We're at LaGuardia airport about to fly to Houston, Texas to visit my in-laws. They love seeing their grandson! They usually travel to see us, but my father in law is still taking it easy after having heart surgery a couple months ago.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
9 points (100.0% liked)
WetShaving
718 readers
16 users here now
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.
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/.
Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
-
Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
-
Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
-
Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
-
Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
-
Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
-
Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
-
Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
-
Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
-
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
-
Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
-
Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
-
Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
-
All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
-
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.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Better to be in Houston this time of year than in the summer. Have a good trip!
Have a good flight!
So I played around with the Bing image creator. There's different ways of having a gnu with shaving gear; I didn't manage to get straight razors working (maybe I shouldn't have used French, because straight razor is literally a "cabbage cutter", and the AI takes cabbage very seriously.
Here are some of the better results:
Mhm, it seems really difficult to get straight razors right, regardless of language
but safety razors are a bit off, too, at least with my prompts
At least lather is fun
The injector looks close enough!
I see a wetshaving-themed emacs edition in the future 😀
What you and @PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social created is fascinating. As a long-time Emacs (and later GNU Emacs) user I appreciate the effort!
Yeah, these image generators still manage to astonish me!
Well, this was rather easy (and it's the AI that did all the work). What I spent much time on, and impressed my wife and children, is this. I would assume you don't know Peppa Pig, but it's worth watching, even for adults 😁
👍
So right now I need to pack my stuff for one of my final long internships of my retraining to become an RN - tomorrow, me and a classmate will be traveling to Bad Liebenstein, where we do our hospital internship at a neurological clinic/rehabilitation centre. We'll stay there during the week and only leave on the weekends. It's nice to not be alone during this internship and despite my classmate being almost 9 years younger than me, he and I get along well. It's 10 weeks in total - first 6 weeks, then 2 weeks at our actual employer, then the "Zwischenprüfung" (midterm exams?) and a few weeks of school before the final 4 weeks are concluded in summer around June.
Speaking of the mid-term exams, I'm kinda nervous about everything... actually, nervous is quite the understatement. I already had trouble sleeping tonight due to waking up from weird dreams. Packing up stuff also isn't my strong suit so everything is very stressful for me atm. I'm looking forward to learning some interesting new things, but at the same time I'm unsure how we'll be accepted there, since a few people there didn't seem very welcoming...
Nevertheless, I hope for the best possible outcome. Have a nice weekend, everyone!
My wife is also nervous when packing, and she uses a checklist (that she reuses). In that way, she can distribute cognitive load.
For doing exams, it may be helpful to try the teacher's perspective: if you had taught the class, what would you ask? And how would you evaluate?
Don't worry, you got this!
Thank you for all those tips and the kind words! It's really great to feel how supportive the wetshaving community is.
I'm already on the list (and checking it twice). Otherwise, I'd forget so much important stuff. As for the exams, our school/teachers really tried their best to prepare us well and I promised my classmate that we'd practice together. United we are strong, somehow. I'm kinda glad we have midterms this time, as we didn't have them when I became an OT and that made final exams so much worse in terms of stress. Re-reading all the important knowledge will definitely pay off in the end.
👍