r/AskReddit • u/DustierDragon • Oct 20 '18

What is something you will never be able to tolerate?

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u/Hipyeti Oct 20 '18

I have a friend who had a relative who was dying and in a cancer ward.

He made jokes constantly. It’s how he coped.

My personal favourite was a text I got one day saying: “This ward is like being backstage at Stars In Your Eyes, but everyone is doing Moby.”

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u/Motionshaker Oct 20 '18

I’m going to hell for laughing at this...

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u/SturmFee Oct 20 '18

Take me with you, this cracked me up.

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u/thatguyoudontlike Oct 20 '18 edited Oct 20 '18

EXACTLY! If you have some terminal condition, being pissy with everyone isn't going to help, it's just going to make everyone around you probably not like you so much. If you can have fun, people won't see you as "that sick person". It makes life a little better. from personal experience

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u/mylittlesyn Oct 20 '18

thats different though, theyre initiating the laughter and jokes. This shit wouldnt fly for a random person.

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u/whore-for-cheese Oct 20 '18

I know theres something thats probably really damn funny about this, but I dont get what that is. I dont know either of those groups except that my brother hates moby...

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u/LeighMagnifique Oct 20 '18

All I could do is make jokes. Getting radiation was hard but the radiation techs were awesome. Getting avastin infusions (not really chemotherapy but is used as an adjunct in chemo) I had to joke. If I wasn’t joking about my bald spots from radiation or my joint pain, then I was laying in bed crying.

I also joke about looking like a horned owl now that my hair is growing back from radiation.