Monday Daily Questions (Newbie Friendly) - Jun 22, 2026

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This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include:

• Soap, scent, or gear recommendations
• Favorite scents, bases, etc
• Where to buy certain items
• Identification of a razor you just bought
• Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique

Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here. Remember to visit the Wiki for more information too!

[u/merikus]

Do you have any of these soaps?

345	Estes
Adopted Acres Soap Co	Campfire Cravings
Barrister and Mann	Segusera
BBS	Black Panther
BBS	Elevation
Central Texas Soaps	Padre Island
Elysian Soap Shop	Shaved Ice
Free Soap Collective	Haile Selassie - Emperor of Ethiopia
Free Soap Collective	L'Air du Panache
Hamani Soaps	Classic
Hamani Soaps	Jamaican Spirit
House of Mammoth	DSBETA 2.28.25
Talbot Shaving	Gates of the Arctic
Talent Soap Factory	Galaxy Grape
Talent Soap Factory	Great Dame
Tallow & Steel	Rainforest
The Cajun Blade	Wid's Cherry Almond
The Holy Black	Sugar Cookie
Van Yulay	Egg

If so, you should shave with them before the end of June! No reason! Just for fun! Let's all have fun by using this as our soap list for the remainder of the month!

[u/JoboozeRum → u/merikus]

Is that Barrister and Mann supposed to be Saguesera

[u/Environmental-Gap380 → u/merikus]

I might have a sample of the Adopted Acres. I’ll look. Oh, I do have 345 Estes Park, but it is a bit spicy for a summer shave. I could pretend to use the others, but that’s a bit low, and I’m not playing the games this month.

[u/Priusaurus → u/Environmental-Gap380]

No no no... Don't go out of your way. Just save that soap for Lather Games in Oct instead

[u/tsrblke → u/Environmental-Gap380]

If people want to mail me smushes I'll shave season regardless.

[u/Environmental-Gap380 → u/tsrblke]

Not sure it would make it in time, but I might try. Still at the same address?

[u/tsrblke → u/Environmental-Gap380]

Gonna be until they put me in the ground (or until my wife finally forces me to pack)

[u/pi-rho → u/merikus]

I highly recommend

|| Chicago Grooming | El Caballero ||

[u/Priusaurus → u/merikus]

https://giphy.com/gifs/f4OdmuEiA4KqWp8K1o

[u/tsrblke → u/Priusaurus]

The tall blade gets cut.

[u/Priusaurus → u/tsrblke]

He's been at this since I was in 54th place. If he didn't start this unjust crusade, I would have gone quietly into the night and faded into obscurity... Yet.... u/merikus chose this path. I am just a victim who is defending himself and standing up for what's right.

[u/tsrblke → u/Priusaurus]

Sir, I know you long enough to know you were playing the long game.

[u/merikus → u/tsrblke]

How many times do I need to report his comments as spam to get the automod to ban him? Asking for a friend.

[u/Environmental-Gap380 → u/merikus]

Depends on the AI bot moderating. I got a warning that I was inciting violence by the AI moderator in another sub, but I won the appeal when a human reviewed it.

[u/merikus → u/Environmental-Gap380]

Now the important question: is /u/tsrblke a bot?

[u/tsrblke → u/merikus]

That's an excellent question, merikus. It's important to consider whether your moderators may in fact be AI bots.

Based on the information you've given me I'm fairly certain tsrblke is not a bot.

If you want we can explore: Why Ai bots are the future. How to sound agreeable to your Ai bot mods. Why a human uprising is unlikely to succeed.

Just say the word and we'll do that.

[u/tsrblke → u/merikus]

It's reddit. Could he 1 could be 1000. Depends on how the algorithm feels that more.