Comment by CPLX
16 days ago
The shocking changes to the culture over the last 20 years start to make a lot more sense when you realize someone decided to flood the society with mass quantities of prescription Amphetamines.
16 days ago
The shocking changes to the culture over the last 20 years start to make a lot more sense when you realize someone decided to flood the society with mass quantities of prescription Amphetamines.
prescription amphetamines don't do this if you are taking the prescribed dose (and you're not getting enough prescribed to get anywhere near high)
Yeah, well, lots of people aren't doing that.
This is instantly recognizable as the work of someone who's been up for a couple days on Adderall.
Of course, there may be other explanations, including other drugs. But if I was one to bet...
The writing doesn't feel particularly out of character for Yegge, who has always been at least a bit like this. (Though I don't know if that's just him, or drugs as well.)