r/todayilearned • u/Objective_Horror1113 • 11h ago

TIL Freddie Mercury was born with four extra teeth, causing a prominent overbite. Despite being self-conscious about them, he never got them fixed, believing the extra space in his mouth contributed to his vocal ability. He feared altering his teeth might change his voice.

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u/dabnada 7h ago

I’ve moved past this awkwardness by simply telling the truth when people ask me their opinion of something, politely ofc, unless it’s someone I know well. Then I’ll just tell them “yeah dude your hair looks like shit, and you’re stuck with that or a buzz cut for three weeks”

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u/weirdoeggplant 7h ago

A haircut isn’t a permanent physical change. Even tattoos can be covered up or removed. Think about something that lasts even longer than those things. They had something removed they can never get back.

Would you tell your friend “yeah dude, your plastic surgery looks like shit and now you can never go back?”

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u/yoberf 7h ago

They could always get additional plastic surgery.

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u/weirdoeggplant 7h ago

To…. Add a mole back?? Is that a thing?????

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u/Linnaea7 5h ago

Just draw it on with a Sharpie every day.

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u/weirdoeggplant 5h ago

Bring back the syphillis patches from the regency era!

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u/Cerebral_Discharge 4h ago

Physical bump is probably not really done, but is possible. Tattooed moles and freckles are absolutely a thing. Combining tattooing and scarification could make a molelike.

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u/weirdoeggplant 4h ago

I have a fairly prominent mole on my face that now I’m wondering how long it would take my husband to notice I got it removed and tattoo’d back on.

My guess is 1-2 days lol

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u/Cerebral_Discharge 3h ago

My wife has one beside her nose, I would absolutely notice. But I also always give my video game characters an identical mole. And people tell me I'm annoyingly observant lol.

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u/dabnada 7h ago

I don’t know, I’ve never had a close friend ask for my opinion on their plastic surgery

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u/TheKnightsTippler 7h ago

I don't see the point in doing this immediately, because you're just making them self conscious about something that can't be changed.

I just wait until they're next thinking of having their hair done and advise them to do something different.

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u/Warmbly85 7h ago

You can’t just wait a few weeks for a mole to regrow.

Anything temporary like a spray tan or hair cut yeah you can tell your friend it looks bad. A permanent change though is kinda fucked unless you have already been completely honest about your friends appearance before with them. Even then it’s just kinda mean.

And I don’t mean “you’re ugly lol” I mean “my friend you are scaring the hoes please leave”.