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No. Amphetamine is the name of a chemical with both legal medicinal and illegal applications. I might agree with you if the app's name was "Meth" or some other

by nsajko 6y ago

No. Amphetamine is the name of a chemical with both legal medicinal and illegal applications. I might agree with you if the app's name was "Meth" or some other slang term for a stimulant drug associated with illegal use.

andai 6y ago
Another comment in this thread said the same thing, and someone replied saying "but I take meth to function (desoxyn)".
- rendall 6y ago
  The quote was "I use methamphetamine (desoxyn) to function!"
  - rendall 6y ago
    The exclamation point was in the original. I quoted it because "meth" is a slang term, but methamphetamine isn't
crazygringo 6y ago
The usage here (stay awake with amphetamines) clearly refers to the recreational illegal application of using it to stay up. Absolutely amphetamines have prescription medicinal applications including for chronic fatigue. Just like cocaine has applications such as a topical anaesthetic. But it's completely disingenous to suggest that the app is using the name "Amphetamine" as if it were under the context of a doctor's prescription. It's obviously in the recreational context of healthy people staying awake. And exactly the same as with "cocaine", when most people hear "amphetamines" they think of illegal drugs, not prescription ones.
- nsajko 6y ago
  Amphetamine is used for treating narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_hypersomnia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_hypersomnia
  - crazygringo 6y ago
    Of course. I just used chronic fatigue as one example, those are others. Regardless, my point stands: when the average person thinks of using amphetamines to stay awake, they're thinking primarily of the illegal context, not the prescription one.
    - rendall 6y ago
      > "when the average person thinks of using amphetamines to stay awake, they're thinking primarily of the illegal context, not the prescription one." Be careful when claiming knowledge of what "everybody" or "the average person" is thinking. You expose your own bias. It can come off as a weird self-own, as if you're saying that you use it that way so you can't conceive of innocent uses
      - crazygringo 6y ago
        I already am careful and I'm not exposing any bias, but thanks for checking. It comes across as a weird self-own that you assume I can't conceive of anything else. Especially since I already mentioned the medical uses multiple times. It's simply which usage/meaning is more common, not that the other doesn't exist. It's about frequency, not bias.
        rendall 6y ago
        No need to get prickly. But no need to explain again either. It's more common to you and your social circle, apparently, but [citation needed] for "the average" person. You're exposing a lot more about yourself and your lifestyle than you realize, evidently
        crazygringo 6y ago
        Oh I'm not prickly, ha -- where ever did you get that idea? I'm touched by your concern for me -- it's quite sweet -- but it's really not necessary. And I'm not at all concerned about "exposing" my lifestyle, what a hoot! Do you have a "citation" for the average person? If not, then I really don't know what you're arguing about.

by nsajko 6y ago

andai 6y ago

Another comment in this thread said the same thing, and someone replied saying "but I take meth to function (desoxyn)".

rendall 6y ago
The quote was "I use methamphetamine (desoxyn) to function!"
- rendall 6y ago
  The exclamation point was in the original. I quoted it because "meth" is a slang term, but methamphetamine isn't

crazygringo 6y ago

The usage here (stay awake with amphetamines) clearly refers to the recreational illegal application of using it to stay up. Absolutely amphetamines have prescription medicinal applications including for chronic fatigue. Just like cocaine has applications such as a topical anaesthetic. But it's completely disingenous to suggest that the app is using the name "Amphetamine" as if it were under the context of a doctor's prescription. It's obviously in the recreational context of healthy people staying awake. And exactly the same as with "cocaine", when most people hear "amphetamines" they think of illegal drugs, not prescription ones.

nsajko 6y ago
Amphetamine is used for treating narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_hypersomnia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_hypersomnia
- crazygringo 6y ago
  Of course. I just used chronic fatigue as one example, those are others. Regardless, my point stands: when the average person thinks of using amphetamines to stay awake, they're thinking primarily of the illegal context, not the prescription one.
  - rendall 6y ago
    > "when the average person thinks of using amphetamines to stay awake, they're thinking primarily of the illegal context, not the prescription one." Be careful when claiming knowledge of what "everybody" or "the average person" is thinking. You expose your own bias. It can come off as a weird self-own, as if you're saying that you use it that way so you can't conceive of innocent uses
    - crazygringo 6y ago
      I already am careful and I'm not exposing any bias, but thanks for checking. It comes across as a weird self-own that you assume I can't conceive of anything else. Especially since I already mentioned the medical uses multiple times. It's simply which usage/meaning is more common, not that the other doesn't exist. It's about frequency, not bias.
      - rendall 6y ago
        No need to get prickly. But no need to explain again either. It's more common to you and your social circle, apparently, but [citation needed] for "the average" person. You're exposing a lot more about yourself and your lifestyle than you realize, evidently
        crazygringo 6y ago
        Oh I'm not prickly, ha -- where ever did you get that idea? I'm touched by your concern for me -- it's quite sweet -- but it's really not necessary. And I'm not at all concerned about "exposing" my lifestyle, what a hoot! Do you have a "citation" for the average person? If not, then I really don't know what you're arguing about.