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EggZackLee@lemmy.today Joined: 2026-08-16

Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/this-silicon-valley-billionaire-requested-a-root-canal-without-novocaine-heres-the-wild-reason-why

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca Joined: 2023-06-13

What a liar.

Why would anyone miss a meeting because they got Novocain? It’s a local anesthetic. Is it worse to attend a meeting and have slight difficulty enunciating some words compared to showing up in a stress sweat-soaked shirt?

Oh it doesn’t matter. He made the story up anyway.

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca Joined: 2025-06-03

I had a root canal done a few weeks ago, and went straight to work afterwards. Half my face was frozen, but who gives a shit? This guy's an idiot.

BradleyUffner@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-11

He's going to be milking this one on LinkedIn for years.

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