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morerubberstamps OP t1_jea2nd1 wrote

This led researchers to publish a tongue-in-cheek study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which concluded that these repeated blows to the head contributed to his short stature:

>It appears that his perennially prepubescent look is due to a growth-hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, conditions likely brought on by repeated blows to the head.

>"We believe that the multiple traumas Tintin sustained could be the first case of traumatic pituitary injury described in the literature," said Claude Cyr, an associate professor of medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Que."

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DavoTB t1_jea34y8 wrote

It goes without saying that these repeated brain injuries caused long-term effects…

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saliczar t1_jeaau94 wrote

I've had 27 concussions (various reasons), and my short-term memory is shit, but other than that, no lasting issues (so far).

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marmorset t1_jeacbn1 wrote

Do you ever think maybe you're not making the best life choices?

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saliczar t1_jeahe1x wrote

I did a lot of drugs and extreme sports in my teenage years, plus several freak accidents. My life is awesome now, and I'm extremely happy with how everything turned out, so I wouldn't take any of it back.

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SeiCalros t1_jebcmz7 wrote

what if you were just taking back the concussions

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saliczar t1_jebd12y wrote

My life would be different, and I don't want anything to change what I have going for me now.

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SeiCalros t1_jebee8h wrote

i think thats just the concussions talking

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buckaroob88 t1_jebqwqf wrote

I just heard about this today too listening to an older episode of No Such Thing as a Fish.

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