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Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 20, 2026

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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I go to a suburban barber shop. Never really thought about this. There are several in my area. I live in what could be called a "streetcar suburb" of a large Midwestern city, which is not Chicago; the barber shop is five minutes' walk from me, so I will probably always go there as long as they do a decent job.

My barber is, strangely, the most "based" dude I have ever met. Every time I see him, without fail, he ends up talking about how the Anglo-Saxon race deserves to survive, how Andrew Jackson was a hero, how the Jews control the media, and many other similar topics. He does this no matter who else is in the shop - of any age or race. He seems to do a thriving trade, and evidently has good relations with minority-owned businesses that occupy other suites in the building. In general a fascinating guy who I think about often.

I don't hang out at the barbershop, though. I have other things to do. Haircuts are something I just get done and move on. My third place is church, where apart from attending services I serve on committees, put on events, run Bible study, and much else.

Barbers are like that. Or they're altchicks. Have to be into heavy metal to do barbering.