Adam Schafer
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I thought that was so fun. You couldn't sink to the bottom if you tried. So that's how buoyant you are on that.
I thought that was so fun. You couldn't sink to the bottom if you tried. So that's how buoyant you are on that.
I thought that was so fun. You couldn't sink to the bottom if you tried. So that's how buoyant you are on that.
I mean, Ritalin and Adderall is like crystal meth, isn't it? They're related. Yeah, they're methamphetamines. Yeah, it's just a controlled dose of it. I mean, it's the same thing of what Oxycontin is to heroin, right? I mean, it's very similar to... So the idea of giving a kid a drug like that, and by the way, I'll never forget the first time I tried that. I was in my 30s.
I mean, Ritalin and Adderall is like crystal meth, isn't it? They're related. Yeah, they're methamphetamines. Yeah, it's just a controlled dose of it. I mean, it's the same thing of what Oxycontin is to heroin, right? I mean, it's very similar to... So the idea of giving a kid a drug like that, and by the way, I'll never forget the first time I tried that. I was in my 30s.
I mean, Ritalin and Adderall is like crystal meth, isn't it? They're related. Yeah, they're methamphetamines. Yeah, it's just a controlled dose of it. I mean, it's the same thing of what Oxycontin is to heroin, right? I mean, it's very similar to... So the idea of giving a kid a drug like that, and by the way, I'll never forget the first time I tried that. I was in my 30s.
So I've never had anything like that, although I thought that I've had ADD. You and I both have talked about that. I remember the first time I think I took a 5 milligram. I don't know what the low, low dose is. Holy shit was that. And to think that we give that to children. Yeah.
So I've never had anything like that, although I thought that I've had ADD. You and I both have talked about that. I remember the first time I think I took a 5 milligram. I don't know what the low, low dose is. Holy shit was that. And to think that we give that to children. Yeah.
So I've never had anything like that, although I thought that I've had ADD. You and I both have talked about that. I remember the first time I think I took a 5 milligram. I don't know what the low, low dose is. Holy shit was that. And to think that we give that to children. Yeah.
Because... So, the other thing that... So, I was actually looking at this also, Sal, and... The other thing that I was curious about was just how much the amount of iPad and video gaming and YouTube exacerbates this in kids. And what I found, which was very alarming to me, was how little research we have to show that. And in fact, if you just Google search it, it tries to dispel that really quick.
Because... So, the other thing that... So, I was actually looking at this also, Sal, and... The other thing that I was curious about was just how much the amount of iPad and video gaming and YouTube exacerbates this in kids. And what I found, which was very alarming to me, was how little research we have to show that. And in fact, if you just Google search it, it tries to dispel that really quick.
Because... So, the other thing that... So, I was actually looking at this also, Sal, and... The other thing that I was curious about was just how much the amount of iPad and video gaming and YouTube exacerbates this in kids. And what I found, which was very alarming to me, was how little research we have to show that. And in fact, if you just Google search it, it tries to dispel that really quick.
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
Like if I was just a normal dad or mom who heard that and I went, is video games...
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
good for my kid who's got adhd with that like they don't every everything that pops up does not say anything bad whatsoever and i just think that that's crazy to me i think the thought that these things that that get that program your kid to want to keep doing it want to do it want to do it in loops has no change in their brain chemistry or their potential behavior You really think that?
I don't need a fucking study to show me that. I've seen it firsthand in my own son, what it looks like when that's in his life and when it's not in his life, and it's obvious. I can observe things. I'm capable of that. Google it right now.
I don't need a fucking study to show me that. I've seen it firsthand in my own son, what it looks like when that's in his life and when it's not in his life, and it's obvious. I can observe things. I'm capable of that. Google it right now.