Elitist Shave Awareness

[Topgumby]

This is somehow hard for me to admit. :blushing:

I check out other guys shaves. :blink:

And, to make it even worse, if they are the same stubbly, razor burned mess that I used to be, I find myself doing a super villain soliloquy in my head:

"Fool! You thought you could get a close, comfortable shave with your expensive multiblade technology and your pathetic electric buzzer, but I, the brilliant and smooth cheeked Topgumby, have bested your paltry attempts with my mighty Super Speed, Awesome Shark Blade of Whiskering Death and my vast collection of invigorating and bracing aftershave products! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Anybody else do this?

And, every once in awhile, do you catch yourself vocalizing the insane, villainous cackle at the end of the soliloquy?

[Blondie]

Funny you should mention this, I was with one of my attorneys, and asked him what he shaves with, since he had such a good shave. He replied that he uses a Merkur HD, and had been a lurker around here when he decided to make the switch. I gifted him a Red Tip, and he likes it better than the Merkur.

[kg4ghn]

This is somehow hard for me to admit. :blushing:

I check out other guys shaves. :blink:

And, to make it even worse, if they are the same stubbly, razor burned mess that I used to be, I find myself doing a super villain soliloquy in my head:

"Fool! You thought you could get a close, comfortable shave with your expensive multiblade technology and your pathetic electric buzzer, but I, the brilliant and smooth cheeked Topgumby, have bested your paltry attempts with my mighty Super Speed, Awesome Shark Blade of Whiskering Death and my vast collection of invigorating and bracing aftershave products! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Anybody else do this?

And, every once in awhile, do you catch yourself vocalizing the insane, villainous cackle at the end of the soliloquy?

Sadly, I have indeed done this.


So when is your book coming out again? :lol:

[Venom]

Yep.

[canuckerr]

lol, i do this all the time now.
except at school, no one really has a nice shave...

[crugg]

I do this a lot as well. I think the most frustrating part is when I watch sports and see guys with ingrown hairs or razor burn on their necks. I guess these new Pro-glide commercials are just for show.

[gull]

Yep I do.

I feel bad when I see others having better shaves than I do though! :tongue_sm

[BurkDarkpatches]

Yep I do.

I feel bad when I see others having better shaves than I do though! :tongue_sm

I can't say I feel bad, but I am curious what they use. One of my best friends never converted to DE or brush, but he was very interested in what I had to say about my experience converting (it was at the beginning and I was pretty excited about it). Based on some of the things I talked about, he reported that the quality of his shaves went way up by improving his prep and attention to detail. He was also lucky that because of his frugality he was already using a good razor, the yellow Bic Sensitive (single blade).

You can get a good shave with modern razors and canned shaving cream. It just takes a little skill and care, like anything else.

Plus, I don't buy into the cartridge razor schadenfreude. Not when I see so many posts here about weepers, nicks, razor burn, etc here at B&B.

Steve

[bananaman]

Yes I do. It feels a bit creepy somehow.

[Austin]

Funny you should mention this, I was with one of my attorneys, and asked him what he shaves with, since he had such a good shave. He replied that he uses a Merkur HD, and had been a lurker around here when he decided to make the switch. I gifted him a Red Tip, and he likes it better than the Merkur.

I had an attorney ask me what I shave with. I told him a DE and he said I remember my Dad shaved with one. I referred him to Enchante for products since his office is blocks away from Charles.

[David in Boston]

Yes, I do it.

Furthermore I have two thoughts in my mind.

The first, "You ignorant peasant".:glare:

The second, "You make me look so good.":biggrin1:

[ateace]

Guilty.

[ackvil]

Guilty, too. I particularly notice bad shaves that leave stubble. I usually try to guess whether the individual is using an electric, cartridge, etc.

[Brownbear]

You guys scare me a little bit.

I would never think of thinking of such a thing.

Well, maybe a little every once in a while.

