The Unbearable Stupidity of Complicating the Simple

[Alexanderr]

Arguing with some retards in the hairloss thread got me thinking. Why the hell do we insist on making simple things complicated?

We are surrounded by solutions to problems our ancestors would have killed for, yet we actively ignore them in favor of convoluted, expensive rituals. Let's look at two of the biggest aesthetic curses known to man, both of which have been functionally solved.

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Case Study #1: The Solved Problem of Hair Loss​

Think about hair loss. For the vast majority of men, it’s the ultimate failo; a curse so potent it can neuter the looks of even the most handsome men. For all of human history, this was an unwinnable war. Your father, your grandfather, and every ancestor before them were powerless against it. They could only watch it happen.

Men have begged for a future where this wasn’t a genetic certainty. That future isn’t on the horizon. It’s been here for 20 years.

The science is brutally simple:

The Cause: DHT attacks and miniaturizes your hair follicles.
The Solution: You stop DHT.

That’s it. That’s the entire game. We have the weapon: Dutasteride. It is the product of a simple, powerful idea: to win the war, you annihilate the enemy. It reduces DHT inside the hair follicle itself by an average of 92%, rendering it literally undetectable in most users.

It stops the process cold. For all intents and purposes, the problem is solved.

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Case Study #2: The $10 Anti-Aging Secret Hiding in Plain Sight​

Two twins, aged 61. Since her 20s, Susan (right) has spent as much time as she could in the sun (she has plenty of opportunity on Florida’s east coast, where she moved more than a decade ago). Jeanne, meanwhile, has aimed for “as little exposure as possible.”

Now, let's talk about the skincare industry and its holy grail: anti-aging. It’s a multi-billion dollar machine churning out endless serums, creams, and routines, all promising to slow down the clock.

But what if I told you the ultimate anti-aging product already exists, costs less than a fancy coffee, and is more effective than everything else combined?

Here is the single most important fact in all of dermatology:

Approximately 80% of all visible skin aging—the wrinkles, the sunspots, the loss of firmness—is a direct result of sun exposure.

Read that again. The sun is responsible for almost all of it.

The solution is, once again, insultingly simple: Sunscreen. Daily.

And it’s not just preventative. Your skin is constantly trying to repair itself. But daily sun exposure is like trying to patch a wall while someone is still hitting it with a sledgehammer. Sunscreen takes the sledgehammer away. It shields the skin, freeing up its natural repair mechanisms to actually do their job.

The result? You don't just stop the damage. Your skin literally starts to look younger.

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So, What The Fuck Are We Doing?​

We have two universal fears, balding and aging, largely solved by two cheap, accessible, and scientifically proven products.

This isn’t some dystopian future where the cure costs a fortune. This is reality.

Yet we still see an entire ecosystem of delusion. For every guy simply taking the pill, there are ten others insisting on 'nofap and scalp massage,' debating whether DHT is crucial for 'bone mass,' or buying red light caps off Alibaba.

We have guys who can debate the merits of GHK-Cu versus Vitamin C serums for collagen synthesis, but skip the one product that prevents 80% of collagen destruction in the first place.

So I have to ask, what the fuck are we doing?

Why do we insist on making the simple so damn complicated?

 

[ThePrinceOfPersia]

good thread, i have nothing to add so imma say good thread

 

[iblameoliver]

mirin, high effort from OP

 

[Copercel]

Based.

Those who complicate it are retards and I really don’t care anymore since it’s their problem, they fearmonger the only solution there is for their problem

 

[Vazelrr]

When you lowkey early so you have to formulate your own opinions

 

[Finnishmogger]

You’re absolutely right.

 

[Claymoreboy0118]

Thank you dad

 

[kazama]

Why do we insist on making the simple so damn complicated?

What is simplest and most obvious is often the most difficult to put into practice

 

[Vazelrr]

Mirin good thread high IQ

 

[hej1377]

The only reason people deny this is either because they are sub 80iq in combined with being chronically online so they just reject heaps of scoence because "muh the jews"

Or they just wanna feel like they have unlocked some secret knowledge which will keep them ahead of everyone else in society so they feel special

Just ldar them

 

[hej1377]

What is simplest and most obvious is often the most difficult to put into practice

Often but not in this case,30seconds a day

 

[TechnoBoss]

I think the idea of stopping hair loss by nuking DHT is a lot more controversial than minimizing skin damage by avoiding the sun. There surely must be a better way of theoretically stopping hair loss without the need to make DHT undetectable in your body if you're a man. Hopefully, we can find that method in the future.

 

[kazama]

Often but not in this case,30seconds a day

for that very reason. People dont see how simple it is, they try to put their level of terror on the difficulty of dealing with it

 

[Alexanderr]

I think the idea of stopping hair loss by nuking DHT is a lot more controversial than minimizing skin damage by avoiding the sun. There surely must be a better way of theoretically stopping hair loss without the need to make DHT undetectable in your body if you're a man. Hopefully, we can find that method in the future.

You're right, it is controversial. But for all the wrong reasons.

Your analogy to sun avoidance is perfect, just not in the way you think.

Avoiding the sun isn't "minimizing skin damage"; it's eliminating the primary cause of ~80% of visible aging. It's a direct, targeted attack on the source.

Likewise, "nuking DHT" isn't some brute-force, scattergun approach. It's eliminating the primary cause of male pattern baldness. It's the exact same principle: identify the agent of destruction and remove it from the equation.

The only reason it's "controversial" is due to decades of fear-mongering from people who fundamentally misunderstand the role of DHT in an adult male. The science is crystal clear: DHT plays no essential positive role in an adult man that isn't already better covered by testosterone. Its resume in adulthood is: acne, prostate enlargement, and killing your hair. Getting rid of it isn't "making yourself less of a man"; it's like firing a lazy, destructive employee who keeps setting fire to the office.

This "hope" for a future method that doesn't touch DHT is the core of the problem. It's the search for a complicated solution when the simple, direct one is already here. You're waiting for someone to invent a way to make your hair follicles bulletproof while the guy shooting the gun is standing right in front of you. We already have the tool to take the gun away.

It's controversial because of fear, misinformation, and a psychological desire for a more "sexy," complex solution than just taking a pill. We have the cure. The "controversy" is just the noise made by people who are too scared or too confused to use it.