This has been getting advertised for a while here. I really don't see the benefit, gentle exfoliation it says on the page, but don't razors exfoliate anyway? You know, by scrapping skin off? Do you think maybe putting another extra blade on each razer was beginning to sound silly even to their marketing department?

what is it then? a sex toy for wookies?

I saw the sfgate article this morning and saw a wonderful opportunity to use the "it vibrates?" meme.

dodgy - I think Wookiees would want to keep their distance. Using *ahem* one of these razors might necessitate donning pants and hey, we can't have that.

So, I'm easily amused. What of it?

I've seen magazine ads for them for the last little while but this ..er.. usage never occurred to me.

there's a male version, i think (it's suppose to shave better due to the vibrations). wonder if it has a different shape?

what is it then? a sex toy for wookies?

That was not an image I needed in my mental vocabulary of inexcusably terrible aberrations.

*clickbzzzzzzzzzz* rrar! RAAAAARHH! rrrrrAARRGHHGHHGHGH-WAAAARGH!@ aaaRRRRRRRGHRRAAARRRAARRRAGGH!

(editor's note: The preceding is the transliteration of the combined noises of Wookie fear, worry, pain, and, most disturbingly, pleasure.)

"Vibrating" razors are a complete scam to compete against the Schick Quattro.

The Mach 3 was revolutionary because it was the first 3-bladed razor, which was previously unattainable because blades couldn't be made that thin without breaking. Schick eventually got a 3-blader as well, and recently came out with the Quattro, which has four blades (and, IMO, rules- I have thick, course hair).

Gilette has, to date, been unable to hit the 4-blade mark, but needed a "new" line to compete with the Quattro. Hence, the ugly hacks known as "M3 Power" and "Vibrance".

I'll tell you how it works as soon as I get it out of my ass.

yeah andrew, it's on their website, apparently it's just like a car or something - turbo!

Sorry, that should be - nitro!

*insert obligatory reference to the TheOnion spoof about going fuckin' crazy and making a razor with 5 fuckin' blades in it*

Now they want me to upgrade my handle again *AND* buy batteries for it? Hey, wait, doesn't the Gillete parent company make batteries, too?

I'm sick of razor manufacterers. If anyone was ripe for a class-action lawsuit it's those stoat-fuckers.

It would be hard to convince me that they didn't intentionally degrade the quality of their older models.

My best shave used to come from the plain old two-blade, no funky strip "Sensor" blades. A few years ago I "upgraded" to that Mach 3 horseshit with the funky head angle and handle. It shaved alright, but it seemed that there was more irritation from the three blades, and that chunky shape didn't get into nooks and crannies under the nose and around the lips very well.

Last time I bought some new razors, I figured I would save a bit of money and go back to the plain-old Sensor blades. Jesus christ that hurts. I might as well have bought a package of cheap plastic disposable 99 cent store Bic knockoffs.

I need to find me an old-school double-edged saftey razor handle and a proper brush and lather cup.

NOW GET OFFA MY LAWN BEFORE I FILLYA FULLA ROCK SALT LOADS... or something.

That was not an image I needed in my mental vocabulary of inexcusably terrible aberrations.

yeah, it's pretty bad

Gilette has, to date, been unable to hit the 4-blade mark, but needed a "new" line to compete with the Quattro. Hence, the ugly hacks known as "M3 Power" and "Vibrance".

Great Ceasar's Ghost on toast! It's a disposable razor, not a microchip!

One of those battery powered toothbrushes'll get you through airport security too, without the blade factor, and with all the same perks, if that's really a concern for anyone.

If razors get any more blades it'll be like dragging venetian blinds across your face.

...knocked his head clean off.

OMFG I somehow missed that Penny Arcade...

The Mach 3 was revolutionary
what word are you going to use for something that is even better than going from two to three blades on a razor? it's a slippery slope:
"your new haircut is a completely new paradigm"
"the mind blowing quantum shift that renders any other lifestyle obsolete - microwave popcorn"
and, perhaps we can only dream...
"this is a - why am i lined up against the wall, who are you calling a mindless consumerist moron, please point that gun somewhere else - truly revolutionary revolution"