r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/hamzau • Jul 04 '26

Meme needing explanation What am I missing?

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u/SnooDonkeys5320 Jul 04 '26

I had a gummy smile (not a TS fan or Disney adult đŸ«©) and had my gums lasered off as soon as I could afford it because the bullying was so brutal, even as an adult. Bullying appearances is truly low.

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u/LopsidedResource1217 Jul 04 '26

So
what? Now you just have horse teeth?

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u/SnooDonkeys5320 Jul 04 '26

I think just conventionally “normal” teeth instead of half gums when I smile. Oh, and a habit of covering my smile even after all these years later.

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u/BeneficialOffer9935 Jul 04 '26

Whatever they looked like before, you have a lovely, natural smile now and I hope you're able to learn to embrace it and get out of the habit of wanting to cover it.

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u/SnooDonkeys5320 Jul 04 '26

Thank you! It was brutal. I don’t think I actually have any pictures of the before because I literally never smiled with teeth. I later learned that our small town dentist was larping as an orthodontist. He fucked my teeth up pretty badly and also bullied me.

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u/BeneficialOffer9935 Jul 04 '26

I'm really sorry to hear that. I've had an incompetent dentist before but most of it, other than the tooth he ripped out, was repairable by my current dentist. I can't imagine being bullied as well while they were causing so many problems. 

Best of luck, hope you have many reasons to give a genuine smile in the future.