#Using a Waterpik

[in-sightpublishing]

A Badass With Fruits and a Knife

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/07/07 Rick Rosner: All right, I eat fruit with a knife because I’m a badass, or maybe because I don’t want to break off my old teeth. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I’m skeptical of the badass. Rosner: Say again? Jacobsen: I’m skeptical of the badass. Rosner: I’m sitting here…

[mabelsguidetolife]

I miss the model tips from the nineties that were just bland lifestyle tips like “get vitamins in your diet” or “use an ice cube or some other practically free thing from around your house to do this”, like, somewhere between housekeeping tips that stay-at-home wives gossiped about like fifty years ago and ‘life hacks’

if the same thing came out today it would be “BUY PRODUCT”

[thrill-seeker-vn]

Just got my braces taken off <33333333333

[fingertipsmp3]

Okay what do we consider to be an impulse buy though. Because I’m thinking about buying a waterpik flosser thing but is that an impulse buy or is it actually going to improve my life

[canadianstud]

HOW TO USE A WATERPIK TUTORIAL

[thecosmeticdentalspa]

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[terriwriting]

Can't remember the title but I read an interesting premise once; A hitman decides to seek redemption by using his skills to only kill evil people. Which is not at all new or even interesting, but the second part of the premise caught my attention; the hitman decides that the best way to be sure he's killing evil people is to kill the people who try to hire him. After all, if you have the money, connections, and willingness to seek out a hitman, you must be a real bastard.

The bad news is when I looked the movie up it wasted the premise with comic hijinks and weird supernatural killing skills. NO! I want to see this premise played out completely straight!

A man walks into the backroom of a sleazy club to hire a hitman, and starts to talk about how the ten grand to hire a killer is cheaper than a divorce. And the hitman cuts him off and says "I don't need the details. If it's enough to bring you to me, it's enough for me to take on the job."

A week later the client walks out to his car, waves to his neighbour, gets into his car, presses the ignition and

BOOM!

And the neighbour goes O_0

After a couple of scenes like this, a beautiful woman walks into the killer's backroom office and says "If I try to leave my husband Guy 'Meathook' McGuire, him and his motorcycle gang will feed me to their junkyard dogs."

And the killer says "I don't need the details. If it's enough to wait what the fuck."

Now our hero knows what he must do to truly earn redemption: Fall in love with the beautiful girl and flee the country, killing their pursuers before slaughter every member of the Apocalypse Beasts Motorcycle Association with increasingly ludicrous weapons, including kindergarten safety scissors, a Waterpik (product placement!), and those cardboard tubes in wrapping paper rolls.

We never see the beautiful woman again because this is not a movie about love. This is a movie about hunting down a man named Meathook and achieving spiritual redemption with an actual meathook.

[rosiepods]

morning routine `✦ ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹

Tojis's morning routine included getting up, putting on his work clothes, and leaving for a long day of assassin work. But when you came crashing into his life, not even his morning routine was safe from change. He went from not even brushing his teeth to using the mouthwash and Waterpik you bought him for his birthday. He even started buying amberwood body wash and shampoo to use during his showers to smell his best for work. (he just wanted you to compliment him). Although he began a consistent skincare routine ( that you forced him to do), in the mornings you make sure to lather a thick layer of sunscreen. “Trust me you’re gonna be young forever!”, you exclaim as you rub your sunscreen all over his face. He would grumble that it does nothing but you can’t miss the faint smile he shows during the intimate moment. At the end of his routine, he would put on his work boots and bombard you with kisses as he held your hips with such love. He hates leaving you at home but his mornings with you make his mornings 10x better.

[richarlotte]

Spent the early hours waterpiking and teeth whitening, doing my skincare routine, applying a face and chest masque and a lip masque, dry brushing myself head to toe, doing my lymphatic massage routine, sugar waxing every single hair from my body, wet exfoliating with a sugar scrub and then with a shower net, using an antibacterial bar soap and then a body wash, double exfoliating my feet with a pumice stone, spritzing myself with glycolic acid, applying PFB vanish to my bikini line and legs, applying body oil, coating my feet in Vaseline, drowning my skin in shea butter, brushing brow and lash serum on, and applying Vitamin E oil to my cuticles. I’m spending the rest of the day relaxing.

[xbox-nun]

My dentist post is super popular right now and I would like to give some dental advice as a former dental assistant to the people in the notes on that post:

waterpiks are cool but mostly helpful for people with braces or permanent retainers, or if you have a sensory aversion to floss/will use waterpiks but struggle to build a flossing habit. They aren't as good at getting the debris out as regular floss is, but of course if you just love to do both then do both.

Also, don't feel bad about "only" flossing once a day that's really all you ever need to do it's great to floss twice a day but like it's not gonna make a big difference for your dental health. Just make sure to do it before bed if you can.

The biggest thing though is to not feel guilty if you can't manage it - dental health is important for your overall health, which makes it self care. It's best to take care of your health of course but try not to sacrifice your mental wellness over it, you are a whole person not a collection of 'things done right' vs 'things done wrong'.

