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Designer
“I’m depressed”

Psychiatrist
“What seems to be bothering you?”

Designer
“I hate having to upgrade my Adobe Suite. Every time they change things around, I can’t find my shortcuts and they change the interface in ways that are very disconcerting, it’s awful…”

“… I used to look forward to upgrades but now I can’t stand them. Ever since CS2 it seems it’s been all downhill and now I hate upgrading my Adobe products”

Psychiatrist
“I can prescribe something for that, would you like to try Adobetin?”

Designer
What about Adobezac or Adobezine? I heard there were bad side effects with Adobetin.

Psychiatrist
Actually, Adobetin is new and the makers have reduced some of the bad side effects that the other medications have. Lots of designers use it and have reported excellent results.

Designer
Won’t this prescription only work for a year or so and then wear off? Adobe upgrades every year and a half, so this won’t really work for me.

Psychiatrist
Some users of Adobetin have reported this, but it usually works best when coupled with other treatments.

Designer
What kind of treatments?

Psychiatrist
Group therapy and talk therapy. Sometimes it helps to talk these things out and know that there hundreds, even thousands of people that are just like you. You are not alone with your problems and it can help you to learn that you’ll just have to shut the hell up and deal with it.

Designer
Blaaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaaaah!

Anyone got some Adobetin? What’s your prescription for Adobe upgrades? Did you once look forward to them and now you dread them? Is this a phenomenon that happens with age, experience or both? Not effected at all? Talk to me.