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AIBU to think moustaches have unfortunate associations?

101 replies

Aluna · 26/08/2026 21:33

They generally look bent copper, pornstar, serial killer, Village People.

I’m slightly perturbed by the trend.

Have you seen any successful moustaches recently?

YABU - Moustaches rock
YANBU - I share your perturbation

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SaraHoliday · 26/08/2026 21:37

I agree with you. Never seen a moustache that I like.

Fidgety31 · 26/08/2026 21:41

1980s coal miner

CheeseWisely · 26/08/2026 21:42

YABU Because Tom Selleck and Mike Wozniak.

HatStickBoots · 26/08/2026 21:43

I like the way the Beatles looked with their moustaches.

Ablondiebutagoody · 26/08/2026 21:43

Ned Flanders

Thecatspantaloons · 26/08/2026 21:45

Ron Swanson.

RaraRachael · 26/08/2026 21:45

I hate them now but remember in the 70s thinking how attractive men were with them.
Now they make me think of pornstars.

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 26/08/2026 21:46

I am rather enjoying Leonardo DiCaprio with one! 😍

AIBU to think moustaches have unfortunate associations?
Lifelover16 · 26/08/2026 21:47

I’m a 60+ female and have a great moustache!

ScrambledEggs12 · 26/08/2026 21:47

I hate them. An attractive man is still attractive with one, but much less so.

Thecatspantaloons · 26/08/2026 21:48

RaraRachael · 26/08/2026 21:45

I hate them now but remember in the 70s thinking how attractive men were with them.
Now they make me think of pornstars.

You are right of course, but I can't take my eyes off a Dr Hook video, when they appear on telly.

PurplebudsWhitebuds · 26/08/2026 21:48

I think they are repulsive.

Doneworking · 26/08/2026 21:48

Lifelover16 · 26/08/2026 21:47

I’m a 60+ female and have a great moustache!

😂😂 me too.,

Moistcottonchafers · 26/08/2026 21:53

I can't imagine Sam Elliot without one to be fair.

Pistachiocake · 26/08/2026 21:55

CheeseWisely · 26/08/2026 21:42

YABU Because Tom Selleck and Mike Wozniak.

Yes, think it's just age. In the UK at least, when I was a kid, it seemed only "older" men had any facial hair, and we all watched the Chandler trying on a Tom Selleck tash.
But then, after the noughties, young men started beards/moustaches, so it's the norm for them, though they seem more sculpted than the older men's ones from the past.

Kingdomofsleep · 26/08/2026 21:56

You missed the Charlie Chaplin one.

Completely agree, terrible. I hated movember when that was in

HoobleDooble · 26/08/2026 22:07

I don't think they bother me as much as a beard without a moustache, but they definitely give me early Kevin Webster vibes.

Aluna · 26/08/2026 22:12

CheeseWisely · 26/08/2026 21:42

YABU Because Tom Selleck and Mike Wozniak.

Tom is my only success story. I think Mike is a case in point.

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BrickBuilt · 26/08/2026 22:14

Aidan Turner as Declan O’Hara in Rivals ♥️

InQuiresandplaceswheretheysing · 26/08/2026 22:15

The only moustache I like is the one work by David Suchet as Poirot. All others look ridiculous. No one is improved by one.

MyGirlJ · 26/08/2026 22:15

Not recently. The last successful moustache i saw was on Tom Selleck. Even my 8yr old DD commented that Magnum is very handsome.

Aluna · 26/08/2026 22:17

RaraRachael · 26/08/2026 21:45

I hate them now but remember in the 70s thinking how attractive men were with them.
Now they make me think of pornstars.

Everyone had them in the 70s so one didn’t really question them. I was a kid though.

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MyThreeWords · 26/08/2026 22:18

InQuiresandplaceswheretheysing · 26/08/2026 22:15

The only moustache I like is the one work by David Suchet as Poirot. All others look ridiculous. No one is improved by one.

Woah there! Are you saying that Suchet's Poirot moustache doesn't look ridiculous??!

I get a pain at the base of my nostrils just by looking at him, because his moustache looks SO much like the little plastic nose-grabbing ones you used to get in christmas crackers

Shedsqueek · 26/08/2026 22:18

Hercule Poirot?

Aluna · 26/08/2026 22:18

BrickBuilt · 26/08/2026 22:14

Aidan Turner as Declan O’Hara in Rivals ♥️

Yes! You are correct.

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