I don’t understand why this is a shitpost? I mean, other than it’s shit, and here it is being posted. Shouldn’t a shitpost have some sort of intelligence or self-awareness or humor or something? I don’t get it.
Shitposting is just default lemmy community now
It is kinda funny though
You’ll find that a lot of posts around here aren’t shitposts
Today on Philosophy with Lemmy:
If one attempts to make a shitpost, and does it with poor skill or malicious intent, is it not in fact a shitpost just the same?
Yours is my favourite of all the answers I got.
I am honored!
And now you made me snort in public!
My state of mind is reinforced!
May your upvotes be many, your memes evergreen, your code inspired and your bugs few, easy to find and to fix. May your managers be sane, rational, realistic and fair. And may your preferred team win when you really want them to. Unless they’re playing mine, of course, in which case you’re on your own, buddy.
This is some absolutely god tier shitposting, taking the piss out of conservatives. I recommend taking a look at their website, it’s amazing.
And also liberals.
what the hell i just read ?
Oh thank god, I’d just assumed I was old now and this was a young person thing.
I’m not saying I’m immune from propaganda but I didn’t think I’ve ever purchased something to “strike back at the conservative corporate culture.”
I mean it’s pretty common. I’ve not eaten at Chick Fil A for years or shopped in a Hobby Lobby since the religious health insurance crap. Just two big examples. Many people choose to not support companies that are in blatant opposition to their values. And me not buying at hobby lobby did mean I purchased my supplies from an alternate vendor. So I could say I bought from alternate vendor to strike back at the conservative culture…
That’s because you have a functioning brain with more than two brain cells fighting for third place. You don’t do or feel what you’re told to do by fox “news”.
What the fuck even is ‘liberal corporate culture’?
Corporate culture everywhere is 100% regressive hierarchies.
It’s a marketing term that appeals to a subset of the American customer demographic.
Marketing is psychological witchcraft posing as hard science
I always assumed conservatives would be into those safety razors with ten cent blades.
That would be fiscally conservative when what they really want is to ban gay people and immigrants
Setting up Google Alert so I can find out when Jeremy’s CAM is announced and the company rebrands
Not sure why a for profit corporation would limit its market to a specific, politically oriented, demographic. Especially when that corporations product is body hair removal - a process very much detached from all political and most social discourse.
Cause it’s probably a shit product and they have no USP other than “woke bad”.
Dr Pepper 10! It’s not for women!
Is a real product, with a real commercial, really saying that line. And it wasn’t even for political reasons, they just wanted men to drink their diet soda.
I just had a look at their website, it’s pretty clear the whole thing is a pisstake. All part of the show.
Not a piss take. But yes part of the show. It’s entirely owned and operated by the chuds at the Daily Wire and their entire purpose is right wing culture war. It’s just classic conservative grifting
Along these lines, there is no stupider entry in the American index than that of “Jeremy’s Razors,” a grooming company created by The Daily Wire, a conservative media platform founded in 2015 by Ben Shapiro (a political commentator you may have heard of) and Jeremy Boreing (a former film director you probably haven’t heard of, and the namesake for the venture).
This is a fucking Ben Shapiro product lmao
They probably decided that support among the “anti-woke” MAGA folks will outweigh the backlash of everyone else. Just trying to find a way to position on the market.
Though history shows this kind of stuff normally fails, with target audience quickly forgetting the move and the rest not giving a damn.
You need to understand the mindset, the culture, the reason it was even created. It’s not their most profitable line, but it’s not about that, anyway. It wasn’t created to make profit; it’s a real product born of a joke. Daily Wire said men & women are different, a handful of people complained to Harry’s Razor’s, Harry’s ended their business with Daily Wire.
It was initially created solely so men didn’t have to buy from Harry’s. I would argue Gillette as well, but Harry’s for sure, that’s what they launched their product on & they bought IHateHarrys.com & has it redirect to Jeremy’s Razors.
I see, thanks for the context!
Because they’re not in it for profit. It’s a project of the chuds at the Daily Wire. Any profit is a side effect of their true goal, right wing culture war. It exists to take money from their fans and use their “successful business” to prove that they’re correct. They’d still do it even if it wasn’t profitable just to push their preferred narrative.
It’s because they’ve conditioned their audience to believe a few key things:
- “Voting” with your wallet is what matters over all other forms of action.
- Giving money to “woke” companies harms you as an individual.
- Buying products is the best way to signal your value as a person.
Let’s break that down.
They want money to be more important than voting, because they understand that their political demographic does not win the popular vote in most cases, and their policies are inherently not popular with the majority. But when they can get money instead, then use that to influence votes and policy, well, that just might get them the policies they want without substantial votes from the public.
They want people to fear giving money to “woke” corporations because it makes them seem like the only source of real truth, and objectivity. They’re the voices of reason in a world that’s all against you. Then, you’ll be willing to pay for their subscription streaming service, and their subscription streaming service for kids, and their merch, and their chocolate, and their razors, et cetera et cetera.
They want you to associate buying products as the way to define yourself, because when you so strongly identify with their politics, you’ll spend as much money as you can signaling to those around you that you don’t support the “woke” agenda through your wallet, you only support those who truly embody your cause. Giving them money becomes a symbol of your values.
