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Shaving is too expensive


d is a demonstrative example of how most consumer products are designed to extract more money from you rather than to improve your life, or the world, or to be in any way remotely good. The razors most people use where I live look like this: A set including the razor body and some heads generally costs a little above £201</sup and replacement heads cost in the region of £1.75.

Go back Shaving is too expensive and is a demonstrative example of how most consumer products are designed to extract more money from you rather than to improve your life, or the world, or to be in any way remotely good. Changing to double edged razors means a big reduction in single use plastic consumption - which is something people claim to care about. By avoiding products, like cartridge razors, you are producing less waste, saving money which you can dedicate to any purpose that is important to you, and I think that not doing the thing that the market wants you to do is probably just good.

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