We’ll be heading up to Illinois today to visit our families and attend a wedding reception over the weekend. I’ll reply to comments when I can, but won’t be spending much time in front of the computer for the next five days.
In the meantime, some of you may be interested in the new drug reported in this news story:
As always, I say try the dietary route first, no matter what the doctor believes.
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Haha
I read about this a while ago the spoof drug created by the Onion news network and pfizer. Here is a quote from a poster I thought was funny.
FDA approved Despondex is now obsolete, with the rise to absolute power by Obama and the utterly corrupt Congressional democrats.
It is impossible to be in any way cheerful, as these criminals systematically destroy the US economy and American freedom.
Now you’ve done it … prepare yourself for some very un-cheerful replies.
I nearly lost bladder control when I watched this, it’s a good thing I’m taking a drug for that!
Hilarious! enjoy your trip.
I generally get the same effects of “Despondex” by not drinking my morning coffee. Though, I must admit, I’m for any drug that can cut theme & costume parties by 40%! I have some friends who could benefit from that specifically. You know who you are!!
My wife could use some Despondex in the morning. She wakes up all chipper and happy. I wake up hostile, then cheer up later.
I’m embarrassed that it took me nearly 10 seconds to realize that was from The Onion.
Tom, you are hilarious!
They’re hilarious. I just posted it after a reader sent me the link.
It’s from The Onion, a satirical website. This is not true, it’s supposed to be funny!
It is funny, partly because they adopted such a serious tone.
News from the Onion?
Indeed. Funny stuff.
Watched the video thinking, ‘this is a joke, there is no way this is real’. Google reveals it to be a story by The Onion. Phew, that’s alright then! You had me worried for a bit.
They do a great job of making their parodies look like the real deal. The doctor character was hilarious, so dead-pan serious.
Um… didn’t the Onion release this in Feb 2009?
Still, what would be nice if there was a pill you could swallow, that reduced sugar and carbohydrates from your body, and raised cholesterol… Nah, I’m being daft now. ;@)
Hope the wedding and family visits go well.
I’m sure it’s been out for awhile. A reader just sent me the link yesterday.
If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck, acts like a duck and tastes like a duck… then obviously it must be a horse.
Have a good trip Tom.
You do realize that the Onion is a satirical website? Please tell me you didn’t think this was serious.
Regards,
Joe Dokes
No, I knew it was a parody. The Onion does parody very well.
Is it just me, or is this over the top? Or a joke? Happiness/joyfulness/perkiness is a problem? I’d better get some of this right away–I’m way too happy. I’m probably annoying the heck out of my friends and family. Or I could just move away from the beach, start loading up on carbs again, and try get my old job back! That’d probably work just as well. Big Pharma is not satisfied treating genuine illnesses–they have to start making them up? First they got people who weren’t genuinely depressed to think they were and get antidepressants. Now they want to drug people who actually are too happy into being less happy? Never a dull moment!
It’s an Onion parody, all in fun.
Why take a pill in order to become depressed? Just go on a low-fat diet!
I thought their suggestion of corn syrup and white bread was a good one.
The real humour here is that if a drug like this was invented in the future I’m sure the FDA would approve it
and probably hype it up as a cure to over excited and over-chirpy disorder lol
That’s the trouble with parodies; sometimes reality catches up.
Enjoy your mini-vacation!
There JUST has to be a drug for everythjing.
I’m going to just deal with my chirpiness and leave the drugs out of it.
Not even April the 1st?
I may have discovered it late.
Have a great trip!
ROFLMAO! Ironic that an Obama Google ad pops up during the presentation.
The Onion is so funny, love it!
“My annoyingly chipper attitude” Haha!
Please tell me you know the Onion is a fake news site… otherwise, very funny ad by the Onion… I love their satire.
Yes, of course. I thought it was a perfect parody.
Isn’t it what Ritalin is all about?
I’m surprised no one commented on the natural”way to achieve the same results as Despondex : A diet of white bread and corn syrup and no exercise.
For the this is what we are up against file:
Doctors: Super Obese Children Should Be Taken From Parents
Doctor Admits Idea Is Extreme But Is Needed To Save Children’s Lives
http://www.wmtw.com/news/28542771/detail.html
Great. They’ll take the kids from their parents and put them a facility that’s required to serve the USDA diet.
I never thought to see if The Onion had a website with videos. I now know where some of my internet free-time is going to be spent.
And it was a very informative news programs, too. Now I know that a steady diet of corn syrup and white bread will cure a couple of my friends of their chipper attitudes. If that doesn’t work, I’ll recommend despondex!
Awesome! I also loved all the ‘breaking news’ info scrolling across the bottom of the screen…’naughty nightime nurses under investigation for elder abuse’…even if being too ‘chirpy’ was an actual medical condition I’d have a hard time believing the stuff at the bottom of the screen because it’s hilarious! Of course, headlines are sometimes pretty ludicrous these days. I actually had to scroll back a few times to catch it all! Thanks for the laughs, Tom! Have a fun and safe trip!
Wait…do I sound too chirpy with my excessive use of exclamation points??!! Maybe I’ve also got an excessive happiness problem!!
Drink some corn syrup and it will pass.
Many thanks for the laugh Tom. I’m with you… don’t bother talking to me first thing in the morning! I used to drive my neighbour to work with me in the morning — what a chatterbox AARGH! :-0
The video is worth watching a couple of time to make sure you read all the scrolling headlines and other on-screen information — hilarious
Cheers
Frank
Yes, this IS a parody. But do you remember “social anxiety disorder” (formerly known as shyness)? How about statin drugs? How about the fact that 80% of Americans believe that depression is the result of too little serotonin, despite 20+ year-old research conclusively demonstrating that that is NOT true?
Parody works when it contains a great deal of reality …
Thanks for the interlude. I hope the trip is a safe and enjoyable one.
“Parody works when it contains a great deal of reality …”
It’s funny because it’s true. ~ Homer Simpson
I did a spit take at the doc’s last comment!
But, you know, some drug company will start research on this. A new syndrome is a terrible thing to waste, and not having a drug for a condition is a condition wasted from a drug companies viewpoint.
It’s not at all outlandish and less harmful than many of the drugs they are pushing.