Yell and scream and rant and rave / It's no use, you need a

[Sarkhaan]

Shaving in general in such a pain that I feel it equals out periods and pregnancy, huzzah for the male population!

*snort*

Yes, having to shave your face is clearly much, much worse than having to shave your LEGS. Which are a little bigger than your face, and have even more weird angles to help you slice yourself open.

Says you. I'd MUCH rather have nice long, slightly curved surfaces to shave as opposed to that damn cleft under my jaw that never gets smooth no mater how many times I run a razor over it in multiple directions.

or the Adam's apple, which virtually guarantees a knick, and still at least one long hair hanging around.

[NERVUN]

Why can't you use the electric razor in the rainy season? Aren't you usually inside when you shave?

*sighs* Ok, one more time.

Japan's rainy season means lots of moisture and lots of heat. The relative hummidity is around 90% or so at 6 am in the morning (And I'm up in the mountains, it's worse down in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto). Japanese houses also tend to NOT have central air-con. My house does have AC, but we're talking ONE room has AC. My house is also a traditional style house, meaning the bathroom and dressing room for the bath is attached to the end of the house, it ain't exactly ventilated, let alone well. Pretty much, during the summer it's always damp back there and getting out of the shower doesn't mean you get out of the water.

Given that my razor works best on a dry face and dry wiskers... Pretty much it's like trying to shave a wet balloon. I can use my razor, but the shave I get is patchy as all hell and nothing close to smooth.

[Sarkhaan]

6 am in the morning

Well, it is better than 6 am in the evening.....

*ducks*

[NERVUN]

6 am in the morning

Well, it is better than 6 am in the evening.....

*ducks*

I'm gonna hurt you now...

[Sarkhaan]

6 am in the morning

Well, it is better than 6 am in the evening.....

*ducks*

I'm gonna hurt you now...

Well, the boy's in ptown, so I guess it's okay...

[Galloism]

Why can't you use the electric razor in the rainy season? Aren't you usually inside when you shave?

*sighs* Ok, one more time.

Japan's rainy season means lots of moisture and lots of heat. The relative hummidity is around 90% or so at 6 am in the morning (And I'm up in the mountains, it's worse down in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto). Japanese houses also tend to NOT have central air-con. My house does have AC, but we're talking ONE room has AC. My house is also a traditional style house, meaning the bathroom and dressing room for the bath is attached to the end of the house, it ain't exactly ventilated, let alone well. Pretty much, during the summer it's always damp back there and getting out of the shower doesn't mean you get out of the water.

Given that my razor works best on a dry face and dry wiskers... Pretty much it's like trying to shave a wet balloon. I can use my razor, but the shave I get is patchy as all hell and nothing close to smooth.

Ah.

You know, you could get an electric dehumidifier and plug it in in your bathroom.

[Poliwanacraca]

Shaving in general in such a pain that I feel it equals out periods and pregnancy, huzzah for the male population!

*snort*

Yes, having to shave your face is clearly much, much worse than having to shave your LEGS. Which are a little bigger than your face, and have even more weird angles to help you slice yourself open.

Says you. I'd MUCH rather have nice long, slightly curved surfaces to shave as opposed to that damn cleft under my jaw that never gets smooth no mater how many times I run a razor over it in multiple directions.

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd tried to shave your kneecaps. Seriously, I've been shaving for something like 15 years now, and I still can't manage the freaking kneecaps.

[Poliwanacraca]

Shaving in general in such a pain that I feel it equals out periods and pregnancy, huzzah for the male population!

*snort*

Yes, having to shave your face is clearly much, much worse than having to shave your LEGS. Which are a little bigger than your face, and have even more weird angles to help you slice yourself open.

Is it that time of month Poli, otherwise stop whining like a woman, this is why females shouldn't have any position of responsibility, if you're not crying you're going off on some irrational woman rant,

*pats head*

Actually, yes, it is. You may want to follow Sark's suggestion now.

[NERVUN]

Says you. I'd MUCH rather have nice long, slightly curved surfaces to shave as opposed to that damn cleft under my jaw that never gets smooth no mater how many times I run a razor over it in multiple directions.

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd tried to shave your kneecaps. Seriously, I've been shaving for something like 15 years now, and I still can't manage the freaking kneecaps.

I'd MUCH rather have the kneecaps. At least you can SEE your kneecaps and strech them out.

[Poliwanacraca]

Says you. I'd MUCH rather have nice long, slightly curved surfaces to shave as opposed to that damn cleft under my jaw that never gets smooth no mater how many times I run a razor over it in multiple directions.

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd tried to shave your kneecaps. Seriously, I've been shaving for something like 15 years now, and I still can't manage the freaking kneecaps.

I'd MUCH rather have the kneecaps. At least you can SEE your kneecaps and strech them out.

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

[Galloism]

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

You know, he probably has hairy legs already. He could just shave them and find out what it's like from your perspective.

[Sarkhaan]

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd tried to shave your kneecaps. Seriously, I've been shaving for something like 15 years now, and I still can't manage the freaking kneecaps.

I'd MUCH rather have the kneecaps. At least you can SEE your kneecaps and strech them out.

