm just saying people who make it work are people that have the kinds of hair that makes it work. Or they have the kind of careers where it just has to work "well enough". Spend some of what I like to call "Man in the Mirror" time thinking about what kind of hair you have, what kinds of jobs you want, and how you want to present yourself to other people. Thankfully, we live in a sufficiently post-modern society that we can make few truly "wrong" decisions, but we are still bound by the consequences of our decisions, so think on it and make the decision you want to make.
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