Seems like a game show question
Gotta Catch 'Em All
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ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 44 minutes ago
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
congrats on remembering all the drug names! you must have studied hard!
*guy that only recognised the pokemon names* yes… thank you
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Aganim@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I guess by this point too many people had memorised Antidepressants or Tolkien? 😋
Rinn@awful.systems 33 minutes ago
21/24 😎 but mostly because I’m a Tolkien nerd. All the ones I got wrong were old kings of Gondor, clearly shows which part of the universe I don’t care about.
Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 hours ago
I remember an internet joke site decades ago doing one that was sports cars or ED drugs. Don’t recall the name of the site though. Quick search didn’t turn it up.
whulum@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Never seen it before, so thank you for linking!
Damm, 15/24 correct
slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
14/24 for me lol. I guessed nearly all of them!
Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
I got 18/24. I’m pleasantly surprised. That was pretty tough.
guy@piefed.social 5 hours ago
15/24
I’m surprisedWizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
18/24 quite good.
guy@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Join me for more pokémon or drug fun
deus@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Don"t mind if I do!
mech@feddit.org 9 hours ago
I love how someone with literally no knowledge of pharmaceuticals could ace this if they are pokemon players.
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Basically American medical academia in the next 10 years.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
That’s why, if real, this is a terrible test.
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 5 hours ago
“Congratulations on the winners, and I hope everyone had a great time[…]I hope you will join me next time for more Pokémon or drug fun!”
Yes, this was definitely the final exam and not a trivia game.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
From the wording at the top it sounds like this was just for fun and probably ungraded.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
The most interesting thing to me is, there has to be a whole subgenre of market research about which syllables sound “sciency”/“medical”/“effective” to certain target audiences of a drug…
I imagine this is somewhat like in my childhood as a non-native English speaker in the 90’s where most my exposure was through music and then we would make up these words from English sounding syllables that sounded “cool” to us 😄
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
Idk about that I keep hearing a commercial for something called skyrizzy. I don’t remember what it’s for but the name is stupid as fuck.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
Sounds like whatever the opposite of Adderall/Ritalin would be
yeather@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
There is! Pharmaceutical companies have departments devoted to coming up with names. There are some legal requirements, you cannot imply your drug is the best or most effective in the name, and it cannot be a name similar to another registered pharmaceutical. Then there is market research on what names resonate the most with consumers, puts them at ease, what they like to hear, and what they would like to say.
Johanno@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Usually they just use Latin and or Greek language to describe the chemical structure or other properties
Korval@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
How long before before the instructor is able to put a trick question on the test (i.e., “Both”) because The Pokemon Company has started licensing names to pharmaceutical companies?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
i mean if there’s some condition that gives kids brain zaps, calling the pill pikachuquil or something isn’t a terrible idea
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Brb, gonna take some of that Charizardimap the doc prescribed me against that anxiety. It’s super effective.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 hours ago
50:50 I like those odds
Gladaed@feddit.org 7 hours ago
The underlying issue is that medicine names are wordy and most not overlap with an existing word or name.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
There are two very narrow bands of people who would pass this test.
logicbomb@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
So a Pokémon expert would get this correct, even with zero pharmaceutical knowledge.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I bet a pharmacy expert would get this correct, even with zero pokemoneutical knowledge.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
And some of them sounds like Harry Potter spell.
Bena Expectorant!
Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 hours ago
overqwil
Yeah overkill would be a terrible name for meds; this would be the easiest one
hOrni@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I’ve played a few Pokémon games but don’t know any of these.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
Some of them are the most recent generation, like fez, rellor , veluza. If you don’t play the switch games or the card game you wouldn’t know
Endmaker@ani.social 10 hours ago
I guess I am getting old. The only Pokemon I recognised is Diancie😔
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Dusion is Gen V – the middle stage of Reuniclus.
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
neeeeeeeeeeerd :3
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 8 hours ago
It also sounds like the sorts of character names Sandy would use in their games - looks like an endless pool of NPC names for the future!
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
This gives me the vibe of a meme someone would share on their midwest neighborhood’s Facebook group to “prove” that Medical academia is a scam, right next to a list of “chemicals” they put in your shampoo or pet food or something.
It’s a funny little snippet but doesn’t “mean” anything. Words are silly and names for things can be hard to invent.