Maybe even "why bother at all if you aren't going to do it any better than that"

[Dave in the basement]

No, but methinks I have been the receiving end of your looks far too often. :blushing:

But I promise to change that, or at least give it the ol' college try. :thumbup:

Dave

[ProphetNoir]

All the time on the subway. The closer we get to Wall Street, the more I tend to notice.

[nickelsig229]

I'm guilty. I size them up and go through one of a hundred different elitist routines in my head.

I'm also guilty of trying to inform guys of DE/wet shaving and more often then not I end up looking like an obsessed idiot who spends to much time and effort on what they see as a tiresome task.

That's when I go into the whole "forgive them father for they know not what they do" routine in my head.

[Hawkeye5]

Me too.

I shave with a straight in the evening and still have a better shave at noon than most everyone else around here.

Buncha bums I tell ya.

[kingfisher]

Pretty much all the time.:blushing:

[Voomie]

You know what Freud would have to saw about this. Then again he was a beard man.

[davecmu]

I don't feel bad about doing this at all. I think, of all the things I could judge another person about, their shaving choices is probably one of the most harmless.

Look, everyone judges other people, right? Don't lie. So, why not focus your judgmental powers into something that, ultimately, causes no harm?

[Topgumby]

So, why not focus your judgmental powers into something that, ultimately, causes no harm?


Causes no harm?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h38/msgte/gillette_no_job.jpg

A bad shave equals financial ruin... not to mention social rejection.

[Voomie]

Causes no harm?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h38/msgte/gillette_no_job.jpg

A bad shave equals financial ruin... not to mention social rejection.

Shortly after his wife left him, his parents disowned him and his down ran away.

[davecmu]

My judgment of him causes no harm. His inability to shave correctly is his own fault. I only claim responsibility for judging him for it.

[Luc]

:lol: You sound for Mr. T :lol:

[Topgumby]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h38/msgte/ad_Gem20Razor201937.jpg

[Trawlerman]

I'm also guilty of this. Although I don't often try to convert people to DE shaving as they think I'm crazy enough as it is.

What does worry me is that when all this designer stubble started to appear on the scene (Don Johnson in Miami Vice) a lot of people thought it was in bad taste and just downright scruffy. Forward twenty years and it's pretty much the fashion to be unshaven most of the time with many youths in their early twenty now sporting some sort of facial fuzz from bum-fluff to beards.

Well guess what? IT IS in bad taste and IT IS downright scruffy. It says a lot about a person who turns out pretty much everyday looking and smelling clean and close-shaven. It doesn't take long to shave so why choose to look like a bum?

[icedoverfire]

Guilty. Also guilty of letting the scruff go for a couple of days :blushing: even though the SO says she likes it. It does, however, make me appreciate being cleaner shaven than those around me all the more. :w00t:

I have tried to convert my dad and brother. They won't budge.

- ice

[Zarniwoop]

Thanks to this forum my shaving eyes are fully open now and I DO notice how bad some peoples shave really is.

The worry and jealousy I get is when I notice the fresh clean skin of an asian. The majority of asian's seem to have the smoothest skin with not a single bit of beard. How do they do that?

NB: This post is not intended to be racist in any way and if you take it that way I apologise.

[BCatl]

Thanks to this forum my shaving eyes are fully open now and I DO notice how bad some peoples shave really is.

The worry and jealousy I get is when I notice the fresh clean skin of an asian. The majority of asian's seem to have the smoothest skin with not a single bit of beard. How do they do that?

NB: This post is not intended to be racist in any way and if you take it that way I apologise.

People always want what they don't have. I have a very good asian friend and when he was younger he'd always try to grow a mustashe to try to look older. Of course there were so few hairs in the mustashe it actually made him look even younger! :laugh:

[honed]

Guilty to all counts :blushing:

[Elmfuzz]

I always look at popular icons with their "designer stubble" and have actually shouted at posters "HE JUST NEEDS A GOOD SHAVE AND WASH!"

It makes SWMBO laugh.