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LATFH!

Loves it.

Baconcat on December 19, 2011 at 8:26 AM

Keep it and get a 1970s era van and put up curtains in the windows. With a bumpersticker that says, "If this van is a rockin' don't come knockin'!"

Suz on December 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM

Hot!

spokevin on December 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM

Sure, if you're going for a creepy 70's swinger vibe.

Rotten666 on December 19, 2011 at 8:34 AM

LOSE IT. Lose it now. You look like one of our drunk uncles, or one of those mopes who waited tables at Grovers in the '70s/early '80s. Ugh. Grow a beard or shave. No middle ground.

Chicago Fan on December 19, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Retro is in. I say keep it, for now at least.

TechBear on December 19, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Shave it. too 70 porno style. You should've used it for Halloween and Hump.

apres_moi on December 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM

I love it! Keep it, keep it, keep it!!!

Don't grow a beard - they're corny, and make middle-aged men look like bores. A goatee might be nice though: mustache rides, and all that. It's really up to Terry, isn't it?

Catalina Vel-DuRay on December 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM

Where's the "get botox" option?

Brashion on December 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM

Nice 'stache, Uncle Rico.

Banna on December 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM

HTH?!

Put me in mind of Sacha Baron Cohen. Sorry.

rob! on December 19, 2011 at 8:42 AM

@10 Me-ow.

mkyorai on December 19, 2011 at 8:44 AM

I seem to remember a certain gay sex advice columnist having a fit when Terry grew a mustache a few years ago.

I think Terry gets the final vote on this poll.

Reverse Polarity on December 19, 2011 at 8:44 AM

That is awesome.

I can't wait til Fnarf weighs in.

Matt from Denver on December 19, 2011 at 8:45 AM

If you donned some glasses with transitions lenses, you'd be a dead ringer for my bros-in-law in buffalo, who haven't changed their look since 1979.

emma's bee on December 19, 2011 at 8:46 AM

The answer, as it is to all questions, is: It depends.

- Do you plan on starring in your own Hump production anytime soon? Keep it.

- Do you plan on hosting a Tom Selleck retrospective party at Chez Savage within the next 8 days? Keep it.

- Are you hoping people will some day mistake you for Gabe Kaplan? Keep it (and also grow a permafro).

Otherwise, no.

Looking For a Better Read on December 19, 2011 at 8:50 AM

No synthesizers.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on December 19, 2011 at 8:50 AM

..wait.. didn't you and terry have this 'discussion' a year or so ago ? except that time it was he who hadda shave it off ?

reverend dr dj riz on December 19, 2011 at 8:51 AM

Very handsome!

seandr on December 19, 2011 at 8:52 AM

@14,, yeah. i guess i shoulda asked you first..

reverend dr dj riz on December 19, 2011 at 8:53 AM

@13 thank you, thank you

Compare the way that Lady Bunny shows her love for Amy Winehouse with a set of vicious jokes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_xVY77C…

Brashion on December 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM

I think it looks distinguished.

wittyreference on December 19, 2011 at 8:56 AM

Please shave it, Dan. You look like someone featured on "Youth Pastor Watch" Really.

Chris in Vancouver WA on December 19, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Unless you're joining a Village People revival group, lose it.

HelpMeJebus on December 19, 2011 at 8:57 AM

That's a pretty good Sacha Baron Cohen look, actually.

on December 19, 2011 at 8:58 AM

If you're face wasn't so thin, you could go for the full Tom Selleck, but as it is, the mustache really amps up the creepy homo-perv vibe (not that there's anything wrong with that..).

I'd say shave it.

Smartypants on December 19, 2011 at 9:00 AM

You can't have a mustache after this article, Dan, ever: http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/my_b…

jade on December 19, 2011 at 9:01 AM

i think it looks good, but it changes the character of your face too much.

devinderry on December 19, 2011 at 9:04 AM

No one likes mustaches. They like mustaches ironically.

Fish Wrench Asteroid on December 19, 2011 at 9:05 AM

Very nice. You look a little like Mr. KiP, and he's a great looking man, in my opinion. I think it works. Consider how it physically feels to those who kiss that mouth only. Ignore all of us. In the end follow your bliss, after all, it is facial hair and can grow back if you choose to shave it.

kim in portland on December 19, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Cool! It's got a Freddy Mercury vibe to it. Go ahead and keep it - but only if you have the singing voice and body hair to back it up.

saxfanatic on December 19, 2011 at 9:09 AM

Only keep it if you plan on staring in and releasing the 70's era porn that goes with it.

Erstegeiger on December 19, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Dan, you look like a 1977 NYC Pier Queen. Get rid of it immediately. LOL

on December 19, 2011 at 9:13 AM

You are missing a voting option: Flannel.

kinaidos on December 19, 2011 at 9:14 AM

Terry gets the final vote AND executive veto power, Dan, so the rest of our opinions shouldn't matter. But, since you asked, I agree with everyone else who thinks you look like a guy in a '70s porn video who screws with his socks on - so I vote that you should shave it off. (That 'stache would give Maggie Gallagher so much ammunition for the homophobes... I'm just saying.)

Schweighsr on December 19, 2011 at 9:14 AM

IT BURNSES!

Seriously, it does nothing to quell that "all gay men are child molesters" image.

brandon on December 19, 2011 at 9:20 AM

What's next ... bellbottoms?

Eek!

Helenka (also a Canuck) on December 19, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Not sure we can offer an informed opinion looking just at your head. How about a post-shower shot showing your entire upper torso?

On the evidence presented, however, my advice would be to shave it off immediately. Or become an optometrist who wears leisure suits, plays in a Village People cover band on saturdays, and is a youth pastor on sunday mornings and wednesday nights.

Alanmt on December 19, 2011 at 9:24 AM

KEEP IT NOW! Shave it later. The happy twinkle in your own eyes doesn't lie. You are smitten. Allow yourself this one fling. You're worth it, dammit.

Puty on December 19, 2011 at 9:25 AM

Put that damned thing behind a cut. I don't need to wake up to a a squashed caterpillar on your lip.

TheMisanthrope on December 19, 2011 at 9:26 AM

Cue the Chorus: Macho, macho man! I've got to be a Macho Man!

Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on December 19, 2011 at 9:27 AM

I LOVED Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble! Stay but thin it.

bedipped on December 19, 2011 at 9:28 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lgpOdRXX…

on December 19, 2011 at 9:28 AM

Dan would look awesome with a giant handlebar mustache. Or friendly mutton-chops perhaps.

Foghorn Leghorn on December 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM

Quick! Become your father.

BrendanAdkins on December 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM

Keep it! You look like this guy:

http://jerzygirl45.files.wordpress.com/2…

matt! on December 19, 2011 at 9:35 AM

No matter what we say, if he keeps it, in a few days max he will catch a sidelong glance of himself in a shop window or something and feel his balls shrink in horror. And that will be that.

gloomy gus on December 19, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Damnit, Chris@24 beat me to the Youth Pastor Watch joke.

Needless to say, nuke that thing from orbit. *shudder*

Doctor Memory on December 19, 2011 at 9:37 AM

It's definitely got a bit of that 70's-stereotypical-gay-guy-biker-lumberjack-motif to it. And I say in a 70's-stereotypical-gay-guy-biker-lumberjack-motif-positive way. But really, there are only two votes that count. One comes from Terry's left butt cheek. The other comes from Terry's right butt cheek.

DAVIDinKENAI on December 19, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Oh Dan, you're so darn cute. Shave it.

Nancy S on December 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Shave it, but first... Hitler it! Don't go out in public with a Hitler mustache, but take a photo of it. You need not share the Hitler photo, although it would be great if you did (perhaps in a side by side with the LaRouchey Douchey Obama poster), just bask in the knowledge that for five minutes you had offensive facial hair and that you have the photographic evidence to prove it.

