SOTD by u/ginopono

2024-06-25 - ~~Stir-Fry-Day~~ Wildcard Wednesday

First, go ahead and check the spelling for yourself here. No blushes, razers, or flagrants this time.

• L​a​t​h​e​r​: Viet Huong Three Crabs Fish Sauce
• P​o​s​t​ ​S​h​a​v​e​: Emperor - Shao Hsing Cooking Wine
• F​r​a​g​r​a​n​c​e: Kilbrin - Irish Whisky
• R​a​z​o​​r: Micromatic Open Comb (MMOC)
• B​r​u​s​h​: ~~Ikea - Tillagd Fork~~ Hand

Unifying Theme:
As before, this is inspired by one of my favorite kitchen concoctions: stir-fry. I was never comfortable with how I had the fish sauce in all three software slots in last year's fakeout, so I brought in other ingredients from my stir-fry sauce—or have used in it, anyway; the whisky I've used only once in stir-fry, though I'm not sure whether it actually did anything to the flavor.

I'm frankly opposed to the idea of shaving with bizarre, non-descript, non-lather slime, and not just because I'm not a fan of the idea of shaving with this horrible fishy ooblek. My original plan was, like last year, to mix the tapioca in to thicken it up and help it stick. Do you remember ooblek, from when you were a kid? It's a non-newtonian fluid and it doesn't stick to anything. So mixing in the tapioca was never an option. I figured the MMOC would be able to handle the paste, but that's kind of moot considering the paste isn't plausible.

Side note for Clean Brush Talk:
At least when I'm using the "brush" I intended to use, I can just throw it in the dishwasher!
When using an actual brush with actual lather, I generally just give it a thorough rinse and squeeze/shake after the shave. Very rarely, I've been known to give a brush a soak in a vinegar mixture, but I don't find it all that necessary.

A discovery I've recently made on the topic of gear-cleaning is for razors: gun-cleaning solvent is fantastic! Not CLP or Hoppe's #9, though. No, just the cleaning solvent, preferably one that's odorless. I started using Shooter Lube, and I hear Clenzoil is similar in this regard. Soap gunk gone in a flash (no pun intended)!

But I digress.

#FOF Here's what you should know about fish sauce: 1) Adding a bit of it to scrambled eggs makes them incredible; 2) it stinks. Bad. Bad enough that rubbing a bunch of it around your nose-holes will make you want to vomit. The smell does not go away. Even after a shower. For a while. I'll let you know.

The cooking wine seems like it would provide relief, but that's only in contrast to the fish sauce. It's also a horrible smell. It's just wine, after all. Cheap wine (not that that makes any difference, really).

Pile on top of that irish whiskey? I have no desire to consume the stuff, and this experience... well, it reinforces that. I guess that, when cooking, it's supposed to help bring out other flavors; I think it performed similarly for the fish stench.

So no, I'm not interested in doing any of that, and you can see how today's little experiment confirms that it's horrible all around. Plus, I promised u/tsrblke that I was only going to use actual shaving products for my LG shave today.

The djudges will find that the portal agrees that this is my actual submitted shave for today:

• Lather: Wild Magnolia - Bourbon Tobacco
• Post Shave: Henri et Victoria - Cognac & Cuban Cigars
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford
• Razor: Gillette Travel Tech
• Brush: West Coast Shaving - Two-Tone Synthetic

Unifying Theme: Tobacco Pairings
That is, they're all tobacco plus another flavor (bourbon, cognac, and vanilla, respectively).

Oh, and that's my dedicated beanbag-shaving razor, which was the very purpose it fulfilled today.

#photocontest Hobbies
I'm not really thrilled about having yet another photo like this, but the topic is relevant to my ramblings for today's challenge, plus it's my most recent buy-too-much-of-a-given-thing rabbit hole, plus I just wanted to draw more attention to my real SOTD setup.

Part of the reason I don't like bringing attention to this particular hobby, such as it is, is that it's strongly associated with a particular kind of ~~person~~ douchebag. Like, just as one example that barely scratches the surface of the tip of that iceberg, you would not ~~believe~~ be surprised at the wild misogyny that's celebrated in some of those subs. Holy shit.

[**2024-06-25 - ~~Stir-Fry-Day~~ Wildcard Wednesday**](https://i.imgur.com/UxAkksp.jpg)

First, go ahead and check the spelling for yourself here.
No blushes, razers, or flagrants this time.

