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BlueChew and the History of Pills
from #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show · #222
2 min
SponsorBlueChew
A BlueChew ad that drifts into a riff about the history of pills, joking that heroin (1898) was invented before aspirin and that pharmaceutical innovation basically peaked immediately.
- Tim jokes you don't need to have sex to enjoy a BlueChew pill—you can just take it, wake up, and admire the results before going back to sleep.
- Tim notes that pills have existed for a long time specifically to make things work better, then wonders what the first pill in history actually was.
- Heroin was introduced in 1898 and initially thought to be non-addicting, making it apparently the first major pharmaceutical pill.
- Tim observes that aspirin came out a year after heroin and remarks it's amazing the best one came first, questioning whether any real advancements have been made since.