I wonder if one contributing factor might not be that modern medicine saves so many people who once would have died of infectious diseases before cancer could get them.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 02, 2007 4:58:27 am PDT #9973 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sue - Nov 02, 2007 5:12:43 am PDT #9974 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I wonder if one contributing factor might not be that modern medicine saves so many people who once would have died of infectious diseases before cancer could get them.
I think that's definitely a factor. But Cancer rates have gone crazy. In the 1960's it was 1 in 10 would get cancer, now they think it's 1 in 3. We're not living that much longer.
sarameg - Nov 02, 2007 5:14:09 am PDT #9975 of 10001
Today's tally: 5 am wrong number leaves message to meet at the 7-11 on the answering machine. Which is next to my bed. Out of coffee. Hot water out in building. On hold forever to talk to vet. Am backup at work, can't stay home and cry.
Sue - Nov 02, 2007 5:17:38 am PDT #9976 of 10001
hip deep in pie
EW, Sara. But you deserve to stay home!
Ginger - Nov 02, 2007 5:17:40 am PDT #9977 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I saw a show on the CBC a while ago Nora that talked about how so much advice we're given to prevent cancer is lifestyle based (blaming the victim),
I'm convinced there's a bias towards blaming the victim, in part because it gives the illusion that cancer is something we can control. Almost all of the studies linking foods and alcohol to cancer are self-reporting studies, which are treated as if no one ever lies, forgets or exaggerates. They don't include things that could be quite relevant, such as the fact that the respondent did all his drinking in a smoky bar.
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2007 5:18:19 am PDT #9978 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Not in detail. But I made a new friend, and now have a place to crash next time I pass through Cincinnati.
Well, you could always crash at my place; however, my place doesn't come with the possibility of sexy sex. At least, not the kind you'd prefer.
tommyrot - Nov 02, 2007 5:18:30 am PDT #9979 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sarameg - Nov 02, 2007 5:25:21 am PDT #9980 of 10001
My zipper unzipped. Thank god my underwear are black like my pants.
flea - Nov 02, 2007 5:30:39 am PDT #9981 of 10001
information libertarian
I had that happen once when I was wearing gold tights under my black pants. At an interview, at an academic annual meeting. Luckily I was an interview-er not -ee.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 02, 2007 5:36:17 am PDT #9982 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Less than 20 posts left. I think I'll be around for a thread change this time.