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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Would try White Russian flavored bone soap
― calstars, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:14 (one month ago) link
'Super Whitening Russian', you mean
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:27 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Spiritually, yes
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 May 2024 14:01 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Finally got that first shingrix shot this morning, definitely feel it. Just a little funky, like the onset of a cold. I hear the 2nd one is worse, I’ll find out in October.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 June 2024 18:11 (one week ago) link
They felt about the same to me but yeah, they were definitely more addling than the COVID shots ever were.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 June 2024 18:19 (one week ago) link
i got one at the same time as a covid shot. that was dumb
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 7 June 2024 18:41 (one week ago) link
#2 was way worse for me, barely noticed the first
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 7 June 2024 19:45 (one week ago) link
I was bummed to learn they don't last forever, maybe a decade
well hello all of you
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 June 2024 20:04 (one week ago) link
I realized that I'm getting more choked up and teary-eyed over really sentimental, even mawkish things, I'm afraid I'm just gonna get more weepy as I get older
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 7 June 2024 20:07 (one week ago) link
I was braced for my second Shingrox to be bad, but nothing. Makes me suspect I’m not really immune.
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 7 June 2024 20:09 (one week ago) link
That’s my problem, I got the off-brand knockoff
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 7 June 2024 20:13 (one week ago) link
Hi Tracer! Welcome in.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 June 2024 20:17 (one week ago) link
Tracer, man of a half century. Or something.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 June 2024 20:21 (one week ago) link
Tracer! Welcome!
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 8 June 2024 00:37 (one week ago) link
Welcome, Tracer. On the 40s thread, they talk about discovering Steely Dan. On this thread, we've been talking about D-Day and how you couldn't get away with doing that these days.
― pplains, Saturday, 8 June 2024 04:25 (one week ago) link
*high-fives Tracer, in a careful, non-bone smashing way*
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 June 2024 07:31 (one week ago) link
Careful you don't pull a shoulder muscle either.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 8 June 2024 08:11 (one week ago) link
lol. everything hurts.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 8 June 2024 08:23 (one week ago) link
This week I listened to an R.E.M interview whilst wearing new-ish hearing aids and had a sentimental cry. Later I fell over in the shower and bruised my arm (and my dignity). I feel *peak 50s*.
― djh, Sunday, 16 June 2024 14:10 (yesterday) link
lol and also ouch. The R.E.M. gushing has been nice, I have to say. I've especially enjoyed hearing from a lot of people about how much they meant in the South in particular.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 June 2024 21:04 (yesterday) link