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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 28 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (5 children)

You aren’t getting any more teeth, so take care of the ones you have.

Stress produces cortisol. Cortisol reduces your empathy.

Like Casandra, knowing the future won’t make you happy or get people to listen to you.

Intelligence is setting your medication to automatically arrive when you run out. Wisdom is having it arrive a week before you run out.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And your gums. Actually floss. No one wants to but your 60 year old self will thank you.

Wearing braces for the first time at 60, because my teeth decided to start moving around enough to affect eating. And it’s just getting worse from here. I brushed: no cavities ever. I have good health/genes: one root canal is my only tooth issue. But I hated flossing and rarely did, and my dentists pointed out gum health over the decades, so here we are

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Like Casandra, knowing the future won’t make you happy or get people to listen to you.

I'm guessing most people on Lemmy have already experienced this.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Like Casandra, knowing the future won’t make you happy or get people to listen to you.

I wish you'd told me this years ago. I still struggle with needing to be proven right. It's exhausting.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It's still better to know than not know though, right? Right???

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Stress produces cortisol. Cortisol reduces your empathy.

Thanks, needed that today, really helps.

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 6 points 10 hours ago

Cortisol reduces empathy

That makes a lot of sense

People who don't take care of themselves can't take care of others.