* **L​a​t​h​e​r​:** Viet Huong Three Crabs Fish Sauce
* **P​o​s​t​ ​S​h​a​v​e​:** Emperor - Shao Hsing Cooking Wine
* **F​r​a​g​r​a​n​c​e:** Kilbrin - Irish Whisky
* **R​a​z​o​​r:** Micromatic Open Comb (MMOC)
* **B​r​u​s​h​:** ~~Ikea - Tillagd Fork~~ Hand

**Unifying Theme:**
As before, this is inspired by one of my favorite kitchen concoctions: stir-fry.
I was never comfortable with how I had the fish sauce in all three software
slots in last year's fakeout, so I brought in other
ingredients from my stir-fry sauce—or have used in it, anyway; the whisky
I've used only once in stir-fry, though I'm not sure whether it actually did
anything to the flavor.

I'm frankly opposed to the idea of shaving with bizarre, non-descript, non-lather
slime, and not just because I'm not a fan of the idea of shaving with
[this horrible fishy ooblek](https://i.imgur.com/FZmy8SK.mp4).
My original plan was, like last year, to mix the tapioca in to thicken it up
and help it stick.
Do you remember ooblek, from when you were a kid? It's a non-newtonian fluid
and it [doesn't stick to anything](https://i.imgur.com/APHPrCA.mp4).
So mixing in the tapioca was never an option.
I figured the MMOC would be able to handle the paste, but that's kind of
moot considering the paste isn't plausible.

Side note for **Clean Brush Talk:**
At least when I'm using the "brush" I intended to use,
I can just throw it in the dishwasher!
When using an actual brush with actual lather, I generally just give it a
thorough rinse and squeeze/shake after the shave.
Very rarely, I've been known to give a brush a soak in a vinegar mixture,
but I don't find it all that necessary.

A discovery I've recently made on the topic of gear-cleaning is for
razors: gun-cleaning solvent is fantastic! Not CLP or Hoppe's #9, though.
No, just the cleaning solvent, preferably one that's odorless.
I started using Shooter Lube, and I hear Clenzoil is
similar in this regard. Soap gunk gone in a flash (no pun intended)!

But I digress.

#FOF
Here's what you should know about fish sauce: 1) Adding a bit of it to scrambled
eggs makes them incredible; 2) it stinks. Bad. Bad enough that rubbing a bunch
of it around your nose-holes *will* make you want to vomit. The smell does not
go away. Even after a shower. For a while. I'll let you know.

The cooking wine seems like it would provide relief, but that's only in contrast
to the fish sauce. It's also a horrible smell. It's just wine, after all.
Cheap wine (not that that makes any difference, really).

Pile on top of that irish whiskey? I have no desire to consume the stuff, and
this experience... well, it reinforces that. I guess that, when cooking, it's
supposed to help bring out other flavors; I think it performed similarly for
the fish stench.

So no, I'm not interested in doing any of that,
[and you can see how today's little experiment confirms that it's horrible all around.](https://youtu.be/HSFnHxexyBM)
Plus, I promised u/tsrblke that
I was only going to use actual shaving products for my LG shave today.

The djudges will find that the portal agrees that this is my actual submitted shave for today:

* **Lather:** Wild Magnolia - Bourbon Tobacco
* **Post Shave:** Henri et Victoria - Cognac & Cuban Cigars
* **Fragrance:** Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford
* **Razor:** Gillette Travel Tech
* **Brush:** West Coast Shaving - Two-Tone Synthetic

**Unifying Theme:** Tobacco Pairings
That is, they're all tobacco plus another flavor
(bourbon, cognac, and vanilla, respectively).

Oh, and that's my dedicated beanbag-shaving razor, which was the very
purpose it fulfilled today.

#photocontest [Hobbies](https://i.imgur.com/HDflrSP.jpg)
I'm not really thrilled about having yet another photo like this, but
the topic is relevant to my ramblings for today's challenge, plus
it's my most recent buy-too-much-of-a-given-thing rabbit hole, plus
I just wanted to draw more attention to my *real* SOTD setup.

Part of the reason I don't like bringing attention to this particular hobby,
such as it is, is that
it's strongly associated with a particular kind of ~~person~~ douchebag.
Like, just as one example that barely scratches the surface of the tip of that iceberg,
you would not ~~believe~~ be surprised at the wild
misogyny that's celebrated in some of those subs. Holy shit.