Also when it comes to using an electric vs manual brush it really does not matter just use what feels comfortable for you and use what you will be most likely to be able to use habitually.

My only recommendation about toothbrushes is try to find one with a small head especially if you have tmj or other tightness in the jaw.

If you feel like you're having a hard time getting your teeth actually clean, you're not alone! Brushing your teeth is genuinely a skill that takes practice to learn. Try brushing without toothpaste first, then look and feel to see if you can still see placque. Then brush with toothpaste afterwards - just spit, don't rinse! If you floss after, you can push the toothpaste up between your teeth and treat potential weak spots in the enamel that you can't see.

Anyway those are my tips n tricks for dental wellness you can always ask me too if you have more specific questions I know it's a silly post n all but you can always ask!

[fearthefuzzybear]

this is just how hard do u brush not how often, just how hard do u brush when u do. if u use a waterpik i count that as a brush.

[ms-demeanor]

how do you factor brushing your teeth into the "letting yourself fall asleep while doing stuff" strategy?

Well let's preface this with the fact that I'm kind of a disaster:

I brush my teeth in the morning.

Sometimes I'll brush my teeth right after dinner (and I'm usually finishing dinner at like 10pm) and then I'll be up for another few hours and I just. Like. Try not to sweat it? I probably brush my teeth around 10-12 times a week, which is less than the recommended twice a day but honestly for me is a pretty significant improvement over where I was in, like, 2013. Getting to daily tooth brushing was a significant achievement that I had to start using an activity tracking app for. Washing my face daily is still a struggle. I am *not* great at being what a lot of people seem to consider "normal" or "functional" but I'm getting by and I'm getting better.

Ideally in a perfect world where brushing my teeth wasn't going to mean that I'd be awake for another three hours I'd brush my teeth right before tucking myself into bed in my PJs with the lights off.

But it *is* going to mean that so I brush my teeth and floss when it's not going to impact that and fall asleep in a bright room with my glasses and jeans on.

And TBH it's working out. I've got pretty fucky teeth anyway (double row of wisdom teeth, teeth when i was a couple weeks old, had all my adult teeth by the time I was seven, have had something like eight root canals and have a shitload of crowns) so it's hard to say if this has had an impact on my dental health (had a lot of those crowns and root canals when I was brushing and flossing twice daily because my parents made me as a kid) but since my last "i haven't been to the dentist in nine years and my damaged tooth broke in half during the first month of covid" fiasco I've been brushing every morning and flossing mostly every morning and getting in extra brushing and flossing when I can, I haven't had any further cavities or other issues past treating what nine years of neglect did (it's been 3 years of being pretty okay and they don't tell me that i need to floss more at the dentist so i consider that a success).

At one point a dentist told me that plaque buildup starts after about 24 hours of the bacteria in your mouth being undisturbed and that the 2x daily recommendation is to make sure you don't go 24 hours without shaking the little fuckers up. I don't actually know if that's accurate, but it has helped me to be more regular about brushing my teeth (look; depression and adhd is a bad combo and there were some rough years there) and also helped me to be more regular about brushing my dog's teeth.

So anyway please don't follow my example please do what your dentist tells you to do but also yeah if you're having sleep issues it may be more important for you to get sleep than to get up and brush your teeth right away. Brush in the mornings for sure, try to do it every day, use a toothpaste with fluoride and floss or use a waterpik to get below the gumline; then try to get in another brushing when you can, ideally at least one other time a day.

But you don't have to brush exactly twelve hours apart or right before you go to bed, and if you're eating and drinking after you brush your teeth but before you go to bed it isn't ideal but it also isn't a disaster.

[regexkind]

Carving a turkey from watermelon using my waterpik, but nobody else believes that I've sanitized it adequately so I'm the only one on thanksgiving eating my 5 pounds of carved melon. Fuck everything and fuck this faithless world

[ladytemeraire]

My number 1 travel tip, especially if you travel with any regularity and DOUBLE especially if you have ADHD:

Refill your toiletries and travel supplies as soon as you get home from a trip.

If the same night is too much (totally get it, I've had some business trips where I don't get home until midnight or later), at least stick it in the bathroom for you to refill in the next few days. As soon as they're refilled, store them by your suitcase or duffel bag or whatever traveling things you use. For me, the list of things to check/refill looks like:

Shampoo

Conditioner

Body wash

Deep conditioner/detangler (I mix these in one bottle since I use about a 1:1 ratio)

Makeup remover

Lotion

Any other hair products (YMMV)

Any other skincare products (YMMV)

Any makeup like loose powder that you decant into travel containers

Cotton pads and cotton swabs

I have a set of 3 sizes of suitcases that nest inside each other, and I store all my travel supplies and packing cubes inside the smallest one (or right next to the suitcases in a cabinet) so it's right there the next time I'm packing for a trip.

Additional travel tips:

If you need to replace anything you can't immediately refill (such as shaving cream, toothpaste, or other toiletries in squeeze tubes/spray cans) or replace anything that tore/broke/got lost (such as a packing cube or a hair wrap), add that to your shopping list for the next trip so you replace it ASAP.

