00:00 Flossing is bulls**t.
00:03 I don't believe that.
00:05 Since 1979, the US government has recommended that we floss.
00:09 That you floss, that I floss, that everyone flosses.
00:12 To the health of their gums and their teeth.
00:13 Now the Associated Press wanted some evidence
00:15 that this was all worth it at all,
00:18 and the Department of Health and Human Services
00:20 did a little look-see into the numbers,
00:23 the evidence, the proof, and they came back with nothing.
00:27 There's never been sufficient evidence
00:29 to suggest that flossing does anything.
00:31 They looked at 25 different studies
00:33 and found the evidence weak, very unreliable,
00:36 and of very low quality.
00:38 As a result, flossing has been removed
00:40 from federal guidelines this year.
00:42 There's even some evidence that flossing can be bad for you.
00:44 That some people damage their gums with it,
00:47 or that they release bad bacteria into their bloodstreams.
00:50 I don't buy it.
00:51 If you got some lame-ass loose fangs, fine, stop flossing.
00:56 For those of us who's got Ferraris in here,
00:58 it takes a little more maintenance, okay?
01:00 Take your Honda Civic teeth and enjoy your life.
01:03 Some of us gotta floss.
01:04 DNews called BS on this two years ago.
01:08 Run the clip.
01:09 - Flossing is totally a scam.
01:10 - All right, let's look at some tweets.
01:12 Chelsea Peretti says, "Common sense tells me
01:15 "floss is wonderful and crucial to avoiding cheese teeth."
01:18 I agree with you.
01:20 MysticalGod666, "Considering I've lied to my dentist
01:24 "telling them I floss every day and they always believe me,
01:27 "I'm not surprised."
01:28 That's a good feeling.
01:29 Oh yeah, well, you can tell.
01:32 You got beautiful teeth in there.
01:33 Mad Molecule says, "It's a conspiracy by big floss."
01:38 Wake up, sheeple!
01:39 You know what this is?
01:40 It's just a way to get them to allow the government
01:43 to put more fluoride in the water.
01:45 Wake up.
01:46 Amanda Katz says, "Study, you don't need shampoo
01:49 "or mammograms or dental floss or possessions or love."
01:52 Okay, Amanda.
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