i have had dreads for 4 years now, they are fun.  feel good in the winter (warm), and fun in a hot tub when they freeze. awsome underwater, and oyu can wash them as much as you like (once they are established).  they take lots of work at first, then like 20 minutes a month.
people will call you a hippie and try to fight you for no reason other than your hair (and you are cooler than them).  your grandma will question it.
also it has become a huge fad lately and is annoying but if you get them for your own style and way of life, they are quite nice.
(why do people think it necessary to copy me when i start something new, first skater prep in grade school, then skiing park, then wearing sheepskin/buffalo skin jackets, now dreads. i know i am cool and all, but have some personal style ! geeze!)
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