Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
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Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
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Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#2Children and amphetamines, not hallucinogens, was the real-world solution to behavioral problems in schools... it's a bit dystopian. If you're one of those who feels they benefit from amphetamines, that's fine - but I imagine overprescription is an issue:
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/us/schools-backing-of-beh...
> "Last year, doctors wrote almost 20 million monthly prescriptions for the stimulants, according to IMS Health, a health care information company. Most of those prescriptions were written for children, especially boys. The drugs had sales last year of $758 million, 13 percent more than in 1999."
According to Wired the ADHD drug market is now $13 billion in sales, although inflation is up, and total prescription count has doubled as of 2021. That's a lot of medicinal speed in circulation.
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#3The blog has a lot of other gems: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#4The works of Sean Tejaratchi would be the US version of this (LiarTownUSA).
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#5Children and amphetamines, not hallucinogens, was the real-world solution to behavioral problems in schools... it's a bit dystopian. If you're one of those who feels they benefit from amphetamines, that's fine - but I imagine overprescription is an issue: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/us/schools-backing-of-beh... > "Last year, doctors wrote almost 20 million monthly prescriptions for the stimulants, according to…
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Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#6The blog has a lot of other gems: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
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Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#8Sadly the TV show was never made: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/scarfolk/
Scarfolk Merchandise: https://saatchistore.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=scarfolk
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#9My favourite, from almost 4 years ago: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2020/03/social-distancing-laws...
Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)
#10The blog has a lot of other gems: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarfolk https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Scarfolk-Richard-Littler/... It is a wonderful book.