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Dentist the Menace (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Did the concept of "arracheur de dent" didn't exist in North America?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is that a French phrase or is it supposed to be a guy talking with the cotton and suction hose in his mouth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It is suppose to be a guy coming to local market to put out the teeth of however cannot pay for dentist. It would usually come with a band to hide the cry of the "patient" and would commonly lie by telling to be able to do it painlessly. Exactly like the qikipedia describe it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A concept doesn't become acceptable just because the French have a term for it. Usually that's a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It was still pretty common at that time in France. It's not fine to pretend to be painless however it was a commun line in the trade. It has give us the saying "mentir comme (lying like) un arracheur de dent".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

What if she's into it?