In high school and in my early 20s, I had hair down to my waist, and most of the time I wore it in a ponytail. It wasn’t so much my attempt to have a personal style as much as an easy way to cop out of having one: I figured I wouldn’t have to think too much about the rest of how I looked if I was just That Dude With That Hair.

But I wasn’t vain about it, and I certainly didn’t make videos of myself showing off my hair. This guy, on the other hand: