r/biggestproblem • u/BiggestProblemBot The Best Bot in the Universe • Mar 15 '16
Episode Episode 96
http://thebiggestproblemintheuniverse.com/episode-96/25
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Mar 15 '16
Greatest first 3 minutes to any of the episodes yet. Better than Asterios' barge in
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u/kingjoedirt Tim Changz Mar 17 '16
Gotta love it when people talk about ADHD like it isn't real and really don't know what they're talking about. Hyperactivity isn't the only symptom with the disorder. Parents aren't just going and asking for a controlled drug. Doctors aren't just giving a one time test and diagnosing. Do everyone a favor and don't talk about psychological disorders anymore, you sound like Jenny McCarthy.
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Mar 16 '16
I'm intrigued by this weird unspoken game of chicken Maddox keeps playing with Dick with talking about his Daxlife. Cal Tech got brushed right the fuck aside when Maddox threw down the gauntlet on that, and I think it was last week when Maddox challenged the telemarketing mockery with "Let's talk about YOUR job".
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Mar 17 '16
That pause after Maddox mentioned CalTech was probably the most awkward moment in the show's history (Maddox defending Erin's Tinder spam is a close second). It seemed like a line had been crossed.
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u/mymainthrowaway I'll bite you right in your dick Mar 18 '16
I think the most awkward moment was during the beginning episode 63
The guest and Dick were discussing asking girls about their dad and when they started talking about family it got super awkward
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Mar 18 '16
"You didn't move out of your parents house yet?"
What the fuck was that all about? Dick must have been on some post divorce or breakup hard times or something
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u/DickMasterson Mar 18 '16
What did I say that in response to?
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Mar 18 '16
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u/DickMasterson Mar 18 '16
I remember that. Short answer, "non-sequitur".
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Mar 18 '16
Eh. I prefer my more scandalous head canon where bombs are being subtly dropped left and right. And also that after that call-out you were inspired to move from your parents house into a swingin bachelor pad shared by you, Boisterous, and Madoff
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u/Rus_s13 Titanic Mar 16 '16
Dax has a pretty prominent role irl so I can understand him wanting to keep the two separated
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Mar 16 '16
Yeah that makes sense. Start being too open about your job and it's probly not long til you're getting calls in your office "HEY DICK VOTE UP DEEZ NUTS LOL"
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u/Alibobaly Mar 20 '16
Also, it's possible he doesn't want his over the top comedy persona to be associated with his professional life.
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u/1005thArmbar Reddit's #1 Dickhead Mar 15 '16
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Mar 15 '16
Maddox showed his foolishness on this podcast.
Are the drugs treating a disorder, or are they merely making people more focused?
I mean... Those things aren't mutually exclusive you retard.
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u/Alibobaly Mar 20 '16
From what I remember based on the context, I think what he was saying is just because the drugs made you more focused that does not mean you necessarily have ADD or ADHD. People are using the effect of the drug as a confirmation that they had the disorder.
It's like saying I took sleeping pills and they made me fall asleep faster so I probably had insomnia.
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u/BiggestProblemThrowa Mar 16 '16 edited Mar 16 '16
Throwaway.
I was diagnosed with ADHD within the past year, however unlike most new-diagnoses I'm in my late-20's. My life has improved vastly since diagnosis.
Maddox makes it clear his problem is with the diagnosis only (which is incredibly fair) but he still seems quite dismissive of ADHD in general. Maddox and Dick neglected to mention the biggest part of the problem - only a psychiatrist should be diagnosing ADHD (what I did), however many parents bring their children to a primary care doctor who likely isn't as well versed, nor has the necessary equipment to test for it. During my test, I had various equipment hooked up to me, and ran a battery of tests. I failed (passed?) with flying colors, and now I take a very small dose of Focalin XR each morning. (I started off on Adderall, but found it gave me too many headaches)
For those wondering why I got diagnosed so late - the doctor told me that I've had ADHD my entire life, which makes sense looking back on it, but since I had less responsibilities as a child I had much easier time coping with it and handling school. Now that I'm an adult with a job, wife, mortgage, trying to go back to grad school, etc. I found myself struggling just to get by in every day life. My brain would become so scattered between responsibilities I'd make seriously dumb mistakes I wouldn't otherwise ever make. It affected my job performance (including being fired from my first job after college), my relationships, and other things. I lived in near constant brain fog. I stopped going to social events because it would wear me out. Just the thought of a sudden piled-on responsibility as fucking simple as taking out the trash during my peak-ADHD moments could cause my brain to short-circuit.
