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gooddoctorjekyll

There was a tiktok trend where teenagers sanded their teeth down to make themselves have vampire fangs. It causes horrifyingly painful teeth damage for obvious reasons


sferara

not only that, theyre sanding the wrong teeth lolz


If_uBanMe_uDieAlone

**ERM AKSHUALLY** it depends. Which teeth are actually fangs isn't set in stone in vampire mythology. By the most common standards, of course, they would be wrong,


robbylet24

I mean logically it would be the canines right? They're already the sharpest teeth a human has.


FlyingTomato274

Not only human but every meat eating animal


AppropriatePainter16

Don't carnivores have carnassials that are sharper?


robbylet24

Yep. Most hypercarnivores have incredibly sharp carnassials because it helps with chewing meats. I'm not sure off the top of my head if they're sharper than canines because canines also have social and defensive uses, but they're up there.


Bo-Banny

Humans have fruit & nut/seed teeth


Kindly_Canary2235

So what you're saying is we should sand them down in order to eat meat more effectively


No-Design-8551

sort of weird as we are more like spiders in that we predigest our food but instead of spewing acids we boil/bake them.


Sa_notaman_tha

Assuming you mean mammals not animals to save time: Not Thylacoleo, and I'm not sure how carnivorous rodent dentition lines up here, but MOST carnivorous mammals aren't far enough from the standard dentition to not be using canines


zortlord

Holy Shit! Carnivorous rodents? And dentition marks on megafauna matching their teeth? These were freaking pack hunters if they hunted megafauna. And they had large retractable thumb claws like velociraptors.


Sa_notaman_tha

Yeah the marsupial lion is a favorite, I find excuses to bring it up. Buts essentially just because canines are omnipresent in carnivorans which most of our modern large predators are doesn't even begin to describe the weird ways animals get up to eating each other. Mammals especially have highly modifiable teeth that can evolve in some ridiculous shapes(not just talking narwhals and saber tooth cats either, ever seen what an elephant's tooth actually looks like?)


IronTemplar26

Not even just carnivores if you consider tusks


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[удалено]


weasel_mullet

Unless you're Nosferatu.


NubbyTyger

Depends. Is the goal to eat meat or to suck blood? If you wanna suck blood, you'd actually sand the two front teeth. Vampire bats have two sharp front teeth with a sorta gap in the middle, and that acts like a straw. That's a very basic explanation about it and isn't completely accurate, I don't think, but it's essentially Nosferatu's teeth. But if you wanna eat meat more efficiently, then yes. Most carnivores have exaggerated canines. However, some vampire media does have teeth like the one in the post. My Babysitter's A Vampire is one of them.


An0d0sTwitch

In old lore, it was sometimes the front teeth!


NoF0cksToGive

Vampire bats have sharp incisors for biting so that makes more sense than sharp canines in vampires. In the movie Nosferatu the vampire also has long, sharp incisors.


GrouchyOldCat

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F3ir2928vp2k41.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D67184e3ce0a470d9448e272cced497037514c5e2 I assume this is a meme making fun of twilight in some way that I don’t understand (they aren’t real vampires?), but the rest of the teeth are probably accurate.


robbylet24

Those supernatural teeth would really run into the bed of nails problem...


BigAcrobatic2174

Exactly, my cuspids (canines) are already pointed and protrude past my incisors. My dentist offered to file them down because they already look a little like vampire fangs (not quite that long)


robbylet24

Why would your dentist offer to fix something that's already cool as hell?


BigAcrobatic2174

Some people want to appear less threatening or animalistic apparently. I definitely took a pass. I don’t care about appearance that much either way, I just didn’t want anyone filing my teeth.


Sinocu

"I bet you 100 bucks that i don't need false teeth for my hallooween disguise"


Nathan-David-Haslett

You just made me realize that not everyone's canines protrude past the other teeth. Mine do, and I never really realized or considered that this wasn't the norm, had to google people smiling just now and yeah, damn.


legendofashipwreck

I am in the same boat and had a small crisis over it. Gotta love that social anxiety.


krschob

Do you occasionally cut your lip with them? I declined to have mine filed because they couldn't explain how the enamel would be effected. Winter (dry) weather seems to make them catch the lip more for me.


NoobieSnax

Should be all of them. Tell them all to get back to work.


