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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

Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.

Rule 2 - Content Guidelines

Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.

Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure

Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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

Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.

Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content

All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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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[Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club July Edition] Soap Voting Thread (sub.wetshaving.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You have spoken: the community shave will take place on July 17th (the 3rd Wednesday of July)!

But we still have to pick to soap. Every soap will get their own comment, and if you want to vote for this soap, please comment below the soap nomination with something indicating your approbation. You can vote for several soaps; in case of a tie, we will figure something out.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A postponement due to the post makes sense. Is that where the word postpone comes from I wonder?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol, calling subject matter expert @[email protected] to get nerdsniped on the different etymologies of post as in postal service and post as in postpone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Post as in postal service seems to come from the Latin "positus", meaning "placed" or "stationed". Dixit Perplexity:

This refers to the system of relay stations or "posts" set up along routes to deliver messages and mail. In ancient times, postal systems relied on a series of stations where horses and riders could be changed to speed up long-distance communication. These stations were called "posts".

The term "post" originally referred to the system and infrastructure for delivering mail, rather than the mail itself. It came to mean both the system and the items delivered over time.

Post as in postpone is a Latin preposition meaning 'after' or 'later'.