Antiwork

Everyone talks about US healthcare generally and I just wanted to SLAM our dental healthcare. It's needlessly treated as a luxury add on. Some employers don't offer dental coverage. That's a distinction without difference because coverage is a joke; you'll always pay out of pocket $$$. Dentists are often dismissive and won't offer preventative care beyond the usual cleaning, perhaps because they know you can't afford it out of pocket despite insurance. Everyone I know quietly carries shame and anger about their dental health. They skip visits they can't afford financially or mentally. They get teeth pulled for $250 instead of fixed for $2k. It's an extended metaphor for the investments we can't make into our own futures, and we see & feel it slowly deteriorating. Plus occasional catastrophes setting us back. Meanwhile the rich and glamorous get the Live Action Photoshop treatment. Their teeth are almost as fake-gross as…