Die Martin Die@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agoThe audacitysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1873arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1861arrow-down1imageThe audacitysh.itjust.worksDie Martin Die@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·1 day agoReminds me of a joke I once heard from an ER nurse: Why do they nail coffins shut? To keep oncologists out.
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoIs the implication that oncologists want to keep patients alive enough to keep draining their bank account?
minus-squarezach@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoI think it also means oncologists are the type of people who keep hoping when treatment seems futile. “Don’t die yet, maybe one more round of chemo will cure you”
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoNot with the way I heard it delivered.
Reminds me of a joke I once heard from an ER nurse:
Why do they nail coffins shut?
To keep oncologists out.
Is the implication that oncologists want to keep patients alive enough to keep draining their bank account?
I think it also means oncologists are the type of people who keep hoping when treatment seems futile. “Don’t die yet, maybe one more round of chemo will cure you”
Not with the way I heard it delivered.
Yes.