Karen's Toothache (Chapters 1-6)

[xenaeilonwy]

MORE SNARK FOR THE MASSES.

Let's get one this straight: I am terrified of dentists. Ever since I read this one person's dental experience on TV Tropes, I have been avoiding the dentist like the plague and getting a cavity would be the equivalent of being sent to hell to me. That being said, I STILL think Karen made way too much of a big deal over

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[glitterberrys]

(I do believe in mediums and I do not think ALL of them are crackpots, but the ones who make TV appearances out of them or make any money off being a medium alone most likely are)

Agreed. I've met exactly one psychic in any aspect of the field who I would recommend to someone looking to spend money. And that's mostly because I got to know her on a personal level, we were in a practice community together, etc. Though I DO dig that Long Island Medium lady. She's just fucking amusing. (And apparently she had a great career prior to the show and tended to be booked a year in advance...so I'm assuming people were at the very least pleased with her work. Basically, if she's purely a bullshit artist, she's a damn good one.)

I get the dentist thing on some level, but on another, jesus, Karen, it's having a tooth pulled. It takes like 20 minutes start to finish and you get a free toothbrush and a sticker after. (I wish adult dentists did stuff like that. If I were ever in the medical/dental field I would be giving out lollipops and stickers to my adult patients...that shit doesn't stop being awesome just because you can vote.)

[xenaeilonwy]

Later in the book Karen's dentist is fucking AWESOME and the place...including the dentists' chair and the doctors' uniforms...are entirely space-themed. Karen gets to sit in a ROCKETSHIP and her doctor is wearing a spacesuit, and the entire place is decorated with some zeerust space-age theme.

FFS why do kids only get to have awesome doctors' offices like that. D: