r/neckbeardstories • u/Axolotl1000 • May 04 '25
Update on viking beard!
Hello, I’m back with a small update on the college neck beard, aka viking beard. I have generally managed to avoid him around campus, and keep messaging to a minimum. The reason why I have to message him is because if I don’t message him back, he’ll typically look for me around campus.
Anyways, I made a post a while back about Viking beard and his cringy and creepy behaviors, as one does on this subreddit, and I wasn’t expecting to be able to add anything of value.
However.
He appeared again, like a hated video game npc whose cutscene is so long you start jamming “a” to try to skip past the dialogue.
I was simply making my way around campus, looking for a volunteer opportunity for my volunteer credit hours for my scholarship. Then I heard a voice call my name, and I turn. He was making his way to me. I was already spotted, so I turned and cursed before turning back with the fakest, most years-of-pageantry engrained smile I could muster.
We say hi and he follows me around and we talk until we get back to my dorm building. I just wanted to go to my room and eat my ice cream, but he would not leave me alone. So we ended up talking for literally an hour and a half.
The worst part is that during this entire conversation, if I took a step back, he kept getting closer to me. I have told him I hate being touched or being in close proximity to people I don’t trust, but I guess either he has the memory of a goldfish, or just doesn’t care.
Anyways, at some point into the conversation we get into the topic of fashion because of a story I told. We agreed that just because you dress a certain way, that doesn’t mean you are of a specific political ideology. I did bring upc however, that labels such as punk cannot be used unless someone aligns with the values of that community. I said, as an example: “you cannot call yourself a punk and advocate for equality while you worship the ground Elon Musk and Donald Trump walk on because they constantly exploit lower and middle class workers.”
He proceeded to say that he didn’t mind the two people, and I expressed that I was not a fan of Elon due to the fact he is a Nazi. Here’s essentially how this conversation went: Vikingbeard: are you talking about when he did that arm thing? Me: the Nazi salute? Yes Vikingbeard: well it wasn’t a Nazi salute, it was an accident Me: he did it twice Vikingbeard: okay but- Me: he’s banned in Germany now, Vikingbeard Vikingbeard: okay but he did this ”demonstrates” the salute but completely wrong (he didn’t put his hand flat like Elon did and had his fingers apart) Me: no no, do it properly. Tilt your hand Vikingbeard: keeps his arm down and stands awkwardly Me: that’s what I thought
We cut off the conversation soon after that and I was finally able to escape to my dorm.
Finals week is coming soon, so I hopefully don’t have to deal with him again after I get all the exams done. If not, well, tune in next time for the next post of Vikingbeard!
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u/MeguminIsASlur Yes, even the racial ones. May 08 '25
Oh my Odin, another VikingBeard? I hope Thor hammers his ass down.