TIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.

https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/mcrazor

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reddig33@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Think of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.

PunnyName@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

And plastic producers have known since its inception that most can't be recycled.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'm guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.

cfi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Also they're technically a biohazard

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I would think something like that would be relatively easy to take care of with the metal if there was a cost-effective way to recycle it because the metal would end up in a forge and I don't think any pathogens could survive that high a heat.

RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 13 pts · 1y (9 replies)

What's a man sized hotcake?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (3 replies)

sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

How did you have that picture just ready to go?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Kliban is one of my all-time favorite cartoonists so it was my first thought.

RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 1y

Knew it.

MissJinx@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Poor guy is so dehydrated :( I hope his kidneys make it to 40.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I'm not even gay, but GOD DAMN!

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why don’t you come over here and find out, sailor?

RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 1y

I'm scaroused

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Over here advertising man sized hotcakes. Now in 2024 due to shrinkflation it's more like trial size.

kokesh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Maybe the just included the refill razorblades within the burgers?

Cenzorrll@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Those aren't safety razors, just your normal disposable.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Aren't disposables a type of safety razor? Just one where the razor can't be replaced?

kautau@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks, that's what I thought.

tomsh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

So, when we say that's good news, did we breach copyrighted material?

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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.

SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

True, but it was essentially the same joke SNL did with three blades.