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Use the password reset feature on their accounts, maybe?

RE: BS products from massive corporations, I’m with you for sure.

RE: soap is soap - there are lots of different types of soap. Each type of fat has differing amounts of loric acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, etc. Lard makes a soap that’s a good firmness (not too soft, not too hard), not very cleansing (so it won’t dry your skin out, but also won’t do much hard cleaning), very conditioning, not very bubbly, but very creamy. Other fats/oils yield much different results. Soaps with a lot of coconut oil are very cleansing, so they’ll dry your skin out. Your soap sounds like it could be used daily without any problems.

So, I disagree that soap is soap. Soap that’s made specifically for shaving typically has a lot of added stearic acid, because no natural fats have enough natural stearic acid to produce a really stable lather that won’t dissipate during the shave. Most use a lot of beef tallow, but there are also a lot of vegan options.

If it’s the best soap you’ve ever used, that would negate the claim that soap is soap. I’m happy you’ve found something you like.

There are always people in all hobbies that think it’s their way or the highway (no offense, but your comments have that tone to them).

I try to avoid that and just share what I enjoy.

One of the biggest things I hear is “cartridges cause irritation and DE razors don’t!”. That is 100% false and I disagree with it. Still, I love using DE razors and would recommend them to anyone interested in “enjoying” shaving.

Sounds like you have it all figured out for yourself.

I use artisan shave soap because they work extremely well and smell awesome. Commercial soap also works well, but there isn’t as much variety in the smell department. I have a handful of brushes and I use whichever one I feel like on a given day. They all offer something unique.

I use aftershave for the same reason you mentioned. Aloe sounds like it’d be sticky and unpleasant for my skin type.

What kind of problems did you experience? Do you remember what kind of razor you tried?

In the enthusiast community, Leaf is commonly used by head shavers, but Double Edge, Single Edge, Straight Edge, etc. are all much much more common for face shavers. There’s far more variety which makes it “fun”.

I agree. Some people even get so caught up in Wetshaving that they run a Lemmy instance dedicated to it.

Yelp can’t be trusted, anyway. Businesses can pay to remove bad reviews.

Google Maps has plenty of user submitted photos.

Shoot, I had remained ignorant to that last part until now. Is Lowe’s the only big box hardware store I can still support? How about Ace?

I’ve never lived in a state with a Menards, and I’m still a big fan. Menards is worthy of some fandom.

Yeah true, an alert above a certain speed makes a lot of sense.

That’s a hydraulic lifter, not a driveshaft. The bed was raised and hit the sign.

You need to be able to move when dumping stuff. Above a certain speed an alarm would make sense, but disabling the truck once it’s up to speed is dangerous.

You need to be able to move while dumping stuff. A beeping noise during normal operations would be so annoying, people would just figure out how to disable it.

An alarm above a certain speed would make sense, though.

Expired?

Would make a good gag gift.

Better than KLIT!

Flying into CLT.

They probably assumed you lived a little further away since you mentioned living outside of town in sentance 1 of qualifier 3. An understandable mistake.

I guess it takes a little bit of “incel loser” attitude to balance out the simps.
Some people love to be victims.

I love reading lists of 5 poorly written qualifiers before carefully considering a response to a dumb internet post about the cost of pizza delivery.

I know all about his Mayo Clinic saga and his rare condition. It’s important for someone like him to be clear about what’s going on, or accept the fact that people are going to suggest things that he can’t do. If he’s not absolutely clear about it, people aren’t going to automatically assume “oh yeah, he must have that rare condition where smelling food makes him feel sick because he said he can’t cook and has sensitive smell. It’s obvious to me after reading that that there’s no way he can go pick up a pizza and not pay $8.60 for delivery.”

Most people in this thread, myself included, already know about his thing, but if someone doesn’t know about it ahead of time, I’m just trying to make the point that hey, this needs to be spelled out. If it’s not spelled out, then don’t get defensive when someone responds with an otherwise reasonable comment.