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[–] ccunning 114 points 5 months ago

…and they’re both just repackaged Suave®…

[–] [email protected] 112 points 5 months ago (4 children)

48% less hog fat? Shrinkflation strikes again.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Listen, I like my shampoo like I like my man. White, pasty and offensive.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (7 children)

In return, Women get to smell like coconuts and vanilla, while we men are relegated to scents like "burnt charcoal and 7 year old engine oil"

[–] Odelay42 78 points 5 months ago (20 children)

There's no laws preventing you from using what you perceive as women's hair care products.

[–] rob_t_firefly 58 points 5 months ago (3 children)

My baldness sufficiently prevents me from using them.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] rob_t_firefly 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's true, my butt hair could do with an occasional shampoo. Maybe a fresh style too, I've been wearing it for ages just parted in the middle.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

My husband is bald but like to use my nice smelling shampoo on his beard every now and again. Pamper yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Yes, but I think the (true) point was that male-marketed products are always either:

  • Arctic freshness 0°K we'll make you feel like you're naked on an iceberg in the middle of the North Pole

Or:

  • Now you smell like your grandfather! Some wood, musk, and cedar cones

Why is it so and what does it tell of our society and weird expectations? A great deal of men do NOT appreciate this approach, and sure turn to the products marketed for women.

We should either break that insanely entrenched stereotype about "masculine" scents, or better just ditch product gendering altogether.

Yay for men smelling like vanilla and strawberry yoghurt!

[–] Odelay42 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Reject marketing. Reject gender roles. Reject artificial constructs that only serve to oppress and control you.

Easier said than done, but seriously fuck marketing.

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[–] capital 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Easy, it’s the more expensive ones.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you have something against 7 year old engine oil?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anything less than 10 years didn't have enough time to ripen.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

gonna smell like that anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago (2 children)

* Can not legally be called "shampoo"

Ah, a sham-shampoo.

[–] cley_faye 12 points 5 months ago

Sham-shampoo is better than sham-poo.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (5 children)
[–] AchtungDrempels 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I use womens deodorant, not fruity ones but "fresh" ones i guess. Can't stand mens deodorant, reminds me of locker room stank.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

reminds me of locker room stank

I wonder why

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I'm using one that's labeled as "Cobalt". Smdh doesn't smell anything like actual cobalt, what a ripoff

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Same as the shower gel, where there are lots of "flavours" and then some just labelled "MEN" with no indication of what they smell of.^[Engine oil and Swarfega]

[–] konalt 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] pikmeir 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Let's not forget Barb Wire and New Yacht.

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[–] prime_number_314159 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Does nobody use 17 in 1 hair detergent, body wash, conditioner, deoderant, moisturizer, hand soap, shaving cream, beard oil, lip balm, callous remover, hand sanitizer, bubble bath solution, epsom salt, dandruff treatment, cologne, hair gel, and junk defunker anymore?

[–] chonglibloodsport 18 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Don’t forget leather conditioner, rust remover, engine degreaser, paint thinner, weed killer, barbecue charcoal starter, epoxy cure accelerator!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Out here in hard water country we just call that "Dove"

Seriously if you're looking for a soap that just plain works in ANY water and doesn't leave your skin feeling like it shrank a size, a good old bar of Dove is the answer.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

10-in-one from hair to car

[–] ikidd 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Then the fuckers start putting more perfumes in it.

Goddamn, that pisses me off. Had to find another AIO shampoo that didn't make my eyes burn when I used it. Used Pert for 20+ years until some marketing asshat forgot who the demographic was.

[–] Burninator05 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From your hair, to your car, to your industrial kiln, Shimpoo will make it shine.

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[–] ChillPenguin 29 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I went to get a massage for the first time. You can have a scent during your massage, so I was like why not? So they listed a huge list of smells and flavors. And one of the scents they had was cedar. Of course I picked that one. The masseuse was immediately like "I would say like 80% of all of the guys that come in here pick cedar." No regrets, it smelled great. Reminded me of woodworking.

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[–] Rolando 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Jimmy: "Mane n' Tail." Is this horse shampoo?

Chazz: Yes, it is.

Jimmy: Do you use this stuff on your hair?

Chazz: Uh-huh.

Jimmy: "For a lustrous coat." Does this actually work?

Chazz: You bet your ass it does. It makes my hair shine like Orion's belt...

--== B L A D E S / O F / G L O R Y ==--

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[–] roguetrick 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] DaddleDew 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

They forgot to add a list of ingredients that makes it sound like it is a fruit salad.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those are both fancy. I use bicarb

[–] Godnroc 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

A bread roll in each hand?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bicarb means being attracted to both bagels and baguettes

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I thought it meant ‘once every other carb’…?

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[–] psmgx 14 points 4 months ago

95% similarity in ingredients, save for a small amount of extra moisturizer and scenting in the wife's.

[–] disguy_ovahea 13 points 5 months ago

Women sometimes have big vats of products too. I learned years ago that if my SO had a large bottle of lotion it cost $5.99, but the 3 oz. bottle was $59.99.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

In the Netherlands, they stick English on packaging for prestige rather than French. Makes me laugh fairly often to see.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Shimpoo also doubles as all purpose lubricant, engine oil, degreaser, pipe declogger, raticide, barbecue sauce, hair pomade, and SPF 50+ sunscreen.

[–] MudSkipperKisser 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Wait till I tell you about the $1000s I spend on skin care…yep I said it

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[–] Buffalox 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Essence of Whispered Dreams."
That actually sounds crazy cool, I would definitely buy that for my wife if it was available. Also the color is absolutely perfect.

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