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re: RIP Eric Dane
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:26 am to BK Lounge
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:26 am to BK Lounge
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although i think there are a couple of celebrities who post here
Don’t dox me bro!
Also, epic peen report on page 2. Kudos for that.
But seriously, this is where I wonder if people’s gods make exception to suicide. I watched my dad die of dementia. I watched a neighbor die of ALS. I just had my mom tell me she plans to “take control” if something similar gets to her. That’s a hard thing to hear from a parent, but I totally get it.
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Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:29 am to OweO
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My mom is at the end stages of ALS and it is a terrible thing to watch.…
I’m sorry, man. Your mother and you will be in my prayers.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:46 am to HarryBalzack
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My aunt noticed that her left foot was kind of dragging one day. She was dead from it six months later. It's a bitch of a disease.
frick. New fear unlocked.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 10:54 am to tigersbh
Thank you man. I am just looking at this post. When I typed it up, I don't know why, but I wasn't expected that many people to see it. When I saw he passed of ALS, I guess I "got in my feelings" a little bit. I wasn't looking for sympathy or anything. I sort of struggle talking about it.. If I go somewhere and someone who knows her ask me how she is doing, I can't say "oh she is doing good" or some generic answer... The truth is, she isn't doing well at all. Its ALS, people with it just erodes away. That's a matter of fact. If there is an upside to her situation, she is 79 and lived a good life. Like anyone else, there were ups and downs, it just sucks that this is what will take her.
Someone in their 50s still raising kids. That's cruel. I was reading something awhile back about someone who was diagnosed at 29 and lived into their 40s. Stephen Hawking was diagnosed in his early 20s and lived as long as he did. He did have access to the best possible care and that allowed him to continue his work, but its a brutal disease. I think its one of the worst things that can happen to someone.
Someone in their 50s still raising kids. That's cruel. I was reading something awhile back about someone who was diagnosed at 29 and lived into their 40s. Stephen Hawking was diagnosed in his early 20s and lived as long as he did. He did have access to the best possible care and that allowed him to continue his work, but its a brutal disease. I think its one of the worst things that can happen to someone.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 11:04 am to HarryBalzack
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My aunt noticed that her left foot was kind of dragging one day. She was dead from it six months later. It's a bitch of a disease.
Honestly, this is why I'm so hopeful for Neuralink and it's possible advancements. I don't know if we'll find a cure for ALS in my lifetime. But I do think we will build some form of bypass. Instead of just electrical impulses traveling from brain to limb physiologically, create some ability to transmit using fiberoptics. Similar to bluetooth... or something.
And for the record, I'm not saying I WANT to be in a mechsuit. Or be some kind of virtual avatar or something, but I think it will beat the only current alternative to ALS: eventual death.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 11:09 am to Giantkiller
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I'm not saying I WANT to be in a mechsuit. Or be some kind of virtual avatar or something, but I think it will beat the only current alternative to ALS: eventual death.
I think this would be something everyone is on board with. We have pace makers, ports, plates, rods, etc in people’s bodies. Some wires and electric currents would be the least of my worries.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 11:21 am to pussywillows
Makes Steve Gleason really look remarkable. He's going on close to 20 years.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 11:22 am to TexasTiger08
Very big sigh. For all of us humans who realize how fleeting life can be, and who have known times that we wished to have back but painlessly.
All the different symptoms and speed of progression brought something to mind. It's called synergy. You see that word a lot, but in this context? Take a look at symptoms of a plant with one virus, and a second plant had another disease- their expression of symptoms is different A third plant had both but has symptoms that resemble neither of the two separate. But all three plants had very different visible symptoms.
When a really bad disease is diagnosed, does the medical profession look beyond that to see what other problems might be systemic?
All the different symptoms and speed of progression brought something to mind. It's called synergy. You see that word a lot, but in this context? Take a look at symptoms of a plant with one virus, and a second plant had another disease- their expression of symptoms is different A third plant had both but has symptoms that resemble neither of the two separate. But all three plants had very different visible symptoms.
When a really bad disease is diagnosed, does the medical profession look beyond that to see what other problems might be systemic?
Posted on 2/25/26 at 12:45 pm to EastWestConnection
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thanks. Im not a woman so I dont watch either of those shows.
I like how yall down voted me so much even though both of those shows are 100% for ladies
I agree that your comment was funny, and this was fair game normally, but this wasn’t the thread for it.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 12:53 pm to Oates Mustache
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Yeah, it's awful. Such a shitty disease that just comes out of nowhere.
One of my greatest (and I guess most irrational) fears is ALS. Made worse by the fact that there doesn't seem to be any risk, genetic, or lifestyle factors...at least that I know about.
To the previous poster's point, it's odd that we force people to go through that. If you have a dog that's suffering the humane thing to do is put them down peacefully. Yet with humans we can't do that and instead force them to go through it while racking up massive healthcare expenses.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 6:13 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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while racking up massive healthcare expenses
That may be a factor why.
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