Subjectivity

Would you agree when discussing the efficacy of shaving products, the concept of subjectivity is an implied variable?

 

Always.

 

Most definitely.

 

Yes indeed

 

Yes, I would agree.
Whenever I review a product, or offer comment on another's shaving item, I try to make it clear that whatever my conclusions are, they are based upon my own experience and thus my opinion may be similar, identical or distinctly opposite to yours.
For this is reason, I am often hesitant to make any broad, blanket generalizations on many products, such as "This is the best razor EVER!" or "Soapa de Prima is a much better soap than <insert your favorite soap here>..."—with the understanding that 'this is my experience with these products...your opinion may differ."

Although I can say, with conviction, "The Veg" is truly an abhorrent product.

 

Yes.
I carry the baggage of a lifetime of living and experience that alway tints my opinions no matter how much I may try to be totally objective.

 

Absolutely. Just look at a thread about Williams.

 

Always.

 

Yup.

 

Case in point: on another thread, just now, it was observed how another member and I have totally opposite experiences with two different razors. Yet neither of us is wrong.

 

Indeed. The Veg smells like 'X' by Clive Christian on my person.

 

You are fortunate. The best it ever did on me was the scent of flowers and faint mulch.

 

Yes. I avoided Arko for a very long time because I kept reading about it smelling like bathroom cleaner, or like those citronella candles.

The scent of lemons is faint and I felt kind of silly avoiding it for so long.

 

Absolutely my good man.

 

...and yet we end nearly every post with YMMV

 

If by abhorrent you mean fantastic, I concur! YMMV.

 

So true.

 

Maybe we need to just add that to our signatures so it DOES appear in every post.

However, YMMV...

 

I must have been out to lunch.
I don't know what you are talking about.
I don't know the meaning of YMMV
Please enlighten me.
Mickey