Well, like laser treatments, it works best the more contrast there is between hair and skin (and presumably larger hairs are also easier to remove). Remington holds a patent on the technology, but there do seem to be knockoffs.

You can find units on Amazon and probably elsewhere. I think the main ones are around $200,…

I find this funny because I'm drunk and the "under the sun" thing is attested in the very earliest Indo-European literature. Definitely in ancient Greek, probably also in Hittite and probably Luwian also. It's one of the oldest damned stock-phrases around.

Pithier than "fleet-footed man-killer" at least. Gotta fill…

And trying to re-legalize slavery.

That's kind of my thought. Doing it myself with no magnification pretty much guarantees that I'm not just gonna be able to grab the right hair and remove it, or get to it when it's under the skin.

Really, I think I want to get an IPL system (at $200 right now it should beat paying for laser, since I have dark hair and…

Pretty cool. I almost never get ingrown hairs anywhere but on my chest, in which case I've definitely had to dig them out (and I did kind of a crap job on a few occasions, resulting in small scars, sadly)

If only I had a USB microscope...

I feel like I'm living in world #5 already. Many of my friends don't really bother with much shaving at all, at least not all the time. I hate my own body hair, so I remove all of it all the time (except for armpits, which I generally just keep trimmed).

But my body hair tend to be quite coarse due to a substantial…

Generally speaking, I have to agree with your sentiment. Especially since it's use in foams is largely to produce gas (which one could imagine being useful in the manufacture of closed-cell foam)

Depends on what parts of the internet you frequent. I've definitely seen that several dozen times. Pretty fascinating.

I think I felt the moment it happened, I suddenly got anxious an then was quickly filled with ennui.

Yeah, that was me, to a small extent. Kind of.

I'd rather watch a movie that was boring in the way that Superman Returns was than a movie that was boring in the way that Man of Steel was.

I didn't love it, but I found it entirely watchable. Unlike Man of Steel which was just frustratingly stupid.

I've seen some interesting commentary about why Superman Returns is so greatly (and undeservedly) maligned, and I suspect that these issues are a big part of it too.

That was kind of my first thought, but it may refer to talking about "smoking hot" grad students? Could go either way. Or both, really.

Cynical.

Nah, no problem. It seemed so weird to me, I didn't think they were the same person. I do admit though to being only dimly aware of Jenner's Olympic achievements.

Wow, I did not realize this was the same person. Though I must sincerely apologize for not having been born until 1985.

Well, I kind of see your point, but I'd argue that hypersensational material is to be expected from tabloids, but what they consider sensational is still problematic.

I mean, (and I'm totally clueless here) we don't see them writing stuff like "is so-and-so SECRETLY GAY????" as much as I assume they used to, unless…

Who the eff is Bruce Jenner?

For real though, even if this is coming from outlets that are 'just tabloids', the framing is still problematic.

It's not so far off (in a sense) from that golf-putter story, where the inventor being transgender was merely treated as another deception along with the alleged lies regarding…

I'm 28 and have had one "real" relationship, which was a huge disaster (as in, I knew she was troubled, but once we started decided we were dating, she turned on me and it got emotionally abusive, and I stayed in it for at least 3 more months). Also, that was 2 years ago.

Also, that book sounds interesting, but I'm…

Yes. I had the same response.

At least we now have that Twitter case in Canada, so hopefully that will set useful precedent.