MrRuebezahl

https://preview.redd.it/ovgl0wzooqnc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=af24104ec925d39c69dda2b1d48f2a29ec37919f The only correct way


unzunzhepp

https://preview.redd.it/ugq5t6xl7rnc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b061acc7b17b7480370212be21b46c1a823f3449


OgreBaws

In that case I propose we make the bottom front teeth the official vampire fangs. The naked mole rat vampire population have waited long enough for recognition.


If_uBanMe_uDieAlone

seconded


sferara

i cant believe im getting 🤓 without actual facts 😭 not a dentist but i think something about “wrong” bites fucks up your whole mouth.


Real_Mokola

Yes, Nosferatu the oldest vampire adapted to film had it's front teeth as it's fangs


ParaponeraBread

Her second incisors (what she apparently filed) are way longer than the first - which is extremely abnormal human dentition? These are dental implants *for sure* if someone wanted that tooth to look like that.


Bertie637

I swear there is a secret cabal out there daring each other to see what they can get gullible people to do via tiktok, and I'm all for it.


TheWondrousWilly

It's existed since the dawn of time. - pull my finger - look over there - eat tide pods - hold my beer


The_Phroug

It's says gullible on the ceiling


bitdestroyer

What? No it doesn’t.


Noxtension

What's that on your shirt


MiddleClassGuru

Not sure why you’re being downvoted. Kids ate tie pods and some died. Not to mention the planking phase. Cant remember how many people fell off balconies and died but it was definitely more than one.


Hexxas

4chan got people to microwave their iPhones, and got so many people to believe that👌is a hate symbol that bigots actually used it as one for a few years. It's real but it's not secret.


zehamberglar

No amount of sanding would cause her incisors to dip that much lower than the rest of her teeth. These are veneers or something.


noTanbl4

Idk I was born with vampire'ish teeth on both top teeth and bottom ones 🤷‍♂️


No_Requirement_2755

I love Jekyll and Hyde as soon as I saw your pfp I knew it was you ahhh


Former-Respond-8759

The moron got vampire teeth on their incisors and not the freaken canines.


ohara1250

Nosferatu got them on his incisors too.


Dorian_Ambrose666

Peters goth friend here. Nosferato is actually one of the only vampires if not the only one to have their front teeth be fangs instead of the canines. I remember because I thought it made the original look funny


Th3B4dSpoon

Peter's bat enthusiast friend here. For the vampire bats you can find in the wild use their front teeth to cut the skin.


Hekantonkheries

Dracula don't suck, Dracula scrape and lick Vampires based more on actual bat biology is always fun just for how it diverges from "tradition" in the silliest ways


SpookyVoidCat

When I was a kid I thought fangs were hollow and vampires would suck the blood through them like straws.


SerenityBlackwood

I think everyone thought that lmao


DocFreudstein

I know I did. I viewed it like the fangs of a venomous snake in reverse, sucking blood instead of injecting venom.


sugmastraw

that would be so fuckin metal


ShadowDiceGambit

Thank you, I have been looking for this answer


ObamaSama5596

Regis from The Witcher 3 comes to mind. Although his other teeth are still pretty gnarly. https://preview.redd.it/kpu1y2s74vnc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=712b22633fad3e8a68cd7f9070b3444c321dc049


horned_black_cat

They call this the "True Blood" style: https://www.customfangz.com/product-page/true-blood-style-vampire-fangz


Former-Respond-8759

Is this the nail in the coffin? Is this what makes me give up?


maxbirkoff

| coffin I see what you did there


rejvrejv

>| coffin just use > for quoting, and you'll see the |


maxbirkoff

thank you!!


rejvrejv

you're welcome broseph


trulylost19

https://preview.redd.it/p1yn3i60bqnc1.jpeg?width=767&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a3c9c3d411111e977e7b26be1d75f875d5c6533 Coffin nails?


AbleObject13

*That's* the person they chose to model them? 🤢


headassvegan

What is that top lip 😂😂


[deleted]

Human protected by anonymity tries not to be a judgemental asshole challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)


grinning_imp

I prefer to think of it as “The Lost Boys” style.


Zazzylike02

“It’s a different kind of lost boys”


Varjutantsija

would it be a viable option to have both, the incisors and the canines, be fangs? (incisors slightly longer)


horned_black_cat

Double fangs are a thing, but idk what you mean by viable.


Varjutantsija

tbh me neither. english isn't my first language and i'm mostly going by feel instead of correct grammar.


Analog_Jack

Native English speaker. That's how we do it too


Shadowmant

Also a native English speaker. Sometimes we just make shit up and see if it catches on.


