The Continued Pussification Of Man

Seriously, buck up.

If only George Carlin could see us now, he’d surely die again on the spot. For those that don’t know, Carlin had a bit where he poked fun at the soft language that had taken over our discourse, i.e. “shell shock” became “battle fatigue” which became “post traumatic stress disorder”. He’d be sad to see that “Humans are pussies” has turned into “The Continuing Pussification Of Man”, but that is nothing compared to this.

Lost the remote control and can’t be bothered to get up to change the channel on the TV? Don’t worry, you’re not lazy, you simply have sluggish cognitive tempo disorder. Or maybe you’re prone to a bit of a tantrum when you misplace the car keys? Possibly a sign of intermittent explosive disorder. These are just two of dozens of extravagantly titled ‘conditions’ under consideration for the latest edition of the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – the psychiatrists’ ‘bible’.

Psychiatrists are to medicine what psychics are to science, right hands are to vaginas, and red-headed step children are to step children. In other words, they are the lesser of the two.

Thank god psychiatrists are making up disorders that drug companies can then create drugs for.

- Hey man, how’s that laziness you were diagnosed with coming along?
- Actually, I just got my meds so until they kick in, I will be wallowing in my own feces.
- My dad just used to tell me to get off my ass.
- Oh that sucks. If only he knew that you had a medical condition, maybe he wouldn’t have been so hard on you. People don’t understand how hard life can be when you have a disease needing medication.

God, it seems like so many of us are afflicted with “Accountability shedding syndrome”, which used to be called: “Pussies”.

Some of the contenders include hypersexuality, sufferers of which repeatedly act out their sexual fantasies without any thought for the hurt it may cause others.

Or if you prefer hypersexuality’s street name: “Being a guy.”