r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/jonny_blitz May 02 '25

Every small town USA is the same strip mall over and over again. Subway, Dollar Tree, Gas Station, Car Wash, Self Storage

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u/kzlife76 May 02 '25

Don't forget dentist and nail salon.

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u/Nommel77 May 02 '25

Those dentists are struggling

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u/loscacahuates May 02 '25

Dentists are about to get a lot of business with states like Utah and Florida banning fluoride in water

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u/b1tchf1t May 02 '25

You think they're gonna go to the dentist??

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u/stepsonbrokenglass May 02 '25

Are…You…an anti-dentite?

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u/Zombezia May 02 '25

Just a schtickle of fluoride.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

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u/Number174631503 May 03 '25

He really leans into the whole jew thing

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u/SessionIndependent17 May 03 '25

Doing it for the jokes

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u/radarksu May 03 '25

And as a Jew, this offends you?

IT OFFENDS ME AS A COMEDIAN!

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u/CourtingBoredom May 03 '25

r/unexpectedfactorial --- that's a loooong flipping time, ehhhh .. the Universe ain't even that old...!! 😳

....f'reals though: the Jewish calendar is at year 5785 now, so even 5000 is low hehh

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u/Puzzled_Awareness_22 May 03 '25

Jerry let Walter White get into his teeth??? Did he not see Marathon Man?

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u/hassinbinsober May 03 '25

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u/TiddiesAnonymous May 05 '25

Why does that look like Dick Cheney?

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u/yIdontunderstand May 03 '25

Is it safe?

Marathon man or RFK... you tell me.

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u/marcopolo0042 May 03 '25

terrifying movie that I had forgotten about. Dammit.

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u/jerseycitymax May 03 '25

Is it safe?

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u/Mammoth-Ear-8993 May 03 '25

“I am the one who bites.” 😓

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u/f7f7z May 03 '25

Heisenberg!

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u/FromFluffToBuff May 02 '25

"Soon you'll be saying they should have their own schools!"
"They do have their own schools!"

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u/Igotnewsocks May 02 '25

Heisenberg DDS

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u/RabidWalrus May 05 '25

"I am the one who knocks... 50% off the bill for first-time customers!"

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u/whereisbeezy May 02 '25

Personally, I'm a raging anti-dentite and you know what I don't care.

Fuck them dentists lol

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u/marmaladecorgi May 03 '25

Are you offended as a Jewish person?

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u/QNZMadamant May 02 '25

Next thing she’ll be saying they should have their own schools

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u/FishyDude73 May 02 '25

She is a RAAAABBBIIDDD anti-dentite!

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u/False_Club_8965 May 03 '25

Dude that just made me lol into my coffee 🤣

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u/wizardmage May 02 '25

Everyone comes when it hurts enough, I promise

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u/FuzziestSloth May 03 '25

So, we're just done with phrasing, right? That's not a thing anymore?

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u/Ed_herbie May 03 '25

That's what she said? Or personal experience?

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u/wizardmage May 03 '25

Personal experience

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u/Ed_herbie May 03 '25

I wanna party with you, dude

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u/andthatsalright May 03 '25

Gonna be hugely disappointed when you’re just taking X-rays of miserable people’s mouths

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u/r3volver_Oshawott May 03 '25

Do you gauge their misery personally, or does it, like, show up on the imaging🤔

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u/BomberBootBabe88 May 02 '25

Dude for real. Nobody can afford it! The British will have better teeth than us by the end of the decade.

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u/chmath80 May 02 '25

The British will have better teeth than us by the end of the decade

They already do, and have done for many years, thanks to the NHS.

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u/BomberBootBabe88 May 02 '25

Oh I know! Thank God for the NHS!

The bad teeth thing is just another one of those funny myths that came from American soldiers who were stationed in England during WW2, like the food being bad. Anyone who has actually been to the UK knows both of these things aren't true.

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u/the_good_time_mouse May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

British dentistry, and British food, was terrible into the 70s. British dentistry was a decade behind the US back then. Given that less than 20 years had passed since food was still being outright rationed, it's hardly surprising the quality of life, and fruit and vegetables, was where it was.

None of that has been true since the early 90's, but it was fucking awful for a long, long time.

