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[–] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 48 points 1 day ago (8 children)

That's also where the concept of a "barbershop quartet" came from. Dentists would have the aforementioned quartet singing loudly outside of their shop to drown out the screaming of patients inside.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

One might ask, "why the barber"? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.

[–] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

lol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.

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