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 If you're a man and you don't cut your own hair,and instead spend more than the cost of a nice Wahl electric clipper on a haircut, I look down on thee. 
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My wife cuts mine. No training or anything. She's been cutting it since college. It's saved us roughly $2500 so far over the years. 
 I guess it doesn’t matter so much once you’re married. 
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I use Tin-Snips to get that Bed head Look. 
 @394b5c0e Wahl:  There is no substitute. 
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That was the effect of the COVID restrictions, getting out the clipper. 
 @394b5c0e have you factored amortization? How many nancy-boy styling jobs does it take to pay for a set of clippers, and do you divide look-down-on-thee-ness by the number of haircuts it takes to meet or exceed the Wahl? Or perhaps multiply?

That Wahl's gonna keep giving good head for a long time, rendering the cost-per-cut very, very low. 
 @394b5c0e I tried it during the pandemic and realized that I'm only capable of shaving my head. 
 @394b5c0e Ever since college 
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Same, but it's not about money for me. It's about not having a stranger try to converse with me while they operate power tools close to my ears. 
 @394b5c0e you are wearing a hat in your pic, just saying.  😉 
 @394b5c0e oh yeah. That's how bill Gates became a billionaire 
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For real! 
 @394b5c0e best $24 I ever spent. Usually my wife gets the neckline, but I've been cutting my hair since about 2018. Had to buy some clipper oil recently.
Really convenient to jump in the shower eight after to get the cuttings off my skin. 
 @394b5c0e my husband was talking about 'good clippers' yesterday, thanks for the referral 
 @394b5c0e I've had Wahl crap out on me.  Andis or bust.

Also don't forget the oil for lubricating the blades. 
 @394b5c0e I’ve literally never had my hair cut professionally, my mom cut it until I was a teenager and then I have either had my sister-in-law do it or grew it out. 
Barbers are a rip off.