Wait, Wtf is that? that's not a game, movie or comic.....

And no, It's not a "marital aid" either (that's the polite name for a dildo for those of you out there that don't know) This is a Styptic pencil, Which is probably news to you unless your old enough to have grown a 'stache in a non-ironic manner. Now what does this have to do with the geeky stuff I usually review? Not a damn thing but since apparently I'm the only guy under 50 that is familiar with them, we will consider this a PSA. 

I've been shaving every day for over two decades now and more often than not I cut myself at least once every time, I'm not a coke head or shaving in a ship in a storm so I'm not sure why I do but I do. And while most of you probably have a little more steady of a hand than myself, If you shave with any type of razor besides electric I'm sure you cut yourself once in a while and you probably use a tiny scrap of toilet paper or maybe a little rubbing alcohol to stop the blood flow, but you should stop that shit within the next two day's (by which time amazon will have delivered your very own styptic pencil) because you are definitely smart enough to take my advice, Right? 

Styptic pencils have been around forever, you've probably even seen one in your Grandpa's medicine cabinet when you were rooting around trying to score some viagra or long expired quaaludes (don't deny it) but didn't know what you were looking at. I have no idea why they lost popularity but they used to be available in every drugstore or grocery store in the country, Now the easiest way to get them is for 3 bucks on the internet. I remember seeing my old man use one when I was a kid and for the first few years I was shaving if I found them somewhere I'd buy several, not because I'd go through them but because they would get lost or they would get soaked and melt. for the last ten years or so I have just ordered them online. I've mentioned these to a few of my buddies and the ones smart enough to listen have loved them. And they are not just for guys, My wife steals mine when she nicks her leg or whatever and before I was married any serious girlfriends would usually adopt them as well, which in this day of extreme hairlessness is a handy thing to have, which is kinda bizarre when you figure the last time styptic pencils were popular so was having the hedge maze from the overlook hotel in a woman's pants (here'sss johny!).

Styptic pencils receive 10 out of 10 Brazilian cats