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Your post is dead on

I have what is essentially a terminal illness and the fuck cancer resonates

You just want to turn to those people and say "I'm dying". While they are trying to be supportive but they completely miss the mark because they don't get it

Similar things can be said about people regarding addiction

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Serious question. I’m signed up for cryonics myself, and in these instances I try to ask, as gently as possible, if they’ve heard of or considered cryonics as an option. I see it as potentially saving lives, although I don’t know anyone else who has actually followed through on the suggestion. But would you view this genuine suggestion to be as asinine and tasteless as I worry it sounds?

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