Asymmetrical Information

Sorry, but I don't buy it. There's no bigger critic of the MSM than me, but that's a cheap shot.

y chromosomes? are you kidding? it's girly to shave with something you can't use in a fight .

Ah, another plot by the vast right-wing conspiracy!

A liberal would tell you the truth! That it actually has SIX blades, if you include the one on the back for detail work.

I'm perfectly happy with my electric razor: no muss no fuss. Also, its the one Santa rides.

"Razors!? We ain't got no razors. We don't need no razors! I don't have to show you any stinking razor!"

Uh, what's that dear? Sure, well Ok, if you put it that way.

A loooong time ago SNL did a taped fake ad for the "Triple-Trac" when Gillette had just brought out the 2-blade razor. The tag line, presented after the obligatory close-up cartoon of three blades coursing over stubbly skin, was, "Because you'll believe anything."

Yup, evidently. Truth is lamer than fiction.

I have found it amazing how resistent some people are to this razor. In conversation, the SNL skits are always mentioned and the fifth blade is dismissed as a silly marketing ploy.

I never would have tried one, but Gillette mailed me a free razor. It is the greatest shave i've had in my life, and that is not by a small margin. It is noticably better than anything i've used before.

A loooong time ago SNL did a taped fake ad for the "Triple-Trac" when Gillette had just brought out the 2-blade razor. The tag line, presented after the obligatory close-up cartoon of three blades coursing over stubbly skin, was, "Because you'll believe anything."

MadTV did a takeoff of that skit, which showed the third and additional blades thereafter removing successive layers of skin "for the closest shave yet." Naturally, at the end of the CG "cutaway" (hah!) simulation, the male model walks onto camera with an entire face full of toilet paper patches, looking like a red-and-white chia pet.

I think an advantage the multiblade systems have is that by requiring a larger shaver surface, they force the individual to angle the razor properly. A consideration of successive blade vectors as compared to the ideal 3-D surface gradient (of, say, a chin) makes it obvious that an initially proper setting of the 5 blade angles to the razor face will necessarily result in the blades attaining a near-optimal orientaion.

Wash your face. Shave with a reasonably sharp blade. Rinse.

There are also people who spend upwards of $50, 000 on stereo systems and play vinyl records on them because the discontinuity of 45,000 digitally transcribed samples/second is harsh to one's ears.

I liked the free razor Gillette sent me, too. When it dulled, I tossed it and grabbed another disposable generic double-blade. Yet my wife and children continue to allow me to hug and kiss them.

There are also people who spend upwards of $50, 000 on stereo systems and play vinyl records on them because the discontinuity of 45,000 digitally transcribed samples/second is harsh to one's ears.

The number of persons who can detect that harshness in a double-blind test drops dramatically, though. Some really can, but due to the experimenter-expectancy effect, others merely think they can.

Which could be happening here, too.

Anony-mouse-

I doubt anyone can; they're probably picking up on something else, but my point is that there are many examples where people will (a) put a high price on a tiny, meaningless quality difference, or (b) invent a discernment of a difference as a means of self-congratulation, or escape from boredom, or something.

Anyway, the biggest determinant in how good your shave is is how well you prepre your skin. Wash with soap and warm water, and a piece of chipped stone will work adequately.

My god, Jane needs to post more.

I think the Wilmington Advocate has it right:

"More power to King Gillette and his descendants. If you can make people spend their-hard-earned money on this, perhaps you deserve to be rich.

"It also illustrates one more axiom of media and advertising that we too-seldom realize. It's a saying attributed to P.T. Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute.""

"...because the discontinuity of 45,000 digitally transcribed samples/second is harsh to one's ears."

Anony-mouse, I believe the correct response to this line is:

Hillarious!

Fuzz, as you could discern from my other post, I think those people are self-glorifying nuts. I've had some heated discussions with people telling me CDs suck and it's an esthetic horror on the level of wide lapels and fat ties that LPs aren't around any longer. Just my idiotically roundabout way of saying 5 blades is (a) really quite a bit more than enough, and (b) a lot of people will buy them anyway.

Jane, I will pay you to post more. Is that what you want to hear?

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