The clearest reason I can see for having a societally perfect body is so I can catch myself a man.
There's also that you could do it simply because it makes you feel good. There are some/many, I'm sure, who say that but do X complicated appearance ritual largely because of the attention it gets them, but I don't think the reasons why something makes us feel good are particularly important, only that it does.
Me, I don't want to look like Sam Beam (http://www.aversion.com/bands/ironandwine/images/ironandwine.jpg); I like his music, but I don't want to look like him. So I drag an electric shaver across my face every morning. It's actually kind of satisfying, that and the end results.
Also, as has been stated, it's very difficult to actually hurt yourself with a safety razor, or especially an electric one. The worst you can do barely qualifies as a paper cut (though I'll admit that face cuts tend to bleed like crazy no matter what).
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on 2009-05-09 10:12 pm (UTC)There's also that you could do it simply because it makes you feel good. There are some/many, I'm sure, who say that but do X complicated appearance ritual largely because of the attention it gets them, but I don't think the reasons why something makes us feel good are particularly important, only that it does.
Me, I don't want to look like Sam Beam (http://www.aversion.com/bands/ironandwine/images/ironandwine.jpg); I like his music, but I don't want to look like him. So I drag an electric shaver across my face every morning. It's actually kind of satisfying, that and the end results.
Also, as has been stated, it's very difficult to actually hurt yourself with a safety razor, or especially an electric one. The worst you can do barely qualifies as a paper cut (though I'll admit that face cuts tend to bleed like crazy no matter what).