Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action. The individual needs to be in possession of relevant facts and also of his or her reasoning faculties, such as not being mentally retarded or mentally ill and without an impairment of judgment at the time of consenting. Such impairments might include illness, intoxication, insufficient sleep, and other health problems.
Somehow, I don't think that being constantly tired would classify under that. It probably refers to something more along the lines of being awake for >36 hours (I think that some of the people I know have done this). On the other hand, if the definitions of "impairment of judgment" is taken to be sufficiently liberally, well ...
* Under the influence of desire-driven capitalism.
* Under the influence of hormone-driven desires.
* Under the influence of biological imperatives.
* Under the influence of bravado.
* Under the influence of love/infatuation.
* Under the influence of sadness/depression.
* Under the influence of apathy.
* Under the influence of the Shiny!
* Under the influence of what seemed like a good idea at the time.
* Under the influence of trying to impress someone for the goal of sleeping with them.
* Under the influence of hunger.
* Under the influence of needing money to buy this thing.
* Under the influence of trying to rebel against one's parents.
* Under the influence of not having enough self-control.
* Under the influence of thinking that it was a fool-proof plan.
* Under the influence of temporarily forgetting that the laws of thermodynamics exist.
* Under the influence of biodegradability/impending death.
* Under the influence of insufficient education.
* Under the influence of over-education.
* Under the influence of trying to get as far away from the past as possible.
* Under the influence of hatred.
* Under the influence of boredom.
* Under the influence of being in a bad mood.
* Under the influence of philosophy.
* Under the influence of a possession-driven ideology.
* Under the influence of having no idea what to do in the situation.
* Under the influence of having no life.
* Under the influence of having a life.
Have any to add? Tell me!
1 comment:
you forgot the obvious:
under the influence of drugs
under the influence of alchohol
and also:
under the influence of music
under the influence of CIA/NSA mind-control devices
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