Is it okay for a teenager to suck their thumb in public?

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• Klostein@reddthat.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No because this man will come:
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  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I didn’t even have to zoom in to know this shit is German because of course it is!

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  • sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Struvelpeter

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• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not even “okay” for kids past a certain age because it causes deformed teeth development. Or are you asking if people will look at you weird? Thats also a yes.

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  • tyler13@nord.pub ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At what age does it start deforming teeth?

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    • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Rule of thumb I learned and never validated:

      Two it starts, with three it can become an issue, with four it might affect the underlying permanent teeth - and there is no difference between thumb or pacifier.

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    • yyyesss@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      think less “at what age” and more “after how much thumb sucking”.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No. Of course not.

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• blunderworld@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s not a crime or anything. I would definitely assume they have some sort of developmental issue though.

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  • DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s hella rude when touching stuff like doorknobs after

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  not sanitary and not normal, i knew one in High school that did that.

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  • tyler13@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Were they trying to stop?

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• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Context matters here.

  A teenager with profound mental disabilities or one who expects to be get a job in the future?

  Also, long term thumb sucking can impact dental development. I knew a kid who had to have braces for years because they kept sucking their thumb until age 10.

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• Cherry@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This question feels like a dog-whistle.

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  • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These new accounts are too much, if I see a fresh account with just 1-2 posts like this I just block.

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    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are fresh accounts supposed to come pre-loaded with posts? Lol

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    • BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I sort of assumed this was a question from Don_Dickle /u/patnou@lemmy.world

      A bit surprised it wasn’t.

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Depends, are they biting their thumb at me? Might have to pull out my rapier.

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  • sychthys@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What of I bite my thumb, but not at you, sir?

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Im going to say no for two reasons. Firstly its bad for ones teeth. If someone needs to feel the need to suck their thumb they are likely going to do it to the extent that its bad for the teeth. Secondly the social negatives will be massive. Bullies will wing off almost immediately and there is a good chance of having some sort of physical altercation. Unless your built like a line backer. Maybe then you can be so physically impossingly powerful to keep bullies silent. Beyond that though its likely to negatively impact various social situations if a schoolmate or work mate sees you. Heck it could follow you into some adult life interview. Its just to outside the norm.

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  • Slashme@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    * I'm  
    * it's  
    * you're  
    * imposingly  
    * too
    

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• noretus@crazypeople.online ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Okay in relation to what?

  Socially speaking, people will look at you weird.

  Hygienically speaking, a bad idea as constant moisture etc. risks both bacteria and fungal infection.

  If you touch things that other people touch with saliva in your hands, you might run into some trouble because again, it’s unhygienic.

  If you’re cool with all that, you do you but other people don’t have to be cool with you doing that.

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• DonkeyStar@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As long as they keep and use hand sanitizer before they touch anything, it’s whatever. Actually, the hand sanitizer would probably put a stop to it.

  That said, I don’t think anyone would want to interact with that person if at all possible.

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• celeste@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I would assume a kid that age doing it had some kind of disability and move on. A binary ok or not is irrelevant, because it'd be none of my business unless they want to shake my hand.

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• Tiral@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you need to suck your thumb as an adult, get counseling. I don’t mean it in a bad way, you have legitimate underlying issues that would probably be helped. You’d feel a lot better in general probably.

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• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only during sex. /s

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• yyyesss@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  did they just wash their hands? or maybe use hand sanitizer (although this isn’t as good as hand washing). this is a fast track to catching some wild illness.

  story time. my wife and I were at a zoo once years ago and we were having frozen lemonades. my fingers got sticky and before I could think, I licked the sticky spot. my eyes got huge because I realized it was a terrible mistake. within a few days I was sick as hell. too many germs around all those animals and kids. we still laugh about this because thankfully I had no serious long-term effects. just a week of absolute misery.

  also yeah, as another response said, it deforms teeth and possibly palate depending on how chronically it’s done. I have seen this personally.

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• MonaySimpson@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No

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• vext01@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Do what you want, but pretty unhygienic.

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• eightpix@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thumbsucker, 2005 film. Good stuff.

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• determinist@kbin.earth ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unless I'm the teenager, it's none of my fucking business.

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s ok Ty, just stuck your thumb for another 7 years and you won’t be a teenager

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