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Moore's Law For Razor Blades?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slownewsday dept.

BartlebyScrivener writes "An article in The Economist examines Moore's Law as applied to razor blade technology: 'For the most cynical shavers, this evolution is mere marketing. Twin blades seemed plausible. Three were a bit unlikely. Four, ridiculous. And five seems beyond the pale. Few people, though, seem willing to bet that Gillette's five-bladed Fusion is the end of the road for razor-blade escalation. More blades may seem impossible for the moment — though strictly speaking the Fusion has six, because it has a single blade on its flip-side for tricky areas — but anyone of a gambling persuasion might want to examine the relationship between how many blades a razor has, and the date each new design was introduced'" I'm legally obligated to mention the Onion article that predicted this.

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  1. Damned liars ! by Irish-DnB · · Score: 5, Insightful

    God I hate razor blade ads. Why do Gilette et al always use an actor who's clearly been clean shaven before they do the shot where he pulls the blade from his ear to his chin in one fell swoop. It's hardly a ringing endorsement of their product if they won't show someone with a day or two's worth of stubble doing the same thing.

    Here's my favourite parody of the gilette ads:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6BjAj9Zag

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    1. Re:Damned liars ! by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I've always shaved while showering.

      So did I at one stage, but that's a lot of water down the drain for no very good reason. Here, in Australia, that can be a real issue.

  2. This is silly by eln · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I used to use multi-blade expensive razors, but I got tired of spending 15 bucks every time I needed new blades. Now I use cheap twin-blade disposables, and it's fine. Unless you have hair like a yeti, you don't need that many blades. And actually, it seemed to me that I actually got a WORSE shave using the Gillette Mach 3 than I did with a cheap disposable two-blade razor. I don't know if it's because the blades are closer together or what, but I found when I hadn't shaved for a while I had to actually go over some parts of my face multiple times with the Mach 3 that I only had to go over once with the cheap disposable.

  3. A 4 blade razor was predicted in 1990 by fireman+sam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On triple M radio in Melbourne, Australia. The breakfast crew with their usual crap skits had one for the "NEW" 4 blade razor.

    From the skit:

    Announcer 1: The first blade cuts, The second blade trims, The third blade shaves...
    Announcer 2: What does the fourth blade do?
    Announcer 1: *thinks* It just sits there and rusts.

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  4. Re:tell your girl... by Shads · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I dunno, I like a shaved one every now and again... and I don't even find the girls of legal age attractive anymore... generally gotta be 25-28 before I find them attractive. Shrug.

    Shaved absolutely beats jungle-jane any day however.

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  5. disgusting! I'm never going to shave anything! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does this mean that men with bald heads are appealing to women who want to have sex with babies?

    Does this same argument apply to a woman shaving her legs? Women don't get fuzzy legs until a certain age.

    Should I stop shaving my face so that I don't attract these sicko women who want someone who looks like a more like a child?

    Where does this argument stop? Why does it fucking matter?