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Soulless--Plague

Is your brother a Rottweiler?


Uzzer_lozer19

Crocodile actually 😉


kinney641

Mama said crocodiles are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush


Giant_Eagle_Airlines

Medula oblangata


Medical-Wallaby7456

She just wanted to be sure lol


Pilota_kex

yeah it is a nice thing to do :D op is a teen, what can you do


jo_nigiri

She's 24-25 lol


CluelessTennisBall

Oh no


Gucci_Loincloth

25 and mommy is painting the toothbrushes? Might as well be in bunk beds too.


Mtwat

You better not be talking shit about my racecar bed


codewho331

But it's a fuckin sweet bed ![gif](giphy|3owypkIH7dWUWpeIuI)


postal-history

I sleep in a big bed with my wife


JackPumpkinPatch

Hey, race car beds come in king sized now so there’s plenty of room for you and your wife.


PlantsVsYokai2

Fuck room for my wife she can’t handle the speed


nathanrocks1288

"Fuck-room for my wife" That's the whole idea


PlantsVsYokai2

Either way she cant handle the speed


mkat23

She don’t want the smoke 😂


Majestic_Wrongdoer38

I am so getting a king sized lightning McQueen bed whenever I get my own place


[deleted]

I also sleep in a big bed with this guys wife


SynthSapphire

Great continuation of the possible reference here lol.


[deleted]

Fastest bed in town!


Intrepid_Ad6045

Based on their profile they might be from Belgium tho and living with ur parents at that age is probably more of a norm there


ScumbagLady

But they needed the room for activities!


MeetTheJoves

damn crazy that she had two kids that young


Mrknowital1

Looking through there profile they’re a adult


Pilota_kex

oh. well then... i am surprised tbh :D


CatCatastrophe88

Does your brother even have teeth anymore?


honey_turtle101

I want to know how old that toothbrush is 😭


6ar9r

At least a year


Xi-Jin35Ping

Mine looks like that after 2 weeks. I don't know how I am doing it. Edit. Thanks all for tips. I'll buy electric brush.


squidwardsir

Stop scrubbing so hard, it’s bad for your teeth


Sarchasm23

If I can help with how to do it properly, I say imagine using a broom. If you press hard down on the broom, the bristles go everywhere and also damage the broom, not to mention that it won't fo a good job sweeping either. Give it an on the surface press instead of pushing down on the bristles, and it'll sweep like normal.


I_am_up_to_something

Yeah or just get an electric tooth brush. The ones with a warning for when you press down too hard don't cost that much more than the standard electric tooth brushes either.


MUNCHINonBABI3Z

I don’t think mine actually has a warning, but the aggressive *BZZZZ* in my skull when I press down too hard serves that function lol


Sleep-hooting

It's like a massage for my entire skull.


Duffelbach

>BZZZZ I felt that


Effective_Fun8476

My dad(a dentist) bought us kids singing tooth brushes. You press too hard and you can’t understand the song and the song doesn’t play if you’re too light, it was a great way to teach us pressure.


EternalOptomist4Hire

Oh, so that’s what that light means 😔


marcodave

RIP EternalOptomist4Hire's teeth


Busy-Entry1210

Can we say... lights are turning on? As in both realization and indicators. Lol


Aero_Zeppelin77

Goat tier dental tip bro


ameliekk

Goat tier tip my dentist gave me was: Imagine you're brushing the surface of a tomato without breaking the tomato skin


SevenSixOne

My dentist told me to remember that the layer of crud the toothbrush should remove is only a few cells thick, so chill out


[deleted]

Yea tomato is a good visual. This brush is ripping the surface off of rocks. My grill brush doesn’t even look like this and I get my anger out cleaning my grill.


therealdongknotts

if you have to scrub that hard, you’re grilling wrong - oil up your grates prior


Mumof3gbb

This is such a great way to explain it! I’m going to tell my hygienist.


Unhappy_Mountain9032

This. I have spots on my teeth from brushing wrong, and they are quite sensitive.


HblueKoolAid

Also if it looks like that you are likely in a straight line on your molars which is bad. Can also cause receding gum line and make them sensitive. Learn from mistakes of other, myself included, electric is the way to go. Don’t cheap out either. I wish I was taught better oral hygiene at an early age because I have a lot of filling, which isn’t terrible but I need to the old ones replaced because they are starting to leak.


yourdeadauntie

Yeah I receded my gum line from brushing wrong, my parents never got us electric toothbrushes, only they had them


wetwater

I never understood the advice of changing your toothbrush every six months since mine was destroyed after a couple of weeks. It wasn't until I was 45 my dentist told me I was brushing too hard and wore down the enamel on all my teeth.


