MeFi post: L’shloshet yamin: “In three days you will know that evil will be defeated by justice”

I like the Kirk vs Picard comparison. There definitely is a sad, obsessive-fan-geek quality to religious belief. At least the Trekkies aren't killing us and each other over their fantasies. Give it a few decades, though.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 11:54 PM on July 5, 2008

MeFi post: Back-to-school in diapers

I wear a diaper at work. But I'm an astronaut.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 10:32 PM on July 5, 2008

MeFi post: A new jug ships clean

When I was a kid, milk wasn't so easy to come by. Mom would have to get pregnant and then lactate into a glass. Uphill. Both ways.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 10:22 PM on July 5, 2008

MeFi post: More idiocy from the British Home Office

The subtlest poisons are the best. We sip a little at a time, thinking "something's off" but never questioning it enough. Some even come to savor that bitter taste. Some think they're better off because of it.

In the end, we'll all be dead or close enough.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 3:56 PM on May 26, 2008

We kill people in foreign countries and then we fear the outraged survivors.

Who among you is too stupid to see the connection?
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 5:23 PM on May 26, 2008

MeFi post: Well, they're great big brown pills, and they look like M&Ms. They don't melt in your mouth, and they won't melt in your hand.

As someone who was a tad misled about (and a tad overeager to take) prescription drugs, I give this three slightly blurry but furiously barking thumbs up.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 4:24 PM on May 26, 2008

MeFi post: Multiple SIDosis

My favorite is in the beginning when he played the part of his wife.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 5:51 PM on April 8, 2008

MeFi post: Prozac doesn't work better than placebo

I've used Paxil and now Effexor. Paxil had some side-effects I didn't like. But placebo-effect or not, they both have made a pronounced, positive change in my mood. When I don't take them, everyone can tell, sometimes before I can.

I would bet that a large number of people prescribed antidepressants have short-term depression (or anger or anxiety). These people don't need to be on antidepressants. If any drug, maybe Xanax or maybe a glass of wine. Most people are... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 12:25 PM on February 26, 2008

For most people, depression goes away on it's own: the situation improves or you learn to live with the situation. If the problem isn't permanently screwed up brain chemistry, focusing on the brain chemistry might be counterproductive for these people. I'm glad this is being made public.

I'm probably belaboring this, so I'll shut up now.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 12:34 PM on February 26, 2008

Mind Hacks has a nice summary of this topic.

BTW, the Mind Hacks book is also great, as is the site.
posted to MetaFilter by muzzlecough at 1:49 PM on February 26, 2008