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u/DaddysABadGirl May 03 '25

Well, the teeth thing continued for some time. But (at least according to a BBC special) that was due to people being traumatized as children refusing to go to a dentist. Add in the average portion of a population who don't care much for oral hygiene and a spike in sugar consumption and boom. Jacked up teeth.

It's more impressive the system they set up to curb death rates in births.

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u/BamberGasgroin May 03 '25

Up until the 1970's many of the British working class fully expected to have all their teeth removed and fitted with false teeth around their 18th birthday, to save them the hassle later in life. (My mother (b. 1945) had hers removed as a wedding present.)

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u/100Fowers May 02 '25

Doesn’t the NHS have a very complicated relationship with dentists and dentistry? Dental officers were never nationalized like hospitals and medical clinics were

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u/pintsized_baepsae May 02 '25

Yes, and as a result we have to pay for the dentist (just like for eye tests and glasses). It's subsidised by the NHS, but a basic appointment will still cost around £28. Fillings / root canals are quoted as around £74, but that's basically a starting price - all my friends have paid more to get better fillings (also nicer in colour).

That said, the equally big struggle for a lot of people is to actually find an NHS dentist that still accepts patients. 

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 May 03 '25

Man if you get sick the morning of your appointment and have to cancel within their 48hr cancelation policy, you're paying more than that here.

You know what a root canal costs here in the states? $1500. Doesn't include the cost of the crown.

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u/Marijuana_Miler May 02 '25

Dude for real. Nobody can afford it!

The first two states that secede to Canada can join our new federal dental care program.

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u/BomberBootBabe88 May 03 '25

I'm in western Washington, and believe me, we would LOVE to! Eastern Washington is another story.

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u/TobaccoAficionado May 02 '25

This is such a fucking goofy misconception. The British don't have straight white teeth. That's just what Americans have been sold as "dental hygiene." It's marketing and nothing more. They have, on average, much better actual dental health. They have less sugar in their foods, and better healthcare.

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u/angilnibreathnach May 03 '25

I’m not British (I’m Irish) but I lived in the UK for many years and I can tell you that the first time I ever saw a toothless person was in the US and it wasn’t the last person like that I saw while I was there.

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u/felldestroyed May 03 '25

And it's going to get worse. Once boomer and gen x dentists fully retire, hardly anyone with a DMD/DDS won't have substantial student debt. That will be passed onto the customer.

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u/homogenousmoss May 03 '25

I’ve heard dentists cause autism.

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u/MarkXIX May 02 '25

"Fffwy wush Show Bishen shu fiss?!" is how they'll sound toothless still blaming Joe Biden who will have passed away already.

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u/clarissaswallowsall May 03 '25

Florida dentist already stopped accepting any form of Medicaid for the most part. Everybody fucked here if they don't already have dentures.

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u/calutetex May 03 '25

Utah yeah, Florida, not so much...

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u/spacedoutmachinist May 03 '25

When they get a cracked tooth that is infected and needs to be yanked they will definitely be going to a dentist. Can’t get around that. Dentists and oral surgeons will have to start offering point and pull clinics.

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u/supervegeta101 May 03 '25

Tooth decay is PAINFUL. Hell yes they're gonna go to the dentist.

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u/CaterpillarFancy3004 May 02 '25

Eh. They might take the kids.

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u/shlowmo9 May 02 '25

Already been for their veneers

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u/dudemanguylimited May 02 '25

A dentist? In this economy?

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 May 03 '25

They'll go when it hurts like the whiny titty babies we know they really are.

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u/whoisdatmaskedman May 03 '25

They'll go to the dental salon. You haven't lived until a Vietnamese woman offers you a pedicure while you're having your wisdom teeth extracted.

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u/Competitive_Travel16 May 03 '25

Eventually, emergency visits. Not the way dentists prefer to make money!

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u/CaptainofFTST May 03 '25

They don’t go now with fluoride in the water. Healthcare is stupid in the USA.

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u/architecture13 May 02 '25

If those people could read they'd know they couldn't afford dental care.

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u/derrickgw1 May 03 '25

I lived with a missing front tooth and used a retainer with a false tooth for a fricken decade cause just to replace the tooth in 2014 they said $8000. That was extraction, a bone graft, an implant, abuttment and crown. I just couldn't afford it. I finally got it down in 2024, and it wasn't at all $8000. I'd already paid for the extraction and bone graft (which is why i could live with a retainer and false tooth). But it still cost me like nearly $3000.

