• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Love to see some Norm! His bit about fighting cancer makes me tear up every time I hear it anymore

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        1 year ago

        Sure thing. Here you go

        On the language of “losing/winning” a “battle” with cancer:

        “I’m pretty sure when you die, the cancer dies too at the same time. So that to me isn’t a loss, it’s a draw.”

        It’s worth mentioning that Norm MacDonald died from leukemia in 2021 and the joke was probably written sometime early into his diagnosis or pre-diagnosis. If I were reading into it like an English teacher, I’d say that this is an example of a man candidly coming to terms with his own mortality, vocalizing it in the only way he knew how: third-person comedy. It’s just all-in-all a pretty saddening thing to look back on. Almost reminds me of that tragedy.

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    1 year ago

    comedians have this amazing gift of being able to make us laugh about even the worst horrible things.

    ♥️Norm Genius♥️

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    1 year ago

    I’ve said this thousands of times, and I still believe it fully. Assisted suicide should 100% be legal. You can put a dog out of it’s misery but mom has to die slowly and painfully from the incurable cancer eating their brain.

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    1 year ago

    What an excellent take! This guy understands.

    As someone who has been close to the edge a few times whilst depressed, this made me feel so much better about it.