What is it with all these "shave your balls" commercials I'm hearing on the radio? (sorry to be so crass)

Oct 28, 2017
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Has this always been a thing? To be honest the amount of sports talk radio I've listened to since Super Bowl 52 has dramatically decreased so I'm not as in tune as I used to be. Lawnmower? Is this what we are doing now? Help me out?
 

ASleepingMonkey

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Oct 26, 2017
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It’s the rise in products from things like Dollar Shave Club (or similar companies) that have manscaping stuff. I guess they’ve moved beyond podcasts to radio.
 

Boy

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Apr 24, 2018
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Everyone's trying to corner something in the market. Pretty soon we'll have balls lotion and aftershave, maybe anal balm.
 

finalflame

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Oct 27, 2017
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Everyone's trying to corner something in the market. Pretty soon we'll have balls lotion and aftershave, maybe anal balm.
We already do:



Anyway, shave your balls.
 
Jan 4, 2018
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I mean it's been a thing for a long time, companies are just now getting around to marketing it, though.

And I know this is going to sound awful, but the cheap, non-pivoting, 2-blade, disposable razors that come in packs of like 20-30 are by far the best/easiest.
 

L Thammy

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Oct 25, 2017
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what's the point if shaving your balls when you've got a hairy everything else
 

Malajax

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Oct 27, 2017
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I shaved my balls once. Nicked myself with the razor and lost like a cup of blood.
Electric only.
Listen, no one wants to unzip your pants and see Davy Crockett's hat down there. Shaving down there is in. And no, don't shave your nuts with the same razor that you use on your face. That's just nasty. Use the patented trimmer from Manscaped, the Lawnmower 2.0. You'll never nick your nuts again. Just use our promo code Era at manscaped.com!

I listen to way too many podcasts. (obviously not a real promo code either)
 

Briareos

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Oct 28, 2017
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"What else can we convince people that they should have to spend money on that they previously didn't?"
"Meeting people for dates?" "Already did it."
"Playing games with other people on the internet?" "That too."
"Shaving their balls?" "You're on to something."
 

Maolfunction

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Oct 27, 2017
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Gay men have existed for a long time, yes. And I honestly don't know why straight women put up with being expected to put their face into a sweaty, smelly mass of hair. It's really not that difficult to incorporate into your shower routine and it greatly reduces BO smell down there.

No one is gonna ever be impressed by your bush, if you like your body hair, then you can at least trim it down like you would anywhere else on your body.
 

PoppaBK

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Oct 27, 2017
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The lawnmower 2.0 (wonder what horrifying flaws the 1.0 had) ads are all over Hulu as well.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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When I heard the ad on Doughboys I was like, sure, podcasting is a tough racket, and they treated it with the appropriate disdain. Then I heard it on the Bombcast and I could only think something pure had been sullied.

Then I shaved my whole balls while thinking of Jeff Gerstmann.
 

devSin

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Oct 27, 2017
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Old people said the same things when they started having feminine hygiene commercials on TV.

Nothing new under the sun.
 

Professor Lich

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Oct 25, 2017
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They must have a large sack of cash they're throwing around if you're hearing this ads all the time.
 
Nov 4, 2017
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I’ve seen guys that shave their entire pubic region bald, and yet leave the surrounding stomach and leg area untouched. Don’t do that.
 

Pickle

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Oct 27, 2017
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Shave your balls man. Easy to ask women to lay it bare, but you wont take a blade to some wrinkly leathery ass skin? You can abuse the hell out of a razor and easily come out nice and unscathed
 
Oct 25, 2017
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This is so extra and reminds me of how some manly men avoid basic hygiene because it's "gay".
I buy their products online because I can’t seem to find individual flushable wipes for sale in Australia anymore, but the brand image is totally insufferable. All the packaging copy is peppered with shit like “dude” and “bro” and “stank”, and their website even makes a point of calling out their support of the armed forces. How insecure do you have to be to not be able to use a wet wipe unless you can imagine someone with an assault rifle pulling it through their own ass cheeks?
 
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Oct 28, 2017
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I buy their products online because I can’t seem to find individual flushable wipes for sale in Australia anymore, but the brand image is totally insufferable. All the packaging copy is peppered with shit like “dude” and “bro” and “stank”, and their website even makes a point of calling out their support of the armed forces. How insecure do you have to be to not be able to use a wet wipe unless you can imagine someone with an assault rifle pulling it through their own ass cheeks?

The Armed Forces thing might be about not having running water all the time. Shit, we had some nights on the boat when showers were secured (closed) cause we couldn't make fresh water.
 

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I hear these ads read by Conrad Thompson on his wrestling podcasts and they are also funny when Cornette reads them too. I am curious about the deodorant/preserver though.