And of course, they wouldn’t get any sales without this as a selling point. If they just start a razor brand, not affiliated with their political ventures, who’s gonna buy? Their razors are effectively the same price as Gilette’s, just without the likely higher standard of quality and availability in physical retail locations.
But when they combine all three of those tactics I mentioned to make their target demographic believe they need these razors to display their values, stop a perceived evil agenda, and make their voice heard… well, then you’ve got a good revenue stream.
I only sell my axis-themed WW2 memorabilia flags to white men with hereditary or other baldness. They need to be at least
lifts arm with palm flat
This tall.
There is an entire coffee company dedicated to mUrica. It’s just fucking coffee but if you sell it right these idiots will buy literally anything that even pretends they be American and conservative
They probably have another brand which appeals only to gender fluid save the whales hippies.
You joke but they almost certainly do. Why sell something to one group when you can repackage it and sell it to two different groups? And the “women’s” version is usually marked up for no reason.
I was joking but not really. It’s what I would be doing if I were them.
They don’t. If you look into them it’s entirely a company owned by the same guy that owns The Daily Wire. It’s literally only there to grift from their audience and further their culture war.
They’ll never get a huge chunk of the market, but the customers they will have will be loyal and can be leveraged to sell other stuff to. Wouldn’t surprise me if these razors are just repackaged stuff from another brand.
Conservatives when they realise that LGBTQ people and racial minorities also have money and spend money
That’s not fair to this dude, is face is a face of shock from wonder, not outrage.
Honestly, we need more genuine emotion like this on the internet.
But that said, yeah, regressives are the queens of pearl-clutching for no reason.
It’s also funny because most of my heavy conservative coworkers all have beards, trucks, and country stuff because that’s the image.
Now that I think about it, quite a few are bald and shave their heads, sooo… Maybe that’s an angle they could shoot for? Those could be some wild ads.
Shot:
Chaser:
It is so tempting to start some idiot MAGA hat brand like this and then give all the profits to trans rights groups etc
“Uncle Cletus’s 400 grit toilet paper”
Are you tired of those ‘woke’ and cushy liberal toilet paper made from weak and pansy processed cellulose? Try Uncle Cletus’s proprietary silicon carbide formula enhanced with sand sourced from All American beaches! Now you can show your patriotism by bleeding red from the ass during every trump-approved toilet visit
Just as an aside, been a 49ers fan my whole life. This whole recent “white guy in a red cap” thing makes me wish I had two more hands so I could give four middle fingers.
But dude, liberal tears butt wipes or whatever…these rubes eat that shit up
Interesting that they target “manly, conservative men”… yet they look like they’re made of the saem cheap, shitty plastic most other disposable/cartridge razors use. And look at the ergonomic design… dont want their manly wittle hands cramping.
Politics aside, fuck cartridge razors and fuck products designed to generate trash.
The razors are actually pretty good. They’re solidly on-par with comparable brands. All designs should be ergonomic, human friendly.
I generally agree, I love me a good DE safety razor. 👍🏻
Real men don’t need safety.
Real men use rusty discarded straight-razor blades.
People on Facebook lap this shit up.
That’s because of women don’t buy the pink ones then they won’t pay the Woman Tax.
Got to get the 24% somewhere if they are paid the same now.
You need one (1) razor and that’s a Wolfman WR1 with Perma-Sharp Super blades. Everything else is cope
Lol. I’ll stick with my Gillette Tech and Astra Stainless. Thanks for the thought though.
I prefer my Rockwell SS 6S with sharks
That’s what I use too, with feathers
I prefer my sharks with lazer beams
All we have are sea bass.
Ill-tempered?
Sharks are good too but I can’t find them local anymore and I’ll be fucked to put a whole online order for a pack of blades
I’ve been looking to eliminate disposable plastic razors but yikes those prices are steep! Are they permanently sharp or something? There is zero info on their website unless I’m missing something
It was mainly a joke. Just thinking of the most expensive, esoteric, unattainable maker I could think of from back in my r/wetshaving days. Safety razors are the best way to shave, but just about anything will do great
It’s a fancy handle (admittedly, very fancy) for safety razor blades. The blades themselves are generic/interchangeable and a lot cheaper.
For what it’s worth I’ve used the same merkur safety razor for around a decade with feather blades I only had to replace every several weeks when I had a coarse beard. I use the same on my legs now and it still works amazing. Best shave I’ve ever had, since my beard was too cowlicked to use a straight razor. They’re easy to use, give a closer shave than cartridge razors, and they’re way less irritating. You totally don’t have to spend $300 if you don’t want to.
Thank you
I’m running an old Gillette with Super Max Platinum blades – they work well enough. I got a 500 pack on ebay for $20 so I guess I’m set for life.
Yes. Their ad campaign is a joke. Literally.
It’s amazing how so many people here are completely oblivious to sarcasm.
Their website lays it on even thicker.
It’s amazing how so many people here are completely oblivious to sarcasm.
from this commercial, apparently it’s a joke but also a real product from Daily Wire 😬
Yup. It’s a real product, but the point is to take the piss.
Good thing I’m not a conservative so I don’t have to shave with that piece of crap.
DE for me!
Didn’t even notice that it’s a SE handle lol. What, they not man enough to handle a real man’s razor?
(This is a joke. Shave with whatever the hell you want as long as you’re not creating a shit ton of plastic)
