I love House -- and especially HOUSE -- because he is such a fucking asshole.
I know what it's like to be in excruciating agony 24-7, to have the strongest drugs I could get the doctors to perscribe me only knock it down to "bearable" and that's only until they wear off and it's looooong before it's time for my next dose. It doesn't make me a nicer person because I "understand suffering".
House is the perfect antidote (pun intended) for the cultural myth that suffering makes you a better person, more compassionate and patient with others.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2009-09-25 04:24 am (UTC)I know what it's like to be in excruciating agony 24-7, to have the strongest drugs I could get the doctors to perscribe me only knock it down to "bearable" and that's only until they wear off and it's looooong before it's time for my next dose. It doesn't make me a nicer person because I "understand suffering".
House is the perfect antidote (pun intended) for the cultural myth that suffering makes you a better person, more compassionate and patient with others.