WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
New subscribers welcome!
Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.
Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social - a nice modern interface
https://old.wetshaving.social - designed to look like old.reddit.com
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social.
Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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Disclose how the product being reviewed was acquired (e.g., PIF, loan, or purchase). If the product was provided to you directly by the maker or vendor free of charge or at a discount, you must disclose this fact even if the item will later be returned to the maker or vendor.
Rule 4 - Advertising
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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Non-shaving related NSFW/L content is not allowed.
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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Is It Safe Yet? The Week After The Tabassacre
I can't believe that it has been already one week since the unsettling, alarming, uncalled-for, and traumatic shellacking that was last week's Tabassacre. I'm still sore and raw and it feels like it was yesterday. My poor Stank Tank® seems to have somewhat recovered, though, praise be, and decided to come back out from the shadows where it and its brothers and sisters-in-stank have dwelled licking their wounds these last days.
With visible trepidation and audibly nervous, however, they delivered the Glorious Old Man Stank® and the stellar performance that comes from 65 years of experience as if nothing had happened. Wow. When praising acts of resistance and collective resilience, one should always worry about romanticising them too much and thus letting the perpetrators off the hook but I couldn't help but sharing how impressed I was by today's defiant stankback.
I still can't face it :( Perhaps next time.
It's OK, we've survived the Tabacalypse, the only way from here on is up :)
Well said. For a brief moment I thought of letting my Phoenix AA soaps rise from the ashes, but it is better to put Tabacalyptic grief in the past and let the Stank® return to its former glory.
Aaah! The unspeakable, spoken 😄
Yes, they (who shall not be named) have not entered my consciousness for well over three years.