It could also be lovingly referred to as the Savage Hitler.

Gus on December 19, 2011 at 9:51 AM

Don't hide that pretty face Dan. Shave it!

Fortunate on December 19, 2011 at 9:56 AM

It looks good, it's just not the Dan Savage I know.

Xian-Qi on December 19, 2011 at 9:57 AM

It's Borat!

bigyaz on December 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM

Go full porno and make it a Hulk Hogan style handlebar stache.

Or grow out some curls on the ends and start rocking ascots and Edwardian jackets.

You have a good chin for the "friendly muttonchops" style.

Otherwise, shave it off, it just looks creepy this way.

john t on December 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM

Is number one mustache in whole of Kazakhstan. Even my sister Natalya does not have such a mustache.

DNash on December 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM

KEEEEEEEP IIIIIIIT!!!!!!! To hell with democracy! "Legally-binding Slog poll" be damned! Keep it now! Euthanize it January 1.

Puty on December 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM

DTMFA (Ditch The Mustachioed Face Already) Dan.

Mike Smith on December 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM

This is an outward sign of serious depression. The next stage is long-sleeved flannel shirts.

Ray_Harwick on December 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM

@ 24. Win!

Ray_Harwick on December 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM

It's a B.J. Hunnicut from MASH. I mean, Savage Love has been around for at least as many seasons as that show, I think you're entitled to it.

The Beatles on December 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM

yag shemash! my name-a borat savagdeyev. i like-a you. i like-a sex. we make sexy time. now go buy a cheap three piece suit.

scary tyler moore on December 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM

I think it makes you look older...

ballard dude on December 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM

I just shaved mine after growing one for the first time. I realized it had more facebook friends than I did. I rememeber a post a few years back when you were threatening to withhold sex from Terry over the same offense. Funny how tastes change.

DJSauvage on December 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM

That mustache really brings out the serial killer glint in your eyes.

Gern Blanston on December 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM

Also, keep in mind that mustaches are always the gateway to superstardom:

Teddy Roosevelt: Clean shaven, a minor Republican politician. With the 'stache, icon on Mount Rushmore

Freddy Mercury: Clean shaven, a decent enough pop star. With the 'stache, rock god.

Dan Savage: Clean shaven, a respected advice columnist and activist. With the 'stache, ???

The Beatles on December 19, 2011 at 10:24 AM

How many times can I vote?

nocutename on December 19, 2011 at 10:25 AM

Aren't you someone Al Pacino met in "Cruising?"
I hear the Village People are regrouping. It'll be fun being on the road.

nocutename on December 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM

If you keep it, I suggest also keeping that wild look in your eyes. It completes the creepy picture.

Michael of the Green on December 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM

If you must shave it, at least don't do it until you have a TV appearance alongside Joseph Farah. It would seriously freak him out.

Catalina Vel-DuRay on December 19, 2011 at 10:33 AM

Everybody voting "stays" is trolling you. Unless you're actually a firefighter or policeman, it's been illegal to sport that mustache since 1983.

dwightmoodyforgetsthings on December 19, 2011 at 10:34 AM

You do know that those of us who voted "keep it!" are just trying to cause trouble?

teamcanada on December 19, 2011 at 10:36 AM

Sorry Dan, but that mustache is at least a little terrifying.

muffin on December 19, 2011 at 10:36 AM

Where is the beard pic?

iLLogicaL on December 19, 2011 at 10:36 AM

Hey Dan,

You shouldn't shave it until you go skiing, or some other activity to cause it to ice up. Then you let it melt partially and kiss your SO.

Hey, once in a lifetime...

Peace.

PS: If you go for the full beard you can experience how the ice covered beard effect saves your face from frostbite. Too bad my beard didn't cover my cheekbones...

