Fun fact: aspirin and heroin were developed just a few days apart in the same lab.
Those researchers were probably aspirin' to be heroin'
One hell of a week. Probably an even crazier weekend.
They made heroin to try and be a less addictive form of morphine.
I thoight the trademarks were also claimed as reparations after World War I.
Okay but like, when I ask for a Sharpie I do not want to be handed just any piece of shit marker.
TIL ping pong is actually called table tennis, I thought that was an entirely different sport
It's not meat
What the fuck did they mean by this? I need answers!
I view this as a checklist of brand names that require additional assistance in falling off of the trademark cliff and crashing down onto the rocks of common usage below.
why shouldn't we go back to heroin?
Maybe because it's now fentanyl...
BLOOD RED SYMPTOMATIC VOMIT ON MY BED
Remember, take extra care not to forget capitalization and formatting, spelling Jell-O™ as jello, for instance, greatly increases the risk of genericization
Let me google that lol
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