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…….Its true, even innocent looking shaving cream is an evil anti-consumer scam. Stop using it America!
…….My beard grows in pretty fast and if I’m trying to be clean-cut, I just gots ta shave every day. When I was using shaving cream or gel, if I strayed even the slightest bit from my shaving routine, my face would suffer… I’d get bumps or razor burn if I shaved too soon, or if I shaved too quickly, or if I used a razor that was too sharp or one that was too dull, or whatever.
…….It was bad enough where I finally just said “Fuck it! Nothing works anyway!” and started shaving in the shower with bar soap. After about a week, I never had razor burn or bumps again. Now it takes me like one minute to shave, and I can use the same one-blade-disposable-razor for weeks, and I never have to worry about my face… or my balls.

…….While we’re at it;

• Get allot of headaches? Stop taking headache medicine. Just iron man it through a couple of migraines, they’ll stop coming.
• Have skin problems? Eczema? Acne? Just plain greazy? Stop using lotions and potions and medicated creams. Just use some old fashioned burn-your-skin bar soap like Ivory or Irish Spring or something. Two, three weeks later, your skin will be like new.

Think about it from a business point of view: When there is a need, fill it. Where there is no need, create need. There ain’t nothing in there about actually eliminating the need.

…….It’s just plain bad business to fill a need so good the need actually goes away. But thats what consumers expect. “Oh my skin itches, I think I’ll buy some lotion” Use the lotion and the itching goes away and the consumer is happy. Now the itching occurs more frequently but the consumer knows that more lotion will make the itching go away. Even if only temporarily.
…….Now suppose some chemist in the Research and Development lab at the lotion factory, came up with lotion that would actually cure your skin problems? Permanently. You think the board of directors would want to sell something like that? FUCK NO. People’ll stop needing lotion. Sales would plummet. It makes more money selling people 10 varieties of shit that don’t work.
…….They retire that chemist (full pension) and lock up his super-lotion in the vault forever.

Well the same goes or just about every other medicine, OR EVERY OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCT…