Comments on: Growup http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/ Toys are serious business. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Narf http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-114132 Narf Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:34:57 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-114132 My name... is OPTIMUS!!! (eh?? ehhh???) My name… is OPTIMUS!!!

(eh?? ehhh???)

]]> By: JW http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-87347 JW Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:32:44 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-87347 I thought it was a bit the reverse? Is there research to use it to attack the cancer cells because it's a retrovirus that can invade cells or something? I could see that being plausible I suppose, but it's funny, because there's a reverse case of a type of cancer accidentally leading to a potential cure for AIDS... There was a German guy whose HIV got killed off after he had a marrow transplant because of bone cancer... after an epic few days of illness (sounded like the worst ever bout of flu, nearly killed him, but didn't quite), he bounced right back... HIV-free. The marrow donor had been someone who carried the gene that gives you resistance to Bubonic Plague and HIV (yes, for some reason, the same gene does both of those things), a fairly rare gene that's in an estimated 1% of the population. And guess what? Your bone marrow is where blood cells are produced. So fresh, HIV-resistant blood cells started taking root... and attacking the hell out of the virus. Mind you, it's not the nicest cure... only like one guy has had it happen to him, and THAT involved a painful bone marrow transplant and then lying in a hospital bed convinced you were gonna die miserably sick. But it... actually appears to have worked. I'm not sure I can think of a better case to illustrate the yin and yang of luck than that. "You have AIDS! Now you have Cancer! Now you need a marrow transplant! Now you're sick and might die! Oh wait you lived and don't have AIDS or cancer anymore and oh, you're probably no longer a carrier for HIV either, since the new marrow killed it." Also a good example as to why Biology was always one of my favorite subjects in school :D you can't make this shit up! I thought it was a bit the reverse? Is there research to use it to attack the cancer cells because it’s a retrovirus that can invade cells or something? I could see that being plausible I suppose, but it’s funny, because there’s a reverse case of a type of cancer accidentally leading to a potential cure for AIDS…

There was a German guy whose HIV got killed off after he had a marrow transplant because of bone cancer… after an epic few days of illness (sounded like the worst ever bout of flu, nearly killed him, but didn’t quite), he bounced right back… HIV-free.

The marrow donor had been someone who carried the gene that gives you resistance to Bubonic Plague and HIV (yes, for some reason, the same gene does both of those things), a fairly rare gene that’s in an estimated 1% of the population. And guess what? Your bone marrow is where blood cells are produced. So fresh, HIV-resistant blood cells started taking root… and attacking the hell out of the virus.

Mind you, it’s not the nicest cure… only like one guy has had it happen to him, and THAT involved a painful bone marrow transplant and then lying in a hospital bed convinced you were gonna die miserably sick.

But it… actually appears to have worked.

I’m not sure I can think of a better case to illustrate the yin and yang of luck than that. “You have AIDS! Now you have Cancer! Now you need a marrow transplant! Now you’re sick and might die! Oh wait you lived and don’t have AIDS or cancer anymore and oh, you’re probably no longer a carrier for HIV either, since the new marrow killed it.”

Also a good example as to why Biology was always one of my favorite subjects in school :D you can’t make this shit up!

]]> By: Eibon http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-79668 Eibon Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:18:39 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-79668 Wow...I think I'm stuck in a perpetual stage 2. Either that, or I'm just a bloodthirsty freak. Wow…I think I’m stuck in a perpetual stage 2. Either that, or I’m just a bloodthirsty freak.

]]> By: Corronchilejano http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-68700 Corronchilejano Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:35:21 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-68700 ... Willis knew the cure for cancer? … Willis knew the cure for cancer?

]]> By: Dragoonchris http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-66908 Dragoonchris Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:34:43 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-66908 This is how people reacted when they learn that Heath Ledger is going to be the Joker. Also, Hugo Weaving is awesome as Megatron. This is how people reacted when they learn that Heath Ledger is going to be the Joker. Also, Hugo Weaving is awesome as Megatron.

]]> By: LuffySP http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-62943 LuffySP Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:50:25 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-62943 Things I do. I had a similar reaction when "Shamy" became official on The Big Bang Theory. Yay for overreacting to insignificant shit. I also refuse to grow up, despite the fact I have had sex. Things I do. I had a similar reaction when “Shamy” became official on The Big Bang Theory. Yay for overreacting to insignificant shit. I also refuse to grow up, despite the fact I have had sex.

]]> By: Leager http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-54240 Leager Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:10:10 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-54240 This is actually frighteningly prescient, considering that doctors are now attempting to use AIDS (well, technically they're using HIV, but...meh) to combat cancer. This is actually frighteningly prescient, considering that doctors are now attempting to use AIDS (well, technically they’re using HIV, but…meh) to combat cancer.

]]> By: SonicBlueRanger http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-43430 SonicBlueRanger Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:11:06 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-43430 I! AM! MEGATRON! Hugo Weaving Hammed up all his Megatron lines and it was awesome. I! AM! MEGATRON! Hugo Weaving Hammed up all his Megatron lines and it was awesome.

]]> By: grogonsgoodgig http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-40591 grogonsgoodgig Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:22:02 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-40591 You just noticed that while you out walking around? What...did you hear the corn growing? lol You just noticed that while you out walking around? What…did you hear the corn growing? lol

]]> By: Dr. Alex Horrible http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/09-yaoi-incest/growup/#comment-33890 Dr. Alex Horrible Tue, 10 May 2011 05:59:05 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2007/03/30/growup/#comment-33890 Bear Grylls - "In the desert with nothing but piss? Paradise." Bear Grylls – “In the desert with nothing but piss? Paradise.”

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