Subtraction Time

Adderall was first approved by the FDA in 1996. Within one and a half decades, this newly prescribed medication has become the most popular for the most overly diagnosed disorder in recent history; attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

ADHD has been historically categorized under the evolution of another disorder classified in 1902 simply describe at "Defect of Moral Control." That definitely sounds serious, and in 1902 it was. In 1902 if you were diagnosed with such an ailment then something is serious wrong with you. However, through the evolution of medicine and a social conscious an unfortunately under diagnosed behavior came to pass, hypochondria. Hypochondria has leaked in the background for decades, but as knowledge increases and symptoms broaden, hypochondria increases. Concurrently, the crazier people became disorders like Munchausen by Proxy grew blindly and parents forced doctors to diagnose their children with diseases instead of anybody taking responsibility, thus ADD and ADHD were formed.

Thanks to societal standers, no one is allowed to focus-- On anything.  Hobbies and interest are mislabeled as obsessions and lack of focus is rewarded and coined as being free spirited or creative. We reward though whom overreact, we reward those who won't listen, and via a diagnosis we tell them they are perfectly normal and feed them drugs. Drugs which hundreds of thousands of High School and College students use recreationally or to study for a final exam in the last minute. However through whom are focuses with a common goal are labeled obsessive, unfortunately their is no helping them, they are doomed. Oh wait, somebody will force some liquor down there throat eventually. 

Discounted Failure

In recent weeks I posed I simple mathematical word problem to several associates of mine.

Sally has a coupon for 15% off a $100.00 purse. Erica has a coupon for 10% off a pair of $100.00 jeans. When Erica arrives at the cash register she received an additional 5% off of her purchase. Sally did not receive any additional discount. Who paid more?


My associates looked at me like I was asking them a stupid question, in reality I was. However, out of those whom I asked in person 100% of the people got the question wrong. They answered, "It's a trick question Sally and Erica both received 15% off, they paid the same."

I hope that if you are reading this, you know that Erica actually paid more for her item.

Let's break it down.

Sally's purse after her discount is $85.00. Nice savings right? Erica who received two discounts, only received the additional 5% off of $90.00, making the purse $85.50 thus giving her a total of a 14.5% discount. While the difference may be negligible to most; to answer that they prices are the same is simply not logical.

So I challenge you, pose this question to your friends, family, and associates. Find out the scary truth for yourself.

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