Feb 17 2009I Need A Rx!: Pill May Help Erase Memories
Finally, doctors are developing a pill that can help erase bad memories. Yes! Take two and forget to call me in the morning.
The method, using existing blood pressure pills, could be useful for weakening or erasing bad memories in people with post-traumatic stress disorder, the researchers say.
Some ethicists see problems, question whether such treatments begin to alter what it means to be human.There's apparently a natural way to rid yourself of bad memories, too. A 2007 study involving brain scans found that test subjects had the ability to suppress specific memories at a particular moment in time through repeated practice.
First of all, is ethicist a paying position? I may want to apply. Secondly, there's an even more natural way of erasing memories -- it's called binge drinking. Unfortunately, it hasn't been working for me lately. So, let's get down to the brass tacks: how many pills do I need to erase nine years?
Pill May Be Able to Erase Bad Memories [aolnews]
Thanks to Dave, who's still trying to forget about the girl he woke up next to. Dave, that's your wife, man.
Reader Comments
1. dar - February 17, 2009 10:00 AM
thats an awful idea
2. Daisy - February 17, 2009 10:04 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a vcomplete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max uses a tool to remove the tracking device from up his nose. He then shoved the tracker into a candy bar, and therew it to the rats, throwing off his pursuers.
3. poodles - February 17, 2009 10:07 AM
3rd! what happened to good old alcohol?
4. Angel Mass - February 17, 2009 10:09 AM
Finally something to forget all the bad jokes in this site
5. Beefcake - February 17, 2009 10:12 AM
i just got mugged yesterday. i cant get the horriable feeling out of my head, i would do anything for these now.
6. mailman - February 17, 2009 10:17 AM
steve holt: i'll never forget this... dad.
GOB: ...but i will.
[pops a forget-me-now]
7. luke - February 17, 2009 10:17 AM
i love the way you thanked dave
8. LSDiesel - February 17, 2009 10:20 AM
This is like the forget-me-nows from arrested development R.I.P.
9. Watch - February 17, 2009 10:24 AM
what happens if you take the green one? also daisy NBD jokes are old!!!
10. catch22 - February 17, 2009 10:26 AM
sketchy.... i mean the problem is how does it pinpoint/target specific memories... most likely it will revert your brain to have no memory in that vicinity of time so if your trauma happened in say, college. you would lose the classroom knowledge as well....
....eternal sunshine of the spotless mind anyone?
11. dubba - February 17, 2009 10:27 AM
so you got the roofies for the "before" and the "forget me now" for after... date rapers rejoice
12. chakka - February 17, 2009 10:29 AM
I'd borrow a shit-ton of money from people then invite them over for drinks...
13. Pew³ - February 17, 2009 10:48 AM
Hi, these seems like a nice place. I think I'll post here. So what do you all like to talk about for fun?
14. Daniel - February 17, 2009 11:25 AM
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...you learn by what you face
--I think these pills are a terrible idea. People should not have the ability to erase a part of the past that makes them who they are. They should just learn to cope.
15. naas - February 17, 2009 11:36 AM
@13 - being the first to post
16. Yu Stink - February 17, 2009 11:44 AM
They look like dongs.
17. niki - February 17, 2009 11:52 AM
She is my favorite. Just saw her on 40 plus personals site
[ 40 P L U S S E E K I N G . C 0 M ] last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now?
18. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - February 17, 2009 11:58 AM
I have no issue communicating without the use of profanity. Quite frankly, the english language offers much more colorful adjectives. The point being made is simply that in this country, where this blog is hosted, we have freedom of speech. The same freedom of speech that would protect this blogger (GW) in court. I find it rather disingenuous of him to post NSFW content and genitalia jokes, then censor our comments about them.
Welcome to the Matrix Neo... Betcha didn't know there was a 3rd option huh? The green pill would've warped you into a Jenna loves Bella pr0n... poor bastard.
19. K4ot1K - February 17, 2009 12:16 PM
So now we can find out how far down the rabbit hole goes?
20. Kup - February 17, 2009 12:32 PM
you all are way off base. the easiest way to forget the past is to become friends with Michael Phelps and his side kick "Mr. Bong" (aka: "tokemaster 3000"). I bet Michael doesnt even remember how many medals he's won.
21. Carol - February 17, 2009 12:49 PM
I like how they're semi-shaped like dicks.
22. Turgid - February 17, 2009 1:56 PM
man, a morning after pill and a forget the night before pill... so when you wake up next to some horrible troll of a man because you were too drunk you can completely wipe it away!
23. The Heat - February 17, 2009 2:51 PM
Yeah, ethicist is a paid position, if you can get someone to pay you for it. Like blog writer.
Of course, it takes a little bit more study and effort than being a blogger does.
Hospitals, think-tanks, universities, and corporations are places ethicists tend to be employed
24. M - February 17, 2009 3:51 PM
DUDE!!
its just like Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
25. supernova_hq - February 17, 2009 4:02 PM
@23. Don't forget the disease cocktail they give you to fight off any possible STD's. Those suckers will make you violently ill for weeks!
Nothing like waking up on day 3 and going "why do I feel sick, and what the hell do I have cocktail pills for?!?"
26. euloge - February 17, 2009 4:48 PM
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
27. euloge - February 17, 2009 4:51 PM
So Morpheus was right, I guess. But it means that only the blue pills work as described.
28. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 17, 2009 6:04 PM
@5: Sorry to hear that. There is something you can use in the mean time. It's called tequila. Lots and lots of tequila.
29. Caroline - February 19, 2009 8:57 PM
Brain Candy anyone?
30. Jalisa White - July 15, 2009 10:41 AM
how much for the memory easer. i need it severly.