YouTuber bashing on other forums, why?

I think it's wierd people watch sports, people play video games, or soap operas.
I don't go around saying it unless it's relevant in such cases where such people make fun of things I enjoy. Everyone has their hobbies i dont know why people have to try to nock others interests.


Yeah I mostly just listen to them now, unless it's a product I'm considering

Nothing against the YouTubers, but I have no patience for watching them, unless it's something I'm either really interested in - or doesn't really exist elsewhere. The only exception is Stallion... Not that I watch them regularly, but they certainly are fun from time to time (e.g. Sister's Ass).

The one thing I don't totally get is when people on forums say it is weird to watch another man shaving.

Yeah, maybe, but being a regular on a grooming forum is kind of weird too. I'd expect a comment like that more from some of my friends who are content to use a Gillette Fusion.

Like a lot of other people, I got into these videos when I was new to wet shaving, and I found them helpful. Now, I mostly just watch them for entertainment. For example, it's interesting to hear what Eric Burgos has to say about cars, coffee, and music. Plus, he generally uses interesting products. I couldn't care less about judging his technique.


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I don't know why, but for some reason watching people get barber shaves is very relaxing to me..

The current season of South Park is what this thread reminds me of.

Some people are 'funny' online. The have a way of typing things that they would never say face to face.

I stumble upon YouTube sometimes searching for things. I have never felt that I needed to leave a comment one way or another.

Don't feed the trolls.

I'm not for trashing on anyone but if a YouTuber critiques anything they must be willing to have the viewers critique and question the material back, this is just my opinion.

The one thing I don't totally get is when people on forums say it is weird to watch another man shaving.

Unless an educational thing - Do you think your grandfather and his friends, knocking back a few cold ones, decided to watch someone shave? What would your grandfather think about all this?

Yeah, maybe, but being a regular on a grooming forum is kind of weird too.

Not for educational purposes. But think now too. Do you think  our grandfathers hanged around talking different blades and soaps.

Really? Ask your father or grandfather about that.  Some might have hanged at the barber shop smoking and shooting the breeze while waiting for their haircut but do you really think they were into what shaving cream the barber was using?

I think it's wierd people watch sports

That too, like Golf? Baseball? How about Curling, a popular for the Winter Olympics?  Why not just do rather than watch?

people play video games

Victims of the electronic age, people would rather watch than do.  A classic car commercial and so very true.

Have you ever noticed that even when people are at concerts or events, the got their phone out? They don't actually live in the moment but watch their food?  Don't think that's a bit weird too?

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or soap operas.

OK, now you crossed a line. How will we ever know if John is alive? Did he live? There is a limit to my patience

If our grandfathers had even half the choices that we have for shaving gear, than I posit they would have sat around discussing their choices.

Since in reality the choices available were extremely limited by comparison, I posit that their conversations were proportionally limited.

When you have a thousand soaps you talk all the time. When you have 10 you speak once every 6 weeks at the barbershop.

Proportional to availability seems equally as plausible as any other guess...


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I'm not for trashing on anyone but if a YouTuber critiques anything they must be willing to have the viewers critique and question the material back, this is just my opinion.

That's different and if they did so respectfully I'd see no problem with that. We're talking about bashing them saying they suck , they do this or that wrong. They only give positive reviews etc

On the last point very few soaps I've used sucked so it'd be hard pressed to give bad reviews unless one purposely tried known bad soaps and why would one do that.

I'm not for trashing on anyone but if a YouTuber critiques anything they must be willing to have the viewers critique and question the material back, this is just my opinion.

There is a difference between critiquing and trashing.

When I first started doing my videos, I asked for critique. I welcome input. If someone sees me doing something that they think I could improve, I welcome the criticism.

Teling me that I should put myself out of my misery so my daughter would be better off is not the same as critiquing my technique...

And yes, someone sent me that in an email. And if I ever have the pleasure of encountering that individual in real life, there will be some furniture moving going on...

If our grandfathers had even half the choices that we have for shaving gear, than I posit they would have sat around discussing their choices.

Since in reality the choices available were extremely limited by comparison, I posit that their conversations were proportionally limited.

I remember conversations from the 60s. I know what people talked about and rest assured, it was not shaving. No one cared one bit.

The Amazing Mets? Sure. Joe Namath and the first AFL Super Bowl win? Sure. Shaving? Seriously? There is a reason safety razors and soaps went the way of the dodo bird and canned shaving cream dominated the market along with disposable and cartridges. For the most part, it has a HATED task.

It was a boring, mundane, hated task by the vast majority of men, or at least those I was met. NO ONE talked about it and there were plenty of aftershaves, blades, and razors. It's not like "vintage" razors were just found last year. They  have existed for a hundred years and likely viewed as "old junk" in a draw.

I can't possibly imagine any conversation about "aftershaves" other than Christmas time to buy a gift once per year. It just wasn't done. And it has nothing to do with choice. No one cared.

There was no glorification, no "hobby. It was just "work" or a "task" you had to do to be presentable.