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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ICanStopTheRain on 2025-05-07 03:51:37+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1975, after Gillette introduced a two-blade cartridge razor, Saturday Night Live aired a fake commercial for a three-blade razor. Gillette introduced one in 1998. In 2004, a satirical article in The Onion introduced a fictional five-blade razor. A real five-blade razor came out in 2006.

  • @[email protected]English
    16•5 days ago

    To be fair, it IS a much better shave having 5 blades. I don’t even use shaving cream or anything. I just raw dog my face with razors, and it comes out super smooth.

    I used to raw dog my face decades ago with single razors. Took forever, and I’d bleed.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•5 days ago

      i raw dog my face with 2 and 3 blades and it’s perfectly fine. I just shave in the shower, tons of water anyway.

    • @[email protected]English
      12•5 days ago

      Uses product the wrong way, complains that it doesn’t work well.

      There’s a reason why shaving soap is a thing and I’m sure you would even feel that the 5 blades experience is better if you used it, but that single blade part is just ridiculous, I shave everything including my hair with a single blade and don’t bleed.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•5 days ago

        shave everything with a single blade and don’t bleed

        I’m not who you were replying to, but I recently got a straight razor and have been cutting myself every time I try it, I don’t really understand how to use it. Could you give some tips?

        currently I use shaving cream on my legs then run along against the growth, but any time I have a slight bump or even the fingerprint like ridges on my knees it will cut the top off. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong, is this just how it’s supposed to work or am I doing it incorrectly?

        • @[email protected]English
          5•5 days ago

          I don’t use a straight razor, just an old school safety razor, the one time I tried a straight a ended up with a pretty big cut on my cheek 🤷

          A straight to shave legs might be a bit much as it tends to be hard not to end up with cuts on the knees even with a “regular” razor…