TET: May - Mexico, Mothers, Memorials

[Yagon]

That is a good point.

Or just the general storyline.

First stage:
Person has ZZZ.
Everyone hates Person because of ZZZ.
ZZZ ruins Person's life.
Voiceover lists everything wrong with your life when you have ZZZ.

Second stage:
Person finds miracle treatment for ZZZ.
Person tests miracle treatment.
Voiceover explains what miracle treatment will do for Person.

Third stage:
Person is happy.
ZZZ isn't ruining Person's life anymore.
Person is doing everything that you wish you could do because Person is healthy.
Voiceover explains side effects.

*Person is playing with a dog*
"If you experience depression, new or worsening suicidal thoughts, cancer, inability to breathe, or heart attacks..."

In my country, medicine isn't for making people healthy, it's for making money.

Same with education, care of the elderly, the military, and at a surprisingly low price point, politics. All for money.

We made money god here. Maybe everywhere, I dunno....

[Pax Nerdvana]

I love how they go "if you or a loved one has been exposed to xyz and has suffered from cancer, death, or disease, they may be eligible for compensation." How can you be compensated if you're dead?

That is a good point.

Or just the general storyline.

First stage:
Person has ZZZ.
Everyone hates Person because of ZZZ.
ZZZ ruins Person's life.
Voiceover lists everything wrong with your life when you have ZZZ.

Second stage:
Person finds miracle treatment for ZZZ.
Person tests miracle treatment.
Voiceover explains what miracle treatment will do for Person.

Third stage:
Person is happy.
ZZZ isn't ruining Person's life anymore.
Person is doing everything that you wish you could do because Person is healthy.
Voiceover explains side effects.

*Person is playing with a dog*
"If you experience depression, new or worsening suicidal thoughts, cancer, inability to breathe, or heart attacks..."

That's how they go. Coke commercials are weird, as are Chevy commercials, Tide commercials, and every other commercial.

[Geneviev]

That is a good point.

Or just the general storyline.

First stage:
Person has ZZZ.
Everyone hates Person because of ZZZ.
ZZZ ruins Person's life.
Voiceover lists everything wrong with your life when you have ZZZ.

Second stage:
Person finds miracle treatment for ZZZ.
Person tests miracle treatment.
Voiceover explains what miracle treatment will do for Person.

Third stage:
Person is happy.
ZZZ isn't ruining Person's life anymore.
Person is doing everything that you wish you could do because Person is healthy.
Voiceover explains side effects.

*Person is playing with a dog*
"If you experience depression, new or worsening suicidal thoughts, cancer, inability to breathe, or heart attacks..."

In my country, medicine isn't for making people healthy, it's for making money.

Same with education, care of the elderly, the military, and at a surprisingly low price point, politics. All for money.

We made money god here. Maybe everywhere, I dunno....

Medical commercials don't even exist in Germany. Seeing them will always be a culture shock.

[Pax Nerdvana]

In my country, medicine isn't for making people healthy, it's for making money.

Same with education, care of the elderly, the military, and at a surprisingly low price point, politics. All for money.

We made money god here. Maybe everywhere, I dunno....

Medical commercials don't even exist in Germany. Seeing them will always be a culture shock.

Lucky. Us Americans have to deal with that crap all the time.

[Geneviev]

Medical commercials don't even exist in Germany. Seeing them will always be a culture shock.

Lucky. Us Americans have to deal with that crap all the time.

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

[Yagon]

Lucky. Us Americans have to deal with that crap all the time.

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Lucky. Us Americans have to deal with that crap all the time.

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

It's possible, considering how gullible people are.
G'night TET. I need to recharge my batteries.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

That doesn't surprise me, tbh.

[Geneviev]

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

Oh my ... That is ridiculous. I'm sorry, but it is.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

Oh my ... That is ridiculous. I'm sorry, but it is.

That is how people work.

[Yagon]

Oh my ... That is ridiculous. I'm sorry, but it is.

That is how people work.

Yeah, it's probably making us look bad to the extraterrestrials.

[Luziyca]

Do people even ever follow those? Does any American ever go to their doctor and say "I heard of a miracle medication for my Fibromyalgia, can you prescribe it to me?"

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

No wonder why the antibiotic apocalypse is upon us. They spend more on marketing than R&D.

[Yagon]

Sometimes we're so conditioned to marketing, and they often target people in pain, people already in a state of need. It brings in enough that I read somewhere once (someone smarter can link it) that 8 out of 9 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing then on R&D.

No wonder why the antibiotic apocalypse is upon us. They spend more on marketing than R&D.

I know. It's going to be a shitty scorecard for us in the end of Sim Species if our grand ending was being too dumb to beat the microbes.

[Ameriganastan]

Hot diddly damn. Isle Of Dogs is coming to my movie theater. A Quiet Place can screw off, cause I'm going to see that.

[Yagon]

Hot diddly damn. Isle Of Dogs is coming to my movie theater. A Quiet Place can screw off, cause I'm going to see that.

Isle of Dogs does look all the way good.

[Ameriganastan]

Hot diddly damn. Isle Of Dogs is coming to my movie theater. A Quiet Place can screw off, cause I'm going to see that.

Isle of Dogs does look all the way good.

Course it does. It's a Wes Anderson movie. Guy can't make a bad flick...except The Darjeeling Limited...but that was a fluke.

[Yagon]

Isle of Dogs does look all the way good.

Course it does. It's a Wes Anderson movie. Guy can't make a bad flick...except The Darjeeling Limited...but that was a fluke.

I found scenes I liked. It didn't hit me like Royal, but I did get a copy.

[Luziyca]

No wonder why the antibiotic apocalypse is upon us. They spend more on marketing than R&D.

I know. It's going to be a shitty scorecard for us in the end of Sim Species if our grand ending was being too dumb to beat the microbes.

Indeed.

Though to be fair, the guy controlling us is a massive dick. Like, he makes us get all the sims in our own simulations into a pool and then just remove the ladders so there is no escape...

[Geneviev]

That is how people work.

Yeah, it's probably making us look bad to the extraterrestrials.

I'll have to report back to the MCC in Mars City that humans are still not prepared for long-term cooperation with the Martian Military Alliance.

[Sapnu puas]

How was everyone’s Friday the 13th?

[Roberto Luongo]

How was everyone’s Friday the 13th?

Good.

[Albrenia]

How was everyone’s Friday the 13th?

Surprisingly little being chopped up at Summer Camp. So, all in all, a success.

[Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft]

For some reason, I've got an annoying pimple on my ear right next to the ear canal. It's making it uncomfortable to wear headphones

[Dogmeat]

How was everyone’s Friday the 13th?

Surprisingly little being chopped up at Summer Camp. So, all in all, a success.

Not to sound bitter, but it snowed 15 inches today.

[Albrenia]

Surprisingly little being chopped up at Summer Camp. So, all in all, a success.

Not to sound bitter, but it snowed 15 inches today.

A good portion of the area near where I live was on fire today. Fire and Ice - coincidence? I think not.