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I don't buy it. Dwayne Johnson one the highest-grossing and highest-paid actors of the 10s is bald. Along him you have a host of action actors that are bald. Top tv shows like Lost and Breaking Bad featured bald main characters. Just to name a few.

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Yeah. The biggest difference I've noticed between our era and those in the recent past is that balding men now just shave their head instead of living with a bald spot. Big improvement IMO.

Or, more accurately, those with mild balding go ahead and get it fixed. Leaving those with the power donut the choice between Jason Alexander or Patrick Stewart.

Dwayne Johnson was bald by the time he started acting, probably due to steroid use.

Fixing it and shaving it have both exploded in popularity at the expense of the power donut, the combover, and the toupee.

I wonder how Jeff Bezos is doing these days.

Or that in the current era we have elevated appearance way above where it should be, instead of judging people by what they say and do.

Radio, television, and finally internet and smartphones made things progressively worse in this regard.

People have always judged based on appearance. This is apparent when reading classic literature. Long-winded descriptions of individuals and various assumptions one could draw from these observations are very common.

It's not the baldness that's raking in the money--obviously, it's the physique. So much so that it even nullifies the lack of hair.

No, the poster has a point. Think of Robert Duvall. Very different profile.

Like the joke goes, acting in Fast&Furious will make you bald...

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