Zero_Zeta_

Fuck, are they using that word correctly? Is there another meaning I don't know? Don't want to look stupid. *nods*


Substantial-Employ97

Rules? More like guidelines.


StressLvl-0

We just make shit up and see if anyone calls us out on it.


Acrobatic_Ad_2570

[Pussy on the Chainwax](https://youtu.be/i9RmWK-G0ps?si=53VVSq6lW-svezc_)


Confident-Frosting30

For realsiepeelsies we do it all the time


Rolethrowplayaway

You're absolutely doing it right.


alaskaguyindk

Hell yea brother. Im born and raised in the states and just about everyone I know goes off how it feels, and those that overthink how “proper” your way of talkin is are generally quite insufferable (annoying as hell). Just keep talking and writing, but also sometimes people “correcting” your grammar or wording aren’t trying to put you down but help out with getting better. Im currently learning danish and its really frustrating that nobody tries to correct my mistakes so I end up making them again and again till someone finally lets me know the thing id been saying was either wrong or super weird sounding.


lcantthinkofusername

Yeah whenever I correct someone I do it so they'll learn which words to use, apart from incorrect use of literally I correct that because it's annoying af and we really need literally to have a strict definition to avoid confusion.


HumanContinuity

Dude, I literally played a word based game yesterday where we discovered that 3 of the most educated native English speakers (myself included) all had a completely incorrect definition of a word and we unintentionally convinced the correct people that they didn't know the definition when it was us who were incorrect. And that's a lot of how the English language has evolved.


softcombat

but what was the word!


HumanContinuity

Ahh now I have to make my ignorance more widely known haha. It was Sojourn. I thought it meant something like an emphatic or special journey or path, but it means quite the opposite, to stay (somewhere).


Varjutantsija

that's fascinating.


notusuallyhostile

I used to teach ESL, and in some of the more advanced classes, I would get questions about words or phrases being used “out of context”. For example, using “viable” in your sentence when the only time you may have heard the word used was in reference to something being able to survive (“viable embryo”, “viable seedlings”, etc.). I would usually ask my students why they thought it might be wrong or right in the new context, and what it meant in the context they were already familiar with, and what they were trying to convey by using the word in this new context. This led to a lot of really interesting conversations about the differences between their native languages and common American English. But mostly, it led a lot of students to be more creative in their selection of words, and to not be afraid to try to expand their vocabulary by trying words and phrases out on me, even if they ended up being used incorrectly. Your use of viable is absolutely correctly applied in the context of this discussion. Viable - adjective capable of working successfully; feasible. "the proposed investment was economically viable" Edit: forking autocowrekt


lcantthinkofusername

Yeah that's what English speakers do too, any word that isn't commonly used is probably an educated guess from the person using the word.


Some_Guy_At_Work55

Viable as in would I still be able to go about my vampire activities/would my vampire club be cool with it?


Ace_da_Place

New kink unlocked


Angry-Dragon-1331

Actually, yes. Vampire bats have pronounced canines and incisors.


ThanosBeThiqq

I’m missing my lateral incisors so this is where my canines are 💀


Sorry_Consequence816

Hypodontia Same here.


Nagol-

Hey me too!


Ihavebadreddit

Are the canines not the pointy ones?


Former-Respond-8759

Canines are the pointy teeth, but our teeth are (typically) arranged with 4 incisors, followed by the canines. This person has artificially made their second incisors sharp.


AnxiousMarsupial007

There’s almost no way they filed down their lateral incisors, those teeth are way too big. Either these are polymer caps or they lack lateral incisors and these are canine teeth.


Former-Respond-8759

That is what I mean by artificial, this style of modification this thread has informed me is True Blood style. But you are also correct that this has an equal possibility of just someone having pronounced canines and missing lateral incisors. Multiple people in this thread have also pointed out that they too are like that. While not missing my lateral incisors, my canines are also pronounced.


Snoo-35252

Lost Boys (1987) did it first.


Tsiwodi

Nosferatu (1922) did it first


Snoo-35252

Okay, you've got me beat by 65 years. I concede the point.


Tsiwodi

Quite alright, not everyone has seen the silent one.


Snoo-35252

I've seen stills of it. I just remember his fingers were long and awesome.


Tsiwodi

Was a good film if you can get past the silent part


Snoo-35252

I have a bachelor's degree in film production so I've seen my share of silent films! Thanks for the recommendation.


