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I've always thought it would be wonderful if everyone were forced to wear colorful patches for all the medication and legal/illegal substances they are taking t
by aNoob7000 5y ago
I've always thought it would be wonderful if everyone were forced to wear colorful patches for all the medication and legal/illegal substances they are taking to cope with life and illness.
This way we could look at our athletes, business leaders, politicians, friends, and everyone else and see all the things they consume to get things done.
- wpasc 5y agoWe could attempt to foster a culture where people feel free to share their experiences, difficulties, and tools that help them meet their challenges. Forced to wear colorful patches for medications? I have a couple of points of disagreement..
- cacozen 5y agoWhy stop there? Let’s force people to sit on different places or use different doors based on arbitrary shit we come up with. Oh look, you just invented apartheid again!
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoThe book Martians, Go Home [1] explores this dilemma via a similar mechanism: Little omniscient alien tricksters who spill everyone's secrets and embarrasments. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martians,_Go_Home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martians,_Go_Home
- kayodelycaon 5y agoI'd rather not be outed as bipolar to the entire world. Every time you see bipolar people in media, it is not good. Things go a lot better if people get to know me as me before they find out just how much I struggle with day to day. I don't want to be defined by my illness.
- mthoms 5y agoIn regards to legal medications, how would the information those "patches" convey be useful without any context?
- exolymph 5y agoCounterpoint: no
- ramesh31 5y ago"All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects."