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[corvvs]

I actually bought one of these today BECAUSE of the Penny-Arcade strip. Then I remembered I have a whole freakin' bag of brand new disposables. And I'm out of shaving cream.

But anyway, apparently it comes in two varieties - normal and battery-powered. How a bladed razor with a battery in it works is beyond me (I guess it vibrates or something?), but I figured as long as I'm buying this item for the sake of ridiculousness I might as well go all the way. So I'll let you know how it works. Once I buy some shaving cream.

[Yanlin]

Yes. It vibrates and thus cuts more efficiently. There's some science involved, but in simple terms, it just cuts better.

[mainiac]

My gamer instincts teach me to conserve my good ammo for the boss fights by using the pistol on weak enemies.  So I've been using a one bladed, dime a piece disposable razor for years.

[Yanlin]

I'd use those too, but my mom believes they will cut my face off. So she forces me to use a fancy expensive one.

[Duke 2.0]

 I find single blade razors are impossible to use without cutting yourself unless you have shaving cream. Triple bladed razors don't require shaving cream.

 Yet, anyway. I be lookin' like a freak with a pale blond 'stache and goatee and dark brown hair.

[mainiac]

Orly?  I have no trouble with single blades, unless my hair is really long.

[Yanlin]

I have a 5 bladed fancy one. But I still need shaving cream. Otherwise I get skin irritation.

But I imagine I could use a single bladed one with enough sleight of hand and cream.

[Gunner-Chan]

I find single blade razors are impossible to use without cutting yourself unless you have shaving cream. Triple bladed razors don't require shaving cream.

That's odd... All I've ever used are single blade disposable razors without shaving cream... Haven't been cut yet.

[Cajoes]

Tell me when we get quantum fractal razors, with a innumerable amount of theoretical blades.

Ooh, or nano-bladed razors.

Or a razor that summons deamons from a alternate reality that picks your chin clean with a tiny pair of tweezers!

For heaven's sake, it's simply facial hair. Why is society so obsessed with jabbing sharp objects into our faces every morning.

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(In my case: Outstanding warrant and very cheap, clumsy, assassins.)

[Yanlin]

Well you're not jabbing sharp objects INTO your face...

[Rilder]

Meh hate the idea of shaving, would prefer to look like gandalf.

Shavers just go a bit too close to the jugular for comfort.

Although on my 18th gillete sent me a free shaver.

[JoshuaFH]

They're trying to tell you something.

[Chandrasekhar]

For heaven's sake, it's simply facial hair. Why is society so obsessed with jabbing sharp objects into our faces every morning.

Women.

Incidentally, this is why the "gamer" razor will never sell.

[corvvs]

I actually bought one of these today BECAUSE of the Penny-Arcade strip. Then I remembered I have a whole freakin' bag of brand new disposables. And I'm out of shaving cream.

But anyway, apparently it comes in two varieties - normal and battery-powered. How a bladed razor with a battery in it works is beyond me (I guess it vibrates or something?), but I figured as long as I'm buying this item for the sake of ridiculousness I might as well go all the way. So I'll let you know how it works. Once I buy some shaving cream.

Heh, sorry - just remembered this topic. The blades vibrate and also heat up (that may be a side effect, but it's still neat, and actually helps prevent irritation, I think). Worth the money? Eh, maybe not, but if you have irregular facial hair that doesn't seem to want to shave smoothly with most razors it might help.

[soup_alex]

Fuck this shit. Real men use a cutthroat razor, or let it grow. Or make do with cheap disposables in the shower because they're poor, and their brother did buy them a real razor some years back but hasn't gotten around to wrapping or posting it, yet. Also, it's blunt as all hell, which is why real men haven't just taken it back with them after visiting.

Oh yeah. "Gamers". As Fishers says, people who will go and buy something because they foolishly believe that they fall into the advertiser's target market deserve everything they get (shitty product); the tragic part is, the advertisers don't (money).
Being "marketed" to is both hilarious (folks going out of their way to prove how little they actually understand other people) and extremely depressing (being reminded of the type of society in which we live; and the realisation that somewhere, people with whom you might otherwise have something in common nevertheless falling for, what is for all intents and purposes in this day and age, an outright scam).

On the other hand, I've heard Loreal has a new product (containing magic ingredient bullshitsium 9!) that has been scientifically proven to make some part of your anatomy up to 95% more better-er according to some non-measured, arbitrary, subjective scale, and [some] women agree!
You may as well throw out all your old, equivalent Loreal products; they're shit, now!