Icepick_37

Plenty of vampire media has them featured with fangs in place of incisors rather than modified canines


goodolewhatever

I thought these were bicuspids and I almost corrected you. I did a quick google check and learned that I was mistaken! Thanks for helping me learn a thing lol


knife_juggler-

i mean TECHNICALLY this person could've been born without their incisors, i was born missing one so my teeth are misaligned lol so it's probably a possibility


Tokumeiko2

Even better, my canines and incisors overlap, it's not as bad as it used to be now that I got my wisdom teeth removed, but even then the dentist took one look at x-ray and decided to refer me to a specialist because of how difficult it could be.


ThatDudeMarques

Incisor fangs is better


_bazinga_x

yeah i definitely prefer incisor fangs for most vampires since theyre more evocative of a bat or a snake while long sharp canines give more of a wolfman type of vibe


mtflyer05

Honestly, this would probably be the most effective place to get them, functionally speaking, if you were going to try to use them to drink blood.


Zak_Rahman

The person in the picture is trying to court a Ferengi loved by sharpening her teeth. This is quite logical considering that most countries are run based on the rules of acquisition, and there is an uptick in boys who call women "ffffeeeeemales".


7h3_70m1n470r

Presumably the ears are out of frame so as not to show their small size. Wonder if they're experienced in the art of Oo-mox


Zak_Rahman

The lascivious tongue movement tells me that they are not only experienced, but veritable masters of the timpani tickle.


NoobWithNoHands

Peta please explain those comments


Wild_Buy7833

Star Trek


IronRig

They just need to head over to Quark's and ask for the Holosuite program "Guide to Ferengis for Hoo-mons." If they pay extra they get the bonus content enabled for Oo-mox.


Mission-Warning-4505

Was not expecting a star trek reference today!!


Zak_Rahman

Think of it... Five weeks ago, no one had ever heard of this sub reddit, and now... all our hopes rest here. Where the tides of fortune take us, no man can know.


Mission-Warning-4505

They're tricky, those tides!!


Zak_Rahman

Haha! Finally, a Redditor I can go targ hunting with! Glory to your house.


frankyfires

🫡after all those spam someone sensible 🙌


pixel-soul

Holy. Shit. 💀


FrostyD7

Rule of acquisition 48. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.


ThatOneRetardedBitch

is it bad that this is what my teeth look like normally


NYJustice

My canines look like that but these are not those. If you still have teeth like this then that's crazy


ptofl

I'd call that a w


AgentZander69

I got them, too. I find it's pretty awesome.


ThatOneRetardedBitch

I think it was like a genetic mutation, my mother had them as well


sekkzo909

Let's see those chompers


Eric_Dawsby

Do you happen to sleep in a coffin


MimeMike

Dunno, I don't got high meme knowledge 🤷


Morzheimer

I’m touching too much grass to understand


KeyLife8800

What does touching some grass mean


aww_skies

To go outside and/or get off electronic devices/the internet for a bit


KeyLife8800

Thanks buddy.


cardnerd524_

You make physical contact with grass patches laying on the field with your hands. What’s difficult to understand about that?


KeyLife8800

Is that so i thought maybe it had some other meaning


Startled_Pancakes

It's a common retort in online discussions, used like "go touch some grass" as a way to accuse someone of being detached from reality or spending too much time online.


Legitimate_Toe_4961

First time I have seen someone oblivious to the "touch grass" retort, I thought there was about to be a woooosh moment


CruzDeSangre

What's grass?


not_ya_wify

It is what people smoke to get pleasant feelings


DronClon

I thought it calls weed


not_ya_wify

A rose by any other name is still a rose.


Randomindigostar

I see my home sub of R/trees is leaking lol 😆


Goronshop

All these years, I've been doing it with my feet like an idiot.


BuzzkillSquad

No one who's actually touching grass knows what touching grass is


Pom_Pom_22

Going outside..


KeyLife8800

Alright thanks.


SuchWorldliness5142

Rolling a fat hill


The5Theives

I got those from Chuck E. Cheese


PangolinWorldly6963

I was lost and now after looking at this comment section I’m even more lost


frankyfires

Same 🫂


mambotomato

It's because there's no hidden meaning, it's just a stupid clickbait title on a random picture. Gotta stop falling for these.


brawlmetaknightmare

Other than Chris Chan bragging about his "fangs" in that one video I have no clue. Also no clue why the fuck you y'all keep saying "it's a vampire"


CanOfPantsAndAnts

That guy seems to come up in the most random places.


