Wow. this is truly the most amazing non-sequitur response I’ve ever read. I suppose I’m to consider that I’ve been put in my place.
Oh, wait, I haven’t been.
well, to give him all credit that is due, it’s a smidge better than “I’m rubber and you’re glue” type of thing. maybe.
Well, certainly. Maybe. I suppose…
Or maybe he’s on auto-rant, and simply doesn’t know or care that it made absolutely zero sense. Maybe there’s a pill that can help him with that…
“You can’t fix stupid.” Ron White.
Also known as Hildo’s Syndrome. He might not be the first reported case, but he’s the most perfect case study we’ve had in a while.
Tranq, you are a very patient man. I don’t suppose that Johnny Hildo believes that any of these definitions of “disease” could ever apply to alcoholism, RLS, etc. It’s an Internet conspiracy…
:rolleyes:
Thank you. I try. Hell, sometimes I even succeed.
Naming a syndrome after Hildo’s behaviors simply has to be galling to the man… Having a syndrome is akin to having a disease. To be the index case of a newly identified disease…? Anathema!
But wait! It can’t be a disease! Or can it?
:: looks up EJsGirl’s list ::
Well, whattaya know? There are a number of disease process definitions that might fit Hilldo’s observed behaviors! Congrats, Hildo! It’s a bouncy baby disorder! We can start working on a cure for Hildo right away!
Said cures might take any number of amusing and entertaining forms, depending on each investigator’s inclinations. I, personally, want to investigate vigorous application of a clue-by-four.
Works wonders for the increased libido side-effect, I hear.
No problem, it’s not often that my intimate knowledge of adverse event reporting comes in handy. 
I debated about putting insurance companies in there, but I guess I just wanted to acknowledge that things are less than ideal in getting new treatments out. But as someone in the trenches of new drug development (literally, I’m probably the lowest paid person on any given trial 
), we’re really doing all we can to bring safe and effective treatments to people. Sometimes, it’s also the fault of doctors who don’t keep up on the latest treatments. You’ve got to find a happy medium between spamming doctors with advertising for your drug and him not knowing it even exists. There are several factors here. I just can’t take the conspiracy theorists seriously.
Then again, I can’t speak for everyone–cancer research likely isn’t exactly the same as the research that’s going on for the newest ED drug. One of my officemates has a drug monitor who used to work on Viagra trials exclusively…he’s one strange dude…
Holy fuckin fuck. A new member signed up and paid his membership fee…and he…(gasp)…started threads? I wasn’t aware I that had to submit my thread to the Council of Elders. Please mentor me, sensei.
I see in your two years of membership, you have started exactly 7 threads. Can you teach me to be a born follower like you, you condescending shitstain?
Actually I’m going to defend Johnny on this. I just did a quick search since he posted the :rolleyes: message to see what types of threads he’s started. I know he’s pretty much an asshole to everyone in the Pit, but I was surprised to see how well he’s spread around starting threads in all of the forums; not just this one.
So yah, I’m tired of him in the pit too, but he’s contributed in all the forums (GQ, CAFE, IMHO, etc…). And I don’t really care how many threads you start, I think it’s more important the quality of contribution all over.
Nifty, my roomate Phlip is a guinea pig for a testing facility in Providence RI - she has done a number, including a topical NSAID ointment [killer good smell, I hope if it gets into production it stays that way instead of getting yuckied up] and most recently the vaccine for pneumonia for age 50-60 patients. It is interesting, they give her a treo to keep a diary on so she doesnt always have to write things down and fax them like she used to =)
I really haven’t noticed the fuckwit before, but if his idea of a “quality contribution” pretty much says “I don’t believe in your real-life problem” then I can do without his “quality”.
I didn’t say he wasn’t a dramatic asshole who litters the Pit with his vitriolic nonsense.
I just meant that he wasn’t JUST a dramatic asshole who litters the Pit with his vitriolic nonsense.
You may very well be right; as I said I haven’t noticed him before. Although with this example of how he thinks, I’ll probably have a hard time taking him seriously anywhere else.
You hear that people, even ladies into snake scat can’t take **Johnny **seriously! 
I had a friend rant about how “unsafe” drugs were being put onto the market, and only later was it “revealed” that after 5 or 10 or 20 years of use, something bad would happen (I think it was around the time of the Vioxx recall). “How can they market these things without knowing all the side effects?” she asked.
I asked her to tell me how to get long-term data if no one uses the drug over long spans of time.
And has already been pointed out, often times the side effects are worth it for the patient. In the case of Vioxx, given to arthritis sufferers, several years of relatively pain-free life is worth the risk of heart problems later on. I am certain that drug will return, although in a more restricted set of applications. It was just too good, and for some patients, with some diseases, the only real option.
How long will it be, before somebody starts slipping anti-RLS drugs into women’s drinks, in place of the current (and evil) ruffies?
How long will it be, before somebody starts slipping anti-RLS drugs into women’s drinks, in place of the current (and evil) ruffies?
Are you asserting that men will try to get women into bed without any kicking or complaining?