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anarchovegan
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Gillette doesn't have a monopoly on men's razors.
Men can buy alternative razors.
Your point relates to you, so, sure.
Others do, and thus have talked about it.
replied 2334d
Gillette is as close to a Monopoly as possible. The only other company who has had non-disposable men's razors on US shelves is Dollar Shave Club a few years ago - until Gillette sued.
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Also - and take this with a grain of salt - one thing I remember from business classes in college is that taking a political stance almost never harms a companies sales.
anarchovegan
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No longer buying their product sure does.
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In theory, but my point is that practice has shown that it has little to no negative effects.
anarchovegan
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Also, you take a pretty interesting approach to "quoting" me in that article...
anarchovegan
replied 2333d
Could you expand on what you mean?
anarchovegan
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You take an interesting approach to talking about me quoting you.
anarchovegan
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You take an interesting approach to talking about me quoting you.
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Sure, you can pull personal anecdotes of people buying less razors. However, on the flip side one could pull anecdotes of them buying more in response. My point, again, is...
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that I was taught in business classes that studies have shown such stances have little to no negative effect on business. I don't care enough to argue. It's a shaving commercial.
anarchovegan
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Your point is that you don't care and don't think it'll do much.
My point is that I appreciate knowing and will act accordingly.
You: "nah, man."
Me: "yeah, man."
*shrugs*
anarchovegan
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Unless the teaching material is open source and any of us could reference and talk about it, it doesn't really matter.
It amounts to you being an authority - "take my word on it."
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Actually, I told you to view the claim with skepticism. Im not trying to argue. Just make sure you understood my point.
anarchovegan
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It cannot be understated how much the Gillette shavers don't matter. Let's talk some more about how they don't matter.
Such empassioned speech! ;)
Very no effect on sales!