Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of "discuss" rarely comply with this rule.
2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.
3. Avoid repetitive topics.
4. This is not a search engine
Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.
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5. Keep it dull. If it puts us to sleep, it’s on the right track. Examples of likely not dull: jokes, gross stuff (including toes), politics, religion, royalty, illness or injury, killing things for fun, or promotional content. Feel free to post these elsewhere.
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7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with "So" - starting a post with pointless phrases, like "I hope this is allowed" or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.
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Not sure if you've ever had nitrous, but that was the thing that made it anywhere near possible for me to get back into going to the dentist. Strap on, tell them to crank it all the way up, breathe deep. The entire universe just gets so far away that none of it matters.
The first real dental work I got done after like 20 years was a couple of root canals, and it was fine. I eventually found that the post-nitrous "hangover" was undesirable enough that I could do everything without it. During that 20 years, my wife would occasionally try and bring up the idea of dentistry, and I would have a full-fledged panic attack.
I will also say that getting a good dentist is paramount. There's nothing stopping you from switching.
I think that the condition of the inside of your mouth has a great effect on your mental state. Keep trying. It's never too late.