# I think gillete should be banned from making adverts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162 "2004-06-13T19:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/1 "2004-06-13T19:43:59Z")
What do _you_ think? ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/2 "2004-06-13T19:58:41Z")
I don’t know much about their advertising, but I do know that Gillette is a bitch to work with. How many production tracking forms do they freaking well need, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/3 "2004-06-13T20:06:21Z")
Because why? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/4 "2004-06-13T20:20:36Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Because why? Because they are always stupid and corny. They make razors out to be the center of a man’s universe. It’s patronizing. It’s just a f\*\*\*\*\*g razor! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/5 "2004-06-13T20:37:02Z")
Give them a break. They’re only trying to plug their product. Male “performance enhancers,” OTOH, should be banned from the airwaves immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/6 "2004-06-13T20:42:04Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Give them a break. They’re only trying to plug their product. Nothing against people plugging their product (except a general dislike of the way advertising is conducted in today’s world) but don’t you think they overdo it? Thay make each advert seem like they’ve just invented time-travel or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/7 "2004-06-13T21:04:25Z")
You thought the [last](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=3168981&highlight=Gilette#post3168981) [couple](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4605368&highlight=Gilette#post4605368) bitches about Gilette razor commercials were the ultimate in pointing out advertising idiocy, right? [_WRONG._](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261368) The commercial-bashing action is increased 150 million percent. This thread is dedicated to mocking Gilette’s advertising. The first post sets you up for the ultimate Gilette-hating experience. The second prepares you for a different perspective. The third prompts you to think about the commercials. The fourth reinforces the idea that this thread is founded on. You’ll come out of this thread with the closest, purest form of Gilette hatred known to the hatred of man. Female psychoanalysts will flock to you to rub their hands over your smooth smooth mental problems. Be prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/8 "2004-06-13T21:22:03Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Give them a break. They’re only trying to plug their product. > > Male “performance enhancers,” OTOH, should be banned from the airwaves immediately. I dunno. I kinda LIKE Smiling Bob. (Unless he started working for another company…Isuzu perhaps?) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/9 "2004-06-13T22:32:49Z")
My gillete has a 4 turbos and 100000000000000000000 mach speed and can travel through time. I practically wake up and don’t have to shave, it’s gone already! So the ads are kinda close. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/10 "2004-06-13T22:35:41Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > My gillete has a 4 turbos and 100000000000000000000 mach speed and can travel through time. I practically wake up and don’t have to shave, it’s gone already! So the ads are kinda close. Time travel? Is that it? Ha! _My_ razor brings me breakfast in bed! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/11 "2004-06-13T22:54:06Z")
Oh, come on. How can you take a razor commercial at all seriously when it begins, “There is a force out there so powerful you would do anything to have it…” And the force in question is a slightly vibrating blade? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/12 "2004-06-14T04:53:23Z")
No, the ads are accurate. When I shave, I am _not_ in a suburban bathroom, bleary-eyed and hungover. No siree, I am dogfighting in a fighter jet. When I drink beer, I’m not flopped in front of the TV in my smelly work clothes. Uh uh, I am in fact toasting beautiful women on my luxury yacht, having spent the day excelling at a multitude of extreme sports. No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/13 "2004-06-14T05:01:25Z")
You can keep your dumb old Gillette. [I’ve got shampoo that give me orgasms! ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/14 "2004-06-14T05:13:20Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > You can keep your dumb old Gillette. I’ve got shampoo that give me orgasms! Wait…Isn’t that what the new, battery-powered Gilette is _really_ for? ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/15 "2004-06-14T05:51:08Z")
> [@Murcielago](#): > > Wait…Isn’t that what the new, battery-powered Gilette is _really_ for? Just make sure you take the cartridge off first. (Death of a thousand cuts, indeed.) ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/16 "2004-06-14T06:46:56Z")
I’m actually a beta-tester for Gillette, and while I’m not supposed to say anything (according to my non-disclosure agreement), I’m actually testing a new razor, set for release just before Christmas 2005 that [ul] [li]Has eight blades that automatically rotate after each use upon the press of a button to ensure maximum blade sharpness and life[/li][li]auto-cleans via supersonic mechanisms I don’t fully understand[/li][li]Applies shaving foam directly to my face as I shave, thus no longer require a can of lube on the counter[/li][li]head rotates not only up and down and side to side to ensure maximum coverage with minimal abrasion, but also into the dimension of time, just in case I forgot to shave this morning[/li][li]includes an optional Metrosexual feature that reduces the appearance of lines in my face (lines not actually reduced), transdermally applies a Vitamin E complex that causes me to appear 12.2 years younger than my actual age (YMMV), and automatically orders tickets to the ballet[/li][/ul] Optional features include a Fellatiotamer (not sure what it does) and an attachment that gets me a roast beef sandwich and a beer. I haven’t tried this stuff yet, but the literature refers to the Fellatiotamer/sandwich maker combination as “a complete woman replacement system”. I don’t know what that means, but will let you know when I receive the Lifestyle Enhancement Package that contains these extra features. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/17 "2004-06-14T08:25:43Z")
The razor of the future will have seven thousand blades and will be too heavy to lift; in order to shave, the user will have to move his lathered face back and forth across it. The advertising slogan will be: "_A shave so close, you can see the white gleam of exposed bone and the splash of bright, arterial blood"_ ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/18 "2004-06-14T12:42:50Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > "_A shave so close, you can see the white gleam of exposed bone and the splash of bright, arterial blood"_ That’s what a straight razor is for, mate! I think stupid ads have a place in the world: they provide us with funny ads making fun of them! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/19 "2004-06-14T14:17:21Z")
Gillette should be allowed to make ads. What it should _not_ be allowed to do is make one really poor ad, seemingly in Germany or Austria, and then dub it really badly into English and inflict it on us. ---
**Author:** ![yaay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/958977/32.png) [@yaay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yaay)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/20 "2004-06-14T14:56:23Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Gillette should be allowed to make ads. > > What it should _not_ be allowed to do is make one really poor ad, seemingly in Germany or Austria, and then dub it really badly into English and inflict it on us. Hey cool, the world turned upside down! Now you know what Hollywood films are like in Germany! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162.md?page=2)