Dumb Questions R Us
I was in the back of a cab, coming back from Tesco, and idly listening to the radio the cabbie had on when I heard the following exchange (it appears the show was covering an international mental health conference in Athens):
Interviewer: So you say that depression is more common in poor countries, and more common among the poor generally. Why is that?
Interviewee: [Momentary silence] Well...
Could it be, dumbass, they're depressed (at least partially) because they're poor? I mean, I don't know about you, but [sarcasm] in my area you can see the jolly old poor people, dancing down the streets in their joy at being underprivelidged. They are obviously having a whale of a time.[/sarcasm]
And while I'm on dumbasses...
I've been watching with interest on various journals including![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jonquil and ithiliana the storm caused when those two phenomenally ill-informed and actually rather stupid men decided to post their "questionnaire". I don't have anything to add to it that hasn't already been said by much more intelligent people than me. but: go fandom! Kill!
Interviewer: So you say that depression is more common in poor countries, and more common among the poor generally. Why is that?
Interviewee: [Momentary silence] Well...
Could it be, dumbass, they're depressed (at least partially) because they're poor? I mean, I don't know about you, but [sarcasm] in my area you can see the jolly old poor people, dancing down the streets in their joy at being underprivelidged. They are obviously having a whale of a time.[/sarcasm]
And while I'm on dumbasses...
I've been watching with interest on various journals including
jonquil and ithiliana the storm caused when those two phenomenally ill-informed and actually rather stupid men decided to post their "questionnaire". I don't have anything to add to it that hasn't already been said by much more intelligent people than me. but: go fandom! Kill!