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Probably because they're easy to make, I'unno.

And sweepstake shit mostly, near as I can tell. Grandmother's fond of them, picks up a lot of crap and spam mail that way.

Honestly, from what I've seen the major problem re: dentistry is that, well, those minor problems become major if they're not dealt with early. Dental issues seem to tend to not be personally noticeable until they're basically catastrophic, which is kinda' why they "overblow" those minor problems and recommend regular checkups, etc. See my own wisdom teeth -- I didn't start having any pain or noticing particular problems until the ruddy things had almost rotted out inside my gumline, and should have been removed something like four years before they were. Somewhat consequentially, along with some other issues, I ended up bleeding fairly copiously out the gum for something nearing an entire goddamn month. Each removal took like a week and a half to recover from (which, note, is not normal).

Similarly, I've had a few family members that didn't do the braces thing until they were pretty old, and because of that ended up pretty much having to during a period that it was, well, significantly worse for them. Crooked, etc., teeth aren't just an aesthetic issue, though they can be fairly harmless. It's just that leaving them like that can cause issues later down the line, and by the time that happens you're in considerably worse shape than you would have been had you just done the dentist thing earlier.

... we're actually biologically wired to strongly lean towards not finding our siblings attractive. There's a psych term for it and everything. Folks we grow up with during a particular age range, especially when they share certain (physical, inherited) traits with us, are fairly close to a hardwired off switch for the libido. Thus, by and large, the taboo.

And hey, wincest is fine, I just like to know it's what I'm walking into.

... uh, iirc, the thing with SAO is that while sugu is a cousin, she was also raised alongside kirito. Was basically adopted, which is why she calls him brother, because they grew up as brother and sister, and at the time of the show they were living in the same house. It's as squicky as any adopted sibling romance would be, particularly when the adoption happened young, actual blood relation or not. Even if the actual fornicating regarding that particular pairing only happens in the supplementary material.

The bigger thing re: that is that the relevant stuff I'm reading isn't being translated from japanese -- it's korean. Manwha, really, but eh. Different language, different culture, etc., etc.

As for the rest... look. These aren't historical manga. The culture from several hundred years back is relatively irrelevant, and regarding the culture of now, which is what the writers are part of, this stuff stands out as odd, especially, as per OW, given that romance isn't exactly the big draw. Taking time off from the punch magic is one thing, but for whatever reason they decided to take that time off in a whole seemingly unusual direction. If it's genre normative, as neo suggested, though... okay. That's really all I was asking.

Someone'll be streaming it, probably? Googling "debate stream" sans-quotes popped up like... several possible options, though google being google someone outside the US might have to be more specific. One news station or another should be running it, if nothing else.

Can give it a shot. Just be careful, you can hurt yourself running a drinking game with water, too.

... innit trump sitting the debate out? Or was that a different one? Thought I heard in passing he was abstaining for some debate or another...

... didn't realize there was that many mobile warhammer... things. Anyone know if any of them is any good?