Razor blades and everything
Laziness let me grow my facial hair beyond the 4 day mark this week, which puts me out of range for my electric razor. This necessitated using my girlfriends leg razor to ensure I don’t end up being mistaken for a bearded hipster. My girlfriends razors have two blades, which many would argue is wholly inadequate in today’s world (and yet, the two blade replacements are surprisingly easy to find) given the recent explosion in the number of razor blades required to shave the modern face. Onwards I shaved, cursing both of those two dull blades with all my cursin’ powers (full curse power / 2 blades = half curse power per blade).
How did we get here you ask? It was a slow, painful, nick-filled road I tell you.
Where will we go from here? Who knows? As someone who looks at graphs now and then, I can tell you without a doubt, that the trend is up. This is of course, barring another blade supply collapse such as that seen in 1747 (not pictured above). I for one, welcome our 6 and 7 bladed overlords.
Until such time as we truly evolve and develop a 10 bladed razor, I will continue to use my electric.
13 May 2008 at 6:38 pm
Damn - I’ve just been outbid on a straight razor on eBay. I’ll see your 50 cents k***p, and raise you a dolla’! (Future posts on this topic will come, assuming I don’t end up with an obit that includes the words “self” and “vivisected” before then.)
I say grow the beard, even if it is going to be scraggly. If you’re worried about misrepresenting yourself as a hipster beardo, just make sure ‘man up’ with some manly accoutrements.
Word.