Review Response:
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Chapter Commentary
Right, when I just apologized for using offensive language I make a David Kirby reference. Nice one, Melinda! That'll show them you're not an asshole! Well, technically I'm too young to remember who that is, so probably no one here will remember and if they do, my sense of humor's screwed up. Sorry.
Mew-isms:
Tamiflu: A drug used to treat the influenza virus. I’ve noticed that a lot of people who have the flu try to use leftovers of their prescription from the previous time they had the flu long after it’s expired because they either don’t want to go to the doctor to get or they can’t afford to go to the doctor. (In Tony’s case it’s the former, for all my relatives in real life it’s the latter.) However, the drug will not work after the expiration date. All that happens when you take it past the expiration date is the pills go for a fun ride through your digestive tract, get flushed down the toilet, and go into the septic tank. Nothing more.
Apple cider and vinegar; grapefruit seed extract: “Completely natural” cures for the flu. There’s a reason why people in the 1500s generally didn’t survive past forty.
Magic-eye: Another name for an autostereogram; a 3D picture hidden in a 2D pattern.
Night of the Living Dead: A 1968 independent horror film by the late George A. Romero that popularized the zombie genre of horror films.
David Kirby on his deathbed: A dark reference to a 1992 advertising campaign to spread AIDS awareness showing HIV/AIDS activist David Kirby in his final moments of life, surrounded by family.
Castro: The communist leader of Cuba who died on November 25, 2016. I imagine many Cuban immigrants celebrated that day.
Tessalon: A cough suppressant that contains no alcohol, sugar, or benzonatate such as codeine.
Mucinex: A drug used to treat upper respiratory infections that has no alcohol or sugar (at least in tablet form).
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