Medication? In this economy?
So I kind of wonder what would happen if a country just decided to ignore all patents and copyrights one day. Like just gathered all the intel they could on making all the medications out there, spin up a factory making their generic version then just only used those moving forward for their country. Maybe even selling it to other countries as well if there is demand. Clearly companies would be pissed because it would undercut their profits but what can they really do. Sueing them only works if the country cares to pay, and I don’t see many people wanting to go to war with another country because they brought the costs of medication down.
They’d have to get other governments to try to sanction them, but if my options were to sanction a country, or buy medications at a much lower price thereby bringing down healthcare costs and increasing access to healthcare for our population… Maybe enough countries would just let it go and other countries would join in on making their own ignoring the patents as well.
Many countries do that. Countries like India have limited patent protection. It’s why medications are so cheap there.
The “free market” was always a lie in America
Literally how the generic pharma industry works. Companies specialising in generics often push against the limits of IP and/or ignore them to bring cheap generics to market, and deal with lawsuits (or not) later. See Israel, India, and Switzerland.
You basically described China
You know, being neuro-stable(?) is becoming increasingly more difficult. I’m starting to more fully understand my neuro spicy brothers and sisters. The anxiety isn’t in your head. And I’m here for you.
Anxiety in my head: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable is going to happen and nobody will respond proportionally to keep you safe”
The fucking news: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable has happened for the 11th time this week, and 49% of the country is cheering for it”
The trick is learning you’re not important enough for things to happen to.
I mean, lot of the anxiety is in my head.
But not all of it, and that part just keeps growing! It’s going to outpace the internal anxiety soon!
being neuro-stable(?) is becoming increasingly more difficult
being neuro-stable is to have a clear plan of how you’re gonna live your life day-to-day for the next 50 years. that was possible in the (post-WW2) 20th century where people were just expected to have jobs and go to work day-to-day. There was no uncertainty in that scheme, so being mentally stable was significantly straightforward. Today, that scheme doesn’t work anymore as the job market is falling apart and people are uncertain how they’re gonna live their lifes.
Having such a detailed plan sounds neurodivergent as fuck.
Being stable can be as simple as being relatively centered while chaos ensues.
I don’t take any meds, do any recreational drugs, or drink caffeine. My horse, on the other hand, is very high.
That is such a good joke, props to you :P
palms some blotter paper and eats two bars of the most disgusting chocolate you can imagine
We have ways.
That show The Studio has a scene where a star eats some mushroom chocolate mistaking it for normal chocolate and I’m just wondering if Hollywood has better chocolates.
Is the secret money and attractiveness?
You can get pretty good, abd the best ive had was actually in LA. Rather; a train headed to (long story).
But the best mushroom chocolate I’ve had was ‘almost tastes like shitty chocolate’. Like i didnt gag while eating it. It was still obviously what it was.
Does it count if I just smoke weed?
Hell yeah.
I’m on several prescriptions and two of them are from my psychiatrist. So for me it’s not just the weed. And my response to it can be pretty strain-specific.
But god damn does it help a lot.
Does beer count?
Yes beer, and whisky
What about beer, whisky, taquila, vodka, rum, and whatever else the bargain mart has on sale?
This guy lifes
I self-medicate with caffeine and sugar. 👌
(It’s losing its effectiveness as i grow tolerant. Send halp)
This. I don’t think anyone is actually rawdogging life.
Does estrogen count or am I rawdogging it?
Only if your trans
Halp is on the way! He’s bringing Celsius
I had to stop when my heart almost exploded.
now I’m on antianxiety meds until I decide it’s not worth it to be alive anymore.
Secret ingredient is increasing caffeine from time to time.
Therapist suggested I speak to shrink about anxiety pills, I replied with “with everything going on, shouldn’t I be anxious?”
A non-dehabilitating amount, sure.
Right of course, shut up and take the pills, remain calm, everything will be just fine.
You have your copay, right?
Oh… lost your job huh, oof, thats rough.
: (
Well we have a debt based payment option available if you talk to the front desk!
us healthcare makes me angry every time i hear about it.
Oh, well I’m definitely not doing this right then
If you have the means I suggest working on that.
Only hypertension inducing, nothing that more pills can’t fix.
Anxiety is useful for when you need to react to something jumping out of the brush to kill you. Not so much for slow existential threats that take years to play out.
Does pot and alcohol count?
No. But for some, yes.
Self prescription
Self medication is the best kind
It’s called weed.
It’s the cheapest drug there is!
You don’t want no part of this shit!
It turns all the bad feelings into good feelings. It’s a nightmare!
Can’t afford a diagnosis for happy pills, can’t afford weed or alcohol. My last paycheck turned the power back on. I’m just happy out of spite.
If you can find an acid guy it’s just so much more bang for the buck with minimal health downsides and no physical addiction.
“Oh but your trips last so long”
Fucking and? Good. You get to get high and watch a whole season of nature documentaries.
How do you find this guy? I’ve been wanting to try acid for a long time.
My guy is a guy I went to college with so… Idk, take an upper level chemistry class lol
The Lego Movie isn’t bad.
If by some miracle one of the countless disasters we’ve teed ourselves up for don’t kill me, the stress of watching society repetitively and gleefully kick the can down the road definitely will.
Just stop caring.
No u
If I say that I don’t care would that be proof that I care enough to respond, making me a hypocrite? What should I do? No stop, I dont care, this is fine.
This is NOT fine!
Medication is too expensive. Booze is cheap.
Weed is cheaper.
Video games. There’s so many out there to play.
That’s the best way to not do anything real, if that’s what you want.
Ah yes, hobbies are fake and useless.
Are you trying to imply that being drugged up is considered “doing something?”
Hey now, I’d like to see where your Nintendoo Pac Man Donkey Kong skills translate to life skills. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over on that hill throwing rocks at trains.
/S
… decline of man
More so just the decline of america (I hope)
It is tbh at least the decline of the west. We (germans) are not far behind the U.S. even if there is a different rethoric around in our home. Social spendings are cut, investment into renewables is cut while weapons spending increases. The strongly xenophobic narrative of our far right is willingly taken over by our “moderates” all while ignoring our complicity in the horrors perpetrated against Palestine. If we had any shreds of decency (and thus imo hope for reform) left in our society our governments should be able to put at least the tiniest amount of pressure on the israeli government. Yet we do not. Instead i have to read on our “most neutral” (tagesschau) news source that while the atrocieties are not justifiable, it is ok to continue the support of israel with weapons like atomic submarines because those might not be used against Palestinians. I am not kidding you.
The decline of America is certainly very visible, but if you look at a lot of trends, we’re heading to a bad place. Climate catastrophe is coming for us, and with that, we have the rise of unrest in areas that are becoming more food insecure and/or are being disastered out, creating climate refugees. We’ve got an increase in bellicosity from rich powers trying to stake out claims while they still have time, and the billionaires are all building expensive bunkers…
The USA is but one country of many.
Lol. Lmao, even.
