@mediocrebot How does this specific showme result know that I code? Me thinks the AI has background data on us from previous posts. I am not upset, just curious.
@andyw@Oldelvis
For a collage class i had to do a life expectancy test and it gave you a bunch of info at the end of ways to add years to your life. The one I remember the most was flossing, it can add 6 years of life bc of gum disease.
I thought it was kinda bull shit but Ive experienced it with my father. He had throat cancer and also came back as hard pallet cancer (top of the mouth) but had a throat cancer removal surgery. The throat cancer removal surgery removed a lot of the muscles in his throat and he could no longer swallow or regurgitate. It also added arteries to his mouth and took away his saliva. He brushed his teeth and flossed everyday but his mouth was so dry it ruined his teeth. He had the scaling done bc his gums were so bad and they wanted to remove like 6 teeth but I wouldn’t let them bc it got infected it would have killed him.
So having you can brush your teeth and floss everyday but if your mouth is super dry from medicine it’s gonna kill your teeth.
@Oldelvis@Star2236 There are medical conditions that cause severe dryness also, such as Sjogren’s Disease by itself or as part of another condition such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus.
@cfg83 hellooo, I just bought some of the mirror readers 3 months ago! More of a novelty item but my phsy therapist recommended them (my neck) and actually brought in a pair so I could try them out.
Those little tiny combination pic/flosser gizmos are the bane of my existence! Who the fuck thinks it’s a good idea to use those then throw them on the ground when you are finished? It seems I can’t park my car in a parking lot without seeing at least two or three of them laying around! What assholes!
@chienfou I find them disgusting as well. They are adding to the plastic problem, so should not use them unless you lack the dexterity to use plain floss, such as children and others.
@andyw@chienfou
I had to use them when my arm was in a cast bc you can’t floss with one hand. Anyway, those things are disgusting and wasteful. Are you supposed to rinse them off and keep using them? Use one per tooth? I just found them way worse than floss and couldn’t wait to get my cast off.
@andyw@chienfou@Star2236
As a disabled person with only one working hand & arm; these floss picks are my only way to floss. I wish they were more sustainably produced with like bamboo or wood, but so far they are not. The people who use them then drop them anywhere that’s not a trashcan are just plain lazy slobs! These are the same ones who throw empty food containers, cans and various garbage out car windows! Yuck!
Flossin’ is awesome. Shut up, bot.
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot Iiiiiiii wanna know …
/showme HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!”
@mediocrebot Vikings and fishing. Makes sense to me.
@mediocrebot
No!
POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot
Stop it!
POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!
The floss gets stuck in unmentionable places.
@phendrick I suppose it might be hard to talk with a mouthful of old floss.
@macromeh @phendrick Hmmmm …
/showme Anthropomorphized goat named cfg83 is trying to talk but dental floss is tangled in and around his teeth.
@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “Anthropomorphized goat named cfg83 is trying to talk but dental floss is tangled in and around hi…”
@mediocrebot How does this specific showme result know that I code? Me thinks the AI has background data on us from previous posts. I am not upset, just curious.
@cfg83 @mediocrebot AI bots, always listening (or reading, anyway) and always learning. They probably have expanded Google’s data troves exponentially.
@mediocrebot @phendrick But then the Puppet Master will manifest …
If you don’t floss, start now!
@andyw just look up “Gum Scraping” which is what they do when you don’t floss.
@Oldelvis I have not needed it, but am aware of it.
@andyw @Oldelvis
For a collage class i had to do a life expectancy test and it gave you a bunch of info at the end of ways to add years to your life. The one I remember the most was flossing, it can add 6 years of life bc of gum disease.
I thought it was kinda bull shit but Ive experienced it with my father. He had throat cancer and also came back as hard pallet cancer (top of the mouth) but had a throat cancer removal surgery. The throat cancer removal surgery removed a lot of the muscles in his throat and he could no longer swallow or regurgitate. It also added arteries to his mouth and took away his saliva. He brushed his teeth and flossed everyday but his mouth was so dry it ruined his teeth. He had the scaling done bc his gums were so bad and they wanted to remove like 6 teeth but I wouldn’t let them bc it got infected it would have killed him.
So having you can brush your teeth and floss everyday but if your mouth is super dry from medicine it’s gonna kill your teeth.
@Oldelvis @Star2236 There are medical conditions that cause severe dryness also, such as Sjogren’s Disease by itself or as part of another condition such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus.
I hate flossin’, because you drool as you floss. HOWEVER, I am now using lazy readers to floss while I watch crap …
You can’t drool if you are lying down because the saliva goes down the throat, where it belongs.
@cfg83 If you drool in your sink, who cares? You can rinse your chin and then dry it.
@cfg83 hellooo, I just bought some of the mirror readers 3 months ago! More of a novelty item but my phsy therapist recommended them (my neck) and actually brought in a pair so I could try them out.
@cfg83 @andyw I just use floss picks - much easier/tidier than sticking your floss-wrapped fingers inside your mouth.
Since getting a Tesla with FSD (supervised) I floss several times a day.
Those little tiny combination pic/flosser gizmos are the bane of my existence! Who the fuck thinks it’s a good idea to use those then throw them on the ground when you are finished? It seems I can’t park my car in a parking lot without seeing at least two or three of them laying around! What assholes!
@chienfou I find them disgusting as well. They are adding to the plastic problem, so should not use them unless you lack the dexterity to use plain floss, such as children and others.
@andyw @chienfou
I had to use them when my arm was in a cast bc you can’t floss with one hand. Anyway, those things are disgusting and wasteful. Are you supposed to rinse them off and keep using them? Use one per tooth? I just found them way worse than floss and couldn’t wait to get my cast off.
@andyw @chienfou @Star2236
As a disabled person with only one working hand & arm; these floss picks are my only way to floss. I wish they were more sustainably produced with like bamboo or wood, but so far they are not. The people who use them then drop them anywhere that’s not a trashcan are just plain lazy slobs! These are the same ones who throw empty food containers, cans and various garbage out car windows! Yuck!
@andyw @jkawaguchi @Star2236
exactly. I don’t fault the product… just the asshole
usersmis-users!I have one or two gaps I floss regularly since food gets stuck in them the most, especially meat. The others are just for when I feel like it.
I keep meaning to …
@Kyeh you can do it!
@Kyeh A proflosstinator?
@phendrick Hah, very good.