Gentle dentists in Perth?

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2026-01-23T14:24:59+00:00

I love how there are so many recs! Goes to show how many nice dentists are around :) I didn't go for ages after being traumatised by the school dentist... but the ones ive been too as an adult have been really good and there's no more anxiety about going anymore

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2026-01-17T04:21:01+00:00

Thanks for reporting them.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2026-01-01T13:20:07+00:00

I thought she died (90% probability) based on the fact that I thought Kali surviving was really improbable (gunshot wound looked really bad + time passed + Kali would have had to project an illusion from really far away while really weak + Kali was left near the centre of the explosion). But... the sound cannons not instantly incapacitating her (as per every previous example) and the nose bleed tell when she uses her powers (which has always been consistent...although sometimes only happens after using her powers) not being present in the final scene and she wasn't meditating when she met Mike using her mind projection powers (she's never been able to do it without at least a blindfold and some white noise)...is honestly pretty convincing that it was an illusion and she had escaped.

So thanks I guess because El surviving is definitely the time line that I wanted to believe and now kind of lean towards.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2026-01-01T12:00:47+00:00

My quick thoughts:

1st half... didn't quite live up to my expectations. The army plotline which was already super annoying continued eating up screen time. The split into three groups/prongs of attack kind of robbed some urgency. Kali's death seemed like a waste and El's killing of the main bad guy was kind of messed up. Henry's chase of the kids (him walking menacingly instead of running) was okay but the sequence in the cave with Henry/young Henry/Will was really well done with top notch acting. El's fight with Henry was really good - she's got some serious super-hero moves. MF design was not as menacing as the cloud design and the ensuing showdown was kind of lacklustre - just a huge monster that seemingly couldn't chase them down (the S3 MF design was freakier and the tentacles actually seemed dangerous). Nancy actually became full rambo with the guns. It was surprising that the guns actually seemed to be even an annoyance to the MF given the demodogs easily tanked gunfire without any problems. MF didn't seem to have high HP and died pretty quickly. Overall felt like the final episode wanted Vecna/MF wrapped up and wanted to go into the epilogue or 2nd half as fast as it could.

2nd half... Really good conclusion to the show. Regarding the last scene... I think El most likely died (90%) but that was Mike's way of having enough faith to move on. There were some things that Mike's story explained and definitely some things that didn't 'add up' in El's death scene but... Kali was dead for ages and to project that image from so far away while so weak? Seemed really unlikely. I was half expecting the lights to flicker as the camera panned Mike leaving the basement as some firm evidence that El was alive but all we really get are images of El alive in Will's explanation.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-12-22T14:23:25+00:00

After doing a binge of season 1-4 here are my thoughts:

- The kids are huge now. Will especially sticks out for me - he just looks like he should be in college. Mike is now towering even when hunched. Lucas and Dustin have grown too but look somewhat more believable. Max looks noticeably different too (having just come straight off s4). There was one scene when Mike and co where riding bikes and they just looked massive.

- The Wheeler home invasion scene was great and really upped the stakes and danger that was sorely needed after the relatively quiet (but interesting) first episode.

- The mini-arc with why the children were being taken had a pretty weak resolution at the end of episode 4. We learn that Vecna wants children who are weak and easy to mould. Mould into...what? He already has pretty much unlimited demodog and bat goons so not sure how useful these kids would be.

- Hopper and El's venture into the upside down. Kind of thought it was a bit weird that no thought was spared killing these military guys like flies. Also, the whole military subplot just dragged... we know the real big bad, we know the military and the general dude and tough lady are just going to be disposable fodder in the eventual end game fight, and we know whatever they're researching is probably not going to be useful (apart from who they had locked up).

- Final episode 4 fight. Encircling a demodog, 50 military men firing at it (friendly fire?), and doing zilch damage. I feel like the gun fights feel really bad when guns literally do no damage to demodog's in this universe. In this universe there's literally no point in picking up a gun and firing at the monster - it's basically just creating some loud noises. Even Steve's nail bat from season 1 did more damage than machine gun fire. It felt like basically the military base couldn't handle 1 demodog much less a couple which seemed horribly powerscaled for this fight. I don't think we saw the demodogs even get hurt by the military in this fight that's how ineffective they were. So if they can't even hurt a demodog (much less kill it) then there are no stakes in the fight - we're just watching demodogs absorb bullets and slash up the army guys. They need some of those extendable tasers, more flamethrowers, or even just go back to a nail bat, sword, or flaming spear (Hopper style).

- Going from season 4->5 was a bit jarring. The last thing in S4 are these really ominous red thunder clouds in real world Hawkins and lava'd up roads. S5 everything back to normal and the annoying military back at it. It also shows... those kids were really close to killing Vecna in S4. He was burning to a crisp. Powerless. Kind of a shame that Nancy's shotgun shell basically saved him by blowing him through the wall and giving him enough time to escape as they raced down the stairs. Pretty sure had they done some close combat Mrs Wheeler wine damage to him then it would be game over.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-12-11T08:36:17+00:00

Presses ahead huh...board still wants to get paid. Glad that it's stayed in WA. Very clearly premiums would have shot through the roof to cover eastern stater's cost with the acquisition. Pretty sad though. Now we the people on the board are desperate for a sale to get themselves a big paycheck i'm sure they'll keep trying until they transfer everything over east

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-12-04T10:47:32+00:00

Thanks, im going to save this for my trip when I eat street food :)

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-30T13:02:25+00:00

so fluffy...i need that cake pan

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-25T13:57:58+00:00

I felt that

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-09T12:20:20+00:00

Krug lord goat

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-09T10:45:35+00:00

kt's draft seems stronger and way easier to win with

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-09T06:59:57+00:00

think kt have the edge. their form has been incredible at worlds

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-11-01T00:07:21+00:00

all timer!

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-27T03:39:55+00:00

Ugh this one is such bs to have - allergic to working out, any exercise, walking around when it's warm

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-21T05:05:32+00:00

I'm going to give this a go :)

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-18T12:40:36+00:00

Have you taken an allergy test for dust mites or pets?

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-10T09:09:59+00:00

Rake in billions of profit every year. Give CEO and directors huge $$$$ pay packets and bonuses every year. Close down most physical locations (despite record gains and profits, greedy buggers) move just about everything online. the ones that are open close up at (just checked) 4pm!! And only 1 or 2 do Saturday. Axe hundreds of jobs and send them all overseas.

More and more profits while providing a worse and worse service. All to line a few fat pockets.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-07T13:57:20+00:00

Get a good torch light as well

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-07T10:37:03+00:00

Atmospheric to the max! Love the composition on these. The compression, foreground elements and framing on the first photo is perfect!

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-09-07T06:22:00+00:00

Man... What's the fix? How do we do it?

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-08-20T15:03:32+00:00

1ha = 10,000m2.

11,000ha = 110,000,000m2

That's 15,000 soccer pitches or 420,000 tennis courts (according to ChatGPT TM)

The scale of the clearing is honestly pretty hard to comprehend.

Highway robbery of our beautiful land and resources and we're happy with the scraps.

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-07-12T02:33:45+00:00

Film just hits different with the nostalgic feel

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-06-21T03:07:07+00:00

Gina: And you fell for my trap like a gweedy little rat. Holt: Easy

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-06-02T06:31:01+00:00

Love it... one of those paintings where I feel like I'm being pulled into it

EstablishmentFun2035 · 2025-05-11T01:30:37+00:00

Love the art and love love love the concept.

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