JimDixon

JimDixon t1_j6n6gqo wrote

Reply to comment by Shang-Chi_Chat-Noir in People really dislike me so I decided to turn to religion. I’m now a Buddhist. by Surrounded-by_Idiots

It suddenly dawned on me. OP is referring to the swastika. OP apparently thinks the swastika is a symbol of Buddhism (although actually it's also used by Hindus, Jains, and others to mean various things). It's also a Nazi symbol, but the Nazis depict the swastika rotated 45 degrees compared to when it is used as a religious symbol. So OP is saying he's a Nazi. And that's why the joke was removed.

/u/1ns0mn1a had it right. /r/GaryV83, read this.

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JimDixon t1_j653ebh wrote

Reply to Most intense/powerful scenes in film? by MethAddictManish

There are two movies that I stopped watching halfway through because they were too intense. I was afraid they would trigger my depression.

One was Room (2015) -- not to be confused with The Room (2003). I'm told it has a happy ending but I never got that far.

Another was Mubound (2017). It's essentially the story of a lynching, preceded by torture. The torture scene was going on too long when I stopped watching.

They are both well-made films, and I might try again someday to watch them -- if I am feeling invincible.

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JimDixon t1_j20sf2k wrote

Reply to Which book series do you believe have worldbuilding that's a lot more interesting to explore the implications of than the actual story is? by StarChild413

This is my problem with sci-fi in general. I often find that the premise that the story is built on is far more interesting than the story itself-- so much so that I frequently become bored with the story. That's why, I suppose, I very much prefer sci-fi short stories over novels.

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JimDixon t1_iui7m1k wrote

Reply to comment by Rc72 in TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2 by Rc72

I found these items unrelated to cancer:

“Progress in Chemotherapy and the Treatment of Syphilis,” journal title, 1924.

“Chemotherapy of a New Group of Arsenical Compounds…,” master’s thesis, 1924.

“Experimental Chemotherapy in Malaria,” article, 1941.

“Ineffective Penicillin Chemotherapy of Arthritic Rats….,” article, 1943.

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JimDixon t1_iufcyyc wrote

Reply to TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2 by Rc72

Chemotherapy originally meant treatment of disease-- any kind of disease-- with chemicals, i.e. drugs. It was a commonplace thing, but most people were unfamiliar with the word. At first, surgery was the only known effective treatment for cancer, and later, radiation. Chemotherapy for cancer came last. When people first heard about it, it was, for most of them, the first time they heard the word chemotherapy, so it became associated in the public mind with cancer.

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