"Oh So Very Many Questions Than Before Not Worth Their Own Thread" Thread Vol. XXVI

[cybrxkhan]

What areas of the world would I expect people to have a low valuation of personal space?

From what I know, the Mediterranean and certain parts of Europe like France, and the Middle East.

America as well, in the opinion of some (East?) Asians, though not to the extent of those parts of Europe.

 

[Farm Boy]

Depends on where over here too. A Midwesterner is going to expect significantly more personal buffer than a New England megalopolis dweller, from what I gather.

Define heavy.
But I'd say no, not that heavy.
Main point is that my hair is soft, the razor doesn't get many of them, and I spend a half hour plucking or so.

Let me know if I'm way off base, but that still sounds like an electric razor problem. I can use one of those if I'm in a hurry and I don't mind looking a little mangy, but I really do recommend using hot water, foam, then a decentish fresh razor blade if shaving is both taking you that long and still giving you issues with your skin. I use a 15 year old Gillette.

 

[Camikaze]

What areas of the world would I expect people to have a low valuation of personal space?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Note to self: avoid the Indian subcontinent like the plague.

 

[The_J]

What areas of the world would I expect people to have a low valuation of personal space?

In Europe: The more south the less personal space.

To add to the image from above: You know this images from Japanese or Chinese undergrounds, where they have employes who are only there to squeeze more people into the wagons, don't you?

Let me know if I'm way off base, but that still sounds like an electric razor problem. I can use one of those if I'm in a hurry and I don't mind looking a little mangy, but I really do recommend using hot water, foam, then a decentish fresh razor blade if shaving is both taking you that long and still giving you issues with your skin. I use a 15 year old Gillette.

I'm not very fond of that, considering the prize for a razor and that I could bleed to death at the end .

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

To add to the image from above: You know this images from Japanese or Chinese undergrounds, where they have employes who are only there to squeeze more people into the wagons, don't you?

I find myself relaxing the personal space limits on subways, for obvious reasons.

 

[Tahuti]

They pose like adolescent girls doing group selfies.

 

[Farm Boy]

I'm not very fond of that, considering the prize for a razor and that I could bleed to death at the end .

? Mach 3's are a pretty old product line. I can get at least a month out of each blade cartridge, though if you want it like new every time you use it, you'd go through slightly more. More to the point. If you are careful enough to spend an hour shaving, you're careful enough that getting anything other than some slight scalping from a modern razor cartridge is pretty tremendously unlikely. Always shave wet, almost always use foam, always clear hair from the cartridge every stroke or two, heat hair to soften if necessary, always scrape forward, never slide sideways. That's really all there is to it, and if you have any trouble with an electric you'll probably find it's faster to get a higher quality shave with less irritation. It's just a little bit more of a ritual. My face breaks out horribly after I use an electric. And the shave still isn't as good. I suppose if I used one consistently it would eventually buzz my facial skin to be a little bit more like leather and then it'd stop bothering me.

<sadface> I have wedding next month, my winter shag is gone until fall again probably.

 

[The_J]

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I have to say you have a point there .

<sadface> I have wedding next month, my winter shag is gone until fall again probably.

How does that correlate o_O?

 

[Arakhor]

Shag... as in sex?

 

[bhsup]

Er, no. Shag as in shag carpeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(fabric)

A shag is a rug or carpet that has a deep pile, giving it a shaggy appearance. Carpet rakes help remove dirt and restore a uniform appearance.

In recent years, shag carpeting has seen a resurgence of popularity.

Aren't they talking about "same language" over in one of the Ukraine threads?

 

[Farm Boy]

I never remember that usage.

 

[Arakhor]

Even then, I would never have assumed it to be a allusion to shaving a rough beard!

 

[Takhisis]

Note to self: avoid the Indian subcontinent like the plague.

There is plague in the Indian subcontinent.

I'm not very fond of that, considering the prize for a razor and that I could bleed to death at the end .

What kind of prize do they award you for that razor?

Aren't they talking about "same language" over in one of the Ukraine threads?

Yes, Putin is reanexing Crimea so that their Russian doesn't diverge from its pure, uncorrupted form. The example of English as spoken in the colonies is powerful enough to overrule his natural instincts for peace and democracy, and so he has taken this ponderous step towards Russian language unity.

 

[Quackers]

I want to watch Cosmos.
I found the official link but because I'm a damn dirty foreigner I cannot watch it. How do I convince that website i'm actually a proud, 'merican?

 

[Cutlass]

Try one of those sites that make it look like you're coming from a different IP address than the one you're really using.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Does a handgun with a bullpup configuration have any purpose to exist?

 

[Cutlass]

Not that I can see. Handguns are most efficient if they are as compact as possible for the performance they try to achieve. That configuration would make them larger and unwieldy. But maybe someone has a special purpose gun that works that way.

 

[GenMarshall]

This may sound like a stupid question. How do I take a hands free selfie of my entire self without a professional tripod?

 

[Tee Kay]

Use a selfie extender

Or ask someone to take a picture for you, I guess, but then it wouldn't be a selfie.