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Post #2777448

2026-05-04 20:38 UTC

Like, I understand that consumerism dictates that everyone can choose the one from their super special favourite brand, but even "my" brand has five different variants! If I'm diagnosed with "your teeth suck", do I pick the "extra sensitive" or "pro enamel" or the "care plus"?? And as always, all those different brands belong to just two megacorps anyway

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  • @glow@blob.cat 2026-05-04 20:42

    @draemmli@chaos.social It's like everything: for 70% of people it doesn't matter which one they choose, for 20% it also doesn't matter, bit they are very opinionated about it, and for 10% it actually makes a slight difference. I have the special enamel one because for 30 years my dentists claim I am almost out of enamel. So I either am in those 10% or I think I am but am actually in the 70%.

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  • @glow@blob.cat 2026-05-04 20:45

    @draemmli@chaos.social I'm pretty sure "9 out of 10 dentists recommend this toothpaste" just means 9 out of 10 dentists recommend you use **any** toothpaste. The rest are weirdos who don't believe in teeth.

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  • @hertg@infosec.exchange 2026-05-04 22:08

    @draemmli@chaos.social kinda off-topic but the "all those different brands belong to just two megacorps anyway" triggered me as I'm currently looking for apartments: Why the fuck are there so many online platforms and they all belong to the same entity. Swiss marketplace group owns: Immoscout24, flatfox, home.ch, homegate.ch, ... And they also have Ricardo, Tutti, and anibis. It's literally all the same.

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