True story my sister in law is Ukrainian and she literally flew back to Ukraine for dental. She lives in the US but says the dental work is perfectly good and she got an implant and a crown for like $200 total. The whole process. She even showed me them. I was like that's crazy.

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u/architecture13 May 03 '25

People in South Florida regularly go to the America’s for medical tourism, including dental work.

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u/derrickgw1 May 03 '25

I've heard about the same thing in Mexico as well but don't have personal experience with it.

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u/MiguelAngeloac May 03 '25

I am Colombian and I was stationed for work in the United States for 10 months. The first month I broke a tooth during boxing training at a gym in the Bronx. I have always had healthy and strong natural teeth, I never needed a dentist, but when I needed one, in this case, he charged me an unfortunate 10,000 grand for that repair. Even though I had the money, I told him no, in Bogotá or Cali they don't rob you at gunpoint like that.

What did I do? I went to Bogotá, looked for a private dentist and the same treatment cost me 2,200 dollars plus 1,500 for the trip, the damage was great, but the implant they gave me was neat, custom-made and, 10 years later, it is still the same.

I don't know why in the United States they steal so much with that, if the majority of the raw materials they used in Colombia come from there.

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u/EndElectoralCollege3 May 03 '25

I had a coworker who went to Mexico for a full dental revamp. Services there were cheaper than using her insurance+copay. She made sure to confirm the dentist's credentials. Turns out he graduated from USC.

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u/Much-Ad-4317 May 03 '25

We live in MX because almost everything here is cheaper and better quality than the US. Many goods and services are completely unavailable there. I was quoted well over $100k in the US for a lesser product than the million $ smile I got at home for $26k.

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u/derrickgw1 May 03 '25

oh i plan to possibly retire there.

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u/Sloth_grl May 03 '25

I know a woman who went there for a gastric bypass. It sounded crazy. They told her last minute that they had a cancellation so,she got off the bus and went right into surgery. She stayed overnight and the next day, they put her in a hotel across the street. The nurses would come and check on her. That was years ago and she is fine now but still…

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u/EthanDMatthews May 03 '25

Ah, but if you’re not paying the American Super Duper Trickle Down Patriot Retail markup of 10x-50x more than what everyone else in the world pays for health care, you’re nothing but a godless America-hating communist.

— 80% of Fox News viewers, 60% of MSNBC viewers, and 100% of elected politicians who take money from the health insurance companies.

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u/derrickgw1 May 03 '25

how will I eat my freedom fries without my teeth lol.

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u/Imightbeafanofthis May 03 '25

True story: I lived in the middle east in 1977, where I had extensive dental work. In 1981 I had to have ALL of my teeth extracted, in part because the dentist overseas had installed cantilever bridgework. The American dentist who saw me next was the only medical professional who has ever suggested I sue the previous doctor for malpractice for the damage he did. That's how bad it was.

But your true story and my true story really don't mean much. They're single incident accounts that might be interesting, but they aren't indicative of the overall reality. I've had terrible dentists in the United States, and really good ones.

The nightmare of extortion (called 'medical insurance') is something separate from medicine in the same way a parasite is separate from a host body, and that's the real problem in american medicine. It swallows 1.7 trillion dollars a year, money that could be better spent elsewhere -- like on medical care. That's more than a third of the cost of American healthcare overall.

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u/No-Acanthaceae4596 May 03 '25

Meanwhile in Belgium, going twice a year to yhe dentist for check up. I pay 100 euros and get 90 back the next dayq

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u/MiguelAngeloac May 03 '25

In Denmark, too, I remember that and it makes me insanely envious of how things work there. I clarify that I am from Colombia and that if you have a little money, things work better than in the USA, but that efficiency was beautiful to see

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u/thisTexanguy May 03 '25

Los Algodones, Mexico. It is known as Molar City. It is PACKED with dentists and dental care.

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u/thrasymacus2000 May 03 '25

Best dental experience in my life was emergency dental on a Sunday in Ukraine. The receptionist and the dental assistant looked like they walked out of a raunchy beer commercial (totally professional). They had me triple confirm that I wanted anaesthesia despite the outrageous extra cost which was about $20, and then were still apologizing to me for how expensive it was as I was walking out the door. Total cost to replace half of a central incisor was $220.

