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Originally Posted by ken0042
Maybe a soft question like asking them something like:
"Hey- I was listening to the radio and I was wondering if you know anybody who has tried those sedation dentistry places."
If you act as if you are considering them but are asking for feedback, you may get the answer as to why they don't go to the dentist.
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Nope, wrong. This stuff never works with adults. No matter how much you think you can outwit someone into "subtle/manipulative" ways of mentioning something it doesn't actually ever come off that way. Even if they're too kind/passive to tell you that they know what you're saying.
The guy has bad teeth, he'll know the first second Sliver mentions bad teeth what he's actually saying, if Sliver is trying to bring it up in some clever "I'm wondering about sedation dentistry (despite Sliver...I'm assuming having great teeth) way. Not everyone is a mensa candidate but the problem with intelligent people is not understanding that the difference between a really smart adult and a less smart adult is not that significant in terms of basic social cues/conversation (In fact a lot of smarter/richer (aka more
successful) people actually really struggle with social conventions/conversation/picking up on social cues/manipulative attempts etc) .
If you're going to say what you want to say, just be an adult and say it fully, and in private. Somebody with really bad teeth being asked if they've considered anything to do with teeth because the person asking was "thinking of it themselves" is like trying that on a child. And even most children would know what's happening.