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What's your list of banned brands? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Gillette. Due to their toxic masculinity ad. Why are they talking about that stuff? I went to them for shaving stuff, not for a talk about toxic masculinity or whatever. The good thing about the ad. It got me into safety razors. They're way better then cartridge razors. So thank you, Gillette. For making me stop using cheap plastic razors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Reasonable. Personally, I never learned how to use a razor, so I just use an electric shaver. It doesn't give as good a cut, but I'm happy to contribute to a boycott anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I never learned how to use a razor

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Alright. Ima be ur daddy and tell you have to shave in 3 minutes flat.

Acquire some BIC single blade razors
Head to shower, put it on steaming hot and apply steaming hot water to face. Getting a hot towel after getting out of the shower and leaving it on your face for a while makes a tough shave even moar comfortable.
Lather shaving foam all over face
Run BIC razor under cold running water and shave until your face is like a baby's bum
Rinse thoroughly with cold water to remove all lather

[–] evasive_chimpanzee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think the key that they never admit is that none of those disposable razors can really handle anything more than a couple of days growth. If you are someone who doesn't try to stay cleanshaven, but just want to shave once you start to get scruffy, it will never work.

That's where double edge, shavettes, and true straight razors excel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Very true.

I generally just use my ceramic bladed hair cutter on 0 when I'm not required to have a clean, clean shave, and then like I say above just use a BIC when I need a baby's bum face for work etc.

The twin / triple blades I find can be off-putting to some since if you have too much growth they latch on and snag.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Same here. It got me to try other brands (I used to buy Gillette out of a habit) and all of them turned out to be better and cheaper. In the end - Wilkinson for the win!

Also, you got me to look up what a safety razor is. Looks classy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

If it's the ad I'm thinking of, I actually kinda liked it. But I definitely agree with you on the safety razors. Better shave and better for the planet. Don't buy plastic cartridge razors, you're getting ripped off and needlessly contributing to the plastic problem. Now if only I could find blades that a 100 pack didn't mean 20 plastic 5-packs of blades, but it still is a lot less waste than a cartridge razor.