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Understanding Depression

(2001)

This is from the people who make Zoloft. You know Zoloft- they have those commercials with the depressed, decapitated cartoon head. I know if someone decapitated me I'd be pretty bummed, so when the head smiles and rolls after a ladybug at the end of the commercial you know this stuff really works. He's high as a fucking kite. But then comes the freaky part: they tell us that no one really knows how drugs like Zoloft work! That reminds me of my uncle, who always tried to find water underground with a forked stick. He said nobody knew how that worked either: "Th' important thing is that it does! Now shut yer smart mouth!" Sometimes he found water, but usually he just dug up an old boot or wandered off into the woods and got lost and my mom had to call the fire department. Sorry, but that's not the kind of half-assed science I want them using to cheer me up after I'm decapitated.