Oregon daily emerald., October 10, 1995, Page 5, Image 21

Prozac Constornntion
I deeply offended and insulin
hv the article Shiny. Happy People
Aug Vpf . 19*)S] Prozac i% intended i
Ik- an ann viejnetsam. not a mna*lc air
tor imrijii illnesses wrmn the
author tuwggnt
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; i' ''■ill n»*i . lift- ilt ug
addiction or eating disorder*
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lian a ho said she vi js no
longer orgasmic [because of
I’ru'ai I he fait it, most dim
callv depirvsed people have lie
tie «»r no interest in vet I think
most depressed people would
trade the ability to experience
happinevx fot a little difficulty
in ac nicvmg orgasm.
1 bird. I d like to comment
on the assertion that Prozac
would transform us into “a
New NX orld Order society of
pavMoftlrss robots ( ontrarv
to popular f>eliet Prouc does
not deaden emotions
hmails awrtmg that Pro/ac
would chatter someone s point
wil view* i\ absurd I’m not sure vsfut was
meant bv the statement. 'Would John I
Kennedy have been voted tn b\ an clrv
UMjtc of Pro/ai pep(icrv'~
It is unfortunate that 4 magamte
Jatmmg to be on the cutting edge
'Auuid propagate such destructive
stereotypes
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and married; I am aware ol
the additional problem* that
this statu* mav bring
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should b* the ultimate mean*
of getting a degree hrvaww ol
the theme* 1 have made
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whoo] a* a lull time student
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help I mm- the federal Ihrevt
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nmc and ha* postponed hi*
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port our household while I
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on the government and whi
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My technological
clock is a-tickin’
You know Just a lew months ago when I was a college newspapci editor I
couldn't compote on a computet i d grab my trusty blue Urn Hall Micro and go to
town on a pjd ol paper Sure, I got stares I even heard a lew gasps when I closed
myself off m an office and scribbled out the weekly editorial
And now I sit here staring at the charcoal screen thal is chipping away at the
remnants ol what I used to call an attention span WHITt tHt 0CTU81R IDIIOHI
At1' the blank still Untitled! document screams I'm lighlinq the urge to run spell
check and word count right now. Just lor the fun of It Just to ignore that sneaking
feeling that this computer is lotting my mind |I?H words so far and Uni Hall tin t in
the dictionary! and that I'm turning into my worst nightmare a techno phobe
Sure I’H admit it I hate anything with the word ’new" or “revolutionary"
attached to it I brag about the fact that 1 prefer the unsteady hum of a Remington
to the monotonous bu/i ol a Mac I cringe at the sound of keyboards clicking and
grow sentimental thinking o! an old manual lypewnter The sight ot a quill pen and
a crusty botlle ol ink makes the tips ot my tmgeis tingle (224 words. Remington not
found) Give me a chisel and a slab ot granite over a PowerBook any day
I can see it now group therapy tor the technofogicatty disenchanted Hi My
name is Colleen, and I'm a hitchhiker on the information superhighway “ It all
started with a mild twitch when people used Ihe word interface In casual conver
sahon t .iter my loathing developed into raging convulsions every time I heard the
computer chime on
I yearn tor Ihe days of long illegible letters stamp licking and paper cuts
there s no such thing as an e mail care package (32.1 words, drat' superhighway
arid e mail are m Ihe dictionaiyl I'm gonna throttle this monitor the neat time it
quacks at me
But I digress I'm not one to rose tint the past, but I tear lor my senses in Ihe
electronic future I can already teel the cornmufUcatton gap widening lust il was
the damn clock on the VCR now it's the password tor my voice mattbos
It s a conspiracy But I won t lake this evil plot sitting at my terminal No suree
techno phobes unite' Write to me today and share your computer angst'
My new address is uguysOaot com
Colkrt!n Hush AssisLmt Iditot
Poll Question
Do you
consider yourself
liberal or
conservative?
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Son of the
Roll Question
Do you have a
name for your
“thingy”?
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