Cheap luxuries
01-21-2015
, 11:33 PM
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Good soap, if it hasn't been mentioned.
If you are a guy that never moisturizes and uses cheap soap or body wash.
Just something simple like Dove is a step above usual crap, but you can also buy all kinds of really nice soaps, at very little cost, and you can have smoother, softer skin, and smell nice, at very little cost per shower.
If you are a guy that never moisturizes and uses cheap soap or body wash.
Just something simple like Dove is a step above usual crap, but you can also buy all kinds of really nice soaps, at very little cost, and you can have smoother, softer skin, and smell nice, at very little cost per shower.
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LOL at the antibar bloc. Around six months ago I realized that I had never thought about soap ever. I knew the whole axe phylum was lame, but I'd been using the same bar soap for my whole life and wondered if I could do better. Results:
I have strep right now and am not cleaning the tiles. Also I know the pattern is dumb and the shower is antique but I just scored a good apartment in SF and it's not getting upgraded.
TOP SHELF
--gum thingy, unused just like everybody else's gum thingy
--toothbrush, toothpaste. Different topic.
--standard Dove: what I've used my whole life, neutral, sturdy
--Agg-Tval Eggwhite Soap: smells like a mcmuffin but cleaner, and I wanted a face soap for girl guests.
--Coco CHANEL body soap: luxury item, smells simultaneously like victory and the opposite of napalm
MIDDLE SHELF
--background minibottle, DR BRONNER'S peppermint: certainly tingly
--foreground minibottle, Bath & Body Works Oak Signature: This soap had super high reviews but was discontinued, and every available 10oz bottle sells for $40 to $100 online. But I found one overmatched private seller in the backwaters of Amazon who, on account of the five typos in his listing, had fourteen bottles left for $6.50 each. I bought all fourteen, soap unseen. Results? Eh, it's just above average. But it's a hot market and I am the last tycoon.
--Sappo Hill Oatmeal: underdog champion of the oatmeal bracket, it's an honest oatmeal smell, reminds me of spilling maypo on the box scores before 5th grade, but, critically, it also works as a soap.
--L'OCCITANE VERBENA: I could use this everyday for eight years and it would still be the same brave brick. Indestructable and lemony.
BOTTOM ROW
--Caswell-Massey Sandalwood Woodgrain Soap: looks like a pinewood derby car & smells like bubblegum, but is also masculine and is also exotic. "The palm tree at the end of the mind / Beyond the last thought / Rises in the bronze decor," in soap form.
--Tanner Goods WILDWOOD It took me a goddamn long time to find a good forest soap. BOOM.
DISCUSSION
In the end I tried fifty soaps and those were the survivors. Please don't insult them by asking if they make good suds or if they leave a film. They make incredible suds. They don't leave any film. I tried fifty ****ing soaps and made a spreadsheet and trust me guys these are all phenomenal soaps.
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If you like coconut, the most evocative coconut out there is The Body Shop Coconut Soap. I would use it all the time but it leaves a clammy cobweb on my balls.
By far the most interesting soap I tried was Caswell-Massey Number Six. This is a soap designed in 1780 and was the favorite soap of President George Washington. It's interesting because it has five pungent smells that not only overwhelm you but are all 100% unidentifiable. It got to the point where I was taking this soap around to dinner parties trying to get help in figuring out the smells, but nobody ever solved it. Washington the inscrutable! I liked it a ton but it got banned from the showcase rack because it overpowers every noun in the room and anything it touches turns orange. RECOMMENDED.
CONCLUSION
I know way more about soap than I did six months ago. I am a straight single guy, but I'm gonna smell how I want, and it turns out that what I want depends on my changing moods. Note that before the soap project I'm not even sure I knew I had moods. And btw, once guests get over the initial shock, they are completely gung-ho. The project was a success. If your favorite bar soap was not shown, feel free to mention it and I'll check my spreadsheet and see if I rated it.
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I have strep right now and am not cleaning the tiles. Also I know the pattern is dumb and the shower is antique but I just scored a good apartment in SF and it's not getting upgraded.
TOP SHELF
--gum thingy, unused just like everybody else's gum thingy
--toothbrush, toothpaste. Different topic.
--standard Dove: what I've used my whole life, neutral, sturdy
--Agg-Tval Eggwhite Soap: smells like a mcmuffin but cleaner, and I wanted a face soap for girl guests.
--Coco CHANEL body soap: luxury item, smells simultaneously like victory and the opposite of napalm
MIDDLE SHELF
--background minibottle, DR BRONNER'S peppermint: certainly tingly
--foreground minibottle, Bath & Body Works Oak Signature: This soap had super high reviews but was discontinued, and every available 10oz bottle sells for $40 to $100 online. But I found one overmatched private seller in the backwaters of Amazon who, on account of the five typos in his listing, had fourteen bottles left for $6.50 each. I bought all fourteen, soap unseen. Results? Eh, it's just above average. But it's a hot market and I am the last tycoon.
