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.
While this server is funded by personal contributions, we'd like to thank Zulip for giving us a Community subscription to their chat software (available at https://chat.wetshav.ing/).
๐ช Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social/ - a nice modern interface
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social/.
๐ช Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.selfhost.ing/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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12.11.2025
Shaved my head before the late shift and forgot to post. Oh well, nobody reads this I guess.
Hey, there are at least 5 of us! ;)
Fair enough, I just thought it was pretty late and usually no one expects a SOTD post at this time ๐
In ready for an sotd post at all times!
I'm honestly impressed ๐คฏ
There's even a chat program now that these comments get cross-posted to, further drawing us in. Zulip server
I actually read about this but totally forgot about it ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Zulip kinda looks like Discord yet seems to focus more on businesses communication/teams. Really interesting.
They're an open source Slack competitor. Some things are paywalled even for self-hosted instances. It looks like SSO is one of those things, but that's no big deal. Mobile notifications are also paywalled but we got approved for a Community plan so that restriction is lifted.
I tried to make it as similar to the organization of the wetshaving Discord server. It's much less bloated than Discord, but as usual for projects like this feature parity isn't quite there.
There's more work I can do to bring it up to snuff, too. ShavingInCT has made lots of fun bot type stuff on Discord, like a soap scent guessing game, etc. So far I've only managed to install pre-built bots, like a bot that tells dad jokes on command.
Sounds interesting, I had to look up what SSO meant but I also think it's not that big of a deal (I use ProtonPass for AutoFill + keeping track of my logins).
I guess almost everything is less bloated than Discord. I only still have that app for keeping in touch with former classmates, I seriously hate that UI. If there's a mobile app or PWA functionality, I might try out Zulip. There might be some overlap between the times where I am awake with some american "normal" time zones ๐ค
There 4 or 5 us there, just waiting for the day Discord gets shunned by the normals.
I have been forgetting to post a lot lately. Apparently, it's not the end of the world ๐
Definitely not, just shows that I was way out of my usual routine of immediately writing a post once I am done with my shave ๐
That's what happens to me. If I'm distracted right after shaving, I forget to post.
Same here