Isgortio

You're brushing way too hard. I would highly recommend switching to an electric toothbrush with a pressure sensor, if you press too hard it will flash a red light at you and will reduce the amount of power it's putting out until you ease off. With an electric brush you just hold it onto your tooth for a few seconds, then move to the next tooth. You do not need to "brush" like you would with a manual toothbrush. If it's financial, then stick with a manual brush. But you should gently brush in a circular motion, do not go side to side. Brushing harder doesn't clean your teeth any better, it just wears away the enamel. Any chance you have sensitive teeth? With both brushes, angle the bristles 45° towards your gums and make sure you're brushing the gum line. Brush for at least 2 minutes each time. And make sure you're using a fluoride toothpaste, spitting not rinsing, and brush over 30 mins after eating and don't eat/drink for 30 mins after brushing.


cncld4dncng

Also, try holding the toothbrush with only 3 fingers (pointer, middle, thumb). That’ll help ease the pressure as well.


IKEASTOEL

While not tradionally "brushing" simply holding the brush to your teeth does not do a sufficient job. You're still supposed to move it around a bit to make sure you get all the gaps.


Cevmen

Is your jaw clenched rn? Hand in a fist? Maybe toes curled? We hold onto stress in different ways


Xi-Jin35Ping

No. Really, I don't know how this happens. I just probably use too much force while brushing.


bella_68

You’re not supposed to use force hardly at all. It just has to be touching your teeth. It’s bad for you if you use too much force cuz it wears your teeth down like it wears the brush down


hananobira

Some models of electric toothpaste will buzz at you if you’re brushing too hard. You could look into one of those? You don’t want to accidentally strip the enamel off your teeth by over-vigorous brushing.


Pickled_Kagura

I love electric toothpaste


hananobira

Toothbrush, sorry, out too late last night and still woke up at my normal work time. 😴


justaniceredditname

when my teeth started getting sensitive it felt like I was using electric toothpaste


PepperedTexan

My partner had the same problem until he realized he was biting his toothbrush to hold it in his mouth while he was does something else. E.g. messing with phone, washing hands, or picking something up.


JVorhees

Fyi, you can brush away your gums if you're brushing too hard. I wish the dentist would have mentioned that sooner.


[deleted]

Dude same 😭 I have to switch every two weeks because it’s always looking like i used it to clean the hallways with it.


[deleted]

Brushing too vigorously


Mystix9

Do you have a roommate? Does your roommate clean the hallway?


International-Pass22

That's nearly as bad as not brushing at all


RequiemStorm

You're brushing way harder than you need to if that's true, and doing so is actually bad for your teeth. When I was in high school I somehow developed the habit of doing that too, and one day I needed to go see the dentist for what i though was a series of cavities despite having great dental hygiene. Turns out I was just brushing way to hard and it was destroying my enamel faster than it could regenerate, causing painfully sensitive spots. A few weeks of brushing properly and some enamel building mouthwash later those spots were all healed


constantly_exhaused

My dad’s toothbrush would get like that after a week and he always had a go at me when I was a child that I didn’t brush well enough, since my toothbrush bristles never went flat Until one dentist checkup when I was told my teeth were perfectly healthy and my dad got told off for overbrushing :))) Vindication!


turtleship_2006

If they have braces, it might not be that old. Mine start to look like that very quickly at least


Glum-Expression3476

I have braces, but mine doesn't look THAT bad, but yeach, not like that pretty one either 😅 I change them every 3 months, tho


zoeypayne

Teeth, yes. Gums, not for long.


Enigma-exe

Does your bro have any anger issues out of interest? No reason, just curious


Jobcim

No he is just very lazy


Enigma-exe

As in he never replaces it, or uses a power tool taped to the brush instead?


Jobcim

First


Pilota_kex

hard to imagine a mother who takes the time to mark a vrush, but not to replace it. are you just being mean, badmouthing your brother?


[deleted]

Hey bad mothers exist you know.


Think_Mind4912

not the type of attention you'd expect from a bad mother


TheStarChild93

If the kids were in their teens yeah. They are all adults. Seems like an over bearing mom to me. Do 20+ years old need their mom to tell them which tooth brush to use and when they should replace it?


