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I’m on the same page (infosec.pub)

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, im not forcing my mate to fight because stress and anger makes you less healthy. Fighting is some american bs they think everything is better when you fight, it's not actual helpful usage of the word fight.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Cancer is trying to kill you. The opposite of "fighting" is "surrender". Its useful in that context for a fight against cancer. Not considering that as a threat that needs to be fought seems fatalistic. To each their own.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

It's not, it's your own body's cells that "forgot" their not supposed to grow too much. They're just trying to grow. But idk a lot of humans seem to need some "enemy" to fight. You just don't have to look at the world that way. It's a very americanized way of looking at things.

[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

It's cell banditry.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

It’s not, it’s your own body’s cells that “forgot” their not supposed to grow too much. They’re just trying to grow. They’re just trying to grow. But idk a lot of humans seem to need some “enemy” to fight. You just don’t have to look at the world that way.

If that helps you to look at it that way as you watch your loved one grow weaker and wither away, more power to you. I don't know if you've had a loved one that has gone through this, but I really do believe its a fight because at the lowest point it is much easier to give up and die than endure some of the horrible pain that comes along with this kind of...for you I'll call it a "condition" instead of a fight. The person with cancer has to choose to continue to struggle against their own body trying to kill itself, and its not a choice like deciding what color shirt to wear that day. The gravity and impact of the decisions, and the endurance of the pain are much closer to a "fight" than any other word I can think of.

Again, though, if it helps you to see it as some calm or nature process that isn't a fight, continue to do that for yourself.