Remember the dental torture scene with Dustin Hoffman receiving an unwanted root canal in the 1970s thriller Marathon Man? It wasn't particularly gory or bloody, but the tension and atmosphere as the Dr. Mengele-like, ex-Nazi dentist sets up his tools is chilling. The relevant clips have been pulled from YouTube, but you get the idea.
So, whenever I think I should go to the dentist and get my teeth cleaned, that scene comes to mind, and quickly puts the kibosh on the idea. The last time I went to the dentist, they told me I had to have an impacted wisdom tooth removed by an oral surgeon, and I just laughed and declined their suggestion, so I'll get in trouble for still having the tooth. It doesn't hurt, and I figure why go through all the pain in the event I'm hit by a bus anyway, or there's a great leap forward in dental technology, and they no longer remove wisdom teeth like construction workers jackhammer open the sidewalk.
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But why I wanted to leave a comment was because your "Nazi" description reminded me of an incident at work. I was at a meeting today, and someone mentioned crazy IT folks. Someone else pointed at me and (innocently) said something about "Nazi IT" people. I wasn't sure which word irked me more. There's the obvious Jew/Nazi issue, but it's really gotten on my nerves that people think, because I work on a website (writing stuff and putting up pictures!!!), I am some sort of tech expert! I don't think my graphic designer friends have this problem, and they're as dependent as I am on a computer. Then again, 20 years ago, I was voted "computer whiz" because I knew how to play a game no one else knew. So I guess not much is new.
- G