tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7087086952331522630..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Snake oil, Geritol, and Enzyte agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-14465253362448422972013-02-03T19:25:31.946-05:002013-02-03T19:25:31.946-05:00Have you seen "Shutter Island" which is ...Have you seen "Shutter Island" which is set in the 1950s? <br /><br />The protagonist thinks the government experiments on the mentally ill, that the men in white are not to be trusted. That the drugs that they give you are bad. <br /><br />In the conclusion of the movie, it's revealed that the protagonist is paranoid and mentally ill, that the doctors are the good guys. <br /><br />When the protagonist's wife exhibited signs of mental illness by setting fire to their city apartment, he just moved her to the country, and then she drowned the children. He didn't seek professional help immediately and so holds himself responsible for the death of his children. <br /><br />The iron-clad confidence of the Ben Kinsley character and the patronizing attitude of the Mark Ruffalo character at the end of the movie is actually really off-putting. <br /><br />---<br /><br />The ironic thing is, the drug that's mentioned in the movie that the protagonist been taking is pretty dangerous. And anti-psychotic drugs can make people kill themselves. <br /><br />asnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4686682351594148102013-01-10T09:25:49.849-05:002013-01-10T09:25:49.849-05:00Another example from the 1950s pop culture: In A F...Another example from the 1950s pop culture: In A Face in the Crowd, the huckster Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) makes his bones on TV by promoting "Vitagex," a pep pill.Aaron Haspelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527492171280066397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3262555869416882342013-01-10T05:04:17.120-05:002013-01-10T05:04:17.120-05:00"
This paper claims that penicillin treating ..."<br />This paper claims that penicillin treating syphilis caused the sexual revolution to start in the mid-to-late 50s, rather than contraception"<br /><br />I doubt it. I don't think STDs are a serious limit to sexual behavior. For instance, the AIDs epidemic broke out in the early 80s - yet people got more and more promiscuous as the decade dragged on, reaching an apex in the late 80s/early 90s. Furthermore, AIDs is not nearly as prevalent nowadays, yet people also report less sexual partners(average of 4, last time I checked).<br /><br />Also, contraception use is more acceptable and widespread now than in the 60s-80s. Its encouraged in schools and federally funded. yet, once again, promiscuity has gone down. <br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-33248317703106775772013-01-10T01:50:19.562-05:002013-01-10T01:50:19.562-05:00Well there were lots of old people in the '80s...Well there were lots of old people in the '80s, but there were no lifestyle drug commercials aimed at them. It's not just a matter of degree, it's a case of presence/absence.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-87874629773680174012013-01-09T21:56:01.387-05:002013-01-09T21:56:01.387-05:00I would have thought an aging population resulted ...I would have thought an aging population resulted in more drug commercials. They are especially prevalent for news programs.<br /><br /><a href="http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~afranc5/Wages%20of%20Sin.pdf" rel="nofollow">This paper</a> claims that penicillin treating syphilis caused the sexual revolution to start in the mid-to-late 50s, rather than contraception. Gonorreah, the illegitimate birth rate and teen birth rate are all argued to sync better with the decline of syphilis.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21051876569251077102013-01-09T19:41:23.181-05:002013-01-09T19:41:23.181-05:00Speak of the devil, but today I saw the movie &quo...Speak of the devil, but today I saw the movie "Silver Linings". In one scene, the two love interests give a long list of all the prescription drugs they've done, and compare notes: Trazodone, xanax, clonipil, etc. The characters were both supposed to be mental cases, but still. It reminded me how striking is the variety of drugs offered to the public.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-46724252042296271662013-01-09T15:35:11.643-05:002013-01-09T15:35:11.643-05:00Until fairly recent years it wasn't legal to a...Until fairly recent years it wasn't legal to advertise prescription drugs to consumers.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-30177742728969658442013-01-09T11:05:45.352-05:002013-01-09T11:05:45.352-05:00I've only seen isolated events spring from a c...I've only seen isolated events spring from a conspiracy. If it's an enduring, broad-based phenomenon, then it's coming from the grass-roots.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66033381482131740822013-01-08T18:06:27.174-05:002013-01-08T18:06:27.174-05:00Do you believe that falling-crime times are the re...Do you believe that falling-crime times are the result of a conspiracy or power grab? <br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com