dijous, de maig 31, 2007
Cartoons Made Us Do The Drugs
The Gummy Bears drank their gummy juice
The Centurions yelled "PowerXtreme"
At the conclusion of each of those actions the result was the same. They were better off. The formula never changed- (Protagonist + Substance) > Adversity. Be it mechanical or an elixir that little thing they added to their bodies solved all their problems.
Even He Man and Lionel relied on a sword and a power chant to get them through.
One of the most consistent lessons of my generation's fables is that you weren't born with whatever it is that will get you through the toughest of times.
The real world it is frowns upon, if not prohibits through law, any dependance on equipment or substance. No one admires an iron lung. It makes sense to me that a lot of people my age binge drink, pierce their everything, get tattoos, and find new ways to enjoy drugs. And we could get into a whole other conversation about previous generations' proclivity for substances producing a creating a chemically improved state of adulthood, but that is a whole other topic. The point here is that the same values that led us all to think we could just add, drop, swallow, sniff, snort, pop, or ingest a little something to smooth all of the rough edges are reflected in the stories we pass down.
In a world so different than the ones I was raised on how am I not supposed to end up feeling like Denver the Last Dinosaur?
Of course like anything else this all unravels into a big grey ball as we fail to find a place to meet and agree on which substances are good and which are bad. Aspirin is OK, and heroin is not. After that it all gets pretty hazy. For instance I have no problem with athletes taking steroids, but mainly b/c I hope they aren't crazy enough to care about my opinion.
Perhaps this is all another symptom of the need we all have for a quick fix, but we'd be naive if we didn't think the we all give w/e it is we take the benefit of the doubt due to the first lessons we were taught.
Don't get me wrong about this though. I am not trying to say that all substance abuse is due to cartoons. My point is that the pharmaceutical vernacular is very evident in the fantasy we spin for children. And I wasn't even around for H.R. Pufnstuf.
If that was boring to read then I have a video that will make this all worth your while
The Centurions yelled "PowerXtreme"
At the conclusion of each of those actions the result was the same. They were better off. The formula never changed- (Protagonist + Substance) > Adversity. Be it mechanical or an elixir that little thing they added to their bodies solved all their problems.
Even He Man and Lionel relied on a sword and a power chant to get them through.
One of the most consistent lessons of my generation's fables is that you weren't born with whatever it is that will get you through the toughest of times.
The real world it is frowns upon, if not prohibits through law, any dependance on equipment or substance. No one admires an iron lung. It makes sense to me that a lot of people my age binge drink, pierce their everything, get tattoos, and find new ways to enjoy drugs. And we could get into a whole other conversation about previous generations' proclivity for substances producing a creating a chemically improved state of adulthood, but that is a whole other topic. The point here is that the same values that led us all to think we could just add, drop, swallow, sniff, snort, pop, or ingest a little something to smooth all of the rough edges are reflected in the stories we pass down.
In a world so different than the ones I was raised on how am I not supposed to end up feeling like Denver the Last Dinosaur?Of course like anything else this all unravels into a big grey ball as we fail to find a place to meet and agree on which substances are good and which are bad. Aspirin is OK, and heroin is not. After that it all gets pretty hazy. For instance I have no problem with athletes taking steroids, but mainly b/c I hope they aren't crazy enough to care about my opinion.
Perhaps this is all another symptom of the need we all have for a quick fix, but we'd be naive if we didn't think the we all give w/e it is we take the benefit of the doubt due to the first lessons we were taught.
Don't get me wrong about this though. I am not trying to say that all substance abuse is due to cartoons. My point is that the pharmaceutical vernacular is very evident in the fantasy we spin for children. And I wasn't even around for H.R. Pufnstuf.If that was boring to read then I have a video that will make this all worth your while
