Rolling Maleness and Masculinity Discussion Thread

I tried switching from Dorco down to some double-edge safety razor business, under the promise that you can buy like 100 blades for ten bucks or whatever. Sliced the shit out of myself for a couple weeks and gave up.

The Fusion is even more overpriced iirc?

Seriously though, Dorco is like $40 for a 24 pack and imo competes well against the stuff you can buy in stores.

lidl shark razor is fine

clean it with an old toothbrush

or yknow whoop for adverts

i bought a peanut once and it has worked to keep my beard kempt for over a decade if u don't require a clean shaven face i can highly recommend

Yeah, the store brand ones I bought today were $9 (CAD) for a 5-pack as opposed to the $22 they were charging for the Gillettes. Hoping I don't shred my face. 2xp

the fusion is more expensive but it's what i've always used.

https://mk0primandprepabb7sr.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Both-Together-in-hand.jpg

well yknow are u willing to change or not

in the side by side it's definitely more playful, more glam. the mac 3 has a rubber grip handle with tire treads. this actually seems more functional but it is also repressed.

dmac 3 also fits that latter description

Any razor you like, as long as it isn’t str8

good morrow, b'ladies

I've been happy with Dorco. I did Dollar Shave Club until I realized they were just reselling Dorcos. plus go on Slickdeals there are always some Dorco coupon codes

What is dorco? I get my razors at cvs

Still the greatest Onion op-ed

https://www.theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036

Hoping I don't shred my face.

So far, so good.

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my grammar is okay most of the time but my mechanics are pretty weak

this is a thread about razors, i like ms. tree as much as anybody but to hell with substance

I have to object about being called ‘ms. tree.’ I’m woke enough, but come on

https://www.catspawdynamics.com/ms-tree/

The Ms. Tree Method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogQjuc61EGU

the only feminist Gillette I'm interested in

since the question came up this is from a forbes article (that a pro-commercial slate article linked to):

As Gillette has come under increasing competition from low priced competitors such as Dollar Shave Club and Harry's, along with a resurgent Schick who is offering refill cartridges that fit Gillette razors, its market share has dropped from 70% to 50% over the past decade. Gillette has been forced to drop the price of its razors by about 15% over the past few years and is on the verge of losing master brand status.

tried to move my rider and the mother-effin' battery died. I can just jump that from a car battery right?

Schick who is offering refill cartridges that fit Gillette razors

This is v.v. smart but can also backfire if Gillette does the same.

shaving's a pretty great scam, especially in beardo times where you can soak consumers with a beard trimmer that doesn't clean up the neck well necessitating a traditional razor to clean up the edges

on the bright side it means I buy actual razor blades like, once a year or something because neck cleanup takes a while to kill a blade

yeah my philips beard trimmer is shit at cleaning up the neck actually, that's a fair point.

For a while I was on the chromed out safety razor kick--it was a better shave but I nicked myself more.

I started doing my neck with a safety razor a few years ago and haven’t looked back. Hot towel for neck, shaving soap, cheap-ass badger hair brush, Feather razors, and witch hazel for aftershave. I knick myself, mainly when I’ve used the razor one too many times, but I did the same with the Mach 3, too.

“Traditional” masculinity is DEAD. The secret to male sexual stamina is veggies. 😉 pic.twitter.com/51DUsqzyO3

— PETA (@peta) January 16, 2019

get ready for lots more of this

I shave in the shower without cream and a 4 bladed razor. I swap out cartridges every 3 or 4 months.

Since we are all outing our shaving routines: Phillips OneBlade every other day or so and for beard and moustache trimming, Gillette Fusion5 once a week or when I want to look extra classy. I use a shaving gel called Shave With Benefits (the company's owned by a friend of my father's) that is very nice smelling and feeling in itself and claims to extend razor blade life -- and in my experience, it actually does. Pitralon as aftershave, but only the version made for the Swiss market because it's a completely different and better product and finally now readily available outside of Switzerland. (German heads understand.)

Once out of the shower and toweled dry I put the Ralph Lauren boxers back on and before applying the Mousse A Raiser, a shaving cream by Pour Hommes, I press a hot towel against my face for two minutes to soften abrasive beard hair. Then I always slather on a moisturizer (to my taste, Clinique) and let it soak in for a minute. You can rinse it off or keep it on and apply a shaving cream over it - preferably with a brush, which softens the beard as it lifts the whiskers - which I've found makes removing the hair easier. It also helps prevent water from evaporating and reduces friction between your skin and the blade. Always wet the razor with warm water before shaving and shave in the direction the beard grows, pressing gently on the skin. Leave the sideburns and chin for last, since these whiskers are tougher and need more time to soften. Rinse the razor and shake off any excess water before starting. Afterwards splash cool water on the face to remove any trace of lather. You should use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol. Never use cologne on your face, since the high alcohol content dries your face out and makes you look older. One should use an alcohol-free antibacterial toner with a water-moistened cotton ball to normalize the skin.

My skin kept naturally soft by my liberal snowflake tears, which leak copiously on the daily.

I dunno how people use no razors whatsoever - like as mentioned I need a razor to shape my beard on my neck, the full rectangular neck beard looks terrible, particularly if I have to dress formally, all squashed by a buttoned up shirt.

So I probably buy one or two packs of Wilkinson Sword "Extreme 3" disposable razors. They are the best value and sharpest brand I've used but I wouldn't say I've investigated others in the last 10 years or so. Now that Gillette have created such a nuanced and poignant skewering of how we have lived thus far in the world I might have to give their products a more just reckoning.

I mean while we are on this routine - that hair on the back of the neck is irritating. I prob would shave my own baldy head except for how hard it is to get rid of that. I leave it to the pros, for that reason and also because I don't like the reality or symbolism of sweeping up chunks of my own dead hair off the floor of my home.

I just use a beard trimmer on the shortest setting every 2 or 3 days.

I don't know why, probably laziness/working and studying but I tend to leave huge gaps between use of the trimmer, and I sort of allow myself to think maybe having a huge beard looks great as long as it's there, then every time I trim it at the shortest setting and a day or two passes I think I should have it that length always.

I like how this thread has just become men talking about themselves again.

If we don't want men to talk about themselves in the rolling maleness and masculinity thread then may I suggest tackling a completely different topic? Alternately, we can ban men from posting itt.

chose to take uug comment at (clean shaven) face value

Two roads diverged in a wood…

split ends

Is wins quoting American Psycho?

ok, it was. I couldn't google it an hour ago

Which shampoo will I use today? Maybe PsycoPath®, the sports shampoo with salon grade microprotein packed in a manly black injection-molded plastic motor-oil canister. Afterwards? A bracing energizer splash of Monk-On-Fire®, containing placenta, nectarine-pit extract, and B vitamins. And to hold it all together? First Strike® sculpting mousse manufactured by the pluTONium™ hair-care institute of Sherman Oaks, California. It's self-adjusting, with aloe, chamomile, and resins taken from quail eggs. Gloss, hold, and confidence. What a deal.

This is good in how it shows some nice bear upkeep/trimming before and after. https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinsmith/17-shocking-transformations-that-prove-a-good-beard-is

yikes i posted the wrong link. There are no bears in that.

idk a couple of them might be

that URL is the stuff of nightmares

Too much facial hair or too much buzzfeed?