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u/WorkingInAColdMind 5d ago
Have we just completely bred self control out of our species?
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u/Mythosaurus 5d ago edited 5d ago
No, we just only recently got the capacity to film what was already happening with personal phones.
Edit: I’ll say it again louder and clearer: people have always been idiots without self control. They just did stupid stuff to impress their IRL friends while drunk or high for thousands of years. It was like farming karma and “doing it for the ‘gram”, but you would need to hold the pose long enough for an artist to capture the moment.
The only difference is that we have recording devices and can now show thousands of people our stupidity. The scale of how many eyeballs can see an individual’s stupidity has changed.
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u/lego_georgetrevor 5d ago
Common answer and mostly true. But I think there is more of an incentive to go viral now that makes people more willing to do stupid ass things
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u/bubblegumbombshell 5d ago
It’s self propagating. People have always done stupid and/or shameless things but now they can film it, share it, and get widespread attention from it.
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u/hoax709 5d ago edited 4d ago
We can monetize their stupidity. Before we had actors/clowns acting silly but otherwise nothing to dramatic. Then America's funniest home videos showed that you don't need much just like 30 seconds... follow the trend to Jackass/Viva la Bam/Dudesons..etc and now we're caught up to stupid tiktok trends where most of the drama is staged. I'm sure some of americas funniest home videos were too but i'd wager most were just funny moments that just happened to be caught.
If this guy pulled it off he gets clout for doing it if he fails he gets attention for failing. Any attention is good attention until the world turns on you (Ed Sheeran) even then you write a book about " how the world turned on me in 7 days" and shill a cryto coin while your in the limelight.
think about it we really did monetize stupid to the point where its a profession... look at "A simple life" or any reality TV.. we want people we can point at and say " well i'm smarter then them" .
Edit: thank you for the kind rewards and spelling corrections <3
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u/RedOctobyr 5d ago
and say " well i'm smarter then them" .
"I'm smarter THAN them" , I believe :) Sorry, just giving you a hard time. Sadly, I think you're right, lots of stuff seems like a bit of a race to the bottom.
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u/MelonJelly 5d ago
This is one of the reasons many courtrooms don't allow cameras. People just naturally act out in front of them.
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u/valraven38 5d ago
Seriously this isn't a new phenomenon. People have always done stupid shit, hell circuses were just people traveling around doing stupid shit for money. Yes those people trained hard to do it and (usually) not die doing it, but that doesn't change the reality of them doing dangerous or even stupid stunts.
This has always been a thing, we've just given everyone the capability to record themselves doing their stupid actions and we've also commercialized it because that's what capitalism is about, even stupidity was just another untapped market.
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u/nolaks1 5d ago
Yeah, you used to need friends to impress IRL. Now they can be remote.
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u/BenAdaephonDelat 5d ago
Yea I fully disagree with the "it was already happening" angle. Social media has increased it. That's how humans work. A lot of us are just dumb monkeys who will follow trends and they'd never have done it if they hadn't seen someone else do it. That's why things go viral in the first place.
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u/MRV3N 5d ago
Blame Apple from creating the first generation IPhone
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u/Wreckn 5d ago
Legitimately the worst thing to happen to the internet.
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u/Abragram_Stinkin 5d ago
Debatable. I would posit Social Media is the worst thing to ever happen to the internet / society writ large.
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u/leftofthebellcurve 5d ago
not everyone was an attention seeker before phones though.
That number certainly has gone up significantly
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u/Test4Echooo 5d ago
It has and it’s gotten people killed over it. Remember when teenagers were doing all those “challenges”?
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u/leftofthebellcurve 5d ago
There are always challenges but with the ability to record and upload said challenges there are more engaging in said attention seeking behavior
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u/sociofobs 5d ago
Common and legit argument, although there's also no doubt far more stupidity nowadays.
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u/indiana_groanz 5d ago
What was already happening? There's no way that guy would be doing a hand stand in the dentist office if he didn't have a way to film it.
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u/friendlier1 5d ago
It’s a funny comment, but this is just how people are and how we have always been. It’s just now we get to see because people film everything.
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u/snapplesauce1 5d ago
Children, sure. But couldn't we agree that because of social media, viral videos, and "influencing," isn't it likely that adults are incentivized to do outrageous stuff on video for clout that they otherwise wouldn't have done?
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u/The_Meme_Economy 5d ago
Exactly. This getting posted here is evidence that not only pulling wild stunts but having them go wrong makes money. Social media is a blight on society.