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

I know several dudes who have shaved it all, and the most challenging spots I've heard are adam's apple, groin, and back (not because of actual difficulty, but because most of them weren't that flexible)

[Kyronea]

Shave! (Thanks Bugs)

Thanks to Japan's rainy season, I'm having to forego using my electric razor and am back to the joys of shaving cream and a safety. I am not a happy camper with this. I dislike shaving even with the electric, the blade even more so. So tell me, NSG, do you shave? How often? How do you shave? WHAT do you shave?

I shave my face regularly. I don't use shaving cream at all. Instead, what I do is take my shower first, then right after stepping out, I shave.

The hot water is more than enough to soften my face and prevent any sort of cuts while shaving.

[NERVUN]

Why can't you use the electric razor in the rainy season? Aren't you usually inside when you shave?

*sighs* Ok, one more time.

Japan's rainy season means lots of moisture and lots of heat. The relative hummidity is around 90% or so at 6 am in the morning (And I'm up in the mountains, it's worse down in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto). Japanese houses also tend to NOT have central air-con. My house does have AC, but we're talking ONE room has AC. My house is also a traditional style house, meaning the bathroom and dressing room for the bath is attached to the end of the house, it ain't exactly ventilated, let alone well. Pretty much, during the summer it's always damp back there and getting out of the shower doesn't mean you get out of the water.

Given that my razor works best on a dry face and dry wiskers... Pretty much it's like trying to shave a wet balloon. I can use my razor, but the shave I get is patchy as all hell and nothing close to smooth.

Ah.

You know, you could get an electric dehumidifier and plug it in in your bathroom.

We've thought about it, sadly there are two problems with the idea. A. Given how Japanese houses are designed, we would probably end up trying to dehumidify Japan. And B. Toddler. Toddler who has figured out how to open doors and loves electric devices.

[Galloism]

We've thought about it, sadly there are two problems with the idea. A. Given how Japanese houses are designed, we would probably end up trying to dehumidify Japan. And B. Toddler. Toddler who has figured out how to open doors and loves electric devices.

A) You know, if you got enough of them...

B) Vaseline on the door handle. It works every time.

[NERVUN]

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

You know, he probably has hairy legs already. He could just shave them and find out what it's like from your perspective.

But then she wouldn't know the joys of trying to shave around the jaw and neck.

[Galloism]

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

You know, he probably has hairy legs already. He could just shave them and find out what it's like from your perspective.

But then she wouldn't know the joys of trying to shave around the jaw and neck.

She can come to my house and shave me.

[NERVUN]

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd tried to shave your kneecaps. Seriously, I've been shaving for something like 15 years now, and I still can't manage the freaking kneecaps.

I'd MUCH rather have the kneecaps. At least you can SEE your kneecaps and strech them out.

I wonder if we can do some sort of Freaky-Friday-style trade in which I suddenly have to shave my neck and you suddenly have to shave your knees, just so we can actually verify which one is more unpleasant. (Can I just shave invisible hair, though? I mean, I presume you already have hairy knees, but I really don't want to acquire a hairy neck...)

Oh no, you've got to experience the full joy of it. Knowing that you can't hide stubble from people so you toss yourself into a frenzy trying to get rid of that lat little bit.

See, you girls are lucky, you can at least HIDE the parts you didn't shave and no one says anything.

People tend to comment if you wander arround in a ski mask though.

[NERVUN]

But then she wouldn't know the joys of trying to shave around the jaw and neck.

She can come to my house and shave me.

Don't you already have someone doing that?

[Kyronea]

She can come to my house and shave me.

No, no, no, what we do is we get her to shave her boyfriend, who might complain if she tried to shave you. (As would Nanatsu, I imagine.)

[Galloism]

But then she wouldn't know the joys of trying to shave around the jaw and neck.

She can come to my house and shave me.

Don't you already have someone doing that?

No.

[Zombie PotatoHeads]

I'm fortunate, in that I need only shave twice a week. My brother, on the other hand, has to shave twice a day.
I came across a nifty shaver a couple of months back, a Gillete model called M3 power:

Quick google brought this site up, in case you're interested:
http://www.blademail.co.uk/acatalog/M3Power.html

It's an electric razor, vibrating the blade as you shave. I've found it's excellent. It takes bugger-all time to shave, and it's a lot smoother than using razors.
I always use L'Occitane shaving oil and aftershave skin moisterizer. Best stuff I've found, though pricey. Lovely smell to it too, a sort of piney-wood smell. Very masculine.

[Kyronea]

No.

I thought you had Nanatsu.

[Poliwanacraca]

Oh no, you've got to experience the full joy of it. Knowing that you can't hide stubble from people so you toss yourself into a frenzy trying to get rid of that lat little bit.

See, you girls are lucky, you can at least HIDE the parts you didn't shave and no one says anything.

People tend to comment if you wander arround in a ski mask though.

This point, I grant you. I do really like being able to get away with not shaving my legs for weeks in the winter.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work so well when you're in an actual relationship with someone who expects you to take your pants off occasionally.

[Galloism]

No.

I thought you had Nanatsu.

She doesn't shave me though.

Actually, I was even kidding about Poli (no offense, Poli). I have this rule about other people with sharp objects near my jugular.