Agreed, they gave me shit and blackmail and could not recommend me to the next congregation, because I questioned the elders over my beard, a not one scriptural ground for that witch hunt on brothers, and a year later their leaders says its OK sure their sporting one themselves worldwide, and now it's all fine,after making me feel like I had fornication, bloody hypocrites, fifty hypocrites, the lot of them,I lost my faith in that group of people a long time ago
And judgment on a person's looks is a jw.org mentality, and judgmental, that man could be a angel or the good Samaritan, for all we know, the leaders love to box people, spritaul, worldy,
There's still tattoos, more than 2 ear piercings, any hair colour that isn't naturally occurring, a hairstyle that is too masculine, feminine or "gay" looking, camouflage clothing, clothing that is not "modest". Don't worry, they still have plenty of ways to judge people
As you know they're very much against men having long hair. I think for this scenario the man bun serves the dual purpose of identifying him not just as a dangerous worldly person but also as an evil yoga hippy that's trying to lure the JWs into spiritism.
If I'm being honest, not really, they actually haven't been pushy at all about it. I'm getting the impression they might be closer to PIMO then they let on.
Eh, I'd disagree with this one. Camouflage clothing is not an identifier IMO. The vast majority of my family and extended family are JWs from Kentucky and/or the American South and lots of them (multiple elders and MSs) sport camo clothes including shirts, shorts, shoes, hats, regularly. One of my cousins is an an elder who has a camo suit he'll wear to gatherings occasionally. To be fair, they usually stick to the somewhat more "realistic" camo prints as they're all hunters, but I still see army green camo print from time to time.
ooh, this one is definitely going to be regional! i’m in the midwest & wasn’t allowed to wear it growing up. odd bc my mom was pretty picky & choosy with what she followed. lol.
Oh thank god! I‘ve been searching for a new way to identify visually who I should judge as less spiritual. Now that beards are allowed I was all thrown off. I wondered how the publications would depict someone who is weak and faithless. Now I have an answer. It would have been tough not to have a way to judge others like they taught me.
When will women be able to give talks? I remember when I was 14, listening to some old fart mumbling on stage, thinking 'I could give a way better talk and actually prevent the audience from falling asleep!'.
This guy is a JW if he's in a publication as an actor, no? So is this hair a prop, like a bun piece? Of not then he actually has long hair. Maybe they decided to hire outside actors cause many of the ones before have all actually left the org.
Has to be a clip on bun!
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That's really not too bad. It took the Catholic church 359 years to forgive Galileo of heresy over that thing about earth orbiting the sun instead of sun orbiting earth.
Easy.
Ask every stranger you meet to raise their shirt. If they have nipple rings, definitely worldly. Flick them to make sure they’re real nipple rings….
Or ask them to drop their pants or skirt. If they are wearing a thong, definitely worldly.
I recognise that woman in the picture. She was a fucking jerk in my congregation in the past. Bitchy half English half Greek self entitled that who does deserve to be in their videos.
Fuck you Kyria!
Have you seen the GB wear theirs , they did for awhile until someone noticed .Older Stephen Lett and I think maybe Tony Morris .But yes they were definitely wearing Masonic rings
And flannel! No jw can wear flannel. But really it's the hair. Men aren't allowed long hair. It must be short or cropped. Women must have long hair, can't be short and cropped. For fear they might be mistaken for a lesbian. Also no color streaks!!
Wait, there's never been a rule about women having short hair. My mom has had super short hair since she was in her 20s, and has been a JW for 40 years and they've never said anything about her hair.
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No rule but women’s shorter hair has to remain “feminine”. 😀
Yeah, I'm saying it in jest. But the culture really dictates these things. In some congregations, it could be frowned upon. Remember, there was no rule against beards! But it's really just me joking.
I swear to their imaginary friend that if they try to take long hair and man buns l will shave every last one of them bald!… I went through too much to be who I am just to have the cult adopt my look into their shitpool!… JUST TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN YOU GLUTINOUS GB FAT FUCKS!
