Bonus points for the Marx Brothers’ reference.

Your comments on these threads have been super informative and, in a bit of an odd way, reassuring.

I completely agree with most everything you’ve said. That JAMA Oncology study, though? It’s a retrospective SEER study, not a prospective clinical trial. It’s not a surprise that there’s no significant benefit in overall survival to treating DCIS, but I would stop short in saying that there is NO benefit to treatment,…

Never mind that emotional, financial, and time cost of false positives. Being told “something might be bad” is emotionally devastating even if it turns out to be nothing.

Yes, NSAIDs have significant kidney and heart risks. The liver risks of Acetomiphen are appalling. pseudeoephederine can do all sorts of nasty things especially if you have blood pressure issues, and a number of other OTC drugs cause serious interactions. In an ideal world, you’d consult a doctor before doing…

Imagine a live action “Dark Knight Returns” remake. One can only dream.

I'm not sure how I feel about the more 'extreme' scenarios you posed. I'd probably see it as a horrifically irresponsible concept for a performance art piece in a public gallery involving a general audience, and would likely lead to sexual violence, physical harm to the artist, and/or obscenity charges against the…

He was not drugged or otherwise unable to consent. He consented to have people do "whatever they want" to him. He does not appear to have withdrawn that consent. Legally, this does not appear to have been rape. The police would not call this rape if it happened to a woman under these circumstances, either.

It's…

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