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3 天前Pretty soon you’ll be hearing folks say things like “why are you worried if you don’t have anything to hide” as if personal privacy has no value whatsoever. It’s a slippery slope!!!
TriplePlaid
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Cake day: 2026年2月2日
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31·3 天前I’m not sure I would call the particular missile the article is referring to “retaliatory” since afaik Turkey has not attacked Iran.
27·4 天前The article makes no mention of homelessness and thus I find the title disingenuous/misleading.
It’s a good article though. I think the community would be better served with a title about how this study shows that we would be better off removing parking requirements from building codes.
SOTD - 2026-03-02
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Astra SP Green(1)
- Lather: Ariana & Evans Lavender Noir (Ultima) Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
1st pass WTG. 2nd pass XTG. Not too bad… but the XTG pass was not quite worth it. Working on technique (especially lightness of touch and skin stretching) is helping some with XTG comfort but I have a ways to go.
3·5 天前I had to go and listen to this song because of how outrageous I thought this interpretation was… But it’s real!!!
From Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss: I want to rock and roll all niiiite, and part of ev-er-y day!
My childhood best friend absolutely loved this song and sang it out loud ALL the time with these incorrect lyrics, I was totally convinced and would sing along with him. My mom thought it was HILARIOUS and so she never told us lol 😆
(The correct lyrics are and party ev-er-y day)
I’m interested to hear more about your zinc supplement - it sounds like something I could maybe use. Is this an oral supplement?
So far I have found that the blueberry serum from ash hopper is pretty much the only thing that will prevent my eyebrows from being flaky D: it does work, but it’s expensive and kind of annoying that I will be flaky the next day if I miss even one day.
SOTD - 2026-03-01
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Feather New Hi Stainless(1)
- Lather: Ariana & Evans Lavender Noir (Ultima) Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
1 pass WTG. Very comfortable. A socially acceptable shave.
In hindsight I used WAY too much soap, maybe 10x what I needed. Still getting used to loading different soap consistencies using different brushes… And this soap is nuts! Super different from what I have used before, so far I like it a lot a lot. The scent is intriguing, hard to describe. Very nice. My face feels awesome, if a little dried by my overuse of the soap.
SOTD - 2026-02-27
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Feather New Hi Stainless(1)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
1 pass WTG. I messed up a bit on touch ups and gave myself a couple weepers. A socially acceptable shave.
Forgot to post yesterday. Parents are in town!
As a newcomer to this community (and wetshaving as a whole) I have basically no idea what the BVWSC is all about. Up until today I thought it was only for people living in or near Buena Vista. Is there some post or wiki where I can learn more about what this is?
SOTD - 2026-02-22
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Gillette PermaSharp (1)
- Lather: Proraso White Shaving Cream
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Duke Aftershave
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Duke EdT
1 pass WTG. A socially acceptable shave but not as close as I would really like, especially lower down on my neck.
Proraso White is a very pleasant scent but the jury is out on whether it works for my face. Certainly on my first use it felt less protective than most of my other shaving soaps, but then again I have not had great luck with Gillette PermaSharp blades yet.
Ironic that Pakistan provided so much funding to the Taliban over the years only to one day see themselves fighting the Taliban. A familiar story…
Sounds like there will be more to come in this conflict. I really don’t see what Pakistani leadership hopes to solve long term by repeating mistakes of other countries (carrying out imprecise strikes with complete disregard for collateral damage) which led to intractable conflict rather than solutions in Afghanistan in the past.
SOTD - 2026-02-21
- Prep: Hot Towel
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Astra SP green (2)
- Lather: Castle Forbes 1445 Shave Cream
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
1st pass WTG 2nd pass XTG. I was heavy handed with the XTG pass which lead to some light-duty irritation on the jawline. The Game Changer is nice but can only make up so much for my pressing too hard >.< Pretty close shave though.
This was my first time using Castle Forbes. I face lathered as suggested. Next time I need to use less product, but I think this stuff definitely works well! 1445 is a very clean and yet earthy/outdoorsy scent, it feels like something my grandma would have liked :)
SOTD - 2026-02-20
- Prep: Shower
- Facewash: Stirling Charcoal facial soap
- Brush: Unbranded; badger?