Couldn't you have tatts on your nether regions? Who would know? Is shaving your nether regions OK? I showed a couple sisters my shaved parts and got 2 thumbs-up.
Keep them covered as much as possible. There was a "brother" in my congregation that had tattoos from before joining. He just wore long sleeves, even in summer, to keep them covered.
There were still boatloads of WW2 vets I remember still alive in the 70s, many with those OLD tattoos. They never hid them. What about people who were tattooed in the concentration camps? they didn't hide them...but of course those were not self-inflicted.
As someone that has had a "man bun" for several years, I think the one in the pic is a fake prop. The hair on his head doesn't flow to the bun like it should.
Also, the better terminology is a top-knot.
Anyways, leave it to the org to always stereotype worldly people, and the whole us vs them bs.
I'm having the opposite problem. When I check out the social media of past Witness friends, I can't tell if they're in or out when I see photos with their husbands who now have beards.
The Governing body are one big contradiction and a joke . Hypocrites and no better than the Pharisees . Jesus didn’t care if men or women had long hair or not or how they dressed . It’s the Governing Body cult. Down with the tower I say
But in all seriousness. Was anyone talked to by the elders for having even somewhat long hair as a guy? I thought it was so much bs. Now my hair grows free!
Lmao I love how their perception of ppl not in their organization is always 10 years behind.
Agreed, they gave me shit and blackmail and could not recommend me to the next congregation, because I questioned the elders over my beard, a not one scriptural ground for that witch hunt on brothers, and a year later their leaders says its OK sure their sporting one themselves worldwide, and now it's all fine,after making me feel like I had fornication, bloody hypocrites, fifty hypocrites, the lot of them,I lost my faith in that group of people a long time ago
I haven't seen a manbun since like 2016
And judgment on a person's looks is a jw.org mentality, and judgmental, that man could be a angel or the good Samaritan, for all we know, the leaders love to box people, spritaul, worldy,
There's still tattoos, more than 2 ear piercings, any hair colour that isn't naturally occurring, a hairstyle that is too masculine, feminine or "gay" looking, camouflage clothing, clothing that is not "modest". Don't worry, they still have plenty of ways to judge people
Sure. They could have used any of those. But they chose the man bun which I find quite interesting! I expect to see more in future! 😆
As you know they're very much against men having long hair. I think for this scenario the man bun serves the dual purpose of identifying him not just as a dangerous worldly person but also as an evil yoga hippy that's trying to lure the JWs into spiritism.
> As you know they're very much against men having long hair. Meanwhile, Jesus...
We've been telling them the same thing about beards for a hundred years. You can't reason with em.
Their Jesus gets a trim every week and is never without good product in his hair.
Amen, brother! The fifth stop of the via crucis infact says "and jesus got his hair done".
Yup ive grown my curly hair out pretty damn long and though Im now inactive, anytime I go to a JW centered gathering theres plenty of comments made
What sorts of comments are you getting?
Maybe he is a potential study, or a df one
Judgemental, jws
"Evil yoga hippy" 💀
now they be 'dissing the man bun! no shame lol
Wait, what's wrong with camo print?
It's associated with the military so most JWs won't wear it.
Oh, I'm very new to JW, half of my wife's family are in so finding out the taboos have been helpful.
Hopefully, you purposely break their taboos on purpose as soon as you learn about them!
If I'm being honest, not really, they actually haven't been pushy at all about it. I'm getting the impression they might be closer to PIMO then they let on.
Then good for them. Hopefully, they'll advance to POMO soon!
Eh, I'd disagree with this one. Camouflage clothing is not an identifier IMO. The vast majority of my family and extended family are JWs from Kentucky and/or the American South and lots of them (multiple elders and MSs) sport camo clothes including shirts, shorts, shoes, hats, regularly. One of my cousins is an an elder who has a camo suit he'll wear to gatherings occasionally. To be fair, they usually stick to the somewhat more "realistic" camo prints as they're all hunters, but I still see army green camo print from time to time.
