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[–] aeternum@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your americanism is showing :)

as the other commenter said, that's a somewhat uniquely american thing. I just visit the doctor when something is wrong with me. If there's nothing wrong, there's no need to go to the doctor.

[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Actually European here, but there are way to may diseases that can sneek up on you for you not to go everytime+whenever you feel like it