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.
๐ช 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/.
๐ช Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.splettnet.com/status/wetshaving
๐ช 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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I live in an area that's considered "sparse suburban", or as I like to call it -- "the sticks". So imagine my surprise when a company started stringing fiber on the utility poles this past December. A few months later, and I got an email yesterday saying "ok, it's available now". I figured there'd be a bit of a wait to schedule the installation because everyone would be signing up for the new service, but nope... today was available. The tech just left and now I have gigabit internet.
I put some PVC conduit in the garage yesterday to make the installation nicer and the tech was very nice about helping me fish the cable through. I'm quite pleased with the result.
They have up to 5 gig available, but I don't have anything that could even use that. My router has a 2.5gig port, and I could buy an SFP+ module that goes to 10gig, but at this point I don't see the need. I never thought I'd say this, but 1gig is fast enough. Even my "old" 400 mbps was fast enough, but it was very slow on the upload, and I like keeping everything backed up so that would take days sometimes.
Anyway, yay fast internet!
Yay! This is one of the cooler things in life, and when I have to go back to slow internet, it's a PITA.
Enjoy watching 4 YouTube videos at the same time ๐