App-connected toothbrushes bring new privacy concerns to the bathroom.
  • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    66·
    3 months ago

    One of the rare cases where this is a serious option: just don’t buy it. People say that for phones that spy on you, but that’s ridiculous because that is quite hard for some people. This is not. Use a regular toothbrush. Duck tape a vibrator motor to the handle if you really feel like that helps. You don’t need the ai, and it is unlikely that you will only ever be able to buy ai toothbrushes.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    64·
    3 months ago

    Lol i named myself “AI Toothbrush” on a bunch of platforms way back in like 2018 before all the ai shit and its kinda coming back at me.

    • S13Ni@lemmy.studio
      10·
      3 months ago

      Not for long with the GoonMaxxer T-1000, the ultimate AI regulated motorized jerk off solutions to increase your gooning productivity!

      • Turious@leaf.danceEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        I’m not an adventurous person. I haven’t been to a sex shop at home in decades so I don’t keep up with what’s available out there. But on vacation in Tokyo in 2023, I was at a four story sex shop in Akihabara. The top floor is exclusive to men, no women allowed up there. There are all sorts of fuck dolls and the more intense, expensive dude stuff up there.

        Now, what I was not mentally prepared for was the glass display case. I don’t remember much about what else was in the case but the thing that caught my eye was what I can only call “The Device.”

        The Device was a very inelegant metal machine that in any other context I would have assumed was some kind of kitchenware. But it had a nozzle on the end and it was incredibly obvious what The Device was there to do. This was not a nice machine, it was a tool with one purpose. I imagine it was incredibly good at that, too.

        I was tight on cash for that trip and this thing was listed at 45,000 yen, which was about $375 at the time. I joked with my friends that it would be well worth it. It would have been difficult to get home due to size and I imagine heft. I would have taken The Device back to our rental house and let it suck the soul out of my body. I would have died on that trip and would have had no regrets.

        I went back to the same store earlier this year and the glass case had other things in it, The Device nowhere to be found. Someone bought it, took it home, and was claimed by its power. The shelves of the top floors of that shop are now sleek looking plastic and silicon jerk machines that look very user friendly; exactly what you’d expect from a sex toy. But they are probably nothing compared to The Device.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      No, the DRM prevents you. You’ll need to subscribe to the premium toothbrush package.

  • ramenu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    Jokes aside, what practical purpose does this actually serve…?

  • harsh3466@lemmy.ml
    18·
    3 months ago

    Hahaha. Not for my fucking teeth. I’ll use a wire brush before I use a fucking AI toothbrush.

  • Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    15·
    3 months ago

    I just have an electric toothbrush that stays on for 2 mins and pulses every 30 sec to let me know to switch to a different “quarter” of my teeth. That’s literally all the smarter it needs to be. Why the fuck is AI being added.

  • andreas@lemmy.kfed.org
    5·
    3 months ago

    this ‘AI’ all the things stuff really reminds me of the ‘smart’ all the things trend from a few years back… sooner or later people will realize exactly what should and should not be connected like this… like ‘smart/ai’ rice cookers and washing machines… and toothbrushes… like WHY??

      • EtherWhack@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        That’s sorta my point.

        IIRC, the 2 minutes is the bare-minimum, and intended for someone with perfect teeth and technique. Now most people (ones who aren’t perfect) use the toothbrush, their common reaction to the timer completing is they are done brushing. They don’t realize that they were likely rushing to keep up with the timer and ignoring different plaque hot spots.

        I personally have a couple crowns that my previous dentist screwed up on and mis-sized the base, leaving a ledge where food and plaque get stuck in. If I don’t spend extra time around them, tatar will form like a madman. (Same issue with my lingual bar before I had it removed)

        I’m alright with a timer to help keep rhythm and let you know when you hit the minimum, but don’t make it integral to using the damn brush and turn it off when it hits zero.