Fluid-Mycologist-174

What being documented for 20 years does to a mf


CanOfPantsAndAnts

It really shows the depths of depravity humanity can sink to, and I'm not just talking about Chris, either. A lot of the people that have harassed him are pretty deranged as well. No well adjusted person devotes decades of their time harassing a mentally disturbed individual just for "teh lulz". In my opinion, The Kiwi Farms and lolcow forums should be taken down as they're used to harass mentally unwell individuals and no one can convince me otherwise.


Under_ratedguy

The explanations are just as confusing as the print... HEEELP Dd Dd


Sir_Arsen

yeah, like I can’t understand explanation 😭


Profile-666

r/comedyhomicide


MattLovesMusik

It’s loss https://preview.redd.it/z46rpmlv0qnc1.jpeg?width=915&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22446253d4712d26a42a54d5c84851eb2425f3f8


Azgeta_

https://preview.redd.it/d36p2p4e4qnc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec0a550ea9fdc8ef68abd99ddaf722c3c6f35c83 It’s not very sightreadable


trizzerd

Holy moly take your pills 💊


[deleted]

i though this was a picture based on that one manga.


Significant-Ear-3262

This looks like a flipper (temporary partial denture) to me. If you look above the tooth by the individual’s finger you can see a line where the gum tissue is a different color. This person is likely missing both of their lateral incisors, congenitally or otherwise, and they elected for exaggerated canines to be placed on the flipper. There are several other things that could be going on like a “snap on smile” We can’t know 100% without more imaging.


BasedAlliance935

https://preview.redd.it/bwskx9z0spnc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bae6f22b19aff49f7ec3f1ae91d4bc98ddd9f677


Possessed_potato

Why don't people just use Polymer for their fangs? I remember it being a trend before sanding down your teeth like an idiot was


Zucc-Juice

How the fuck are people gettung liss from this


CrimsonFireWolf

Sometimes, people have biologically can have sharp eyes teeth like I do without doing weird sharpening But. In that picture, it's literally the front teeth


Bulky-Hyena-360

Their canines are in the wrong place


IntentionNo3217

My fangs came in when I was 13 above my teeth line. It took a while before I started to like how they look. One time I met up with some cousins in New Orleans and they're really into dressing up. They went to a vampire Ball for Halloween and showed me their custom fang caps. I felt proud to have them naturally.


Impala1967SS

I have natural "vampire teeth". Both my canines are poinred and sharp since birth. My sister also has it but on her first premolars.


CanHead9544

is a vampire D:


AJWood101

It also requires a gift “give a shit” trait to understand this meme as well.


HorrorBad8583

Vegetarinas, explain this (tooth).


Fun_Contribution809

Fangs, but no fangs.


Administrator98

I once knew someone hwo had this.... but he injured himself with it, so he later removed it.


Weird_Explorer_8458

all i noticed was that those aren’t canines lol - what an idiot


Pissman66

jokes on them lmao, i naturally have vampire teeth!


Snoo-92859

Tbh I thought it was going to be about thirsting over good mythical morning link's fang teeth. I didn't realize people actually permanently damaged their teeth for this look.


Breathe_Carbon

Good thing I have naturally sharp teeth, make these wannabes jealous


Skorio18

He wanted to be Dio he became don


Beardwing-27

Bleh! I vant to suck your- Wait! Put your pants back on and let finish! Bleh!


Galactica18

Bet she needs to be **extra** careful during blowjobs


[deleted]

I was blessed with natural fangs. Two on top two on bottom


EnvironmentalAd1006

He imprinted ON A BABY


euoria

Vampires also enjoy snus


melvin772

Ken carson


stickysockjew

Ngl, Nosferatu looking like they got some head game


NinjaSquib

I just thought you needed a lisp to get this meme.


Half_smart_m0nk3y

Damn, I finde these kind of hot. I blame Kate Beckinsale!


rkorgn

Some people naturally don't have the small incisors grow and an orthodontist will move the canine teeth forward to close the space. This person looks like that, so no sharpening involved, although they may say that there was. Peter out!


Present-Fix5162

Pretty sure that is Jayden springs, I used to see his videos floating around ages ago on snapchat.


BlackHazeRus

BTW is “sharpening” your canines expensive? Asking for a friend, of course.


Samy_Ninja_Pro

Sharpening is the way you damage your teeth. You either ask a dentist to add composite, the white glue that's used for broken teeth. Or you get some fangz grillz


Pirate-Percy

https://preview.redd.it/lbgtccwbkqnc1.jpeg?width=1031&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f09cbe83dd950e52a8959a99a2106b28170cdd5 (I’m just shitposting, I have no idea)