I let my dental health lapse twice and paid for it in money and pain. Never ever again.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 20:53 (four weeks ago) link
Or: Andy OTM
I like getting the annual physical, not least because in good years it's the only time I see my doctor and I like her to remember who I am. And I like the labs and screens, just making sure everything looks OK. I even agreed to a separate preventive screening my doc recommended — a "coronary calcium score" — to check for arterial plaque buildup. Not covered by insurance, it's like $125 and I'm sure she gets a cut for the referral, but what the hell. I like to know what's going on in there.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:07 (four weeks ago) link
I go to my doctor about four times a year but haven't been to the dentist in decades. Sometimes I worry about it but then I say fuck it.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:24 (four weeks ago) link
I have been blessed with (mostly) good teeth, which aiu is party genetic and also breastfeeding can help? thanks mom!
still had a litany of horrors starting with braces, and I am missing a back molar currently cuz I cannot afford a $4K implant.
dental care is imho the starkest example of class differences in the US
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:28 (four weeks ago) link
really that should read:
"dental care/insurance is imho the starkest example of class differences in the US"
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:29 (four weeks ago) link
yeah, it's always baffling to me that the teeth were medically separated from the rest of the body many years ago: their own offices, their own insurance systems, etc. Like what if we had to get podiatry insurance, or spleen insurance?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:33 (four weeks ago) link
Dentistry wasn't considered a medical field until the late 19th century.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 21:47 (four weeks ago) link
They're luxury bones. Only the rich and lucky are allowed to have them; if your teeth are in bad shape the assumption is that it's your own damn fault for not taking better care of them
Toothpaste is bone soap.
― Millennium Falco (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 22:31 (four weeks ago) link
The fact that none of these manly-man grooming companies has yet put out a line of toothpaste called Bone Soap (or advertised toothpaste with "Polish Your Bones") is baffling to me.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 22:35 (four weeks ago) link
'Hey fellas, get your chompers pumping with Axe BONE SOAP - now in Sinful Cinnamon Schnapps flavor'
yeah I could see that working
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 22:44 (four weeks ago) link
Would try White Russian flavored bone soap
― calstars, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:14 (four weeks ago) link
'Super Whitening Russian', you mean
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:27 (four weeks ago) link
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, May 7, 2024 9:29 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
When I first went to my current dentist, it was for a dental emergency (filling fell out) AND I didn't have insurance. They were super nice about it and apologetic about charging me the cash rate, but then when we got insurance again through my wife's job suddenly they were VERY happy to see me because I was worth a lot more money to them. It's all so weird, what a dumb system we have.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:33 (four weeks ago) link
whenever I go in for for a cleaning, I get a statement from MetLife - 'THIS IS NOT A BILL: You dentist billed $234 - we paid out $179 - you owe nothing'
It's all such a weird racket
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:38 (four weeks ago) link
My dentist has a weird scheme where they make me sign a sheet of paper listing what they're are going to do, how much insurance will pay and how much I need to pay. So I sign it and pay them then within a week I get a bill for, usually, around $500. I call them and they always say, oh don't worry about that. Umm okay.
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:25 (three weeks ago) link
this sooo true. also i hate making the extra effort to sit thru 15 minutes of phoneapp disclaimers and releases and pay obligations, being told "this pre-process will save u time!" then getting there and having to like, do what appears to be the same shit all over again.
this is not an olds thing tho. in a way it is i guess, because i am here on the olds channel just complaining like a fucking old. topicality is where u find it.
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:59 (three weeks ago) link
Thanks to Facebook I just found out I’m almost 10 years older than The Beach Boys when they released/filmed Kokomo. I thought those fools were in their 70s when that came out.
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 May 2024 13:23 (three weeks ago) link
Spiritually, yes
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 May 2024 14:01 (three weeks ago) link
I was lucky enough to see Blondie this past week. My 13-year-old son was with me. It struck me that I have had a crush on Debbie Harry since I was his age, which was . . . forty-five years ago.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 11 May 2024 17:53 (three weeks ago) link
Thanks to Facebook I just found out I’m almost 10 years older than The Beach Boys when they released/filmed Kokomo. I thought those fools were in their 70s when that came out.― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor)
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor)
i see this as an unqualified victory
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 11 May 2024 18:41 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah i was at blondie and my 20 y/o muso super nerd son loved it even more than I. With his youth insistence he dragged me up to about 10 ppl away from stage. that was useful.when i was reminded post hoc she’s 78 i was pretty— i dint know how to be, tbh. I felt pretty god damned ancient.
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Sunday, 12 May 2024 17:09 (three weeks ago) link