Perhaps the cure to male loneliness is men stepping up for men. As a former lost boy myself, I certainly would have appreciated it.

Now I mentor the shit out of juniors in my professional life.

  • okmko@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    My mother came up with the most creative way to floss because I hated how it acts like a tourniquet on your fingers. You take the floss and tie it into a circle. It blew my little child’s mind at the time.

    And my father still doesn’t floss to this day.

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      13 days ago

      You made me think about how does a dental hygienist deal with tourniquet fingers all day, and I suspect that they have a way around it.

      I don’t know whether this is the correct solution, but I can think of two ways that they hold the floss differently to me. First, they wear gloves, which might protect against damage and provide more grip. Second, they tend to spiral the floss down their fingers, rather than create a complete circle of floss.

      Maybe one of those things is an alternate solution. I’ll probably give the spiral thing a go, but I’m probably not going to start wearing gloves to floss.

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        13 days ago

        Oh I never noticed the spiral down the finger difference. Yeah that would spread the pressure over a large area.

        I’ve been flossing with the circle for so long I find it the most comfortable and economic way of doing it by now.