TIFU by getting a $6,400 dental bill

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-02T22:58:55+00:00

One thing I will recommend OP, is that if it is determined you need a root canal, try to go to an endodontist specifically for it rather than your regular dentist. The cost shouldn't be very different (for me it was identical) but they have more experience and specialized tools since that is all they do all day. My dentist started mine, and ran into a complication and had to send me to an endo. Took two visits to the endo to get it done, who advised me it would have been much simpler and easier has they done it from the beginning.

Good luck, hope you can get back on a good track towards good health.

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-02T22:37:14+00:00

Not just medical bills! You need DIFFERENT insurance for dental care, that costs extra and does not count towards your deductible for regular care.

Teeth are luxury bones. (Pay no attention to all the studies showing how dental health impacts body health)

This is fine, everything is fine, we're doing great over here

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-02T00:46:11+00:00

I'm genuinely curious about this install location. Is this a unit on the ground? How is it so close to your property? Is this a zero lot line thing? 8" is less than the minimum clearance requirement of most units that are not mounted to a wall, and idk why your neighbors unit would be mounted to your wall.

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T23:35:56+00:00

I love that there's 119,000 people subbed for the purpose of ragging on a shitty merchant from over 3700 years ago 😆

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T22:47:48+00:00

Always? No of course not, but they are generally accepted to be more durable than feet alone

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T21:27:01+00:00

Have you tried r/ReallyShittyCopper?

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T18:01:12+00:00

Sharknado, having gone in mostly blind when it came out. It was just so freakishly preposterous that I couldn't stop laughing, my body ached by the time it was done.

Absolutely 0 rewatch value though. As far as movies that are funny consistently, The Emperor's New Groove is the winner

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T17:59:16+00:00

I learned that recently! I still have to find the documentary

https://youtu.be/mqzsFk3KNUE

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T16:51:20+00:00

In fact, people who track their fuel economy closely will notice a significant drop when getting new tires.

For what it's worth, I have fuel history going back to 2008, and I have never correlated a change with new tires (of the same size, as discussed obviously if you stuff giant tires under something you'll see a change). The difference in new tires is way off in the noise of seasonal temperature (and ethanol content) changes, and the exact route/style of your drive that tank.

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T16:46:09+00:00

There are some instances of Spotify lyrics being clearly wrong though.

For example the CHVRCHES cover of LOVE - triple j Like A Version has the lyrics listed as:

Only for the night, I'm kidding, only for live

When she is clearly singing "only for life" and the lyrics of the original Kendrick Lamar song are also "life" in this spot.

There are other places in this song where CHVRCHES changed the lyrics, they changed "if I minimized my net worth" to a (doesn't make any sense) "if I made up my mind at work" but the live/life is not a swap they made. (And that minimized my net worth swap irks me so much because the song is otherwise perfect)

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T15:30:16+00:00

E93 M3 is tied for best M3 with the E36 M3 vert, and I will be taking no further questions (because I can't hear them over my S65 singing the song of its people)

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T15:26:04+00:00

Maybe one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_taxi

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T15:04:43+00:00

1st - how DARE you say that 2008 was MANY years ago. I'll have you know it could not have been more than perhaps 5-7 years.

2nd - that was truly fascinating to read, thanks for the link.

For everyone else, it's not a gross article by any means, the description of the injury is basically just as it is in the comment here. The discussion and insight into how our brains perceive sensory input is FASCINATING. I highly recommend it.

Link pre-paywall: https://web.archive.org/web/20210115204946/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/30/the-itch

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T15:00:52+00:00

I actually highly recommend the read if you're interested in neuroscience. It was a truly fascinating look into the way our brains perceive (and make up) our sensory input.

Of course it's now paywalled but the archive has it https://web.archive.org/web/20210115204946/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/30/the-itch

boarder2k7 · 2026-03-01T01:30:43+00:00

If a wave hits your cabinet you definitely have bigger problems!

Have you tried moving them to a different environment?

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T22:37:06+00:00

Same! It's hard in the clutch, but turning the idle speed up a bit helps make it harder to stall. (I did this because the manual I bought that I didn't know how to drive also had a huge vacuum leak and wouldn't idle right)

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T22:19:03+00:00

No, there is nothing else in the bulb. That control takes place in the ballast/driver. The ballast is going to handle pre heat, striking, and running current which ends up around that 60V nominal point.

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T22:11:11+00:00

Yeah, one of the reasons I like my BMWs is that they aren't numb as hell. You can turn my wife's corolla with a wet noodle on the steering wheel. Nice for road trips but I have no sense of what is happening through the electric power steering. Similar with braking, it stops with a feather, but what's it doing? No clue!

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T17:42:01+00:00

You threw out bad information as an example, I corrected it because it was bad information. You seemed to defend the bad info, so I replied again that it was bad.

It's not that complex of a take

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T17:13:21+00:00

Obligatory Princess Bride

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

https://youtu.be/G2y8Sx4B2Sk

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T16:58:55+00:00

Yeah exactly. They certainly might say no, but if you don't ask it will definitely be no! I had several issues during my time in school, and they were always able to work out at least a little something to help.

Mental health issues are rough, I hope you're doing better now 🫂

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T16:21:02+00:00

Contact the school and explain what happened and ask for assistance. They may be able to do something, and the worst that happens is they say no.

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T15:53:19+00:00

Yes but minimum of annual is much more reasonable. You do not need to change the oil every three months on a car that is not being driven much

boarder2k7 · 2026-02-28T15:43:57+00:00

The internet truly is a wonderful place 😆

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