Married in MA on December 19, 2011 at 10:37 AM

I think it's a tough call. On the one hand, your SO doesn't get to dictate whether you have facial hair or not. But it also speaks well of you to be considerate of their tastes. If your partner hates facial hair (or a certain style of it) then you probably shouldn't grow/keep it for any major length of time, especially if you've gone so long in your relationship without it.

Dan, it's a little like what you've said about staying in shape. Time and gravity may eventually make trolls of us all, but that doesn't mean as soon as you start seeing someone you should, for instance, abandon whatever you've been doing to be healthy and suddenly gain 50 pounds in a year.

theseamster on December 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Its either Borat or Freddie Mercury....

DaveR98133 on December 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Jesus! All this moustachio HATE! is making mine droop. I say not only keep it, but grow it long and wax the ends. Wax the ends into little horns and wear it with a yellow straw skimmer, seersucker suit, white bucks, wing collar and bow-tie come Easter Sunday!

The Max on December 19, 2011 at 10:50 AM

Go full beard!

It's your MANE, dude! oxo

on December 19, 2011 at 10:53 AM

I thought Freddie Mercury died a long time ago. Where did this recent picture come from?

Learned Hand on December 19, 2011 at 10:55 AM

Now you look like a proper gay man

on December 19, 2011 at 10:57 AM

You look a bit like Freddie Mercury

lessa on December 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM

I think you'd look nice with a beard. It'd fill out your face a little. A mustache on its own looks kinda weird.

Makenna on December 19, 2011 at 11:05 AM

How about if you back up and lower the camera just a bit?

on December 19, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Ahem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0a…

FreudianShrimp on December 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM

Dude, I'd recommend growing out some bad ass chops, but that's my look, so don't you dare.

seandr on December 19, 2011 at 11:18 AM

jesus mary mother of god get that thing off your face

Irena on December 19, 2011 at 11:19 AM

As a Chicagoan, I'm glad to see you still have good bit of the city in you (and on your face, but not in a dirty way...or maybe a dirty way?). Please go out a get an old Chicago leather cop jacket, and rock both proudly for at least a month or so.

dave1976 on December 19, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Dan- Grow out the rest of it, or probably shave it off. Beards are great- Castro clone 'staches from the '70's....not so much, especially on you.

OutInBumF on December 19, 2011 at 11:27 AM

I'm a fan of facial hair. I think it's hot. But it just doesn't work on some guys. I could draw a Venn diagram for this, but I'm just gonna tell ya - you're one of those guys.

You're smokin' without it - stick with what works:)

JrzWrld on December 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM

Yes, grow a beard /'chops to go with it (please) or shave it off.

Makenna on December 19, 2011 at 11:36 AM

Just take a bunch of photos for posterity and hilarity and then be rid of it.

Or, yeah, whatever Terry votes.

lilzilla on December 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM

Dan, your face is gorgeous without that mustache! Pleeeeeeeease shave it off.

RebeccaB on December 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM

keepit keepit keepit keeeeeeep iiiiit!

Puty on December 19, 2011 at 12:04 PM

@94 is the tactful version of my opinion.

Something to check, though: does it hurt to be kissed by it? My partner has a moustache/goatee thing going on, and it's like tiny needles being stuck into my face.

this guy I know in Spokane on December 19, 2011 at 12:08 PM

that looks gawdawful, but try trimming it down to a William Powell 'stache and see if it works.

SteamDawn on December 19, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Should have kept the full beard. Mustaches are old fashioned and make you look harsh. But who knows, maybe you'll bring them back. Gawd, I hope not.

Vince on December 19, 2011 at 12:14 PM

That dude's got gay face!

Confluence on December 19, 2011 at 12:18 PM

100

You look like a front runner for Youth Pastor Watch.

Lose the soup strainer. Jeeves does not approve.

blah on December 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM

101

Oh Dear God! shave it off!!

eastcoastreader on December 19, 2011 at 12:21 PM

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