Yeah, it's not taken as seriously as long hair, tattoos, etc. It probably depends on which region/country you're in.
ooh, this one is definitely going to be regional! i’m in the midwest & wasn’t allowed to wear it growing up. odd bc my mom was pretty picky & choosy with what she followed. lol.
lmfao , you made me remember that my mother never let me use nothing that had military camouflage LOL
Oh thank god! I‘ve been searching for a new way to identify visually who I should judge as less spiritual. Now that beards are allowed I was all thrown off. I wondered how the publications would depict someone who is weak and faithless. Now I have an answer. It would have been tough not to have a way to judge others like they taught me.
When will women be able to give talks? I remember when I was 14, listening to some old fart mumbling on stage, thinking 'I could give a way better talk and actually prevent the audience from falling asleep!'.
Soon.
Lol never. They hate women.
When all the brothers are caught away to heaven 🤣
They’ll probably be allowed in the years to come - as long as they’re wearing a head covering 🙄
Head covering and "tight pants" 😂
Not true, because all the people that made me sleep during the meeting were men.
Um, yeah that's what I was implying
This guy is a JW if he's in a publication as an actor, no? So is this hair a prop, like a bun piece? Of not then he actually has long hair. Maybe they decided to hire outside actors cause many of the ones before have all actually left the org.
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That'd be a good look on a bald head, just have to use stick-on velcro
Screaming 😂 😂
Me too 🤣
Zoom into the photo; it’s definitely a hairpiece lol
A true bun! Fresh out of the oven 🤣
🤣🤣🤣. Buns are for bakeries lol
🤣🤣🤣I needed this laugh
That's what I have been thinking, how did they manage to find a JW with a man bun, because it certainly does look real...
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Is he a brother or a sisters spouse?
In this scenario he is a "wordly" friend of a couple who are studying with JW. He invites them to a meditation retreat and they say no.
The prerequisite "man bun" for hipster meditation types! Thing is, this bloke looks quite hot.
He dresses like a 2010s hipster.
He does look kinda hot!
I always called those a douche knot.
Meditation retreat? That's hilarious It's like they got him out of a book of stereotypes
That has to be one of the most pathetic scenarios they have ever came up with. Holy shit. There truly is no bottom in this pit.
That's really not too bad. It took the Catholic church 359 years to forgive Galileo of heresy over that thing about earth orbiting the sun instead of sun orbiting earth.
I’m staring to grow one Close to my 6 months of inactivity
me too!
Two of us
Once man buns are allowed it will be tattoos
What, the military marches with bagpipes? 🫨
Exactly but please with man skirts only 😜
Easy. Ask every stranger you meet to raise their shirt. If they have nipple rings, definitely worldly. Flick them to make sure they’re real nipple rings…. Or ask them to drop their pants or skirt. If they are wearing a thong, definitely worldly.
Drop pants and hike skirt.
Oh you heard the announcement too? 🤣😂🤣😂
Interesting and is always thank you, Larchington!
I recognise that woman in the picture. She was a fucking jerk in my congregation in the past. Bitchy half English half Greek self entitled that who does deserve to be in their videos. Fuck you Kyria!
If he's not wearing his ultra secret Masonic pinky ring! Joking people. There is nothing there...
Have you seen the GB wear theirs , they did for awhile until someone noticed .Older Stephen Lett and I think maybe Tony Morris .But yes they were definitely wearing Masonic rings
To be honest I am going to slightly agree with the org on this. Man Buns are the work of Gay Satan or something.
Behave hetero, it’s July 1st. Pride was just a day ago. Satan is a queer icon.
I was speaking like the GB, not personally
This gave me "Paty don't start" energy. Love it.
 Love Tracey!
And flannel! No jw can wear flannel. But really it's the hair. Men aren't allowed long hair. It must be short or cropped. Women must have long hair, can't be short and cropped. For fear they might be mistaken for a lesbian. Also no color streaks!!
Wait, there's never been a rule about women having short hair. My mom has had super short hair since she was in her 20s, and has been a JW for 40 years and they've never said anything about her hair.
https://preview.redd.it/f4b4ehd0mx9d1.jpeg?width=1272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=208fecf9b2bae54686174946b5e22d6b876df78e No rule but women’s shorter hair has to remain “feminine”. 😀
it was a slight exaggeration. if the haircut looks to "lesbian" it will be given the side-eye.
