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I’m sorry, but, I’m going to have to call you on that. It’s bullshit. That’s what everyone has been saying. “You’ll get better” and “It’ll be fine”. I don’t know why everyone is so fucking scared to say it. “You’re dying, dude”…It makes it worse.
50/50, Will Reiner (2011)
Adam: I want this to be over. I’m so fucking tired of being sick…if this surgery doesn’t work, that’s it – [crying] I’ve never been to fucking Canada or told a girl I love her…it sounds stupid.
Katherine: No. It doesn’t.
Adam: I’m sorry I was such an asshole.
Katherine: I was the asshole. I was so totally unprepared - for you. This job is really hard. If I fuck up, I could ruin someone’s whole life.
Adam: I guess we’re both beginners at this.
Katherine: [smiles] Yeah.
Adam: What were you doing when I called? Were you on Facebook?
Katherine: You know… umm… stalking my ex-boyfriend actually isn’t the only thing I do in my free time.
Adam: I wish you were my girlfriend.
Katherine: Girlfriends can be nice. You just had a bad one.
Adam: Yeah, but I bet you’d be a good one.
- 50/50, Will Reiser (2011)
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Yeah, sorry, we still don’t actually know 100% what causes SIDS. The enzyme found is a potential (!) biomarker, which can indicate a vulnerability but in no way definitively proves that this is the singular cause for SIDS. There are several limitations to the study, including the samples being approx. 2 years old, and more importantly, that we don’t know how many people who are healthy/don’t die of SIDS have this abnormality. This is a cool finding and definitely one that will be the basis of a lot of important research in the future, but it’s overblown and inaccurate to claim that we have finally found the singular cause of SIDS. More importantly, I see people claiming that now we can stop telling people only to let their babies sleep on their backs, without toys, etc. These are well-established recommendations whose implementation caused a notable decline in SIDS cases worldwide. Please don’t put the cart in front of the horse with this one.