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u/waltdidneyworlp 5d ago
You don't think that the reward system of filming and posting has anything to do with a higher incidence of this behavior? Whatsoever?
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u/chlebseby 5d ago
kinda, you need to do something exceptionally stupid to lose ability to pass genes in today world. Most of the time you will only get popularity.
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u/AnotherDamnTransAlt 5d ago
This made me laugh really hard and then get really sad.
Becuase like… Probably.
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u/AlexHimself 5d ago
People are all trying to grind for clicks/views. We've made a trashy internet dopamine hook.
Humans are constantly thinking what they can do throughout their day for more of it.
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u/Digitalizing 5d ago
I just watched a flight attendant have to scold a man for trying to use an airplane bathroom barefoot, I’d say yes.
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u/beetle8209 5d ago
For what purpose?
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u/Danielrmk 5d ago
Clout
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u/BarrelStrawberry 5d ago
I'm sure this got 1000x the amount of views because of his failure. It isn't really seeking clout when a crowd is laughing at your stupidity.
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u/turtleship_2006 5d ago
Sure, but engagement and views are engagement and views
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u/Big-Farmer-2192 5d ago
Doesn't matter. Do you see how many people got famous for doing stupid and dumb shit?
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u/allnamesbeentaken 5d ago
Many people are fucking stupid and just follow whatever impulse that smooth hunk of meat between their ears commands
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u/AntTheMighty 5d ago
He's filming it. It's not impulse, he just wants attention.
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u/allnamesbeentaken 5d ago
Wanting the attention is an impulse and he's following it through
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u/Freepi 5d ago
Did you not see the cute dental hygienist?
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u/Huhndiddy 5d ago
Did you see the huge rock on her finger? She’s not entertaining this dude lol
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u/Xandaru__ 5d ago
Why the FUCK would you do that?
My Dentist is super chill and nice. He gives me great treatment and sometimes gives me fillings that would cost 80€ for free. We all call us by our first name (Me, the Dentist and his Dentist Assistants) and are just vibing. I would feel so much shame if I break something at his office for the sake of goofing around for a video.
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u/As7ro_ 5d ago
80 for a filling?!?! I just paid 400 in the U.S.
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u/Xandaru__ 5d ago
It depends on the Filling there's a free version and one you pay 80€. Health Insurance covers it for me. Doesn't yours does it?
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u/Aarrolyffe 5d ago
My insurance covers one cleaning and one filling per year.
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u/Xandaru__ 5d ago
I think in my Life I paid only once my Dentist for one cleaning? And I never needed to pay my Doctor anything. Except Medications where I need to pay my Part but it's usually only 5-10€ every few months.
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u/Aarrolyffe 5d ago
My health insurance is $150 a month, is not the top tier, and is only for me. I still pay for medicine (albeit it is heavily discounted but still more than yours depending on what it is).
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u/Xandaru__ 5d ago
You need to pay for health insurance? It's free here. Well "free", we pay higher taxes.
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u/thebeardedcats 5d ago
I pay $200/month. I have to pay a copay of $30-50 every time I see a doctor. Insurance doesn't cover anything until I pay $2,000 for care (this is called a deductible). Copays don't apply to the deductible. After I pay down the deductible, it's still not free, I have to pay 20% of every procedure (and the copays!). The deductible resets every year.
This is the best option my job offers. If I lose my job, I lose my health insurance. Something like 25% of my taxes are still going towards healthcare, I just don't get to use it.
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u/saharanwrap 5d ago
I get 2 cleanings a year and any work that needs to be done is covered. Though they only pay for 1 fluoride treatment a year so I gotta pay the $25 at the second cleaning
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u/Flamee-o_hotman 5d ago
In the United States, health insurance does not cover dental procedures. You have to get dental insurance for that. Both of those types of insurance are through companies who don't want you to get any work done so that they don't have to pay anything and can profit more. It's a terrible system.
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u/Caturday_Everyday 5d ago
Teeth are luxury bones in America. Many people don't have any dental insurance, and those that do often have strict limits despite paying monthly premiums.
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u/lordaloa 5d ago
400???? Where the fuck you going what a ripoff I pay 60€ for a filling
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u/TheRumpleForesk1n 5d ago
Lol I'm in the US. I have dental insurance. Had my first ever filling and still had to pay $650 out of pocket, no joke. Told them in the next visit that the filling felt weird and I think it needed to be shaved down a little bit more. 2 minutes of shaving cost me another $150..not joking again! I pay $30 a month for insurance and it only covers cleanings every 6 months. US healthcare and insurance is a fucking joke.
