TIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.
TIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.
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Over here advertising man sized hotcakes. Now in 2024 due to shrinkflation it's more like trial size.
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Maybe the just included the refill razorblades within the burgers?
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Those aren't safety razors, just your normal disposable.
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Aren't disposables a type of safety razor? Just one where the razor can't be replaced?
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So, when we say that's good news, did we breach copyrighted material?
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Multibladed razors were new around that time, weren't they? I just remember my dad telling me about the time he first discovered Saturday Night Live in the 70's because they had a skit about, like, a 12 bladed razor blade and both SNL and the multibladed razor concept was so new he honestly thought he was seeing a real commercial since he just clicked onto the station in the middle of it.
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It was, and the SNL skit was actually for a three-bladed razor. "Because you'll believe anything."
https://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriple.phtml
Gillette now has a five-blade razor.
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This was predicted by the onion: https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036/
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Think of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.
And plastic producers have known since its inception that most can't be recycled.
I'm guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.
Also they're technically a biohazard