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Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money

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Post by silisili »

nzealand wrote: post #596
this_is_eline wrote: post #462

While I believe that many things stated in this post are correct, this still has that hard 'old man yelling at the internet' odor. If you are to compare stuff, stuff like modern razor cartridges and double-edged razors, you ought to mention the convenience side of the things. I hate being the devil's advocate, but shaving with 4-blade cartridge designed for easy shaving is still 'miles' ahead compared to shaving with…

Shaving. It's not a religion. It's easy to experiment. 1. Don't shave. Grow a wild and wooly beard. 2. Electric clippers. For that permanent five o'clock shadow look. 3. Electric shaver. Easy. 4. Cartridge + foam. Smooth. 5. Double edge safety razor. Very smooth. Requires some skill. 6. Straight edge razor. Super smooth? No idea personally. 7. Laser. Also no idea personally. What this article completely misses, is th…

Straight edge razors are the best when you've gone a bit too long without shaving, bar none. Nothing to clog up. It's a bit interesting and cathartic to basically watch a wall of itchy hair fall off your face.

While I don't think they require as much skill as people think, they are a bit harsh IMO. Some people probably can shave daily with them, but when I tried it was pretty rough on my skin.

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Post by dhzhzjsbevs »

lobocinza wrote: post #313
dhzhzjsbevs wrote: post #240

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Stainless is hands down the best fried eggs I've ever had. It and maybe carbon steel is the only thing that gets hot enough to make it crispy. You just need to let the pan heat up, drop a teaspoon of oil or butter, let if soak in a second then blast it and drop your egg. More butter more better but that's flavour at that point. For figuring out if your plans at the right heat, a spalsg of water should bead and float…

It might be the pan but I tried to fry eggs on stainless and it was a horror movie. Even polished the pan as it had a lot of cleaning scratches and it was even worse. I seasoned it and it was better but still you have to use the right oil. Used olive oil and it stained the pan.

I use peanut oil and you need to make sure not to burn it on there.

For fried eggs you just need to make sure it's hot enough with oil it should bubble and fry without sticking.

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Post by op00to »

mordymoop wrote: post #708
nzealand wrote: post #596

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Shaving. It's not a religion. It's easy to experiment. 1. Don't shave. Grow a wild and wooly beard. 2. Electric clippers. For that permanent five o'clock shadow look. 3. Electric shaver. Easy. 4. Cartridge + foam. Smooth. 5. Double edge safety razor. Very smooth. Requires some skill. 6. Straight edge razor. Super smooth? No idea personally. 7. Laser. Also no idea personally. What this article completely misses, is th…

I wonder if people know that electric razors last like … ten years. I’ve owned, I think, two electric razors in my life, and I’m in my late thirties. I never have to replace any part of it.

You’re supposed to replace the heads of electric shavers every year or two, they do dull. Whether you need to or not probably depends on your face and whether the blade irritates your face.

I’ve never replaced any heads on my shavers either. I lose them before that.

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Post by op00to »

RajT88 wrote: post #728
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You use a light-saber, very carefully. Ha, it is for permanent hair removal. Might be good for the upper cheeks, not sure.

Upper cheeks for sure. Also, as you get older, your ears.

I like my ear hair!

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Post by op00to »

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My wife and I got rid of our TV last year when we moved. It was a nice break, but we want at least one in the house, so we're currently shopping around for a nice 4K 70+ inch. I've come to realize the market is headed toward a TV without any ports. You'll plug it in and immediately prompted to link with wifi so you can log into your streaming services. Fuck that. I'm hell-bent on getting something with zero smart fun…

When our work-horse Toshiba finally fails, we're going to replace it with either a large gaming monitor or a pro signage monitor from B&H/Adorama.

Will a pro signage monitor have HDR? Will it support more than 60hz? Will it have multiple inputs? Looking at the specs for LG (just first up on the search) they have none of these features. I’d be concerned about viewing angles with a gaming monitor. I looked at all this stuff when I was TV shopping a few years ago.

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Post by op00to »

zevv wrote: post #296
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My wife and I got rid of our TV last year when we moved. It was a nice break, but we want at least one in the house, so we're currently shopping around for a nice 4K 70+ inch. I've come to realize the market is headed toward a TV without any ports. You'll plug it in and immediately prompted to link with wifi so you can log into your streaming services. Fuck that. I'm hell-bent on getting something with zero smart fun…

A TV without smart software and a lot of ports is called a PC monitor.

TVs have wider viewing angles than PC monitors. It’s not a 1:1 comparison.

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Post by soheil »

Recently bought a single blade shaver as seen in the picture, it's awful compared to a three blade Gillette. Reminds me of comparing a Ferrari to a Lada [0] and saying it has four wheels what else do you need, comrade!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada

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Post by jrootabega »

rendall wrote: post #621
jrootabega wrote: post #47

Shaving is like an Inception-level hierarchy of waste and affectation. It's easy to feel superior because you ditched the biggest brands, and still be wasting your money on unnecessary and crappy products because you were tricked by marketing. Those hipster shave-by-mail clubs are not really better than Gillette. And the safety razor market-disguised-as-a-community is also full of waste disguised by hipster affectati…

> CAN buy a cheap, adequate, no-name safety razor somewhere, and you can buy cheap adequate blades in bulk Lay it on us, jrootabega. Whence comes these?

I bought my razor a long time ago but I think it was just in an American chain drugstore, which others have mentioned. Amazon is probably the easiest place with the best selection of blades at decent prices. Might take a few tries to find a brand you like, so you'd want to avoid large quantities at first. I've heard there can be counterfeit blades but I've also heard that might be bull.

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Post by frereubu »

wiether wrote: post #815
mgraczyk wrote: post #730

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I throw my cartridges in the trash, and they end up in a landfill forever with no environmental harm. I haven't looked into Teflon but I've disposed of ~1 pan in my entire life and still have the rest, so my impact is probably negligible. I choose to focus my time and energy minimizing environmental impact more effectively. For example, instead of using a DE razor, I use that time to commute by bike instead of car, T…

> they end up in a landfill forever with no environmental harm Can you please explain to me how a landfill doesn't cause environmental harm?

Their production causes environmental harm. A small amount compared to other thing to be sure, but not "none".

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Post by fuzzfactor »

hammock wrote: post #456
jader201 wrote: post #398

Why is a thread on electric razors not the top comment on a post about the expense/waste of straight razors? I get that they have some downsides, but if we’re talking about the expense/waste of straight razors, then it would make sense to consider electric razors. I’ve seen so many ads about companies trying to “invent” the most effective, lowest cost straight razor and it still confuses me, given we already have ele…

All good points. But the biggest thread on this post isn’t about shaving at all, it’s about cast iron pans.

I use my cast-iron pan before I leave for work, then I shave my face on the way using a ladies' electric single-foil type.

Actually these came with a trimmer on each side of the foil which you need when taking down a full bush, but I remove these and just use the foil.

It takes a lot of passes but I have plenty of time while traveling.

Brush & blow it out completely every time.

I tried reversing the procedure and shaving before I left for work, but the cast-iron skillet proved about as useful as tits on a bull while commuting.

Fortunately, the lady who gave me the shaver and the skillet decided not to use them while commuting herself, so here I am the lucky one.

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