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Wednesday SOTD Thread - September 18th, 2024 (#465)
  • September 18, 2024 - Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club

    • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
    • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
    • Blade: Lord Platinum (4)
    • Lather: MacDuff's Soap Company - Old Strathcona - Soap
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm
    • Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdP

    I've only ever heard good things about the MacDuff's soap base, and it indeed has a lot of great qualities. I half expected to see Xanthan Gum in the ingredients, but it's just your typical butters, oils, and yogurts, and milks.

    Ingredients

    Stearic Acid, Tallow, Glycerine, Castor Oil, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter*, Cocoa Butter, Camellia Seed Oil*, Mango Butter, Aloe, Goat Milk, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Sodium Lactate, Argan Oil*, Jojoba Oil*, Pumpkin Seed Oil*, Tremella Seed Extract, Silk Peptides, Green Tea Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Yogurt, Parfum

    This shave felt a little rough, but I can't blame the soap. The slickness was excellent, so I'll blame the blade. I don't have much experience with Lord Platinum, but 4 shaves might be past the limit. Closeness and comfort were not on par with the past few days.

    Luckily I have a lot of the sample left thanks to the generous portion from @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social , so I'll be able to try again with a better blade.

    The scent is a good one. Like @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social I get an initial hit of anise, despite there being no anise in the marketing materials. I really enjoy the smell of anise, so bring it on.

    I never really got into the barbershop genre, but the description talks about how it's based on a fougere, just without the lavender. I can definitely get behind a lavender-free fougere. Similar to how Shawn Maher replaced oakmoss with sage in Seaforth! Heather, MacDuff(is that the guys real name?) replaced lavender with rosewood. I'm sure there are other "variations" of a fougere out there, but these are the only ones I've noticed. I can't say I'm good enough to pick out rosewood, but I at this point in my shaving journey, lavender has been a bit overused and I appreciate the absence.

    I also like the fact he uses real tree moss (oakmoss) according to the ad copy. I have no idea if I've used anything with real oakmoss before. I used to get frag burn a lot, so if anyone is going to be sensitive to oakmoss it's probably me, but I had no problem at all.

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    Tuesday SOTD Thread - September 17th, 2024 (#464)
  • September 17, 2024

    • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
    • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
    • Blade: Lord Platinum (3)
    • Lather: Maurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Soap
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave

    Luxury shave for work reasons.

    I copied DJ because Tabac and Varen sounded good.

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    Tuesday SOTD Thread - September 17th, 2024 (#464)
  • September 17, 2024

    • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
    • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
    • Blade: Lord Platinum (2)
    • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
    • Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Nefertiti - Aftershave

    Excellent lather. What a great scent, too. Just sorta woody and nice.

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    Monday SOTD Thread - September 16th, 2024 (#463)
  • Varen Frag++

    I get a hit of "spice" when I spray it on which seems to go away after a minute. Have you noticed anything like that? I don't get it with the soap or aftershave.

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    Monday SOTD Thread - September 16th, 2024 (#463)
  • September 16, 2024

    • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
    • Razor 1: Baili BR171
    • Razor 2: Baili BR171
    • Blade 1: Bolzano Superinox (Egypt) (3)
    • Blade 2: Lord Platinum (Egypt) (1)
    • Lather: London Razors/Summer Break Soaps - Mountain Laurel - Soap
    • Post Shave: Brut - Splash On

    Yesterday I posted a comparison between old and new Bolzano blades (Germany and Egypt, respectively).

    Today I decided I'd compare the new Egyptian Bolzano to a Lord Platinum. Why? Because they're both made in Egypt, I like the Bolzano's from Egypt, and I remember liking Lord Platinum. So obviously they're maybe the same blade.

    Well, I think I was way off. They felt a lot different. There's a problem, though -- I wasn't scientific with it, and the Lord is on the 1st use, and the Bolzano on its 3rd. It's possible the Lord hasn't had a chance for any excess coatings to flake off, making the comparison a real waste of time.

    Both blades were great, but the Bolzano cut through the whiskers easier, and the end result is a tad closer (but maybe too close to call). Both were very smooth and irritation free.

    Will I redo this comparison using blades with an equal number of shaves? Probably not.

    P.S. - I noticed that Lord blades (asside from Asco branded) aren't sold by razorbladesclub.com anymoreJust kidding, they are. I also noticed that Bolzanos are only $18/100 there, less than half the price of other vendors.

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    Is ‘Judge Judy’ on the Supreme Court? Lack of civics knowledge leads to colleges filling the gap
  • I'm surprised I got 80%. I thought I'd fail for sure. Granted, the real test isn't multiple choice, at least according to the blurb at the end of the quiz. I'm sure I'd do horribly on the real thing, but that's why people study for it ahead of time.

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    Calls for J.D. Vance to resign after he admits that he created pet-eating story about immigrants
  • Ohhhhh, that makes sense. It would probably help if I read the article, but I hate giving these people clicks. I thought the headline was talking about resigning from running for VP.

