Sat 31 Jan 2009
A New Epidemic
Posted by echan76 under Comedy
mirandaburne asked:
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LMAO this parody is so funny
by the way, i have Tight Pants Syndrome! xD
I’ll be honest with you guys, this has left me feeling a little annoyed.
This hoax basically ridicules people who DO have motivational issues - implying that they’re simply “lazy” - ultimately disregarding the fact that their situation may be caused by legitimate mental disorders.
The third result on the Google search should be a link to a BMJ article (in PDF format) commenting on the april fool, and apologizing to everyone who was taken in by it.
Right.
It’s time to put an end to this once and for all -
Enter “motivational defiency hoax” (without quotes) into Google. The first result should be titled “Red faces all round after disease hoax…” - Read that.
The source of the hoax was an article posted in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) - and it’s since been confirmed that the article was in fact an april fool joke.
Restless Leg Syndrome is very real massoon, and who are you to say it isn’t?
can you say: “conflict of interest”!!!!
PLEASE…
its a pathetic attempt by big pharma to lure more people into taking adverse reaction drugs,,,
I am just wondering if Prof Leth argos went to the same medical school as that eminent Irish professor Dr A Pat Etic??
sarcasm lost. wow.
this is an even bigger joke that restless leg syndrome…
Er, didnt you read their comment? the film was made by doctors including a Neurologist.
I expect that you are an ‘astroturfer’ (fake grass roots) whose job is to promote phamaceutical company interests, but its not washing with us who have extensive experience with disease and medications.
The pharma industry is corrupted by the money it seeks, and has no morals, and needs a serious spotlight put on it.
I understand that you feel you are acting out of concern for exploitation. But I still maintain you are acting out of ignorance. Experienced physicians who understand brain-based deficits should be concerned that millions of people in the US alone — not to mention the rest of the world — are being judged as lazy when in fact they lack brain-based motivation. And they’d not feed into the anti-psychiatry/anti-medication trend. We need education, not more dumbing-down, especially in Australia.
Without the typos this time!
We were not referring to ADHD in this video. There are definitely many people who suffer from that condition and benefit from treatment. This parody was to show how drug companies can sometimes play on fear of illness to sell drugs. This video was not made out of ignorance but out of concern for exploitation of individuals. I am a physician with over 30 years practice and the ‘actor’ who plays Leth Argos in the video is a very experienced Neurologist
Thnaks for the comment. We were not referrring to ADHD in this video. There are definitely many people who suffer from that condition and benefit from treatment. This parody was to show how drug companies can sometimes play on fear of illness to seel drugs. This video was not made out of ignorance but out of concern for exploitation. I am a physyician with over 30 years practice an the ‘actor’ who plays Leth Argos in the video is a very experienced Neurolologist in a large teaching hospital
Then if that was your MOTIVATION, you are uninformed. You just don’t get it. So, the next time you want to spoof neuroscience, why don’t you bother to learn something about it. It’s not about profit. It’s not about the money trail. People would not take these medications — in growing numbers– if they did not elevate their lives. If you had an ounce of compassion, you would have learned that already. But it’s so much easier to spoof, and in so doing, just broadcast your own ignorance.
Oh geez, as if mankind is the paragon of mental health?
Why do you think there are such troubles in the world — and have been for eons? It all starts in the brain. And healing brain disorders is the only path to a brighter future. It’s not NORMAL to want to engage in conflict all the time. It’s not NORMAL to be lazy; the human nature is to be engaged and interested.
Exactly right, Tom.
Is this how brain disorders are treated in Australia? Wait, I think I know the answer to that. The people I know with ADHD in Australia are stuck with 50-year-old medications like Dexedrine, which often do more harm than good.
Too bad, because these medications actually help with motivation. It’s the 21st Century, folks. If you don’t want to progress, go live in a cave and leave modern society behind.
I’m not sure why this is amusing. There are, in fact, brain disorders that inhibit motivation. People who have these disorders might have the best of intentions but can’t drum up the motivation to act upon them. YES, MOTIVATION IS A FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN.
We should all be glad that there are new explanations for behaviors previously described as “lazy.”
This video isn’t funny. It’s a throwback to the dinosaur days.
Talysin: You’re way too young to have even half a clue what you’re talking about so I strongly suggest you STFU!
Organic foods may be a lot more harmful than non organic foods, actually.
Idiot.
I totally 100% agree with you! Regulate all of mankind with a little pill for everything that the system wants us to believe we ought to be doing. First to go would be th manipulate all of mankined to become just slaves to the system that
I suffer from this shit too…
Comical and amusing!
I’m even more motivated to speak out against the excesses of modern medicine and the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs than ever!
(200,000 Americans die every year as a side effect of pharmaceutical drugs; 106,000 of them are hospital inpatients. Those figures are from peer-reviewed medical journals.)
People can own their own health. Eat a healthy diet w/ lots of organic fruits and vegetables; stretch, jog, lift weights. And treat yourself and others with respect! You can!
Professor Leth Argos! Hah!
im just lazy (:
wtf why is this under comedy?….this should be under bull shit! well maybe they should make a drug that makes a kid want to go to school and call the disease… dumb to smart kid disorder …goodness a disease for every little single thing! CRAZY!