Most American meme you’ve ever seen.

I wouldn’t tell anyone I won the lottery but there would be signs

  • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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    Yeah after 25 years of zero dentist visits I have my first toothache this week. I’ll never financially recover from this.

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        The spot price for gold at the moment today 2024/3/4 is about $66 USD a gram. If anybody reading this is doing or has been doing drugs, remember if you are paying around 65 a gram (Average Cocaine and Heroin pricing) you are essentially throwing gold in the trash with every hit. I ask that those who think current drug policy is effective think of this fact, drugs are literally worth their weight in gold despite being illegal.

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      Damn, I went 10 without going. Had to suddenly go because a molar started crumbling. 3 years, 4 crowns and 2 new fillings later, Im doing a bit better now…

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        Oof, yeah… A cleaning and exam is $100-300 in the US. A root canal is $600-1600. Crowns are $1100-1700.

        It’s worth it to hit up the dentist at least every few years… Ideally 1-2 times a year.

        Insurance is bullshit, though. It’s a racket that’s evolved only to favor the insurance companies. My dentist literally told me this.

        Get insurance if you know you’ve got bad teeth, or a problem, though!

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      edit: added hhs link

      True, many have to resort to the following, quick search resulted in this article:

      Dental Health: How To Find Dental Schools and Dental Assistance Programs [Lora Dodge | April 21, 2022]

      https://www.verywellhealth.com/free-dental-work-3975010


      Where can I find low-cost dental care? [hhs.gov]

      https://www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/where-can-i-find-low-cost-dental-care/index.html

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      For the love of god, don’t let it get worse. Had to wait months and 2 rounds of antibiotics to get mine removed after it got infected.

      Worse pain I experienced, it just never eases up till your medicated.

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    Dude this is literally me. As soon as I finished med school and started residency I got LASIK. A year after that I got Invisalign. And resident physicians don’t make a lot montey but it was enough to change my looks.

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        With how dental insurance is done in the US, it’s almost the same regardless if you have insurance or not.

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    I’m not even American and they are the first things I would do if I won the lottery.

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    If I won the lottery, no one currently in my life would ever see or hear from me again.

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      If I won the lottery, I’d try not to really change much about my lifestyle. I’d work the same job, drive the same car. I’d pay my house off, but otherwise treat the lottery money as retirement and/or an emergency fund and earn some extra money off the interest (interest alone off a few million sitting in a money market account might be decent). Otherwise, I’d try to act like nothing happened, just live a relatively comfortable life, but still work, albeit with less stress.

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        There are rare instances where people don’t hate and despise their job and bosses. Rare, but in your case, it does happen. For the vast majority of us we’d afford nutritious food, get in to see a medical professional, and afford a home…while loud-quitting and telling the boss to fuck himself.

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      Therapy is free in my (European) country… if you can find a vacancy or pay it yourself. So it isn’t.

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      Dentist are still pretty expensive where I live (West Europe), if you need anything more than basic care, you will pay €€€ and insurance won’t pay much.

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      I haven’t won the lottery and I already do all of these in the USA. My wife and kids go to the dentist as needed, as do I, and we go to the doctor anytime we need to. Our health and dental insurance are good, but we could still get medical / dental care without it if needed.

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    8 months ago

    Is that a common dentist stance? I don’t ever remember one straddling my head in their crotch

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    Medical care is single-payer in Canada, and we pay one-half the amount in our taxes with zero co-pays and deductibles on top of that for pretty much identical to slightly superior medical outcomes.

    But yeah, the other three track up here as well.

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    most of yall don’t need therapy and it comes off as weak that everyone jokes about it like you’re all broken.

    this is why the conservatives will win. toughen up folks. i need yall to be ready.

    EDIT - i see that lemmy is just as soft as reddit. it’s fine. ya’ll will be the ones with the boot mashing your face in, not me.

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      Why does it bother you? Doesn’t affect you in anyway. Seems like you should go talk to someone about why this bothers you.

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      most of yall don’t need dentistry and it comes off as weak that everyone jokes about it like you’re all broken.

      this is why the lions will win. toughen up folks. i need yall to be ready.

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      toughen up folks.

      Common notion - until people need therapy themselves and realize it can hit everyone, also the “tough” ones.

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      Lol do conservatives not go to therapy? Are you drawing political lines around health care?! Bro, go outside.

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        As a general rule, Conservatives don’t believe in mental health. Mental illness is thought of as a personal failing, and an issue to be solved by an individual “toughening-up”.

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      Everyone deserves therapy from time to time, some needing it more than others. Maybe consider not calling people weak for wanting or needing help. It’s normal and human.