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I suddenly have the urge to go make a film about a gang of peanut butter-addicted vampires.
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i recently told my friend he bad breath
i just sat him and down and said "friend, you have bad breath. this is a warning sign that you need to go to the dentist, and could very well be why you're not getting laid."
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, 2 August 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
look he woulda been mad if i did not tell him
I am forever telling people that their hygiene is poor, and further pointing out that this makes them sexually undesirable in a general way. Oh, how they thank me.
― reared on Shakespeare (kenan), Sunday, 2 August 2009 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, they'd rather know, right?
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, 2 August 2009 12:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Just the other day I said to a freind of mine, "You have a sparkling personality, love" -- it's best to lead with a compliment, I find -- "but you could stand to lose twenty or thirty pounds. I mean, be honest with yourself? Would you want to wake up next to you?" Then I talked at length about how she drinks too much.
― reared on Shakespeare (kenan), Sunday, 2 August 2009 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel like you just turned into alan cumming in a jane austen movie for a hot minute
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, 2 August 2009 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
surm, you did the right thing and i can tell you are the sort who would do it in the best possible way and solely out of love.
how did he react?
― jed_, Sunday, 2 August 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
he was ok about it, after giving me a little bit of a look...
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Sunday, 2 August 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
So, how close do you have to be to a person to have this talk? Any tips? My friend has a long-term girlfriend, surely he knows about it and is trying to deal with it and doesn't need me reminding him that it's a problem.
― a funny thing happened on the way to the forum (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
kenan, no one appreciates your brutal honesty that you mention upthread. Most overweight people are pretty aware of that fact already. Bad breath, however, most people are not aware they have so I can see that might be actually helpful to know.
I live forever in fear that I have bad breath.
Chlorophyll supplements apparently help.
― homosexual II, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Tongue scraping and meticulous flossing are a part of my life
― a funny thing happened on the way to the forum (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
less rimming
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
ha!
I came here to ask how best to navigate this.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
any, like, actual advice about how to do it?
sometimes a sinus infection will cause bad breath. if that seems possible, try decongestants, especially before sleeping. look to see if your tongue seems coated. if so, scrape it or brush it as best you can. plus the obvious tooth brushing and mouth rinsing stuff.
that's all I got.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
Sorry, i meant how best to tell a friend about theirs.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
surely depends entirely on yr relationship. mb you cld do the classic managers trick of talking about somebody else's bad breath and get it all out that way
― ogmor, Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
if you do it directly + impolitely: btw your fucking breath smells like a cow-pat - they will probably think you are a twat. If you approach them with more subtlety and politeness they might still think you are a twat because most people don't like getting managed/handled, and sometimes even more so when it is done "nicely". I don't know of a way that they won't end up harbouring recent mints resentments against you.
― calzino, Sunday, 3 February 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link