Yeah, I'm saying it in jest. But the culture really dictates these things. In some congregations, it could be frowned upon. Remember, there was no rule against beards! But it's really just me joking.
I've been told lesbians also wear wrist watches with black-colored bands. Is that also a known identifier?
I swear to their imaginary friend that if they try to take long hair and man buns l will shave every last one of them bald!… I went through too much to be who I am just to have the cult adopt my look into their shitpool!… JUST TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN YOU GLUTINOUS GB FAT FUCKS!
No need to worry... their high and superior attitudes will always find some reason to classify others as being worldly.
When I told my mate about the shaving policy he couldn’t believe it because everyone had beards back in Jesus’s day.. and now they all wearing it
Is that Gareth Bale? 😂😂 https://preview.redd.it/x38luj2mlx9d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42752c0a38032069d7e162c92411cebecf448e5b
Tattoos? A "messy" beard? Lol who knows
Couldn't you have tatts on your nether regions? Who would know? Is shaving your nether regions OK? I showed a couple sisters my shaved parts and got 2 thumbs-up.
For real?? 🤣 My area still needs to have that convention.
what about the grunge flannel shirt?
HERE'S a question.... If someone converts to Jw, and thwy have tattoos, what do they do?
Keep them covered as much as possible. There was a "brother" in my congregation that had tattoos from before joining. He just wore long sleeves, even in summer, to keep them covered.
Sounds miserable.
They're supposed to cover them.
There were still boatloads of WW2 vets I remember still alive in the 70s, many with those OLD tattoos. They never hid them. What about people who were tattooed in the concentration camps? they didn't hide them...but of course those were not self-inflicted.
Machine Gun Kelly become a Jehovah Witnesses?
Old brothers in the KH in the 70s were still sporting their military flat tops
To be fair. The man bun should be pure evil in every society. LOL
Man buns are yuk 🤢
I dig the man bun!
douche knot
I prefer the term: Samurai Pillow 🤣
Now WT needs to embrace the man bun!
Is the man bun worldly? LOL it's just kind of dumb unless your over heated with all that long flowy hair. Jejeje
I looovvvvveee his manbun
As someone that has had a "man bun" for several years, I think the one in the pic is a fake prop. The hair on his head doesn't flow to the bun like it should. Also, the better terminology is a top-knot. Anyways, leave it to the org to always stereotype worldly people, and the whole us vs them bs.
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I'm having the opposite problem. When I check out the social media of past Witness friends, I can't tell if they're in or out when I see photos with their husbands who now have beards.
The Governing body are one big contradiction and a joke . Hypocrites and no better than the Pharisees . Jesus didn’t care if men or women had long hair or not or how they dressed . It’s the Governing Body cult. Down with the tower I say
The elders were never happy unless they could find something to counsel me about. I am now clean shaven and sporting a ponytail.
I'm bluffed of how this organisation creates and promote a type of Jesus that looks more or less like florida man or some kind of joke.
Tight pants. Bulge. VPL.
The man bun just needs a tiny hat to sit up top.
That guy looks like Harrison, the Aussie apostate on YouTube LOL
Harrison is one my favorite apostate youtubers.
Same!
He’s English 😆
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Oops. I cannot tell. Sorry to Harrison if he sees this LOL
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Bahahahhaha
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But in all seriousness. Was anyone talked to by the elders for having even somewhat long hair as a guy? I thought it was so much bs. Now my hair grows free!
This bun is so fake . It’s a terrible weave or clip on lol. They tried. Shame on them for trying to cast the man bun in bad light!😅
They will think of something... Well kept beards, certain lengths, no weird colors.... Etc etc
Boy, am I glad I am not a part of being amongst these JW style police anymore!
So if it’s an excepted thing cause of today’s fashions ( their words ) surely anything goes ?
Lol
Hey how did Harrison Cother make it onto a JW publication 😂
Circumcision.
Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂
I wish they would just leave the judging to God!!!