"You feel the parasite squirm in your head. It's awake, powerful, almost smug." - My RFK druid after being brain damaged by the Zath'isk's lack of fluoride.
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WoodenInternet5 days ago
+12
In my mind the brain worm has Krang's voice
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Discount_Extra5 days ago
+3
I don't remember that voice... I'm going with Mother Brain from Captain N
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littlerelaxation5 days ago
+2
Core memory unlocked
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Time_News_84525 days ago
+1
Or Starscream from the Transformers animated series.
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Aurizen_Darkstar5 days ago
+64
Dentists are probably going to be happy as clams with all of the extractions and fillings they'll have to do in the near future.
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Niceromancer5 days ago
+67
Sure they will make money but they generally prefer people do maintenance instead of coming in for extractions etc.
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Aurizen_Darkstar5 days ago
+21
Most do, yes. But there are still those that won’t look a gift horse in the mouth. I’ve dealt with both types, and prefer the ones you describe, obviously. 😂
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meddle_class5 days ago
+14
I just assume that the horse's mouth is the first thing that any dentist would look at. Source: a proctologist /s
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XDFighter645 days ago
+5
Idk, every dentist I've seen is always swamped with appointments one after another looking super stressed
My current one is always in and out, onto the next person asap keeping up with their schedule
Doesn't seem like they want any more work, lol
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UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy4 days ago
+3
Dentists much prefer their work when they can leave 90% of it to the hygienist
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zedkyuu5 days ago
+6
Haha, I was thinking… don’t a bunch of them think fluoride either turns you trans or into an anthropomorphic turtle?
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SampireBat135 days ago
+5
"The water is trans-ing our genders and ninja-ing our turtles." - RFK probably
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Niceromancer5 days ago
+171
Many people don't understand how important your mouth is to fighting disease.
You digestive tract is probably the number two hero for fighting disease right behind your skin.
Rotting teeth leads to higher rates of infections.
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TallShreddedShyBoy5 days ago
+115
Honestly, dental care should be included with healthcare. You can literally die from an infected tooth, and dental problems in general, do lower people's quality of life. Broken, missing and infected teeth should be covered under general healthcare.
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berrikerri5 days ago
+55
Vision too! Why do I have to hold 3 separate insurances?!?! Burn this system down
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KingRBPII5 days ago
+8
All healthcare for no cost
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terminalzero4 days ago
+2
vanity bones
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pte_omark5 days ago
+15
Infections, diabetes, heart condition....
Dental health is a major factor in them all.
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sth1285 days ago
+2
>You digestive tract is probably the number two hero
Number two, you say? That's quite the heavy load.
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Traditional-Bed-63695 days ago
-4
I haven't brushed my teeth since November 2024
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Dark_Shade_755 days ago
+2
Checks out for the crypto weirdo.
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Traditional-Bed-63694 days ago
-2
I don't eat candy or drink soda pop and genuinely feel like a good balance of fruits, vegetables, high content alcohol without sugar and black coffee is the perfect teeth preservation
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Dark_Shade_754 days ago
+1
I can only imagine how terrible your breath is. I'd tell you not to procreate, but ain't no one dating your ass lmao
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Traditional-Bed-63694 days ago
-1
You would be shockingly surprised at how pretty my wife is and also the fact that it is her request that I never brush my teeth. She wants kids but I keep telling her we gotta wait for our Bitcoin accumulation and generational wealth gains
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Alexandria_Magna3 days ago
+1
No way this guy’s real.
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Traditional-Bed-63693 days ago
+1
It's all real.. Bitcoin will probably be worth 1 million dollars per coin within 15 years and I've never had a cavity
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Alexandria_Magna3 days ago
+1
Uh huh. Right.
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Traditional-Bed-63693 days ago
+1
You know you're actually shooting yourself in the foot by saving dollars instead of bitcoin... over time the trade is always going to be less Bitcoin for more dollars and more dollars for less Bitcoin. Bitcoin is deflationary. Everything gets cheaper. Dollars lose value as its inflationary. Everything gets more expensive. If you want more food gas, clothes and specifically more dollars to have in 5 or 10 years you better save in Bitcoin
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DirtDevil13375 days ago
+114
Fluoride is more important than people think.
The city of Calgary cut fluoride from their water systems and a year later the number of kids with nasty teeth problems skyrocketed. The city decided to put it back into the system.
