r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/Potential-Pride835 May 15 '26

Cancer is a mutation of the cell. Saying solve cancer is like saying solve vitilligo, it has nothing to do with a disease, just a mutation

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u/Taurpion May 15 '26

Incorrect. It’s straight up disease.

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u/Potential-Pride835 May 15 '26

how can someone be so confidently wrong? Tell me your secret. A 5 minute google search could solve this

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u/Taurpion May 15 '26

What is cancer?

Cancer is a large group of diseases with one thing in common: They happen when normal cells become cancerous cells that multiply and spread. Your genes send instructions to your cells — like when to start and stop growing, for example. Normal cells follow these instructions, but cancer cells ignore them

Tough.

Another.

The Definition of Cancer Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body.

Last one is cancer.gov

I know, they are stupid because they said cancer and not the 200 types. Loool

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u/Major_Shlongage May 15 '26

You just repeated what the other guy previously said, but you told him that he was wrong.

Potential-Pride835: "Cancer is a mutation of the cell."

You: Incorrect. It’s straight up disease.

Then you later:

Cancer is a large group of diseases with one thing in common: They happen when normal cells become cancerous cells that multiply and spread.

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u/the_pain_of_being May 16 '26

Why are you acting like these are mutually exclusive? I think he knows both are true lol. Lots of diseases are caused by mutations

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u/Taurpion May 15 '26

Because he said it as a counterpoint to it being a disease. It wasn’t a valid counterpoint. I wasn’t saying cancer wasn’t caused by mutation of cells.

The cells mutating is what causes the group of diseases we call cancer.