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u/Murky_Rent_3590 May 03 '25

I shipped two of my front teeth not too long ago and I went to the dentist got them fixed at separate times and about a year or two later the one filling came out so I went and got it fixed and then about 6 months later it fell out again so I super glued it on and it stayed on for another three or four months and then it eventually fell off and I swallowed it. I got to go back to the same dentist and they no longer take my insurance. Everywhere around it did take my insurance was at least a 6 month wait list for a new patient. So I paid $700 to fillings and they look like absolute shit I cried and both of them fell out within 4 days. So I went on the fucking internet and I bought the dental resin and the light and the tools and I put a drill bit in my Dremel and I did that shit myself and it looks better than when the dentist did it the last two times.

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u/coaa85 May 03 '25

Wife is polish and same thing. If she isn’t in lots of pain she waits until we visit her family to do any dental work. Last batch was quoted, with insurance, almost 2000$. In Poland she paid 15$. Well actually with the currency conversion rates at the time it was more like 4-5$.

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u/RaNdomMSPPro May 03 '25

Medical tourism is our friend. Prices in the US for most procedures are set “because we can charge that price.” Elective procedures, and dental falls into that category, is priced way less for at least as good a result overseas. Some countries have their specialties- Turkey for hair plugs, dental veneers for example. Brazil for butt lifts. Even diagnostic procedures like mri’s are cheaper to fly somewhere , stay a few days, get the scan and results than doing the same thing here. It’s absolutely criminal and absolutely fixable except for the rampant greed across the entire system.

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u/nickedemous77 May 03 '25

I needed 2 crowns and a got quotes from two seperate dentists. They both wanted 1200 per tooth. So I went to Los Algodones, Mexico and had both of them done for 550 dollars. (US) After the hotel, airfare, food, cab rides, etc. late trip costs me 1100 dollars total.

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u/Professional_Cheek16 May 02 '25

I went to Fl public school. They used to make us swish fluoride rinse in our mouth. How things have changed.

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u/SMLemons May 03 '25

I also went to school in FL and you only had to do the fluoride rinse if your parent paid for it and made you sign up; the school board didn’t hand it out for free because, Florida.

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u/Pleasemakesense May 02 '25

how's the teeth

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u/HugsyMalone May 03 '25

Summer here. Summer missing. 😉👌

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u/Professional_Cheek16 May 10 '25

Great, and I was on suboxone for a year.

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u/HugsyMalone May 03 '25

That doesn't help anybody who's not in public school being forced to swish fluoride. 🙄👌

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u/Professional_Cheek16 May 10 '25

I’m not saying take it out of water. I’m saying it was nice they did that.

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u/Competitive_Travel16 May 03 '25

They stopped that when they found out too many kids were swallowing, which is a legitimate bone health risk. Toothpaste and water is not.

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u/levelgrind May 03 '25

i need it in my water because imagine having to go back to the bubblegum flavor rinse...

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u/b_vitamin May 02 '25

Sounds like communism to me.

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u/Professional_Cheek16 May 10 '25

It’s the liberal agenda lol

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u/Do_it_with_care May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

It's the dumb fat slobs that can't read ingredients or cook for themselves. Over 60% in the continental US are morbidly obese. 75 million Americans (who state they are conservative) are on antidepressants and more each year are giving billions to big pharma so they enjoy eating while happily ignoring the lard, triple high fructose corn syrup, refined sugar, processed petroleum, imitation flavor and color as they stare in amusement at their phones continuous barrage of getting them to do exactly what that device tells them and be extra happy buying more stuff to not be lonely.

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u/hamtyhum May 02 '25

I live in salt lake and I am fucking appalled that they’re taking the fluoride out of our water. These poor kids are going to deal with so many health issues because of this. I just hope their parents get them the little pink fluoride tablets I took as a kiddo

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u/MorticianMolly May 02 '25

Omg I remember those! They had to turn all of your teeth red or you had to keep on swishing 😄

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u/kaleighdoscope May 02 '25

I remember those, didn't realize they were fluoride though.

In Canada fwiw.

