News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster. Parent comment

Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by crooked-v on Saturday February 17, 2018 @08:10PM (#16403824)
> or to remove a tooth?

The point of tooth removal in dentistry is to end pain, not to cause it.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by chr1 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:30AM (#16404921)
Sure, but if you do not have the proper painkillers, it's hell of a lot more painful than the pain it ends. You are trading long term nagging pain, for short intense one, which is totally worth it, but is a lot of pain.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by aianus on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:46AM (#16404952)
People painfully remove perfectly good wisdom teeth all the time just because it's convenient to do them all at once and on the off chance that they're preventing some pain in the future.
[ Parent | on HN ]