https://www.jtalbot.com/tags/shaving/ Recent content in Shaving on jtalbot/blog Hugo en-US Copyright 2005-2026 jtalbot - CC BY-SA 4.0 Sun, 03 May 2026 11:45:00 -0600 https://www.jtalbot.com/blog/shaved-aggression/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:30:00 -0600 https://www.jtalbot.com/blog/shaved-aggression/ <p>When you shave your head, you become more aggressive.</p> <p>In high school, I was on the swim team. In preparation for the state championships, we would follow the tradition of many swim teams across the world and shave our bodies. The theory behind it was to cut down on drag. More hair meant more drag. More drag meant more effort required to swim fast. So we shaved our arms, legs, chests, backs, and even our heads in the name of eliminating drag. Freshly shorn, we swam to victory. Looking back, I think we gained as much from the feeling of being shaved as we did from having less drag.</p>