Gillette knew stacking more and more blades would bring out some primal urge in men. They saw their pals rocking 3 blade heads and knew they must get the 5 blade version to one up them.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think I remember a (SNL?) sketch from back when 2 blades were the norm and maybe there were some 3 blades starting to come out with an ad for like a 17 blade product.

[–] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's this classic from The Onion?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Oh yeah, thats the one for sure. The Onion predicting the future again!

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago

The third blade prevents the hair from snapping back and injuring you.