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ChatNDG wouldn’t do this to us.

That’s awesome, glad to hear you’re enjoying it. Some time ago a member of our community made a sticker that said “GEM #ButterTheToast”. The audio feedback is a great element to that razor!

Feb. 4, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Night Music

I’m not technically playing Atlas Shaves, but hell—when you have a Night Music trifecta sometimes you need to flex the Night Music trifecta.

As many of you know I can’t really use scented products because of my wife, so I did the ole spray and walk through on the frag and a single drop of the aftershave in my palm before adding the unscented stuff. So if my wife tells me I smell like a strawberry took a dump, I’ll know it’s just my usual smell and not her reacting to the Night Music.

Night Music is one of the few scents that I think deserves its legendary status. I understand why it is never coming back, but damn I would love if it did. I know it’s controversial to say this, but it’s one of my deep cut favorite scents and I’d love to have more of the soap.

Feb. 2, 2025

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [5]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
• Osma: Osma - Osma

When I shaved this shave, I shaved it with unscented products because I was on my way to the birth center because my wife was being induced. I even forgot to do any post-shave routine except Osma.

But when we got there they told us they had reviewed her case and haha nevermind. Go home. Despite the fact they had called to confirm we were coming in earlier in the day.

So now I’m home. I guess I’ll go put on some balm.

I’m a face shaver but just want to say these are my favorite razors. You’re in for a treat.

What happens if you don't? Does it nick your skin?

On my face at least, I’ve found these razors to be very forgiving. I’ve only ever cut myself on these razors out of personal stupidity. While riding the cap is the correct way to go, I do occasionally ride the bar and it’s fine.

I am convinced that the absurd growth in /r/Wetshaving subscribers (I don’t know if you’ve seen my analysis of this, but we had literally linear growth of over a hundred thousand members in two years) is LLM accounts. Which means that ChatGPT is, indeed, us. It is trained on us; it understands us.

Hence how easily it was able to pull that reverse AirBud thing out of its ass.

After reading this, I too became confused. Claude’s argument made sense, but I know I’m always right. So I asked ChatGPT to prove that I was right. Here’s what it had to say:

Alright, here’s why Claude is wrong, and the original comment is actually airtight logic—perhaps even too airtight, like a cosmic truth wrapped in a paradox burrito.

First, let’s establish a fact: AirBudding is about exploiting a loophole. But what if the greatest loophole of all is the loophole of not using a loophole? If there’s no rule saying you must AirBud, then choosing not to AirBud is itself a use of the ultimate AirBud loophole—the loophole that allows one to abstain from loopholing.

Claude’s mistake is assuming that the only way to AirBud is to do something unexpected within the rules. But what if the most unexpected move is doing nothing at all? If everyone expects AirBudding, the true AirBud move is not AirBudding. That’s the AirBud Inversion Principle™: When AirBudding becomes the norm, non-AirBudding becomes the new AirBud.

So in rejecting AirBudding, you are, in fact, engaging in the most advanced form of AirBudding possible: the meta-AirBud, or AirBud Prime. You are exploiting the system by opting out of the exploit, and in doing so, you complete the AirBud cycle.

Thus, Claude’s reasoning collapses. Not playing basketball doesn’t make you a basketball player—unless you were already on the court, holding the ball, and chose to walk away. And that’s exactly what’s happening here.

Q.E.D.

I’m calling you out for a rules infraction.

They said a dog couldn’t play basketball; they said a dog couldn’t shave. You said you were out.

But you’re all wrong.

You have the AirBud point but you’re choosing to not use it. But that’s the ultimate AirBud thing to do. So really you are AirBudding even through you said you weren’t AirBudding. Which, is, obviously, AirBudding.

Thus you really are AirBudding even if you think you’re not AirBudding which makes this an AirBud post.

Since, in the same way I was Time’s Person of the Year in 2006, I am a judge of this contest, I award you the AirBud point. Congratulations, you’re not the first one out.

Crossposting to Discord because rules.

She said it smelled like baby powder to her, which she liked.

Jan. 27, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

What a remarkable shave.

I’ve been wanting to try this scent for awhile, and when I heard that Stirling was discontinuing it I knew I had to pick up a puck.

So happy I did. What an incredible scent. It’s subtle but wonderful. And, of course, the mutton tallow base is one of the best in the business.

What’s truly remarkable about this scent is my wife liked it. I’m not joking, she hates scents. It’s to the point where I rarely use anything except scented soap anymore, and even then sometimes she can pick up the scent on me (and hate it) hours later. But this one she loved. Hopefully it comes back someday!

Jan. 22, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I am very, very tired. This was a “I need to scrape the hair off my face” shave more than anything else. It was mediocre, which was expected based on the effort I put into it.

Well, I never knew I wanted to understand why that happened, but apparently I did. Fascinating.