SOTD by u/gcgallant

July 30, 2023

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar #CHONK #OLDWORLD
• Razor: Smart Helix Apollo (setting: 0.5 Plate)
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword Black (1)
• Lather: WestMan Shaving - Alma - Soap
• Post Shave: Eufros - Rosa Oud - Aftershave Balm

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

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I've used this quote before on the sub, and I think that it captures perfectly the spirit of the Lather Games: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro", Hunter S. Thompson.

• Brush - Italy
• Razor - Ukraine
• Blade - Germany
• Lather - Portugal
• Post Shave - Spain
• Me - USA

Thank you to the djudges and organizers of this event. You provide the incentive for the madness that occurs. I look at the Lather Games as just 30 Theme Thursdays, but the comments and activities of the other LG contestants is my real reason for playing. So, again, thank you!

Being a part of the community has certainly broadened my experience of shaving. Alma was recommended to me by u/sahenders, u/VisceralWatch made it possible for me to get the Eufros Balm, and I would not have used a Rolls Razor in the Hardware Scavenger Hunt were it not for u/djundjila.

Reading djundjila's post today, reminded me that online communities do morph over time. i was involved with communicating via bulletin board systems, then used Usenet in the early days of the Internet, and participate in more modern online communities today. So I have seen this happen many times. I'm certain many in the community will be driven away by Reddit's charging for use of the API. Reddit is a for-profit company so, to me, the oddity is that, given the number of subredddits, they don't charge for use of the API. If I wanted data to use for machine learning, "free" seems like a pretty good deal. It makes sense to me that Reddit corporate would want to put a value on data access.

Anyway, the ability to have community bots that add personality to the community experience, and to have availability of low cost, or free, apps to use for access to the community suggests a more open source approach to me.

Also, I'm grateful for all of the very positive remarks I've received on my photography this month. In case you're interested, this is an album of my Lather Games photos including some (like an un-retouched squirrel photo) that I did not use.

À bientôt.

**[July 30, 2023](https://imgur.com/H2O08HE)**


* **Brush:** Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar #CHONK #OLDWORLD
* **Razor:** Smart Helix Apollo (**setting:** 0.5 Plate)
* **Blade:** Wilkinson Sword Black (1)
* **Lather:** WestMan Shaving - Alma - Soap
* **Post Shave:** Eufros - Rosa Oud - Aftershave Balm

_2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave._

---
I've used this quote before on the sub, and I think that it captures perfectly the spirit of the Lather Games: _"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"_, Hunter S. Thompson.

* Brush - Italy
* Razor - Ukraine
* Blade - Germany
* Lather - Portugal
* Post Shave - Spain
* Me - USA

Thank you to the djudges and organizers of this event. You provide the incentive for the madness that occurs. I look at the Lather Games as just 30 Theme Thursdays, but the comments and activities of the other LG contestants is my real reason for playing. So, again, thank you!

Being a part of the community has certainly broadened my experience of shaving. Alma was recommended to me by u/sahenders, u/VisceralWatch made it possible for me to get the Eufros Balm, and I would not have used a Rolls Razor in the Hardware Scavenger Hunt were it not for u/djundjila.

Reading [djundjila's post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/15ddv5g/comment/ju1k850/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) today, reminded me that online communities do morph over time. i was involved with communicating via bulletin board systems, then used Usenet in the early days of the Internet, and participate in more modern online communities today. So I have seen this happen many times. I'm certain many in the community will be driven away by Reddit's charging for use of the API. Reddit is a for-profit company so, to me, the oddity is that, given the number of subredddits, they don't charge for use of the API. If I wanted data to use for machine learning, "free" seems like a pretty good deal. It makes sense to me that Reddit corporate would want to put a value on data access.

Anyway, the ability to have community bots that add personality to the community experience, and to have availability of low cost, or free, apps to use for access to the community suggests a more open source approach to me.

Also, I'm grateful for all of the very positive remarks I've received on my photography this month. In case you're interested, [this is an album](https://imgur.com/a/uRLyKTz) of my Lather Games photos including some (like an un-retouched squirrel photo) that I did not use.

À bientôt.