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Ok, so less a shower thought and more a "random observation while standing in line to vote" thought, but my mind is about equally checked out in both scenarios, so I'll count it.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I used to have a roommate who was in dental school. He said getting dates was incredibly easy because everybody realized it was the last time they would be in a large community of single people their age who were also intelligent and had similar interests and earning potential. And indeed, he went out with probably 20 different women that year. And he was incredibly picky and would write them off after one date - she's too loud, too quiet, doesn't drink, drinks too much, swears too much, smokes... Right at the end of the year he found the one, then had to go off and spend 2 years doing public health dentistry in another state to pay for his school loan. After 2 months he found another the one there and dumped the local one. So okay, I'm sure that gripping saga was worth telling lol.

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hm. Hm. Mhm. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that all dental hygienists are whores?

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Whores get paid. Dental hygienists are sluts; they give it away for free.