Reminds me of that meme comic (NOT OFFICIAL) where Calvin is talking to Hobbes while doing his homework, says his parents are saying "the pills must be working," and both their imaginations are being dulled as to what else to do that day, Calvin tells him to be quiet so he can finish, Hobbes says no more, and the last panel is Hobbes as just a plush tiger doll, symbolizing that Calvin's imagination has been neutered by the "medication."
It was a really sad comic. Very Watterson-like. I'm glad it wasn't the real last comic, though.
As someone who used to be on Ritalin as a kid, it's completely true. It kills your imagination and turns you into just another drone.
Having done the SSRI “route” for a bit, I would honestly say that I believe that is the aim of most, if not all, such meds…
Because when the world and/or your life is messed up, “chemicals” aren’t going to correct for that. Nor for loneliness. Nor for boredom.
But they do turn you into a nice, numb, unquestioning slave, so there’s that, I guess…
Having said that, unmedicated (and undiagnosed) ADHD has probably ruined my life, and now it’s probably too late to get a diagnosis (in this country), so eh. I kind of wish there was a “happy median” between both extremes…
This is absolutely fucking insane.
At that age I was walking and riding my bicycle in our small town, alone or with friends.
Next step is killing the kid to test for rabies I guess.
Calvin & Hobbes was clearly Paleo-Conservative, Alt-Right, Child Endangerment
Reminds me of that meme comic (NOT OFFICIAL) where Calvin is talking to Hobbes while doing his homework, says his parents are saying "the pills must be working," and both their imaginations are being dulled as to what else to do that day, Calvin tells him to be quiet so he can finish, Hobbes says no more, and the last panel is Hobbes as just a plush tiger doll, symbolizing that Calvin's imagination has been neutered by the "medication."
It was a really sad comic. Very Watterson-like. I'm glad it wasn't the real last comic, though.
As someone who used to be on Ritalin as a kid, it's completely true. It kills your imagination and turns you into just another drone.
Having done the SSRI “route” for a bit, I would honestly say that I believe that is the aim of most, if not all, such meds…
Because when the world and/or your life is messed up, “chemicals” aren’t going to correct for that. Nor for loneliness. Nor for boredom.
But they do turn you into a nice, numb, unquestioning slave, so there’s that, I guess…
Having said that, unmedicated (and undiagnosed) ADHD has probably ruined my life, and now it’s probably too late to get a diagnosis (in this country), so eh. I kind of wish there was a “happy median” between both extremes…