cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12917886
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 Tony Stark 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 Tony Stark rolling his eyes and taking a deep breath.
This meme is based off of a real life experience. I knew a guy that was taking NyQuil to go to sleep. I told him he'd save a lot of money and his liver if he just bought diphenhydramine since that's the substance in NyQuil that's making him drowsy. He said. "What's that?" I obviously responded, "Benadryl the allergy medicine," and he seriously sighed and rolled his eyes at me. He was so sick of my crap ๐
Edit: Yay!! I'm so happy people like a meme I created ๐
You mean the name you can use to get it in a pharmacy, and tells WTF is on the pills?
Do you tell people to use a Dell Inspiron when they say they need to type some text in an airplane?
Telling someone to use a Dell Inspiron is the exact opposite of this, we're being generic not specific.
We use brand names for generic items constantly. You act like that's a crazy thing to do
I think he's meaning the opposite is crazy.
Calling something by it's chemical name over it's much better known and recognizable brand name is kinda dumb and asking for complications.
You can argue the "free marketing" aspect like everyone else in this comment section but just like sawsall, seran wrap, and Advil/Aleve/aspirin there's a reason people bring up the brand and not the specific chemicals
It's a rare exception for a few things that had a single brand when they became popular or that change a lot from one brand to another... or for some people, for medicine.
People certainly do not use brand names constantly. To the point that you can't even replace the name of most things around you by their brand and come out with a comprehensible sentence.