We're all too busy working, entertaining ourselves With forty hours of television and prescription pills Well, I take two a day to help my brain behave It never does, but who's to say? At least my doctor gets paid.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Satirizes modern coping mechanisms like TV and pills while noting the absurdity.
- In plain terms
- Everyone works and watches TV while taking pills to function.
- What can you take from it?
- Modern life relies on distractions and chemicals to cope.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you take to make your day easier?
Another view
Generalizes everyone's experience with work and medication.
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