MOTD

The Economist drops a little science on the diminishing returns of multi-blade cartridges:

It is simply not possible to add a new blade whenever the marketing department wants one. Every additional blade, explains Michele Szynal, a spokeswoman at Gillette, adds weight and size to a razor. Firms must therefore find ways of making both razor and blades lighter, which means thinner blades, more closely spaced, made of special materials, with new coatings.

—The Economist, http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624861

I was Spads in this conversation:

+Spads:	well you're going to have to set up NAT anyway
~paganini:	Yes
+Spads:	so while you're doing that, DHCP is pretty much aftershave
~paganini:	Hehe
@Lxndr:	what is the point of aftershave, anyway?
+Spads:	two things
~paganini:	NAT doesn't look too hard though
+Spads:	lots of idiot men buy crap like old spice, which is alcohol supposed to I dunno, disinfect or something
-:	paganini does not use aftershave
+Spads:	I use witch hazel, which is a skin toner, and feels super fantastic
~paganini:	Except sometimes I use a little witch hazel if my razor was dull and I got scraped
@Lxndr:	okay, so the point is to be an idiot man?
~paganini:	Hehe
@Lxndr:	and/or use witch hazel
+Spads:	I mean, you've just done a skin peel. it's sensitive. slapping alcohol on is just going to sting and do pretty much nothing for you Lxndr: well I use an "after shave toner" alcohol-free aftershave I use lucky tiger but I've heard good things about trumper's skin food I'm actually leaning toward beginning to use pre-shave oil too especially for when the razor gets a little old
@Lxndr:	I've never really even used, like, shaving cream. Nonetheless any of that other fancy-schmancy stuff like aftershave or pre-shave oil.
+Spads:	do you use an electric, or just let your beard grow?
@Lxndr:	Currently, I use disposable razors.
+Spads:	wait
-:	paganini uses shaving gel
@Lxndr:	I am also lazy, and shave only once a week or so.
+Spads:	without shaving cream???
~paganini:	Whoah
+Spads:	like, dry?
@Lxndr:	Yes, without shaving cream.
~paganini:	Lx, does your face still have skin?!
+Spads:	holy shit
@Lxndr:	In the shower, usually, so it's damp.
+Spads:	I didn't believe that anyone actually did that
-:	paganini tried that once
+Spads:	like I thought it was a myth that all these fru-fru "wetshaving" fanatics made up
-:	paganini had razor-burn that lookedl ike roadrash
+Spads:	the notion that people somehow are shaving without any lube
@Lxndr:	well, there is the water.
-:	Spads hands Lxndr the Bill Duke Predator Memorial Ghetto-Shaving Award

Well gosh, I guess people really do shave like that. I had no idea!