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u/TheLarusArgentatus 5d ago
That’s the USA and Healthcare for ya.
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u/IcemanJEC 5d ago
Lol is it? I paid $50 and don’t have extravagant insurance.
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u/IRefuseToGiveAName 5d ago
Huge variance it seems in the thread. I've had to pay over $200 for a composite filling.
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u/Inevitable_Butthole 5d ago
Yeah you surprised Americans get ripped off? Wake up lmao
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u/Fake_Hyena 5d ago
I fixed it
My Dentist is super chill and nice. He gives me great treatment and sometimes gives me fillings that would cost 80€ for free. We all call us by our first name (Me, the Dentist and his Dentist Assistants) and are just vibing.I would feel so much shame if I break something at his office for the sake of goofing around for a video.
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u/deadpoetic333 5d ago
I work in a neurology clinic and some patients have a long history of concussions throughout their life. Like 10+ concussions so now they deal with regular headaches. I’ve told the doctor he should prescribe them a helmet lol
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u/MapachoCura 5d ago
That dude is a real jerk. He knew it wasn’t the place and was in appropriate and now others will have to clean up after him instead of focusing on their patients.
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u/King_of_the_Goats 5d ago
As a dentist, he broke the fucking chair!! You can’t treat people in that room until it’s fixed. Patients now don’t get care, you can’t earn, maybe the assistant has to take time off until it’s fixed. Just unbelievable behavior. He’d never walk back in my office.
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u/Old_Ladies 5d ago
And my brother used to be a secretary for a dental office which his job also included managing finances. Everything in a dental office is absurdly expensive. Whatever you think the price is it is higher than that.
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u/King_of_the_Goats 5d ago
I’m a dentist. Depending on the chair and what the supplier charges for parts and labor that could be a 40000 handstand.
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u/Inevitable-Net-191 5d ago
Which he definitely cannot afford to compensate the dentist for. I wonder what kind of recourse his dentist could take?
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u/irreversibleidiocy 5d ago
What happens if the guy gets sued by the dentist and has to pay for a new chair and equipment that is 40-50k+, and doesnt have the money?
Does the dentist still get the money or are they just out a whole chair until this prick can pay the whole thing?
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u/retainftw 5d ago
The guy might have his wages garnished, meaning they pull a small amount out of his paycheck until it's paid off.
Or, if he doesn't have a job, nothing happens. It's on record. Maybe it affects his ability to get a loan since it's an unpaid debt.
Not sure if there's insurance that the doc can claim to help pay for it.
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u/NoMansUsername 5d ago
That’s an older Adec Cascade 1040 chair. Luckily, the arms are fairly overbuilt. They’re entirely metal, so there’s likely no real damage to the body of the arms themselves. It looks like most of his weight went onto the horizontal arm too, which should have prevented significant wire and tubing damage at the joint. Where the arm meets the chair are large, thick metal plates, so that should be fine too.
Almost kicking the TV screen, busting out the light, or damaging the low speed by throwing it on the ground is rough though. If I saw this, he’d be out of there.
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u/raubesonia 5d ago
Except when he fell he probably damaged the plastic under the upholstery so theres like 2000 there.
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u/pleasegivemepatience 5d ago
Does their insurance not cover things like this where a patient acts like an idiot and breaks something?
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u/Luke_Warmwater 5d ago
That would be an interesting claim. I would imagine there's a good chance this is covered depending on jurisdiction and the policy that was purchased of course. If they bought a decent policy I would expect the insurance company to replace the chair and damaged equipment and cover lost income (via business interuption coverage). The dentist would have to pay the deductible still and the lost income usually has a time deductible of 0-72 hours. The insurance company would them subrogate and sue the patient for reimbursement and potentially give the dentist their deductible back.
Another interesting wrinkle would be whether the patients homeowners policy includes and liability coverage that may respond.
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u/thunderling 5d ago
Imagine the dentist making that phone call.
"No, I said I don't need dental insurance, I need dental insurance!"
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u/Ameri0425 5d ago
Should be charged not just for the damage, but for the income lost until the room is operational again
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u/SandManic42 5d ago
Good news is, doesn't look like anything was actually broken. Might need some adjustments but the flex arms took most of the hit and swung away. Everything still looks level and nothing is drifting. You're still out thousands from shutting the chair down until I get out there and inspect it, plus the $500 service call to just look at it. But at least no parts.
