• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    When a rich person has a wildly stupid idea, they can try it out, and somehow be even richer when it fails spectacularly (see Metaverse, Cybertruck, etc), but when I have a wildly stupid idea, and try it out and it fails, I can’t afford to have teeth anymore.

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      6 days ago

      That’s because only the rich are allowed to innovate, and even if their innovation fails spectacularly, they have enough power to blindfold the public essentially making it appear as a success (e.g: AI).

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        12 hours ago

        Two molars with a broken corner. Two with chipped sides. A chipped incisor. One filling that just fell off one day. Have always had dental insurance through work, can only afford yearly cleanings because anything but the most basic care is barely covered.