Filling a cavity without anaesthesia. You walk in, you feel some pain, you're done. With anaesthesia (for your lower jaw) you're numb for a few hours and in my case, it never kicked in until after I was done anyway.
The worst thing is the nurse holding the drainage tube right next to my teeth, the air it draws makes them hurt from the cold, while the actual drilling/filling is just weird vibrations. To be fair though, I never had a cavity that went into the core where the nerves are. I'm sure my Doc would insist on anesthesia if that were the case.
The guy that did my wisdom teeth though... that man's a butcher. Fucker was so frugal with the anesthesia he had to give me two more doses during the operation while I was gargling my own blood.
Are you sure you're referring to anaesthesia? Or maybe local anaesthetic applied either as gel with a Q-tip or for the more powerful version via a syringe.
Man I tried that once, the dentist had started drilling before the anesthesia had kicked in. I learned that I'm a total baby when it comes to mouth pain.
Actually, it wasn't even the pain so much as the heat from the drill, it made me uncomfortably conscious that someone was grinding away bits of my teeth.
The anesthetic didn't work for me so she just went about scraping the nerve off until it was clean enough to fill; I was squirming in my seat with pain.
Socialism. The US has spent so long equating Soviet-style Communism with Socialism that we've completely lost the track on what it is and how it applies to our daily lives. I'm sure you've seen some of the more egregious examples of this.
Good point. After hearing so much shit about it over the years, I let me wisdom teeth get impacted. The pain was awful. Just started a new job and lived through 90 days of hell waiting for the dental insurance to kick in. Waking up with shards in your teeth in your mouth is perhaps the most unfun thing in the universe.
They ended up taking 5 teeth. four wisdom and one that shattered while trying to remove one of the four (yep. it was that impacted). Stumbled out of the chair, drooling blood and thrilled there was no more pain. The procedure didn't hurt at all. Completely worth it.
Nickelback!....Ah jk. But seriously McDonald's. I mean moderation is key, and I'm not saying it's good to eat there. But sometimes you need to grab a quick lunch/snack or whatever, and you won't die because you have to eat there!
I think that's what McDonalds ideally is - cheap food where you know exactly what you're getting, so that you can very easily get a safe meal when you can't or don't want to spend a lot of time navigating local food options. Sure, it's not healthy, and definitely not something that should be a daily habit, but I'll confess I've grabbed a burger or two when driving through long dead stretches of Upstate New York.
Seriously, their deli-of-the-day is fantastic. In the UK it's just £2 for a really decent sandwich packed with bacon and chicken (or whatever is on offer that day) and it you can actually see it get made fresh. People react funny when I say I eat there for lunch, but not much else beats that as far as I'm aware.
I drive the entire way to work and back in complete silence on most days, it's where I get most of my thoughts collected and sorted out, and the drive is truly serene, too much noise takes away from the beauty of the view sometimes.
Took us more than a year to find a view house that's also in an unusual 'sound shadow'. A short way above or below us the valley noise comes through load and clear but it's nice and quiet where we are. There wasn't a purchase price premium because few people value quiet.
Getting a body piercing. A good piercer takes their time getting things lined up so that the 'pinch' is just a half second or so. Of course, this also has to do with a person's pain tolerance, but the worst part is over very quickly.
Doesn't it kind of very on location? I would think certain piercings would hurt for a bit after. Like, my friend got a tongue piercing and had difficulty eating for a couple days, but an ear piercing doesn't really hurt after.
Being single. You get the whole bed to yourself. You don't have to account for your whereabouts or answer to anyone else. You can buy all the foods you like to eat and don't have to compromise with your partner. You can make spur of the moment decisions and take trips with friends just for the hell of it without having to tell anyone that you're going anywhere or with who. You can flirt with whoever you want to and come home free as a bird. You only have to clean up after yourself and you don't have to consider anyone else in your decision making processes. You can hang out on Snapzu all night and not be interrupted by people who want your attention or time. Being single is awesome :D I could go on and on but I have a marathon of my favorite show in my near future ;)
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Filling a cavity without anaesthesia. You walk in, you feel some pain, you're done. With anaesthesia (for your lower jaw) you're numb for a few hours and in my case, it never kicked in until after I was done anyway.
The worst thing is the nurse holding the drainage tube right next to my teeth, the air it draws makes them hurt from the cold, while the actual drilling/filling is just weird vibrations. To be fair though, I never had a cavity that went into the core where the nerves are. I'm sure my Doc would insist on anesthesia if that were the case.
The guy that did my wisdom teeth though... that man's a butcher. Fucker was so frugal with the anesthesia he had to give me two more doses during the operation while I was gargling my own blood.
Are you sure you're referring to anaesthesia? Or maybe local anaesthetic applied either as gel with a Q-tip or for the more powerful version via a syringe.
