Over the weekend, I watched Louis C.K.'s HBO comedy special, which I loved. If you don't know him, Louis specializes in skewing perspective. His most famous bit, for example, transforms cell phone signals from an expectation into a blessed miracle (apologies for quality):
I've always thought that we take an easy shave for granted as well. I mean, you're barely awake and you're flinging a piece of steel that's literally razor-sharp all around your nose, mouth and throat. Yet you never read an obit with the line "the deceased was found in his bathroom with his throat slit and a can of Foamy in his hand."
Think of all the dangerous things that you do and then think about how far from waking up you do them. Most people, for instance, shower, dress and even have a cup of coffee before operating a motor vehicle. No one hops out of bed and says "let's fire up the table saw!" Yet here we stand, most mornings, ready to slice away whatever falls in the path of our razors.
Amazing.
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