Cancer Cure Metaphors

Comments predominantly use cancer and its lack of a cure as a sarcastic metaphor to critique the limitations, ineffectiveness, or obstructive nature of the discussed technology, policy, or approach. Some samples discuss actual cancer research, treatments, and progress.

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Sample Comments

leptoniscool Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

Maybe this is the reason that cancer hasn't been cured...

barbazoo Jan 30, 2024 View on HN

It's like cancer suing chemotherapy for helping people get rid of it.

moffkalast May 26, 2022 View on HN

Not if you know how to cure cancer ;)

lagniappe May 23, 2024 View on HN

Hang on, what? Specifically the cancer part

prettyStandard Oct 18, 2023 View on HN

Agree with sibling comment.This is another indicator that that is not quite the right way to think about cancer.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37839458

msie Jan 12, 2016 View on HN

You hear promising things about Cancer treatment and yet we couldn't save this man.

icey Oct 4, 2007 View on HN

This looks really great... until you get cancer.

breadbreadbread Dec 20, 2022 View on HN

this is like trying to cure cancer by banning any mention of tumors

ceejayoz Nov 24, 2023 View on HN

That's like saying the cure for cancer is not getting cancer.

tmcw Jan 14, 2011 View on HN

So _this_ is why cancer hasn't been cured yet. Gotcha.