• Madrigal@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      The change occurred about the time they put out the article on Gillette skipping 4 blades and going straight to 5.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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        13 days ago

        I don’t even know how they’re still in business. I bought a cheap safety razor and a hundred pack of blades literally a decade ago now, and at the time still had a couple multiblade razor packs around. I haven’t bought a razor in a decade. I’m maybe 2/5 of the way through my blade pack, and I think I’m finally on the last heads on the two multi-blade razors (because those only get used for my balls).

        the safety razor is just so much better for shaving your face

        tbf it does help that I don’t shave my face completely and only shave at most twice a week

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        13 days ago

        That makes me remember I think it was an ancient SNL bit about exactly that, a new gillette razor with 5 blades and a sixth phantom blade that comes close to touching the skin but doesn’t quite. And then like three years later there were the 5 blade gillettes with the sixth edging blade on the back. The SNL skit called it. I think about that more than I probably ought to.