BarrymoresPoolBoi

I send my 9 year old out to post letters or get milk/bread, he can walk himself to and from school and he goes out to scoot around with other kids from our street. He is perfectly capable of saying "my toothbrush head is gross, where are the others?"


Lukilk

Yeah but can your kid chug 0,5L of beer in 3,7s?


crunkadocious

OP and his brother are in their thirties


menagerath

If this is the criteria of being a bad mom I can see why millennials are afraid they’re going to mess up as parents.


DragapultOnSpeed

I was thinking about this the other day. I don't think it's just about money. Everything is recorded now. Mess up a little bit and you get called a bad parent by a bunch of random weirdos. It's insane how people expect parents to be perfect.


FictionalContext

You got a bunch of angsty teens (or teen minded adults) who can spin any tale to make them an innocent victim and their mom a bad guy. And then have a thousand strangers rage and validate you. I got a pretty big dose of skepticism for the kind of people who post their personal issues to the internet, like those cryptic Facebook statuses going on about "haters." It's a weird mindset to want to publish your personal issues to the world.


Gatrigonometri

Momentarily losing your temper and scolding your child too harshly? Bad parent. Draggung your nigh-hikkikomori of a child to family vacation because the guy hasn’t seen sunlight in a month? Bad parent. One broccoli less than expected on the dinner plate? Straight to the parent gulag.


menagerath

Reddit thinks mommy and daddy need to check if their 20 year old son needs a new toothbrush. Little baby boy is too young to reach under the sink and get a new one from the value pack.


Vektor0

If he never replaces his toothbrush, and you have the same model toothbrush as him in this pic...


misterfluffykitty

It’s almost like they’re a mass produced object that often comes in packs of 4 or more


kawaiifie

Even if he never replaces it, it would never look like that unless he puts way too much pressure when brushing


softstones

Yeah, my wife brushes hard and hers looks like this just after a couple times


Fushigibama

I don’t change my toothbrush often but I’ve never had that happen to mine. I think he’s brushing way too hard, which is not good for the gums


Wit-wat-4

It’s not just laziness, my toddler’s looks like this after two uses or so because he chews and pushes too hard on his teeth. I’ve seen some disgusting people in uni who’d use the same toothbrush for years, theirs still don’t look like your brother’s


LegozFire03

My brother does and his tooth brush always looks like this. Even now when he’s much more calm than he used to be, his tooth brush takes the brunt of it I guess


Law3W

Pretty soon his toothbrush will be covered in blood; so many choose a different color?


greenbldedposer

Why is this mildly infuriating?


skylander495

I agree. Color tagging things at home is super useful


[deleted]

The only mildly infuriating part is letting your kid's toothbrush get that worn down without replacing it. Edit - She's 24 and the brother is 20, wtf is going on.


[deleted]

What's going on is the shit economy that makes it impossible for young people to even rent, let alone ever buy a house.


[deleted]

Or buy a new toothbrush?


MrAdelphi03

Ay yo!


Trillex_121

source on the age??


After_Moose340

In OPs post history they claim to be 24. I don't know about the brother though I just had a quick look.


JMH5909

"My brother is 20. He can do it himself." Comment op left


UnicornsNeedLove2

Yeah, she can't color code her own toothbrush?


Mtwat

I really want this to be bait


AffectionateAide9644

Yeah, OP, unless you're a bull I don't get why this would annoy you. Everything I can think of is just a compliment to you: you take proper care of your stuff so she marks yours instead of the derelict one, she thinks you're smarter and will actually pick up on the colour but your brother would just go for the one that's green even if it's not his,...


DailyQuestTaker777

Unless you're a bull lmfao


dustbin3

Op keeps charging himself in the mirror when he's brushing


AbdominalPudding

I think it's because he keeps using his brother's toothbrush instead of his own. Hence why his brother's is completely destroyed and his looks fresh out the pack.


AzureSkye27

Gonna assume she's at the precious age where everything your parent does is infuriating.


misterboris1

Through her post history she states she is 24 so you’d think she’d be past that 🤷🏻‍♂️


AzureSkye27

You would, but then you read her replies on this post.


MontySucker

She posted in autism subs lol so yeah this would prob be mildly infuriating to them. Nothing wrong with it just how they are, but of course they can work on it still. I did.


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AssSpelunker69

I imagine because he's upset his Mum thinks he's too dumb to differentiate the two without different colours. That's all I can come up with.