I recommend immediately laundering things like silk bonnets, TurbiTowels/other hair wrap towels, etc and stashing them with your travel supplies ASAP, so you know they're clean and ready to go when you're packing next time.

Things like meds/supplements/vitamins, pantiliners, period supplies, contacts, etc I will pack for the specific trip depending on trip length (e.g. 2 day work trip vs 7 day Christmas-to-New-Year's-with-family), so I don't refill those until I'm actively packing for a trip. That said, I still stash their storage container with the rest of my travel supplies so I don't have to go hunting for it when the time comes.

If you only travel 1-2 times per year (say, around the November/December holidays) and you're worried about things expiring before the next trip, that's totally valid! Don't refill it if it expires in 3 months! Instead, I recommend setting a calendar reminder/alarm on your phone for a week or two ahead of your regular holiday travel to get your refills in order. There's nothing more stressful than being in the thick of packing and realizing you only have one day's worth of shampoo for a five day trip and not enough in your home supply to refill it. Save yourself the stress!

The minute you KNOW you're going to travel on a certain day (e.g. your boss says "we need you to leave Wednesday", or a family member dies and you find out you need to leave this Friday), set an alarm/calendar reminder for a day or two before you know you have to leave to charge any travel items and/or replace any batteries. Thinking specifically of things like electric toothbrushes, waterpiks, electric razors, computer keyboards/mice, etc.

If there's something you use both at home and traveling and you always seem to forget or overlook it? Consider purchasing a second one of that item. I consider this part of my ADHD tax. I have two silk bonnets, two TurbiTowels, two charging/USB docks that plug into the wall, a smaller travel keyboard in addition to my full sized one at home, and a travel toothbrush and waterpik in addition to my home versions. I recognize this takes a certain amount of financial security and privilege, YMMV. That said, the cost of buying a second one dedicated for travel (either up front or in a sale if you can wait and stalk deals) is, to me, far less than the stress and aggravation of not having the thing while traveling, or having to wrangle a full sized thing instead of a travel sized thing.

Questions? Thoughts? Want recommendations? Drop them in the reblogs and comments! I'm always interested in other people's systems and I love to find ways to make things more efficient!

[strawberrystepmom]

KENDALL. i want to know dante’s morning routine in like a modern/normal au if u have one. tell me everything. what color is his toothbrush. does he floss. how often does he shave. spare no details fine madam

hi florissa <333333 thank you for asking!! honestlyyyyy canon au is basically modern so i will go ahead and just go with that. why not!!!!

so he is not a morning person. usually he sleeps rough and hard. he wakes up when my alarm goes off and decides he doesn't want me to get out of bed so then i become enveloped in the worlds hottest bear hug. ofc im like "stoppppp let me up" and he either pretends to sleep and starts to snore but usually he actually goes right back to sleep. so then i have 250+ lbs like parked on me im trying not to die but it's okay as long as the baby is getting his extra sleep.

after we've used up our 30 minute allotment of snuggle time, i pry him off of me nearly using the jaws of life. 50/50 chance of him either waking up and grumbling about being cold and neglected or sleeping right through. once he's up though, it's slow at first but then he's revving to go. he brings me my coffee, by that point i've showered and my day is started. i sip my coffee, we chat for a bit and have breakfast that i force him to eat, and then he's off to get ready.

he's one of those like...i've optimized my entire morning routine people and not in a weird dude bro way but in like the im pissing and brushing my teeth (toothbrush is purple btw to answer that question) in the shower to save a few minutes kind of way. it really saves no time at all but who am i to tell him no. he showers, doesn't shave because he only does that once every week or so, finishes getting ready. he uses the waterpik because it's there and easier than flossing and i force him to care about that stuff bc i care about him. not in a pushy way but in a "if you aren't here for a long long long time and healthy and safe and in one piece idk what im going to do" way. it's not a guilt trip it's genuine but it works like a guilt trip so hey.

then when i leave for work he has a little bit of time to himself which actually doesn't please him that much. he doesn't like being on his own so very often this results in him stopping by my job in canon au to bother me before going to his shop. or sometimes he calls nero to bug him. or trish or lady who are always like "im going to see you in 15 minutes leave me alone until then". or nico to make small talk. just sometimes he can't be left alone with himself and that's okay. there's always someone who is at least willing to answer their phone when he calls and that means a lot.

then his day at devil may cry starts! he sits at his desk waiting for jobs. he reads. he honestly...if it's not busy....helps me a lot. he does research for me. he goes and meets people i need information from. i don't let him work for me bc that would be uncomfortable for both of us but i do in turn keep the lights and water on and rent paid at devil may cry. this is the only way he'd let me do it so he kind of ends up being kendy errand boy when he isn't gunslinging although he never complains. i think he'd be full time kendy errand boy and wouldn't bitch.

so yeah. usually by lunch he's calling me like where are you can you get away can i come see you what are you doing and im like well i suppose i can make a detour to come see you (our workplaces are less than 5 city blocks away from each other)