Devilish medicine?

[dvandom]

Every time I see an ad for the asthma medicine "Asmanex" I can't help but think that Asmanex sounds like a corporation fronting for Asmodeus in some magikpunk setting....

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[grant-p.livejournal.com]

At risk of sounding more like an idiot then I usually do, what's Magikpunk?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think it's an accepted term or anything, I simply coined it to refer to cyberpunk type settings where there's magic, such as Shadowrun or some aspects of Mage (i.e. Pentex).

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Oh...wait, I get it now...duh. Sorry about that, I think my brain quit working. Oh, well, class doesn't resume till tomorrow, I don't really need it at the moment anyway...

I don't RPG but I have a friend who does and he keeps me abreast of this stuff, I have no idea why I didn't connect it.

[tvsgrady.livejournal.com]

When I was in my teens, I used to hear these radio commercials for a product called "Three Sixes Headache Powder" early in the morning. Adding to the effect, the announcer in those always spoke in this tone that was creepy to the point of sounding outright demonic.