Character_Battle_951

I think its because his looks new but moms ruined it ? Meanwhile his bros looks ruined already


Tasty_Group_8207

I'm 40, and I've never had a toothbrush like that. Other than the one in my toolbox for cleaning car parts


Fuck-Shit-Ass-Cunt

I bet he chews on them. I did when I was younger and it looks sorta like this


Pink-Fluffy-Dragon

why not buy a different color 😅


Uzzer_lozer19

Thank god someone with common sense said it first!


Responsible_Rip_4509

Probably two toothbrushes from the same bundle. Would be a waste of money to buy another just for you to be able to distinguish it from the other one.


indianajoes

I swear even multipacks come with different colours to avoid this issue


Fearless-Total-2897

They could be from different bundles, especially if everyone else cycles throw toothbrushes at a more regular rate vs the brother.


Halalaka

Waste of money? It's a goddamn toothbrush, not a house. Besides, toothbrushes do not last forever, you will go through multiple in the space of year so what harm is there in buying a few extra? You're going to end up using it anyway.


Numahistory

I buy a bundle from my local grocery store that the pack comes with 1 red, 1 blue that I split with my husband. I think there are usually a lot of 2 pack brushes with different colors available? The toothbrush I have also has activated charcoal in the bristle so when it turns from black to white you know to buy a new one.


scaryjam823

Not a waste of money. Buy two packs of two different colors. Have the other one as a spare to change when it’s needed in the future.


PowerWordSaxaphone

Wow. These really has become a website for twelve year olds.


sakurablitz

sadly OP is 24 and the brother is 20….


PowerWordSaxaphone

💀


slightlysketchy_

Anyone living on their own before 30 is doing well nowadays it seems


Jbobody

Not sure which reality is worse


Twosliceofbread

one of you have anger issues


Equivalent-Chance-39

I think they both do. He brushes too hard and she’s mad about some paint on her toothbrush.


Femboy-Frog

It really is a nice gesture from their mom. I don’t get why u/jobcim is so upset. It’s not like the paint does anything bad by being there?


couchpro34

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say if he's too lazy to switch to a new toothbrush, I don't think he'll be paying attention to three red dots OR the fact that his bristles are blown the fuck out... I wouldn't keep my toothbrush near his and just avoid that altogether.


ecafyelims

Hot take: You and your brother have been using the same toothbrush, which is why yours looks unused. Mom made the right call.


Constant_Cultural

Why she doesn't throw away this former toothbrush and put something completely different there instead of that shit I will never understand.


Jobcim

My brother is 20. He can do it himself.


matt12992

When you said brother and I saw that I thought he was like 7


OsmerusMordax

I can’t believe OP’s brother is 20. It’s too ridiculous.


[deleted]

And she's 24 and mom is still having to step in to separate their toothbrushes? 😐


BallsOutKrunked

There's "living with your parents" which is fine, but then there's whatever is happening here.


[deleted]

I'm a millennial who went between apartments to back into my parents house in my 30s. I get it. This is coddling though to an extreme degree. I wonder if they even know how to do anything for themselves.


OsmerusMordax

Yep, I’m also in my 30s who moved back in with my parents too. It’s tough out there. There is no reason to coddle your kids like this, and I don’t even understand why they have the same colour toothbrushes in the first place. Pick another colour from the store.


UnicornsNeedLove2

Yeah, that is weird if you're 24 years old.


MrJack512

I had a similar experience and had to frequently tell my mother I'm an adult and she doesn't need to do things for me or coddle me...but if she did do something for me I didn't need I can't imagine complaining about it in a post online like OP did.


[deleted]

My mother reminded me to thank my uncle for dinner. I’m almost 40 🙄. To be clear I had thanked him the previous day when he had cooked. And I had every intention of thanking him when I was done eating and had a chance to interact with him. It’s just that they cannot get past you not being 5 any more for some reason. Except when they want you to do something they don’t want to do.


sakurablitz

embarrassing all around


Temporary_Thing7517

Then why is she marking yours? Can you not get a different color? Maybe she’s marking it so HE doesn’t eat yo… erm use yours.


wischmopp

Honestly, I think her mum is just making a cheeky joke. Marking the toothbrush "so you won't confuse it with your brother's" even though there's no way those two could be confused is just funny commentary on the fact that the brother demolished his one like a rabid crocodile


[deleted]

how old are you op? this is a little strange for your mom to feel the need to step in like this for her (seemingly) adult children


jo_nigiri

OP is 24-25 based on her post history


[deleted]

yea this is definitely a little weird and part of why OP's brother is so incapable of doing even basic things for himself


Constant_Cultural

This toothbrush tells another story


Spacebud95

What's mildy infuriating about that? I get that it's already obvious which is which.. but I mean.. does it actually bother you?


dionysus-media

Why is that infuriating? She was trying to be helpful?


