930: Tooth Hurty, Gen Z Stare, & Mind Blanking
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
We're obsessing about teeth today (more than usual)! Hear why Susie thinks she got confirmation that wisdom teeth removal is done too frequently, and why she and Gen Z finally have something in common. We discuss the viral accusation of "Gen Z stare," and theorize why it's happening. We learn about a study done on persuasion that made a bunch of people furious on Reddit. We get an update on the Grandma Scam that Susie experienced a few years ago. We talk about "mind blanking," and find out who is more likely to go into this unconscious state, what the brain is doing when we are thoughtless, and why it happens. And let's just say we have some idea of which gender this happens to more frequently. Plus, we hear about a woman who does the work of the Tooth Fairy, and we decide the whole ritual is just a byproduct of capitalism and consumerism.
13:52 - The "Gen Z Stare" is is what many people are labeling this blank look of confusion.
21:33 - Could an AI chatbot change your mind? People on Reddit are pissed it changed theirs.
34:41 - What are men thinking about? Have you ever experienced a completely blank mind?
44:38 - Do you really have to get your wisdom teeth taken out? Or is it a dental conspiracy?
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| 0:00.0 | Brain Candy! |
| 0:06.0 | Episode 930, Sarah. |
| 0:08.6 | Yes. |
| 0:10.0 | One 30. |
| 0:11.7 | One 30. |
| 0:13.6 | Link, let's go to the dentist today. |
| 0:15.3 | Oh, God, I got to go. |
| 0:16.3 | And he was, like, kind of in a bad mood about it. |
| 0:18.3 | And he goes, and I have to go to a dentist and the appointment |
| 0:22.1 | isn't even at 2.30. He is your son. I will only schedule my appointments for that time. |
| 0:34.4 | Do you ask for it? I'm, I will be doing that. That is, Jesus Christ, I need to make a note. |
| 0:40.3 | Quick. |
| 0:41.3 | See, this is where I wish we had, like, a producer who, like, was on with us, where I could be |
| 0:45.3 | like, hey, take this note. |
| 0:48.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.3 | Speaking of dentists, for the first time in my life, I had scheduled a follow-up appointment. |
| 1:02.4 | I was, you know, I don't think I've lived in the same place for more than... |
| 1:07.2 | How was the first time in your life? |
| 1:09.2 | I might, like, for real. It might be the first time where I've gone to a follow-up appointment, |
| 1:15.2 | where I've actually booked the next appointment while I was there, maybe the second. |
| 1:19.3 | But we'll say, this isn't something that happens for you. |
| 1:23.1 | It's not a regular occurrence. |
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