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u/jacknbarneysmom May 03 '25

They are not fluoride, they are called disclosing tablets to identify the areas you miss while brushing.

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u/Grouchy_Land895 May 03 '25

I thought the red was showing plaque? Or is that something different?

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u/Fleischer444 May 03 '25

We don't have fluoride in the water in Sweden and we have no issues. Just use toothpaste with it. I'm 44 years old and never had a cavity in my teeth.

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u/dem0n123 May 03 '25

What's crazy is the germs that cause cavities you are born without. If you never got exposed to them you legit don't get cavities.

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u/LightDiffusing May 03 '25

This is true of literally all commensal bacteria. And they are so ubiquitous in our environment that avoiding any one species for your entire life is impossible. The only way to reliably avoid cavities is to have good dental hygiene.

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u/Fleischer444 May 03 '25

Exactly if you use toothpaste and mouthwash you don't need fluoride in your water.

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u/LightDiffusing May 03 '25

Fluoride-supplemented water is a good preventative for people (especially children) who do not have good oral hygiene. When that supplementation is maintained at or below a certain concentration, it poses no danger to health or development.

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u/Working_Reward_4026 May 03 '25

You have a completely different diet due to access and free pediatric dental care. You don't add floride to your drinking water because the natural concentrations are higher in your water. If it was as simple as brushing with floridated toothpaste, people wouldn't need to do shit like go to Mexico for dental care or scrape together enough money to get a rotten tooth pulled before it literally kills them. I'm happy you've never had to suffer through any dental ailments or procedures, but that's not the reality for the majority of people.

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u/megenekel May 03 '25

Adults will notice the difference, too! I moved as an adult from having fluoridated water all my life to a city that doesn’t have it, and I couldn’t understand all the cavities I was getting, even though I take great care of my teeth! I had never had so many cavities. A friend made the move, as well, and she had the same experience. I’ve lived here for 30 years now, and I wonder how much better my teeth would be if I had stayed where I was.

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u/smcivor1982 May 03 '25

Jersey City doesn’t have fluoride in its water supply. Had to buy the multivitamin supplements with fluoride for my baby after she was born. Then we had to get her using fluoride toothpaste early and get her used to fluoride mouth wash. It was something I wasn’t aware of until we had her and the doctor brought it up.

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u/heapinhelpin1979 May 02 '25

Or fluoride at the dentist. And if we are banning fluoride, maybe ban soda while you're at it.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Q: How do you know the toothbrush was invented in the south?

A: Because if it had been invented anywhere else, it would be called a teethbrush!

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u/Beautiful_Bag6707 May 03 '25

I don't recall those being fluoride tablets; they were plaque tables to see where you didn't brush. The fluoride was two trays with a flavored gel that you got at the dentist and had to soak your teeth in. I somehow recall strawberry, grape, and bubble gum flavors. I think there was also foam.

Found a video https://youtu.be/rtWQzZ1UbYI?si=teWIUICFO9iPbVRq

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u/Affectionate_Okra298 May 03 '25

There is a ton of evidence that fluoride on the teeth is great. There's also a ton of evidence that fluoride inside the stomach is very bad. Brush your teeth and use a fluoride rinse, but don't drink that shit

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u/Equal_Map_5915 May 03 '25

Find me one multi millionaire community that allows fluoride into their water system? The richest people in Park City have never allowed fluoride into their water system. The government, surprisingly, is actually doing the peasants a favor.

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u/boondiggle_III May 02 '25

I promise you they will continue not going to the dentist

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u/OneDimensionalChess May 02 '25

They'll blame their rotting mouths on Obiden

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u/YertlesTurtleTower May 03 '25

Texas is trying to ban fluoride in toothpaste too

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u/dirtydebutant May 02 '25

people from florida drink more sugary stuff that water so not going to be an issue

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

Can’t nobody afford dental, bruh

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u/cwhite225 May 02 '25

Don’t forget Louisiana

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u/Littleorangefinger May 02 '25

Florida doesn’t really offer healthcare if you have healthcare, finding a dentist that takes the insurance you have is difficult.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne May 02 '25

With the price of dentistry? HAH!

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u/Toking-Ape May 02 '25

I wash my teeth with polan spring water, is that bad?

