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A nothing proves it isn’t, so you might as well spend the extra minute or two and do it.

lm28469 4y ago
Well: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/dental-floss-harmful-chemicals/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/dental-fl... Also, nothing doesn't prove eating twelve apples per day cures cancer so why not try it ?
- BizarreByte 4y ago
  Because I would probably feel sick if I ate that many apples per day. Flossing is low effort, why not do it?
Majestic121 4y ago
That's quite a weird answer. All else being equal, it's obviously better not to spend an extra minute or two doing something useless. If you think it is not actually equal, and that scraping is indeed better, well say so and qualify your statement. You can even say that it's recommended by dentists, it's an authority argument but it surely is better than nothing.
- BizarreByte 4y ago
  I do think it’s worth the time. My teeth feel significantly cleaner after doing so and it removes stuff my brush can’t reach no matter how much I try. I’m not sure why I have have to defend flossing of all things. I’m not trained in that field, neither are you, we should listen to the people who are and guess what? They almost all recommend flossing. That argument was accepted with COVID vaccines, so why not now?
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  - pb7 4y ago
    > That argument was accepted with COVID vaccines, so why not now? Far from universally and even in the pockets where it was, at least some percentage did it just to be able to go back to doing normal things which were gated by government rules. Don’t do anything blindly. They won’t be the ones bearing the cost if and when something goes wrong.
  - CorrectHorseBat 4y ago
    You said >A nothing proves it isn’t, so you might as well That's completely different from >I’m not trained in that field, neither are you, we should listen to the people who are and guess what? They almost all recommend flossing.

Well: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/dental-floss-harmful-chemicals/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/dental-fl... Also, nothing doesn't prove eating twelve apples per day cures cancer so why not try it ?

BizarreByte 4y ago
Because I would probably feel sick if I ate that many apples per day. Flossing is low effort, why not do it?

Majestic121 4y ago

That's quite a weird answer. All else being equal, it's obviously better not to spend an extra minute or two doing something useless. If you think it is not actually equal, and that scraping is indeed better, well say so and qualify your statement. You can even say that it's recommended by dentists, it's an authority argument but it surely is better than nothing.

BizarreByte 4y ago
I do think it’s worth the time. My teeth feel significantly cleaner after doing so and it removes stuff my brush can’t reach no matter how much I try. I’m not sure why I have have to defend flossing of all things. I’m not trained in that field, neither are you, we should listen to the people who are and guess what? They almost all recommend flossing. That argument was accepted with COVID vaccines, so why not now?
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- pb7 4y ago
  > That argument was accepted with COVID vaccines, so why not now? Far from universally and even in the pockets where it was, at least some percentage did it just to be able to go back to doing normal things which were gated by government rules. Don’t do anything blindly. They won’t be the ones bearing the cost if and when something goes wrong.
- CorrectHorseBat 4y ago
  You said >A nothing proves it isn’t, so you might as well That's completely different from >I’m not trained in that field, neither are you, we should listen to the people who are and guess what? They almost all recommend flossing.