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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

What stops you from wetting the toothbrush BEFORE applying toothpaste?

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Automatic behaviour taught in early childhood that I cannot get rid of, not least since there's zero harm in it (apart from very rarely what OP is depicting).

Edit: so I just learnt that there actually is a certain level of harm in it because water somewhat dilutes the toothpaste. This might be enough to make me change my behaviour.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Or using the water in your mouth? I don't wet my toothbrush pre-brush and my teeth come out fine.

[–] childOfMagenta@jlai.lu 10 points 4 weeks ago

They are not supposed to.

[–] M137@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"The water in your mouth"

Fucking what? You mean saliva? Which is very much not just water.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't say it was.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

You do both, one to rinse the toothbrush, then add paste, then wet it a bit so the paste nestles into the brush. No idea why its just what I was taught as a kid, but dont really do the second part anymore for the same reason that it falls off sometimes then I have to get toilet paper to clean the paste off the sink