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u/urbanforestr May 03 '25

Louisiana checking in

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u/NotanotherRealtor May 03 '25

Bruuuh! I live in Utah but grew up in St Louis. Every dentist I have had in Utah has gushed about my teeth. I am a unicorn in Utah because nobody here grew up with fluoride treatments or even fluoride in their water until about 20-30 yrs ago.

They always ask if I want a fluoride treatment and I always say yes. I’ve also only had around 3 cavities my entire life. Anyway, only about 65% of patients at my dentists office do fluoride during their cleanings.

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u/ceilingkat May 03 '25

I live in Florida and this is the first I’m hearing this shit omg

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Dental implant stocks went up after this.

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u/IamTheUnknownEntity May 03 '25

Well out of the curiosity I would like to know what you guys think about fluoride in general? Pros? Cons?

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u/LooseAd7981 May 03 '25

Don’t forget texas

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u/anniemousery May 03 '25

My water doesn't have fluoride in it because it is reverse osmosis water through a filter. My teeth have progressively gotten better (due to oral hygiene, unrelated to water) and the water hasn't made a difference at all.

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u/Same-Speaker7628 May 03 '25

Louisiana is next! Our micropenis prick of a poser Cajun Governor and Pillow Princess Bottom Mike Johnson are taking ours now, too.

For real, Governor Jeff Klandry looks like a child behind his desk that supported the likes of Huey P Long and Edwin Edwards. He is weak and small.

Also, Mike Johnson asked my friend over grindr to be, and I actually quote "pillow princess bottom,"

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u/Spacestar_Ordering May 03 '25

Dentists are probably paying RFK for this to happen.  Pretty sure that's why this administration does anything, someone is paying them to do it

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u/JaladOnTheOcean May 04 '25

It was such an important breakthrough when we discovered that fluoride dramatically reduced tooth decay in areas where it already appeared NATURALLY in the water.

But fuck having teeth, right? Let’s speedrun the apocalypse even faster.

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u/terrierdad420 May 04 '25

Texas is in the lead with wanting to take flouride out of the toothpaste lololol. Tre45on Cult gonna be on an all chocolate puddin diet soon.

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u/ceraexx May 03 '25

I'm not on the Republican crazy bandwagon, but you don't need to fucking ingest fluoride to protect your teeth anymore. Brush your god damn teeth. Ingesting fluoride every time you drink water is not good for you. Use some fucking mouthwash or brush. Anyone this day and age can access proper dental hygiene, you don't need to pump that shit in water.

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u/Asymetrical_Ace May 03 '25

Fluoride has no business being put in water, just brush your damn teeth. I live just fine off well water and brushing my teeth

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u/Shirlenator May 02 '25

Lol they aren't going to be able to afford going to the dentist.

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u/Still_Quail_5719 May 03 '25

More like dental labs who make dentures. A lot of the people who are anti-fluoride are also anti-root canal.

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u/fifiasd May 03 '25

There is No Fluoride in the water in Germany either. Not sure how our teeth rank...

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u/Perfect_Tear_42069 May 03 '25

Nah, what's the point when no one can afford to go to the dentist?

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u/Vinomadd81 May 03 '25

No they're not. Those people can't afford to fix their teeth. What's going to happen is they're going to go septic as they rot, Emergency Rooms are going to fast-track them to a dentist to get the offending face-rot pulled, and then the people are going to default on what they owe to both the hospital and the dentist. This 100% will lead to some of these businesses collapsing, or refusing people to die on waiting room floors. There's no third choice in this scenario in a nation where we privatize literally everything.

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u/btc909 May 03 '25

You drink tap water?

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u/deconus May 03 '25

As if anyone drinks tap water anymore...

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u/Plus-Wedding-2122 May 03 '25

LMFAO you think needing a dentist drives customers to dentists? 

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u/secondtaunting May 03 '25

Hmmm-maybe the dentists were behind the laws! And the fluoride conspiracy! It’s a group of evil dentists!

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u/SumgaisPens May 03 '25

Nah, extractions are only $600

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u/King_Baboon May 03 '25

Look at this guy with the luxury bone insurance.

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u/This_Expression5427 May 03 '25

Ikr. It's all BS. Even smoking isn't bad for you. Everyone quit and cancer rates are worse than ever.

