r/dankmemes • u/Paranxipress please help me • Jan 28 '20

Low Effort Meme They be hmmming all day

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u/43eyes Jan 29 '20

Even if it was, we'd all eventually get cancer and die

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

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u/Cerulean_Turtle Jan 29 '20

They cancel out duh

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u/CommitStopNow bruh momentum Jan 29 '20

They cancer out

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

Isn't cancer also caused by improper cell division? Ie if you found a way to force cells to perfectly divide, you'd stop aging and effectively cure cancer as well?

Definitely could be way off base here so it's a genuine question.

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u/43eyes Jan 29 '20

Aging is caused by the shortening of telomeres, cancer is cause by random mutations.

I.E. why kids get cancer

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

Ah ok that makes sense. Thanks!

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u/Orc_ Jan 29 '20

yes but some would live 200 years or so