• Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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      I didn’t really associate the stereotype of bad teeth with lower class British people. AFAIK the stereotype comes from even rich British aristocrats supposedly having bad dental care.

      That said, you are right that applying that stereotype to specific people without first checking if they’re upper class is more likely to hit lower class people, especially with how culture has shifted since the stereotype was first formed.

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      We don’t associate this with class, we think even your rich have fucked up teeth.

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        You know MAGA face? That’s kind of how British people see American teeth: incredibly fake. It’s a lot of pain, discomfort, and money to conform to a an unnatural standard solely for apperance.

        British teeth aren’t rotting and decaying, they just haven’t spent years forcibly rearranging the bones in their face.

        This does result in classisim in America, because poor families can’t afford to rearrange their face bones, and not having cosmetically “perfect” teeth is looked down on.

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      Who said they were bad? That’s on you. I love a snagle tooth 😍 so many people straighten their teeth unnecessarily. It removes all their character