Local anaesthetic, yes, for some reason I've always had it via syringe. I'm a Norwegian so I'm not 100% fluent in English, unfortunately.
Lies. Last cavity I had filled the dentist didn't anaesthetize my mouth properly and I felt most of it.
Mt grandma always does dental stuff without anesthesia. People are always fascinated, but it's very normal for her.
Yep. I managed to impress a girl (not on purpose) once by saying I didn't take anaesthetics.
Man I tried that once, the dentist had started drilling before the anesthesia had kicked in. I learned that I'm a total baby when it comes to mouth pain.
Actually, it wasn't even the pain so much as the heat from the drill, it made me uncomfortably conscious that someone was grinding away bits of my teeth.
Are you fucking with me? That shit is painful!
The anesthetic didn't work for me so she just went about scraping the nerve off until it was clean enough to fill; I was squirming in my seat with pain.
Socialism. The US has spent so long equating Soviet-style Communism with Socialism that we've completely lost the track on what it is and how it applies to our daily lives. I'm sure you've seen some of the more egregious examples of this.
Were do people think Medicare comes from?
And fire departments.
And food safety inspectors.
Honestly, root canals. They are just really long and uncomfortable, but it's virtually pain free (at least it was for me)
Good point. After hearing so much shit about it over the years, I let me wisdom teeth get impacted. The pain was awful. Just started a new job and lived through 90 days of hell waiting for the dental insurance to kick in. Waking up with shards in your teeth in your mouth is perhaps the most unfun thing in the universe.
They ended up taking 5 teeth. four wisdom and one that shattered while trying to remove one of the four (yep. it was that impacted). Stumbled out of the chair, drooling blood and thrilled there was no more pain. The procedure didn't hurt at all. Completely worth it.
You make me feel a lot better about getting my wisdom teeth removed; the thought always made me nervous. Now if only I could afford it.
Call your local dental school. You may be able to afford them.
Spam. I actually think it's quite tasty when pan fried.
love it. pan fried on rice w/ an egg makes a great breakfast. cubed and browned makes an amazing macaroni topping. spamusubui? yes please.
the "low sodium" version doesn't agree with my stomach, though.
I find the bacon flavored Spam acceptable.
I really like the chorizo spam. Also, diced spam pan fried and then scrambled with a couple of eggs is the perfect way to start a hung over morning.
Cutting those into thin strips and frying them up is really nice.
Snow. I love going out in it, watching it fall. Driving can be a pain, but it helps to have AWD.
Yessss. My city plows well and I live in an apartment so it's mostly fun for me.
It's when you live with it 8 months of the year it becomes a pain.
It's the shoveling that really makes snow a pain, in my opinion. Also having to walk in it if you're in a city. So much disgusting slush...
Nickelback!....Ah jk. But seriously McDonald's. I mean moderation is key, and I'm not saying it's good to eat there. But sometimes you need to grab a quick lunch/snack or whatever, and you won't die because you have to eat there!
I think that's what McDonalds ideally is - cheap food where you know exactly what you're getting, so that you can very easily get a safe meal when you can't or don't want to spend a lot of time navigating local food options. Sure, it's not healthy, and definitely not something that should be a daily habit, but I'll confess I've grabbed a burger or two when driving through long dead stretches of Upstate New York.
Yeah I don't know of anywhere else that has soft serve so cheap, $0.49!
Seriously, their deli-of-the-day is fantastic. In the UK it's just £2 for a really decent sandwich packed with bacon and chicken (or whatever is on offer that day) and it you can actually see it get made fresh. People react funny when I say I eat there for lunch, but not much else beats that as far as I'm aware.
Nothing like a post-bar mcchicken.
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Getting a body piercing. A good piercer takes their time getting things lined up so that the 'pinch' is just a half second or so. Of course, this also has to do with a person's pain tolerance, but the worst part is over very quickly.
And the adrenaline rush is kinda nice!
Doesn't it kind of very on location? I would think certain piercings would hurt for a bit after. Like, my friend got a tongue piercing and had difficulty eating for a couple days, but an ear piercing doesn't really hurt after.
Totally. I'd say tattoos, also. Obviously more endured pain than a piercing, but pretty do-able.
I fell asleep while getting my large back tattoo and drooled all over the place. The people in the shop were completely baffled.
Being single. You get the whole bed to yourself. You don't have to account for your whereabouts or answer to anyone else. You can buy all the foods you like to eat and don't have to compromise with your partner. You can make spur of the moment decisions and take trips with friends just for the hell of it without having to tell anyone that you're going anywhere or with who. You can flirt with whoever you want to and come home free as a bird. You only have to clean up after yourself and you don't have to consider anyone else in your decision making processes. You can hang out on Snapzu all night and not be interrupted by people who want your attention or time. Being single is awesome :D I could go on and on but I have a marathon of my favorite show in my near future ;)