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BoldestKobold5 days ago
+71
I feel like we are only ever like 2 generations away from forgetting why we did any given OBVIOUSLY and UNIVERSALLY good thing. Two generations, and someone says "This is dumb, why are we spending money on X?" And we have to re learn the consequences over and over.
This applies to public works, public health, education, urban planning, international relations, economics, whatever you want.
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SpikeHyzerberg5 days ago
-11
most of my state has no fluoride in public water like 75-80% ..over 70 years Portland OR has not fluoridated its water
cavity rates would rank among the 15th lowest in the U.S. compared to statewide data from the CDC,
we have similar dental decay rates to fluoridated cities
regional dental habits, access to care, and economic factors played a larger role in cavity rates than water fluoridation alone
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RockPaperOwFire4 days ago
+12
Meanwhile the quickest of google searches shows that Oregon has some of the worst children’s oral health in the nation. 49% of children get cavities before they’re 9. And 35% of that 49% are untreated due to financial cost.
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SpikeHyzerberg4 days ago
-9
look at rates between income, rural v/s urban
has nothing to do with fluoride in the water. it has to do with how well parents take care of their kids oral health.
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RockPaperOwFire4 days ago
+10
Except when you compare places that fluoridate that problem doesn’t exist. Weird. It’s almost like we add fluoride to water because it helps and it’s a NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL OUR BODIES NEED THAT GETS REMOVED IN TREATMENT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
The “taking care of your oral health” is access to f****** fluoridated products like going to the dentist and getting a fluoride mask on your teeth. So… FLUORIDE. SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY BE GIVEN TO EVERYONE.
Y’all are so harmful to human health Jesus f***. If you can’t compare data properly stop having an opinion on the matter that’s already solved science.
“It only hurts poor people without dental care access” WOW ITS ALMOST LIKE THATS WHO IT HELPS THE MOST.
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SpikeHyzerberg4 days ago
"already solved science"
topical application like from $2.50 toothpaste is way more effective and safer
than systemic fluoride. there is plenty of science proving its toxicity.
it is not just the 170 communities in the US that have stopped it since 2010.
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Germany—do not fluoridate their water, often citing ethical or health concerns.
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Additional-Peak39115 days ago
+87
I thought RFK Jr was just on TV giving an update to this but it turns out my wife was making a smoothie
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lesvegetables5 days ago
+33
Did she drop a spoon into the blender?
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NotThatHandsomePete5 days ago
+40
RFK's 4D chess. Where's Charlie Day to put the pieces together?
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DazDaSpazz5 days ago
+15
Does this mean no more gay frogs?
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Awkwardischarge5 days ago
+5
They'll probably settle on bi. We're still dumping enough chemtrails on them to keep from from being fully straight.
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Atralis5 days ago
+20
In my city (Aurora Colorado) we don't add fluoride because it's in the water supply from the mountains at just around the recommended level. That is true in a lot of the Denver metro area.
Colorado Springs actually removes some fluoride from their water because naturally it's there in super high amounts. The Springs is actually the reason we found out the effects of fluoride.
https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/09/colorado-springs-fluoride-rfk-jr/
*Residents’ teeth looked gawdawful — stained dark brown with what the dentist, Dr. Frederick S. McKay, called “mottled enamel.” But there was a shockingly low incidence of tooth decay in those chocolate-colored chompers*
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karateninjazombie5 days ago
+14
So they have spare fluoride they can sell to other states. Win win!
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TRtheCat5 days ago
+9
Self inflicted wounds are usually the worst.
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nathism5 days ago
+9
Now we know the true objective of the war, “Only Pure Essence”. General Ripper would be proud, hopefully there’s a Mandrake around.
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TheManWithNoSchtick5 days ago
+5
"I can no longer sit back and allow communist subversion, communist indoctrination, and the ongoing international communist conspiracy to sapp and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!"
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theClumsy15 days ago
+21
>Israel is one of the world’s top exporters of fluorosilicic acid, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA data also shows the U.S. is among the world’s top five importers of the product.
>At least one Israeli supplier has been facing workforce challenges because many employees have been called into active military service, said Dan Hartnett, chief policy officer for the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.
Oh....so its manufactured suppy crunch
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jazzhandler5 days ago
+6
Oh I’m sure *that’s* not gonna feed any conspiracizers.
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theClumsy15 days ago
+4
If its any other chemical company, Its being made with a skeleton crew.
Raw Material production is soooo much easier to automate than assembly.