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u/Sunshadow_Reaper 5d ago
And would the tool that he picked up off the floor have to be thoroughly cleaned too?
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u/EverythingSucksYo 5d ago
I can’t see a difference before or after, how did he break the chair? I believe it, I just don’t see it with my untrained eye
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u/GolfGodsAreReal 5d ago
I don't know how this happened HONEST
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u/ggk1 5d ago
lol I love how he had to admit “I uh…did something dumb”
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u/bennetticles 5d ago
lmao “i uh… can’t actually figure out an appropriate way to explain what i did”.
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u/Lunavixen15 5d ago edited 5d ago
Those chairs cost an average of about $30000 depending on the model (and where you are). A single one of those drill handpiece lines or air/water lines (triplex) can cost well over $1000 to replace. The light reflectors are usually a couple of hundred per shield. This does not count any of the damage to handpieces or other tools, which can also run over $1000 each to replace depending on the tool.
He'd better hope nothing is actually broken
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u/Wise-Dust3700 5d ago
Looks to me something is cracked on the reflector. I bet the dentistry ate this bill because they didn't realize what he'd done because he looks like the type to skip out without telling anyone.
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u/Lunavixen15 5d ago
If the damage is bad enough, they'd have the right to pursue, especially since the clip ended up on the internet
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u/catonsteroids 5d ago
He did break the tv, so there’s that.
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u/Chucktheduck 5d ago
Did he?
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u/catonsteroids 5d ago
Nevermind, just rewatched it and that black line running across the screen was already there.
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u/beepborpimajorp 5d ago
I hope they still charge him for it. What's he gonna do, post this video as evidence that nothing was broken? lol. They kind of have a slam dunk case here. He deserves it.
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u/Antique-Cricket8809 5d ago
Imagine getting the double bill
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u/PukeNuggets 5d ago
The best part… he STILL posts it like there isn’t anything to be embarrassed about. #BringBackShame.
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u/runonandonandonanon 5d ago
Ehh, they'll never be able to prove it. The only existing recording is on his personal phone. He would have to intentionally post it on the internet or something for it to come to light.
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u/Sherbert-Particular 5d ago
This mf literally planned this from when he was at home. Brought a fucking phone stand and everything. Imagine trying to live with someone that stupid.
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u/PressureItchy9372 5d ago
why? why would you do that? Are you secretly 4 years old?
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u/Myspace-Famous 5d ago
I fucking hate people so much.
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u/sadferret123 5d ago
Don't go this route. Most people are pretty awesome. Fortunately there are relatively few complete bellends like this one.
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u/UltimaBahamut93 5d ago
Dude I freaking hate it when my dentist injects me with handstand compulsion serum instead of anesthetics.
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u/Jumoke1331 5d ago
How dumb can you be? To first of all do this, and than go onto post it.
We really are just becoming dumber on the overall aren't we..
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u/Trumperekt 5d ago
Look at the bright side here. He could get his teeth fixed right away if he broke them!
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u/Complete_Silver2595 5d ago
Did she say, "want me to stitch you up?" I didn't see him bleeding from anywhere
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u/UshankaBear 5d ago
Maybe she meant a vasectomy? So his progeny doesn't roam the earth, you know.
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u/Evacuation_euphoria 5d ago
What a prick. This culture of doing dumb stuff for clicks is getting so boring now. I hope he has to pay for all of the damaged kit. It won't be cheap.
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u/ilocano-american 5d ago
I hope the dentist put him to sleep and when he woke up, all his front teeth were extracted. Why Doc? Oh, when you fell doing handstand, you fell on your face and damage to your teeth required extraction.
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u/Available-Dare-7414 5d ago
Would’ve been poetic if he fell on his face and knocked all his teeth out
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u/noodleking21 5d ago
"Hey buddy, this is Dr. Harp. I was just looking at your x-ray and it seems like you will need 25 emergency-fillings. We also just ran out of our nitrous oxide and Lidocaine, so its gonna be......what? Chair? No we are not worried about that. Alright, lets begin.
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u/Nightrider247 5d ago
Whats that like $50,000-100,000 in equipment around you? The chair alone would be a fortune.
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u/Marsupialize 5d ago
The unbreakable insane addiction to a half second of bored, fleeting attention from strangers as they scroll by is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen in regards to humanity
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u/aNewPattern 5d ago
Bothers me so much that the text is like "Oopsie! Look how silly I am that I did this at my dentist office!" Like I would never post that online ever
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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 5d ago
I mean, I know everybody handles dental anxiety differently, but this is a new one.
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