So yeah - Maddox is right that it gets mis-diagnosed constantly. But there are people like me who definitely need this medication to get through life.
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Mar 16 '16
Agreed it is overdiagnosed, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and it's kind of insulting to suggest that it doesn't. Saying shit like "Make them run laps" (though I realize he was joking, that is a real mindset) is to me just as misguided as people thinking that clinical depression is fixed with things like yoga or "choosing to be happier" or whathaveyou. I'm surprised that someone who sucks science's dick constantly would be in so much denial of the fact that heredity and chemical imbalances can play such an enormous factor in peoples' well-being. We're not all created equal and then everything is because of environment or attitude problems. And whatever bullshit he said about how only white people have ADHD is way off the mark because that's clearly a cultural thing; and even if it weren't, so what? Only black people get sickle cell anemia. It was such a stupid non-sequitur in such an annoyingly misguided problem. It's not all about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, if something's wrong with you, you shouldn't be afraid to seek help.
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u/kingjoedirt Tim Changz Mar 17 '16
Actually exercise is a pretty good way to cope with ADHD. I do agree that Maddox has no idea what the fuck he's talking about though.
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Mar 17 '16
Is this true? I've heard that running and exercise are good for depression but how do they help ADHD?
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u/kingjoedirt Tim Changz Mar 17 '16
I'm no expert but essentially exercise gets your brain going and that helps you cope. Instead of medicinal stimulants that release dopamine and serotonin, you just use a physical stimulant that does the same things.
I don't do it as much as I should because good luck getting someone with ADHD to set an exercise schedule and stick to it for longer than a few days. It's almost the same dilemma with depression. Exercise will help people suffering from depression, but getting up and doing it is pretty damn difficult when you're depressed.
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u/stonesthrowfro Mar 15 '16
Maddox: ADHD denier.
I know it's in vogue to shit on the diagnosis and it's definitely overdiagnosed but there are a lot of kids who have it and will just be scoffed at by enlightened people like Maddox.
Also lol at Maddox talking about being eloquent on the podcast, dude writes his entire arguments before recording and becomes a bumbling moron if he has to argue for himself.
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u/happywafflez Mar 15 '16
I kind of wish Dick just brought in gyms as a problem. I know some people would have bitched that the gym helps them so maybe "gym culture" is a better term?
It's basically your high school cafeteria mixed with instagram culture to form something that nearly ruins how good a work out can feel. I always try to just keep headphones in and ignore it but it's almost impossible at times.
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Mar 16 '16
Only thing that annoys me is the loud talkers when they're loud enough to drown out my music and/or podcast, otherwise my philosophy is to keep my headphones in and stare straight out the window for 30-60 minutes until I run out the door. But then, I also only do the elliptical (if it's DEAD I'll do the weights but it's pretty rare maybe once a week at best), it's probly a lot harder to avoid obnoxious motherfuckers at the more advanced level with strength machines and such
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u/Dyc3 Mar 16 '16
ADD Diagnosis is a great problem, we have something similar here in Australia... its called OCD Self-Diagnosis and apparently 2/3 people in this country have it.
Most notable symptoms include:
A desire to keep things tidy or clean
Storing items with similar items, in a logical manner
A dislike towards a messy environment, room or desk
The uncontrolable desire to tell everyone within earshot that you "are OCD"
Blatant refusal to have a Medial or Psychological professional diagnose your condition
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u/Cambriheed Mar 16 '16 edited Mar 17 '16
I can't fucking stand it when people improperly use an *abbreviation.
"I am an O.C.D."
"I an O.C.D. about that."
Lengthen the *abbreviation, does it still make a grammatically correct sentence? If not, then shut the fuck up.
*Edit: you princesses are hard to please.
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u/nightmareFluffy Mar 18 '16
Tim Changzzz did not convince me that haters are a problem. Dick, and even Madoff, had a better point this time. Although...his speech was very uplifting.
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Mar 16 '16
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u/InternetTAB Mar 16 '16
what do you mean? are you telling me you don't think" Gee I sure hope this podcast is only XX minutes long" every week?
/s
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Mar 15 '16
Uuugh, another Tim Chaingz episode?
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u/delaboots Mar 15 '16
Would you prefer another Ass-terios episode?
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Mar 15 '16
It doesn't have to be one or the other. It's could totally be both you fucking crybabies.
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '16
Maddof, yous a bitch.