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Blubbolo5 days ago
+2
Didn't some state over there decided to stop with fluoride?
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blankvoidoid5 days ago
+2
That jackass rfk jr is happy about that, I'll bet. Him and big dental
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TheStockFatherDC5 days ago
+2
We bout to be WOKE.
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Toni_PWNeroni5 days ago
+2
Whoever owns stock in dental consumables is about to make a lot of money
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my-name-is-squirrel5 days ago
+2
As concerning as this is, I'm more worried about the effects of the Strait's closure on supplies of fertilizer. Something like 20-25 percent of fertilizer comes through the Strait.
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MaxGoldFilms4 days ago
+2
Prices in the US are already up 40-50%, and deliveries are delayed. It's worse for many other nations that are already borderline on food supplies. Trump has the potential to starve millions of people if he doesn't chill the f*** out.
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firefighter26s5 days ago
+2
Huh, who would have guessed that we ship all the fluoride through the strait of Hormuz too! /s
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Knees0ck5 days ago
+2
Are they gonna use the war to renew their attack on fluoride? It was something that was tossed around some time ago & the inbred step-child that is Florida's government went hard in.
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crookdmouth5 days ago
+1
Isn't there many places with dentist shortages too. Nice combo.
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danicareddit5 days ago
+1
Dentists nation wide are doing happy dance. They about to get paid 🤑🤑🤑
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everydave425 days ago
+3
The same dentists that for generations have been championing fluoride in water…I guess if they’re gonna be ignored they might as well get paid.
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IMGcertified5 days ago
+1
...American leadership really do not care about our troops. Its just marketing that makes us think they do..
They need the recruitment
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chrisbcritter5 days ago
+1
RFK Jr. rubs hands maniacally.
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Base8415 days ago
+1
Could this be the reason why conservatives have been against fluoridation for decades? They've been preparing for a war with Iran since the 1960's. They've played the ultimate long game! (/s, of course)
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GuitarGeezer5 days ago
+1
Not surprised, but good to know. The helium (necessary for chip fabs) and fertilizer problems (food) have gotten most of the non-oil commodity attention and they are potentially disastrous. I bet more shoes will drop.
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Sorry-Belt-35144 days ago
+1
Jokes on you! We don’t use fluoride in FL. Damn city slickers.
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The-John-Galt-Line4 days ago
+1
Do you realize that flouridation of water is the most monstrously conceived and nefarious communist plot that we have ever had to face?
t. Gen. Jack Ripper
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Large_Instruction3285 days ago
-1
I’m from the industry and can tell you that fluoride is not needed in our drinking water.
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stu545 days ago
+2
Depends where you are. Some natural water sources have too much, some have too little.
Fluorine is the 13th most abundant element on the surface of the Earth.
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StrDstChsr345 days ago
-6
Wow, one piece of good news about the Iran war finally
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uncager5 days ago
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This is great news. You want to protect your teeth? Practice good dental hygiene, and teach your children. Don't force the public to ingest a chemical that's cumulative in the body. You want to drink fluoridated water? Fine. Buy it and drink it - I've seen it in markets.
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PopeslothXVII5 days ago
+15
This is like saying we should ban iodine in salt or vitamin d supplementation in milk or calcium fortified bread because it's all "cumulative" in the body.
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uncager5 days ago
-10
No, but you aren't forced to buy salt, milk or bread containing added supplements. Also, iodine, D and calcium are all essential nutrients. Fluoride is not.
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PopeslothXVII5 days ago
+7
Fluoride isn't required but is extremely beneficial to long term health. And the amount in water is so low you'd die of water poisoning long long LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG before you'd even be in the vague vicinity of fluoride toxicity or problematic levels in your system. I swear you anti fluoride clowns don't understand the concept that dose makes the poison AND the medicine.
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lew_rong5 days ago
+1
The people concerned about its effects on testosterone and sperm count were probably *always* going to need to see someone about that anyway.
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tomaznewton5 days ago
-18
well this is a win for the MAHA folks.. cant ppl just use mouthwash? if its dire??
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Denimcurtain5 days ago
+14
They won't use mouthwash. We'll just end up with worse drinking water and people losing teeth quicker which will make healthcare and dentalcare more expensive.
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Pardot425 days ago
+6
"Cant we just make people pay for the thing that was free?"
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A_Nonny_Muse5 days ago
-10
Flouride is something one can go without for a week or so. Just put it in the water every three days and you can make it last three times longer.
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