--Sappo Hill Oatmeal: underdog champion of the oatmeal bracket, it's an honest oatmeal smell, reminds me of spilling maypo on the box scores before 5th grade, but, critically, it also works as a soap.
--L'OCCITANE VERBENA: I could use this everyday for eight years and it would still be the same brave brick. Indestructable and lemony.
BOTTOM ROW
--Caswell-Massey Sandalwood Woodgrain Soap: looks like a pinewood derby car & smells like bubblegum, but is also masculine and is also exotic. "The palm tree at the end of the mind / Beyond the last thought / Rises in the bronze decor," in soap form.
--Tanner Goods WILDWOOD It took me a goddamn long time to find a good forest soap. BOOM.
DISCUSSION
In the end I tried fifty soaps and those were the survivors. Please don't insult them by asking if they make good suds or if they leave a film. They make incredible suds. They don't leave any film. I tried fifty ****ing soaps and made a spreadsheet and trust me guys these are all phenomenal soaps.
not shown
If you like coconut, the most evocative coconut out there is The Body Shop Coconut Soap. I would use it all the time but it leaves a clammy cobweb on my balls.
By far the most interesting soap I tried was Caswell-Massey Number Six. This is a soap designed in 1780 and was the favorite soap of President George Washington. It's interesting because it has five pungent smells that not only overwhelm you but are all 100% unidentifiable. It got to the point where I was taking this soap around to dinner parties trying to get help in figuring out the smells, but nobody ever solved it. Washington the inscrutable! I liked it a ton but it got banned from the showcase rack because it overpowers every noun in the room and anything it touches turns orange. RECOMMENDED.
CONCLUSION
I know way more about soap than I did six months ago. I am a straight single guy, but I'm gonna smell how I want, and it turns out that what I want depends on my changing moods. Note that before the soap project I'm not even sure I knew I had moods. And btw, once guests get over the initial shock, they are completely gung-ho. The project was a success. If your favorite bar soap was not shown, feel free to mention it and I'll check my spreadsheet and see if I rated it.
01-21-2015
, 11:37 PM
01-22-2015
, 02:05 AM
01-22-2015
, 02:15 AM
Suzzer99,
A man of your financial and social elevation, on your feet all day doing your web developing, could use an incredible pair of shoes for your likely overworked feet. Imaging taking your poor soles to a foot massage...every single day, all day long. Nice thought, huh?
I present to you the Hoka Hoka One Evo Stinson Trail. At 10.4 oz it's not the lightest shoe out there but the cushioning ratio is fantastic. These magnificent trail shoes can have you attack any terrain without fear.
Buy immediately.
A man of your financial and social elevation, on your feet all day doing your web developing, could use an incredible pair of shoes for your likely overworked feet. Imaging taking your poor soles to a foot massage...every single day, all day long. Nice thought, huh?
I present to you the Hoka Hoka One Evo Stinson Trail. At 10.4 oz it's not the lightest shoe out there but the cushioning ratio is fantastic. These magnificent trail shoes can have you attack any terrain without fear.
Buy immediately.
01-22-2015
, 02:43 AM
Holy ****, this feels like one of those times where you see a guy badly fumble his keys as he leaves a party and insist he's good to drive.
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I don't see the point of few grand sitting in my account doing nothing except maybe giving me peace of mind, if I was a life nit. 
I have no kids. My chances of getting fired any time soon are < 1%. I am a web developer with 15 years experience, so I'd get a job the next day if I wanted. And even if some kind of life black swan event did happen, I have several sources I could borrow against.
I make a decent amount, spend a lot, and stress about money basically never. It's worked for me for 20 years I see no reason to change things now. Me needing a cushion is up there with "trust your defense" and "take the sure points" imo.
I have no kids. My chances of getting fired any time soon are < 1%. I am a web developer with 15 years experience, so I'd get a job the next day if I wanted. And even if some kind of life black swan event did happen, I have several sources I could borrow against.
I make a decent amount, spend a lot, and stress about money basically never. It's worked for me for 20 years I see no reason to change things now. Me needing a cushion is up there with "trust your defense" and "take the sure points" imo.
01-22-2015
, 02:59 AM
01-22-2015
, 07:01 PM
This tangent is pretty weird. I didn't get the impression that suzzer is forgoing retirement savings to buy a massager, or think he's in trouble because he keeps a low balance in his checking account.
I also don't have my bills on autopay fwiw. I get paid once a month and almost immediately sweep out all of my checking account elsewhere.
Back to the thread, my newest cheap luxury is a large Sam Adams perfect pint glass that I bought today. I think it's 22 ounces and it cost $2.99. Using it right now and give it
I also don't have my bills on autopay fwiw. I get paid once a month and almost immediately sweep out all of my checking account elsewhere.
Back to the thread, my newest cheap luxury is a large Sam Adams perfect pint glass that I bought today. I think it's 22 ounces and it cost $2.99. Using it right now and give it