# Dear Tom Cruise, suck my sac **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169 "2005-06-28T09:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/41 "2005-06-28T15:43:17Z")
Tom Cruise again shows his lack of actual knowledge with his remarks on adderall. Adderall is a bitch to get. I’m taking it to deal with fatigue. I have to get a new prescription for it every time I need a refill because it’s an amphetamine. That’s pretty much standard across the country. Ritalin may be sold illegally on the street, as many other drugs may be sold illegally, but Ritalin is a prescription drug. I think someone confused the easily distracted Cruise and he’s thinking Ritalin in Crystal Meth. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/42 "2005-06-28T15:43:54Z")
**Metacom** -any less biased cite? One where a Dr who says that ECT doesn’t cause brain damage isn’t consigned to a Hall of Shame? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/43 "2005-06-28T16:13:05Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > And so does Nancy Cartwright(the voice of Bart Simpson). > > I was very disappointed to find that out. I felt the same way when I found out Jason Lee was one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/44 "2005-06-28T16:23:39Z")
Here is one of my MANY problems… Brooke Shields is generally regarded and beautiful. She is also famous, apparently funny, at least more talented than I am, seemingly intellegent (Princeton grad), and, I would assume, wealthy. She has it all. And gets PPD. Which means ordinary women who get PPD and aren’t beautiful, funny, Princeton grads and are worried about how they will make ends meet, might really be up against something. As a Hollywood actress, she’d be rare if she didn’t have access to a physical trainer and a dietician or nutrionist. And rare if pre and post birth, she didn’t use that access. Those professionals, in addition to her own MD (who I’m sure didn’t get a dial in degree from a Jamaican med school) will give her advice regarding the psychological benefits of diet and exercise (and there is something to be said for that). But Cruise can give flippant advice regarding taking vitamins to a woman who is probably swarming with professionals trained in the topic. 'Cause he knows better. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/45 "2005-06-28T16:25:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Please enlighten me on this, but from what little I know, Cruise is not as much a follower as he is a leader these days. > > Am I wrong in that? Can’t say. I assume he’s still paying them, and not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/46 "2005-06-28T16:44:16Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I’m with you on this one duffer, but let’s face it, we’re shooting fish in a barrel here. > > We’re talking about a guy who belongs to a cult started by an SF writer for shits and giggles. A guy who, you have to assume, swallows the biggest load of amateur bullshit sci-fi pop psychology known to man. Stuff made up by a fiction writer, which this silly bint accepts as fact, while slagging off treatments proven to be of benefit under controlled conditions. Seriously. If you’re going to pick a religion based on a sci-fi author, I say go with the Cult of Cthulhu. 😛 The sad thing is, people like us Dopers KNOW better than to listen to the clams. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t really know anything about Scientology, and a lot of people have prejudices against psychology (all the comments about drugging kids up or whatever could’ve come from your average fundy). So I think a lot of people, not realizing what Scientology is all about are gonna think, “Damn, he’s right! All these damn kids on Ritalin, they just need a spanking!” That’s what scares me. The man cannot tell the difference between anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, and stimulants. > [@irishgirl](#): > > It is incorrect to assume that because the Co$ is against “psych” it hasn’t got anything to replace it. At the heart of Scientology is a form of “talking therapy”, based on a flawed understanding of regression therapy. Instead of giving you tools to help solve your current problems, or to lay old demons to rest, Scientology encourages you to go over and over old trauma. > > You dredge the same thing up over and over again, continually raking over old wounds. Instead of helping you to deal with this, it means that you’re NEVER actually allowed to get over it. Instead of focusing on how the event has changed you and what you can do about any negative changes, you’re simply encouraged to re-experience the emotions you felt at the time of the trauma. Hell, I could do that on my own, for free. That’s EXACTLY what OCD does-you keep going over and over the same thing, the same thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/47 "2005-06-28T17:02:02Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > He mentioned involuntary ECT treatments–I consider that a current abuse. Heh heh heh…_current_ abuse…heh heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/48 "2005-06-28T17:11:15Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Heh heh heh…_current_ abuse…heh heh heh… I’m shocked that you would make a joke out of this. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/49 "2005-06-28T17:33:49Z")
He is an ass, but I’ll still go see _War of the Worlds_. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/50 "2005-06-28T17:57:32Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > **Metacom** -any less biased cite? I wasn’t citing that site so much as I was what it was linking to. There’s a lot of people claiming that it does cause brain damage, and a lot claiming that it doesn’t. The consensus from the psychiatrists seems to be that it may cause limited persistant memory loss but doesn’t cause other permanent damage. Others beg to differ. More studies would certainly be helpful. I’ll admit that I don’t trust the psychiatric community one little bit when it comes to this issue, and I’d need to see some pretty compelling long-term evidence that it’s harmless before I’d believe them. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/51 "2005-06-28T19:03:51Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m shocked that you would make a joke out of this. Aw, c’mon, he only did it to get a buzz! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/52 "2005-06-28T19:13:13Z")
Stop it Mister or you’ll find yourself grounded! ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/53 "2005-06-28T19:18:27Z")
My resistance to electricity jokes is steadily increasing. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/54 "2005-06-28T19:34:09Z")
**Metacom** , thanks for a clear and reasoned discussion. I enjoyed it. > [@Mockingbird](#): > > And so does Nancy Cartwright(the voice of Bart Simpson). > > I was very disappointed to find that out. Damn. That **is** disappointing. And I doubt we’re alone in thinking that. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/55 "2005-06-28T19:40:24Z")
**Metacom** , thanks for a clear and reasoned discussion. I enjoyed it. > [@Mockingbird](#): > > And so does Nancy Cartwright(the voice of Bart Simpson). > > I was very disappointed to find that out. Damn. That **is** disappointing. And I doubt we’re alone in thinking that. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/56 "2005-06-28T19:51:13Z")
For good info on Scientology, check this out, from the Skeptics Dictionary. [http://www.skepdic.com/dianetic.html](http://www.skepdic.com/dianetic.html) Thought it could be useful to folks who find this Tom Cruise crap interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/57 "2005-06-28T19:58:50Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > **Metacom** , thanks for a clear and reasoned discussion. I enjoyed it. > Damn. That **is** disappointing. And I doubt we’re alone in thinking that. Why is it disappointing? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/58 "2005-06-28T20:05:54Z")
**Gangster Octopus** , the disappointing thing was learning of another person falling for what I feel is a bad scam, and now is someone whom I have less respect for, in reference to the comment by **Mockingbird**. Not that I was disappointed to have had a fun argument with **Metacom**. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/59 "2005-06-28T21:06:25Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > As teenager of the 80’s I always lamented the fact that Tommy made IT while Matt Dillion didn’t. Probably both as clever as silly putty but Matt was prettier. It’s okay, he got some nice [parting gifts](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120890/). ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169/60 "2005-06-28T21:22:35Z")
Now hold on here… > [@](#): > > He’s an ignorant pretentious fuckbag, **and he’s ruined my fantasy life for first Nicole, then Penelope, now Katie.** Who wants to daydream about someone stupid enough to spend time with him? So what does that make Mimi Rogers? Chopped liver? :wally 😃 Okay, resume the Cruise-bashing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-tom-cruise-suck-my-sac/310169.md?page=4)