The Chive today declares it so and offers a collection of 35 pictures to demonstrate the point. Here’s one early in the list that I liked:

I tend to agree.
There’s a friendly guy in my apartment complex with a big beard. For the longest time I wondered why he kept it so long and scraggly and then I learned that he was a professional character actor who specializes in playing pirates.
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I got one, but it stops growing when it reaches two inches in length. I fear I will never be manly…
This is excellent news for the “Duck Dynasty” guys.
“Breitbart” translates as “broad beard.” So that’s some evidence in the affirmative, I guess. I miss him.
I miss him too. http://pjmedia.com/blog/immortality-andrew-breitbart%E2%80%99s-5-gifts-to-generation-y-conservatism/
As a forty plus year South Florida resident I can tell you the answer is an emphatic NO!!!!!!!!!
I just don’t know. It’s way too hot here in Georgia. Plus I’m trying to imagine getting out of the pool or shower with a beard like that. It’d take forever to dry…
……Excellent!
…….practicalities count.
No. Not even at Christmas.