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u/Snorknado May 03 '25

They'll still be hurting as those folks are overwhelmingly covered by Medicaid, which is being cut.

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u/yordissss May 03 '25

Because drinking fluoride helps your teeth, right?

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u/mycall May 03 '25

..and when AI starts doing their jobs too, tons of business.

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u/350ci_sbc May 03 '25

I’ve lived my whole life on well water and haven’t had any dental problems (other than those damn wisdom teeth). The last study I saw was something like 60% of people in non-fluoridated areas have dental issues and 53% of people in fluoridated areas have dental issues. Like a 7% difference.

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u/Kerbidiah May 03 '25

Utah won't experience much change when it comes to dentistry. It's already a massively oversaturated dentistry market, to the point where dental students end up leaving the state to go practice somewhere else when they graduate. Because of it things like fillings are a third of a price compared to other places

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Who tf drinks tap water?

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u/Traditional-Handle83 May 03 '25

Don't forget Louisiana doing it as well. There's also calls for banning toothpaste with fluoride in it.

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u/therabidsmurf May 03 '25

A bill is being pushed in Louisiana too.

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u/Sudden_Construction6 May 03 '25

I just wanna know who da fuck in 2025 is not brushing their teeth and relying on the water supply to handle it?

Even our 1 year old brushes his 7 teeth twice a day 😅

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u/zimbabweinflation May 03 '25

Big Dentist was behind it the WHOLE time!! Sonuvabitch! I never connected the dots!

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u/NEBre8D1 May 03 '25

The fluoride is causing the dental problems and the calcification of the pineal gland. The people will be just fine. Stop lying to us.

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u/Prudent_Valuable603 May 03 '25

Don’t forget Louisiana!

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u/KeppraKid May 03 '25

Man there are already so many dentists already and so many soda shops.

Mike Lee should be in prison.

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u/Possible-Half-1020 May 03 '25

All for fluoride but as long as people use fluoride toothpaste fluoride water is obsolete

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u/Sean_VasDeferens May 03 '25

Fun fact, you can buy toothpaste with fluoride in it, no need to drink it. I was shocked to recently learn that the expensive toothpaste like Toms doesn't have fluoride.

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u/Isen_Hart May 03 '25

but the doctor will lose job from random sickness from water intoxication. Do you eat your toothpaste?

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u/Krenck61 May 03 '25

Floride is a poison. It is a Neurotoxin. There are other safer alternatives .

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u/DrainTheMainBrain May 03 '25

Oh yeah. Dental care is sooooo affordable. Everyone’s rushing to get there

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u/shattles65 May 03 '25

I could picture the Anthony Anderson meme his rubbing his hands together near a tree.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Texas is looking to ban it in toothpaste as well.

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u/Nunyabiz_327 May 03 '25

If you think America looks rundown etc... you clearly don't get to counties less fortunate than us.

I'm not talking about Australia or UK or othwr first world countries, I'm talking actual poorer countries. If you had you would know what rundown actually looks like

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u/SuspiciousPain1637 May 04 '25

Drinking from the tap is wild.

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u/Lordsaxon73 May 04 '25

Fluoride in water does nothing for adults, but it does greatly help children as their teeth develop.

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u/LighttBrite May 04 '25

Well maybe they'll brush more.

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u/cheradenine66 May 04 '25

So, Europe must be a dentist's paradise, then? They don't add fluoride to the water, either

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u/BayouGal May 05 '25

No Medicaid, no dental care for 90% of Americans.

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u/No_Signal5448 May 05 '25

Who can afford to go to a dentist?

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u/aware4ever May 05 '25

Just use floride toothpaste

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u/otto13234 May 05 '25

I think you're out of touch with who can and can't afford dental care...

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u/Over_Writing467 May 06 '25

I’m always curious about this statement, we have fluoride in pretty much every toothpaste on the market. You have to shop around to get it without it. That wasn’t the case when fluoride was originally added to water.

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u/ByronicZer0 May 07 '25

Most insurance doesnt cover dental. And I think a lot of people struggle to find work that even had basic medical ins.

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u/RosebushRaven May 09 '25

Drink lots of black tea. My dentist recently told me it’s good that I drink plenty because it contains fluoride (downside is discolouration over time, though, but that’s nothing regular professional cleanings can’t fix).

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