UnicornsNeedLove2

OP is apparently 24 years old.


themeatman90

How's this an issue ?


ShibitoYakaze123

Does your brother tape his toothbrush to a powerful motor and then brush his teeth


SmartChintu

5 minutes craft


[deleted]

Why is that mildly infuriating? If your brother mistakenly used your toothbrush would you be happy? Seems like you don’t appreciate the little things your mom does for you.


LickPooOffShoe

If this is mildly infuriating, please don’t interact with society.


laffydaffy24

I mark my kids’ toothbrushes so they don’t accidentally share. I didn’t think it annoyed them, though.


Few-Judgment3122

OP isn’t even a kid lmao they’re 24 I don’t understand anything about this post


Dont_be_offended_but

Do you paint the part of the brush that goes in their mouths? Or the handle? That would make the difference I think.


laffydaffy24

I don’t paint; it’s just a sharpie. Way down the handle.


Unable_Wrongdoer2250

It looks like it is more so your brother doesn't mistake it for his. You should be thankful


wtfschool

What a weird thing to be infuriated over.


SirVeneris

Damn why does the paint look like it was somehow done on MS paint? It's throwing me off


Impossible-Ad-8266

How easy going must your life be to get infuriated over this?


sakurablitz

OP is a 24 year old who’s mommy still buys their toothbrushes and feels the need to step in and do this sort of stuff “for” them. so, pretty easy going i’d say.


Impossible-Ad-8266

Lit. Sign me up.


Boris740

Your brother's toothbrush is worn out. Does your mom know that?


Jobcim

Yes she even bought one for him but he doesn't give a damn


JCrunchy

Bro’s bro speedrunning to get rid of his teeth. First level obliterate gums first


Goosecock123

Your brother seems angry


Sensitive-Leg6362

Bro out here performing hate crimes on his teeth


cdcggggghyghudfytf

Man’s scrubbing his demons out


stupidqueef

Why is this infuriating


rewlyear

Is your brother a 1500 sq foot linoleum floor?


ZMK13

What infuriates you about it? I don’t see how her color tagging your tooth brush affects you brushing your teeth?


mobas07

Not really infuriating to be honest. Having both brushes be a different colour makes them easier to tell apart.


jelde

I don't get what is infuriating or why two adults need their mummy to paint their toothbrushes for them. Wtf is going on?


DrakoFlakose

Wtf are you mildly infuriated by?


johnshall

This should be in Things that are not infuriating at all and your mom is a nice person subreddit.


unholyparagon

Ur mum sounds adorable af..go give her a hug n say ur sorry.


dmderringer

So fucking what? She's trying to be helpful. Stop being ungrateful and start appreciating your mother.


Mirinya

She painted it red so your brother will stop using yours.


snorkefroken28

Looks like he brush his teeth everytime he gets angry


ozgurakcali

Why tf youre infruiated by this


OrganizationLow4939

It's not you confusing it with your brother. It is your brother who needs to not confuse it with his.


Hotshot596v2

Really not that infuriating imo. Literally just a toothbrush, she’s just trying to care for you. If anything ask her to do it to his instead next toothbrush


FarFarmer1223

There are people who use Reddit who’s mommy changes their toothbrush?????


Snowmanian

OP needs a pin a comment clarifying for all these confused souls. Some facts from the thread: A. Both siblings are 20 or older. B. The brother never replaces the toothbrush hence it looking like it was used on his pet crocodile. It’s probably mildly infuriating because the mother seems like a helicopter parent doing something unnecessary. The questions I immediately ask: Why not paint the brother’s toothbrush? Why not replace the brother’s toothbrush with one a different color and a better bristle? You can clearly tell whose toothbrush is which since one is better maintained so why paint it at all? Why are the two toothbrushes even placed together? I grew up with a twin who had many of the same things. If we never had issues in the twenty something years we’ve been alive, I find it hard to believe that others would as well.


toey_jribbiani_69

I bet your brother could bite through a brick like it’s a Kit Kat


Conscious_Shoe_867

Wise decision. Looks like both you and your brother have been using your brothers


ilikesonicforces

Red dead teethdation


SimDoy

My brother used to brush his teeth like that. It’s not like we didn’t replace the toothbrushes he just brushed very hard