Youtuber Total Biscuit has full blown cancer

[Northern Lawn]

Really?!

Right, I'm off to make some easy wonga!

Don't Welsh people talk like Shrek?

 

[Northern Lawn]

You would think that as we rapidly approach the point where the majority of the population will personally experience cancer at some point in their lives, you would think people would be more open to discussion about what actually causes it. But alas, this is not the case.

Your Diet causes it. Eat vegan, did you know they don't even know what Alzheimers is in India?

 

[Zanovar]

Your Diet causes it. Eat vegan, did you know they don't even know what Alzheimers is in India?

Bollocks vegans get it too.I would like to see how much veg you would chuff down in the end days of stomach cancer.silly wise and beautiful woman.

 

[futurefields]

Your Diet causes it. Eat vegan, did you know they don't even know what Alzheimers is in India?

My family has very low incidence of cancer we all eat meat and potatoes, also barely any heart disease. You won't see me suffering a vegan diet any time soon.

 

[Northern Lawn]

Bollocks vegans get it too.I would like to see how much veg you would chuff down in the end days of stomach cancer.silly wise and beautiful woman.

You wouldn't get it in the first place moron.

 

[Zanovar]

You wouldn't get it in the first place moron.

*laughs*erm, why wouldnt i get it?,have you blessed me or something?,did you pray while you ate your carrots?.

 

[JumBie]

Scientists have said the exact opposite for the last 50 years. He's reiterating the claims of hippies and ignorant people.

You must be new to the world of science and research, claims change year to year, with studies never being fully cemented as truth, mostly just true for the time being.

Radiation/X-Rays and Cancer: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer...cer-risk-do-xrays-and-gamma-rays-cause-cancer

Microwaved foods and cancer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/4x4_reports/2183386.stm

Power lines and cancer: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-fields

Diet and cancer link: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/causes-symptoms/causes/diet-causing-cancer

All of those links are organizations, government websites, cancer research foundations, and the BBC one is based on scientific research. Your belief that everything he said was based on ignorance and "hippie" mentality is clearly a sign of your own ignorance. Nothing he said was farfetched, nor was any of it lacking scientific backing, you my friend may need to read a book every now and then.

Oh in regards to this^^, yeah most of what he said has been disproven or isn't supported by research. A conventional microwave does not give off high enough energy radiation to damage your DNA even if you were directly exposed to it. Neither has research ever shown a conclusive link between microwave-cooked food and cancer. Some easy googling will show you that
http://www.mdanderson.org/publicati.../issues/2012-july/foodcancerradiationbpa.html

There could be a link between people eating a high amount of microwaved food and cancer, but that link likely has more to do with the types of food they are eating rather than the microwave cooking of that food (i.e., those who use microwaves more may be those who eat more processed foods more often, etc.) - as they say, correlation does not equal causation.

Same goes for living near a microwave tower or manufacturing plant, unless that plant is disposing of toxic wastes incorrectly.

And the athlete getting 10 x-rays a year thing is ridiculous, too. I'm not sure if athletes even get 10 X-rays per year, but your average X-ray is pretty low radiation and while it does technically raise risk of cancer it's pretty minute. I, for example, being someone who has had cancer once already myself (at a young age, too) still regularly get 3-4 X-rays and 3-4 CT Scans (which have MUCH higher radiation output) per year to check that my original cancer has not recurred and to check that no new primary cancer has manifested. Yes, those scans do increase my risk of getting another cancer (as does the fact I've had cancer once already) but it is a very low increase of risk which is deemed an acceptable risk to monitor that I do not currently have cancer.

You'd be surprised how much the average person does not know about cancer, or how much incorrect information they know. Prior to having it myself 3 years ago I knew next to nothing about it. Now I know all too much. I'm even in a Master's program with a psychosocial oncology specialization and am working as a research assistant in a cancer center (the very same one I was treated at).

In the world of science a correlation study is generally accepted as truth (BS of course). I am not saying what he said is true, just pointing out that his information is based off of information that is passed out through the media and actual cancer research foundations.

 

[ViRGE]

Guys, I have to ask that you not make this a health thread. We have a specific forum for that.

For this thread please keep it to Total Biscuit and gaming in general

-Thanks
ViRGE

 

[Rezist]

I kinda followed TB when him and Husky started out with Axiom e-Sports in SC2, they had a bunch of the former SlayerS players after one of them got caught cheating and they disbanded. They have some deal with Acer e-sports as well.

 

[TROLLERCAUST]

*sigh* this kind of stuff doesn't help. It furthers the implication that those who survive are those who were strong and had the will to do so (implying those who die were weak). Many great people who want nothing more than to survive end up dying of the disease. We celebrate survivors all too much while ignoring the dead and dying.

As a cancer survivor myself, I hate to be called one. The term survivor just reminds me there are millions of non-survivors, and I easily could have been one of them - perhaps I should have? Who knows. I live while others die, hell I live and I have a relatively healthy body and normal life - and for this I feel guilty.

What nonsense. I didn't imply anything like that. Cancer happens. Deal with it.

 

[xAlias]

Sad to hear this. I have checked his videos once in a while and feel he does a good job most of the times though he has a tendency to go over the top on certain issues.

Wish him a speedy recover!

 

[thejunglegod]

Such shocking news this. I regularly watch his The Mailbox and WTF videos. Also his rant videos are amazing cos he usually gets a lot of facts to support his cause. Hope he gets better soon. I cannot imagine a life without having to see TB's view on a pc game.