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[–] -4 points 4 months ago* (16 children)

Why is teeth shaming okay? Try to stop being a classist asshole.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    I didn't really associate the stereotype of bad teeth with lower class British people. AFAIK the stereotype comes from even rich British aristocrats supposedly having bad dental care.

    That said, you are right that applying that stereotype to specific people without first checking if they're upper class is more likely to hit lower class people, especially with how culture has shifted since the stereotype was first formed.

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  • [+] -28 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    So your classism is more about the USA being better than the British then being about rich and poor. 👌

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    That’s not classism, it’s more nationalism.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    It's okay to be classist about British people they have literal classes and should in fact be mocked for it

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    We don’t associate this with class, we think even your rich have fucked up teeth.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

    You know MAGA face? That's kind of how British people see American teeth: incredibly fake. It's a lot of pain, discomfort, and money to conform to a an unnatural standard solely for apperance.

    British teeth aren't rotting and decaying, they just haven't spent years forcibly rearranging the bones in their face.

    This does result in classisim in America, because poor families can't afford to rearrange their face bones, and not having cosmetically "perfect" teeth is looked down on.

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