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Astra SP green (1)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar shave soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Rambling Man EdT
1st pass WTG, touch up XTG on chin and neck. Taking down 5 days of growth. Resulted in a socially acceptable but not super close shave.
This was my first time using the Game Changer. I wanted to do an apples to apples comparison so I used my favorite blade in my current favorite shave soap instead of trying all the new stuff I got. I like this razor a lot! It is maybe slightly more efficient than the Stirling razor and certainly much less irritating/aggressive feeling (for me). I did have a small amount of tugging on my chin hairs which I mostly attribute to poor technique. The XTG felt way better than XTG feels with the Stirling razor so maybe I will try a full XTG pass next time :)
4·20 天前SOTD - 2026-02-15
- Prep: Shower: hot towel
- Brush: Unbranded; badger?
- Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
- Lather: Stirling Deton-8 Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
Not my greatest shave. First pass WTG second pass XTG (should have stopped after 1st pass). Yesterday’s irritation evidently was not resolved enough for it to be a good idea to shave again. Still a nice distraction, love to smell good.
I have some shave creams on the way, I’m hoping they will be less drying than these soaps I have been using.
SOTD - 2026-02-14
- Facewash: Stirling Activated Charcoal Facial Soap
- Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
- Brush: Unbranded; badger?
- Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
- Blade: Astra SP Green(2)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
Pretty good shave, not quite as nice as my last two. Taking down 6 days of growth. First pass WTG second pass XTG. I think I didn’t have the lather dialed in quite as well today. I got a little bit of irritation in all the problem areas :( pretty close though…
Also maybe my technique sucked today. I’m distracted because I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday. Deton-8 helps me to feel better.
Edit: it seems my left side is much better than my right side…
My car has been on my mind a lot recently - a 2009 2WD Honda Pilot with 222k on it. I just called my mechanic today and asked them to put together a quote for a laundry list of things that will hopefully keep it running for another 100k: timing belt, water pump, valve adjustment, motor mounts, radiator, fluid refreshes, a few other small things.
I have been getting conflicting advice. Folks on the piloteer forum and reddit (and AI for whatever that’s worth…) generally seem to think this sort of vehicle would be worth investing in since the transmission seems to be working well and it is pretty light on rust.
My mechanic is absolutely willing to do the work but they haven’t really spoken forcefully one way or another if they think this maintenance is a good idea.
My coworkers however have said if it was their car they would trade it in and get a newer used vehicle.
Any thoughts?
SOTD - 2026-02-08
- Facewash: Stirling Activated Charcoal Facial Soap
- Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
- Brush: Unbranded; badger?
- Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
- Blade: Astra SP Green(1)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Rambling Man EdT
Another nice shave, again approaching DFS. First pass WTG 2nd pass XTG excluding the neck. This soap is soy wax based, as was another of my favorites in the past. Maybe I’m just a soy wax boy.
I like rambling man: fresh, modern, some kind of mildly bitter background note makes it feel sophisticated.
I think my technique is not anywhere close to perfect, so that is almost certainly part (or most) of the story here.
I really struggle to avoid tugging on my chin, so much that I find it almost impossible to do a smooth/fluid pass; the razor frequently catches. I think I am having a hard time keeping the angle correct as I navigate the quickly changing angles and that I have a bad habit of pressing the blade too hard. I feel like even when I am getting it to cut on my chin it is impossible to get a close shave, so then I do more passes which results in irritation. I have the same problem in my moustache area except the difficulty navigating contours isn’t an issue there so idk why I can’t get it close there.
I am also pretty inexperienced in making good lathers so that may be part of it as well. Overall though I feel that I have been making faster progress in this department, especially in the last week or two :)
SOTD - 2026-03-06
1 pass WTG. Touch ups WTG. Gave myself a weeper on the jawline but otherwise a comfortably close shave. Clean shaven to match my haircut :)
This blade/razor/soap combo seems to be working very well for me.