Image: 4 panels organized in a rectangle following a sequential order like a comic strip. The first panel is of a man with a very serious face stating, “Hey man, got any diphenhydramine?” The second panel is a grainy picture of the actor Robert Downey Jr. with a slightly inquisitive face and saying, “What’s that?” The third panel is an identical copy of the first image and saying, “Benadryl the allergy medicine.” The fourth and final panel is a grainy picture of Bobby rolling his eyes and taking a deep breath.

Edit: Tony Start -> Robert Downey Jr. I didn’t know that Tony Stark was a character Robert Downey Jr. played 🤦‍♂️

  • robotica@lemmy.world
    312·
    9 months ago

    ITT: Americans who can’t fathom generic medicine names

    Tylenol isn’t the medicine, paracetamol is. I love having grown up in a European country which mandates pharmacies to very clearly inform you, not just in some fuck ass place, but repeat to you 3 times, that there is a cheaper generic version which does the same thing.

    • cazssiew@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 months ago

      In France there are plenty of people who ask for Dafalgan or neurofen but have no idea what paracetamol or ibuprofen are.

      • robotica@lemmy.world
        41·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, there are clueless people everywhere, but I’m still glad that it’s easy to get generic medicine.

        To be fair, you cannot force people to buy generic, let people make their own, though preferably informed, decisions.