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    To people who choose not to swear (for non-religious reasons), what is your motivation to be that way ?
  • I use them when warranted, which isn't very often. I don't think the avoidance of using swears is a religious thing, it's a language/cultural thing. For some reason they're just deemed "bad words". They exist in almost all languages and cultures as far as I know.

    A good friend of mine swears a lot unless kids are around. I don't mind it, but he's sort of "that guy" because of it. If he was someone I just met, I'd think he's just a bit lowbrow and that's about it. I wouldn't think poorly of anyone because of it as long as their attitude is good.

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  • Russia using social media to influence US election

    https:// www.npr.org /2021/03/16/977958302/intelligence-report-russia-tried-to-help-trump-in-2020-election

    A new report by the U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday says Russia sought to help former President Donald Trump in last year's presidential election. But the document also emphasized there was no indication Russia or any other country attempted to alter actual votes.

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    As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’

    Republicans are reeling from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his race against Harris.

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    I have multiple things running through a reverse proxy and I've never had trouble accessing them until now. The two hospitals are part of the same company, so their network setup is probably identical.

    Curiously, it's not that the sites can't be found, but instead my browser complains that it's not secure.

    So I don't think it's a DNS problem, but I wonder what the hospital is doing to the data.

    All I could come up with in my research is this article about various methods of intercepting traffic. https://blog.cloudflare.com/performing-preventing-ssl-stripping-a-plain-english-primer/

    Since my domain name is one that requires https (.app), the browser doesn't allow me to bypass the warning.

    !

    Is this just some sort of super strict security rules at the hospital? I doubt they're doing anything malicious, but it makes me wonder.

    Thanks!

    Also, if you know of any good networking Lemmy communities, feel free to share them.

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    I still get updates for things I have installed, but I haven't seen any new integrations or themes added in some time.

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    After wanting a modern mountain bike for the past 5 years, I finally went and got one. It's a lot of fun.

    This is replacing a ~2006 Schwinn Mesa that I never ride anymore, because the trails are too rough for it where I live.

    !

    The dropper post is compressed if you're wondering why it looks like the seat is too low 😊

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    'Sup?

    Anything fun or exciting going on in your life?

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    From the artisan:

    ``` Apple of Aetherwood

    This is our first 100% original scent in way too long. It starts with an opening of apples and bergamot, with hints of sage, ginger, juniper berries, and geranium, with a base of amber, tonka beans, cedar, vetiver, and frankincense.

    While this may sound rather heavy, it's a rich, but still summery scent that is well grounded, but no so heavy and sweet that it would be overwhelming on a hot day.

    Coming later this month! ```

    Anyone planning on giving it a try?

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    Share your shave of the day!

    The Lather Games theme (from the other website) is:

    ``` Information Overload

    "Product marketing must list at least 10 scent notes. Note: remember that notes are scent descriptors used for marketing - not actual ingredient lists. Caveat: fragrance dupes will count the number of notes listed in the dupe's marketing description - not the original product's description." ```

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    Roam Two is a great scent that is not OG Roam, but still great. It wasn't on sale.

    Promises - marketed for winter, an interesting scent that's absolutely worth the $5 I paid for it.

    Cootie Killer 2.0 hand soaps - I got 6 of them for $2.50 each. I've never smelled Le Grand Chypre before so buying 3 bottles was a small risk, but it was worth it. It smells like a lemon-lime type of soft drink. Fougere Classique is so stanky and awesome, but I might be the only one in the house to use it.

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    Share your shave of the day!

    ``` Wildcard Wednesday

    "Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap. But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same product will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme. Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is. Palmolive dish soap? Palmolive. Skippy peanut butter? Skippy. Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer? Barrister and Mann. Home-made soap? Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something. Two soaps superlathered together? Whoops, that's a disqualification." ```

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    Share your shave of the day!

    If you're playing asking with the lather games on the other website, today's theme is:

    ``` Christmas in July, but in June

    "Product must be: - Explicitly marketed as a Winter scent OR - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox OR - Strictly feature pine, fir, or spruce. (Evergreens with dirt or lichen? Nope. No dirt allowed in the living room - only the tree!) Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""a summer breeze through pine trees"")." ```

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    Share your shave of the day!

    For those playing along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

    ``` Sweet Sunday

    Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand. Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme. ```

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    Share your shave of the day!

    The Lather Games theme for today (from the other website) is:

    ``` Spooky Season

    Product must be:

    Explicitly marketed as an Autumn scent OR Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice OR Products that prominently feature spicy accords may be accepted. ```

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    Share your shave of the day!

    If you're following along with the Lather Games at the other website, today's theme is:

    ``` Fougère Friday

    "Product scent must demonstrably be a fougère (one of the most prevalent fragrance families in men's fashion). It should be marketed as a fougère or classified as one on a reputable site. Note: The mere presence of lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss in a product does not make it a fougère (nor does their absence necessarily rule the category out)! Ask an expert ahead of time if in doubt. Caveat: WK Fern Concerto is not eligible for this theme because of reasons. Just ignore that one." ```

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    Share your shave of the day! For those of you following along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

    Sunny Days "Product must be: - Explicitly marketed as a Summer scent OR - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox OR - Prominently feature aquatic or citrus accords. Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""Christmas oranges"")."

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