The concept of wanting a 'smooth shave' is not new. The term BBS might be new, not sure it was never used back when barbers did real straight razor shaves regularly though.
Pretending its an obsession today though, is sorta detrimental. I don't see an obsession here. There are gear obsessions, and so on but BBS seems to me to just be a metric for evaluation or qualification. Guys get into wet shaving, and as skills progress, shave quality progresses. It's natural to find vocabulary that evaluates the progress. In a discussion forum, it makes sense to use terms, set standards, etc.
I don't see that qualifying anything as an obsession. I could point out a few things I do consider to be obsessions but it's really none of my business.
At the end of the day, who cares? So what?
If someone chases BBS or someone else wants 1000 Simpson brushes, it's not my business.
Everyone's business is their own.
Do we need to try and make people feel bad because of their preferences???
Do we need to try and feel superior because we don't chase those things?
BBS, way I see it, is just a stage or result that someone chooses to go for, or not. Lotta guys don't chase it. Not so many discuss it as a goal to achieve. Some do, yeah, but the majority of shavers seem to be mostly focused on other things.
There are some who use topics like that to gauge their masculinity, mark their territory, measure their manhood, sure, those types are all over the internet. They are a minority, and I think they're more obsessed with themselves to be honest.
But getting a close shave, wanting a closer longer lasting shave - that's been a thing since shaving and shaving advertisements were a thing.
Pretending its an obsession today though, is sorta detrimental. I don't see an obsession here. There are gear obsessions, and so on but BBS seems to me to just be a metric for evaluation or qualification. Guys get into wet shaving, and as skills progress, shave quality progresses. It's natural to find vocabulary that evaluates the progress. In a discussion forum, it makes sense to use terms, set standards, etc.
I don't see that qualifying anything as an obsession. I could point out a few things I do consider to be obsessions but it's really none of my business.
At the end of the day, who cares? So what?
If someone chases BBS or someone else wants 1000 Simpson brushes, it's not my business.
Everyone's business is their own.
Do we need to try and make people feel bad because of their preferences???
Do we need to try and feel superior because we don't chase those things?
BBS, way I see it, is just a stage or result that someone chooses to go for, or not. Lotta guys don't chase it. Not so many discuss it as a goal to achieve. Some do, yeah, but the majority of shavers seem to be mostly focused on other things.
There are some who use topics like that to gauge their masculinity, mark their territory, measure their manhood, sure, those types are all over the internet. They are a minority, and I think they're more obsessed with themselves to be honest.
But getting a close shave, wanting a closer longer lasting shave - that's been a thing since shaving and shaving advertisements were a thing.
