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Imagine renovating a bathroom and finding a hoard of rusty blades

This meme consists of a top tweet paired with two supporting real-life photos. The tweet comments on the now obsolete mid-20th century practice of disposing used safety razor blades into a dedicated slot built into bathroom walls, where the blades would fall into the wall cavity permanently. The left photo shows one of these old tile-mounted slots engraved with the text 'RAZOR BLADES'. The right photo shows the result of this practice discovered during a bathroom renovation: a massive pile of hundreds of rusted discarded razor blades that have accumulated inside the wall cavity over decades, exactly matching the scenario described in the tweet.
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@aspen/sparx || #1 edtwt kegel... X (Twitter)

thinking about how people used to just chuck their used razor blades behind the wall and call it a day

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RAZOR BLADES

Overview

This meme consists of a top tweet paired with two supporting real-life photos. The tweet comments on the now obsolete mid-20th century practice of disposing used safety razor blades into a dedicated slot built into bathroom walls, where the blades would fall into the wall cavity permanently. The left photo shows one of these old tile-mounted slots engraved with the text 'RAZOR BLADES'. The right photo shows the result of this practice discovered during a bathroom renovation: a massive pile of hundreds of rusted discarded razor blades that have accumulated inside the wall cavity over decades, exactly matching the scenario described in the tweet.

Origin notes

The original tweet was first posted on the X (formerly Twitter) platform by user aspen/sparx. The collage of the tweet paired with the two photographs of the razor slot and the found blade hoard was later shared on 9GAG, as confirmed by the provided source information stating the content comes from the 9GAG RSS feed. It circulated widely as a humorous and surprising look at a little-known odd vintage household feature.

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