The cherry on top is that this whole ritual is to save someone the hassle of “having to deal with batteries”. The horror!

You missed the "a quick and dirty [wet] shave is just as good as an electric one" part, didn't you. In both cases I'm partly scratchy by noon and fully scratchy come evening. A good wet shave will be about as good in the evening as a quick or electric one is once I get to work.

For most people, all it will become is a lesson in why they preferred the original path of convenience in the first place.

If the convenient path gives you a result you're happy with then take it. There's a reason I put "personal satisfaction" as a step after "for your lover".

I don't even shave that often. But when I do, I do it properly. I also don't make Ragout Bolognese that often but when I do, I do it properly. If that offends you then I can't help you, either.