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/).

🪒 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/.
🪒 Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.selfhost.ing/status/wetshaving
🪒 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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Voyager now has (experimental) PieFed support, so I gladly changed back to my known Fediverse app. Still no profile editing support, but oh well...
I'm really fed up with my job atm, or rather with my current workplace. I love being an RN finally, but there's so much annoying bullshit going on at the nursing home that I honestly consider leaving. My former classmate has already given them her notice and will change jobs by the end of this month. I probably will wait until next year.
There's no feeling of competence forming in me since they always plan way too many other RNs in my shift and all the others act like they're doing too much. So all the unpopular tasks are left for me to do, which I hate. I seriously don't need my degree for sorting laundry. And while my contract is only for 30 h/week, I work way more. So much for my plan to recover a bit more with a reduced work schedule... There are some other minor annoyances that have piled up frustration in me, so I look forward to the job hunt in 2026.
And another thing I look forward to is the recent Steam hardware announcement by Valve. I already hope to be able to afford the high-end version of their Steam Deck someday, but this new box and controller also look really tempting. It'd also finally allow me to be free from M$ and their shitty service!
Definitely sounds like it’s time to find another job!
I’m definitely interested in the Steam Box, but I’ll likely not buy one for a while since I have a Deck and don’t really have too much interest in gaming on our living room tv. 🤷
Certainly an interesting device though. I also think it’s another substantial step forward for Linux gaming. Hopefully it helps make game devs take the platform even more seriously!
Yep, it definitely is the right time for it 👍🏻
The box is what interests me the most. Currently I have an Xbox Series X that I got while they were on discount - unfortunately that's connected to Microsoft and their shady practices. Unfortunately I don't have the funds nor the time to go deeply into PC gaming, so it'd be the perfect device for me. The only downside is no physical media whatsoever, but I fear that's dead in gaming anyways. If I buy a disc nowadays, I have only a few hundred MBs on it and then the whole rest is downloaded from the XB Store. I'd need a new Blu-ray/DVD-Player for my growing movie collection, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. The Steam Deck reminds me of the Sony PSP I used to have, handheld gaming certainly would be a welcome thing in my single household again. How do you like your Deck so far?
+1 on the Linux front. IMHO, SteamOS together with distros like Bazzite, CachyOS and Pop!OS that are already very welcoming to gaming needs will probably help to firmly establish the Linux platform in gaming. I still plan to change my OS on my laptop to a Linux distro soon, even though there will be a a steep learning curve...
I love the Steam Deck. It’s a very impressive device, and ultimately is just a small Linux computer with decent specs. I don’t use it a ton unless we’re traveling, but I’ve been very happy with it.
For what it’s worth, a distro like Mint or Pop really doesn’t have too much of a learning curve as long as you don’t have oddball hardware. They’re very user friendly.
Feel free to hop into the Zulip server if you ever need some help troubleshooting!
Thanks for the help and infos! I'll surely check out the Zulip server soon anyway 👍🏻