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Welcome to the "Least Intelligent Student Union in the Country"
The student council at Carleton University in Ottawa has made a shocking discovery*: Cystic Fibrosis only affects white men, and is therefore not an "inclusive enough" disease to raise money for. Needless to say, this causes a leeeetle backlash.

In response, the person who originally made the motion to remove CF from their charity list is "currently not able to live happily." How sad. :(

ETA: *And by "shocking", I mean "completely false".

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ecchaniz0r
2008-11-29 11:28 pm UTC (link)

It's the way our cells osmose things, or don't osmose, as the case may be. Lemme wikilink, it's like - very technobabble-riffic and I will probably not be coherent. it has to do with this little sucka! Basically salt goes in salt goes out; the cholera bacteria can't attach to our intestines - or the intestines of many people who just carry the gene - the way it does normal people. So while it's not a great idea for me to go around chugging sludge water, I can't get cholera. Whee!

Also I skipped all the usual hereditary allergies in my family except the one to codeine, which is a bonus. I don't know how common that is, but maybe allergens don't attach to my cells the way they do to normal people's as well. ...It's like genetic fail-velcro!

Yeah, I'm way too entertained by and fascinated with the way my physiology is odd. (I lucked out in that my lungs are pretty easygoing. My pancreas is stupid though. But it knows how to do insulin! Thank you pancreas! ...i'm being extremely dorky. Stopping!)

Also also, oh man your turkey tips make me drool. I must copypaste and save those. ♥ Thank you!

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tofuknight
2008-11-30 03:07 am UTC (link)

*giggles* Genetic fail-velcro! *snorts*

I'm glad your pancreas can do insulin! Not being able to sucks. Silly pancreas.

Also, I am now imagining a little cholera bug (a la those adorable little plushies) going down your intestines: "Do do doo... ah! Intestines! I can attatch! Yay!" *snuggles up to intestines and is REPELLED* "Ack! Oh no! Alas! Well... maybe that was just a bad spot. I'll try again." *snuggles up to another part of intestines. Is again REPELLED* "Noooooooooooo! A CF human! Woe is me!" *cries*

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	ecchaniz0r 2008-12-02 01:51 am UTC (link)
	That just made my day. ...And now I wanna buy that microbe plushie just so I can go REPEL! and toss him around my room. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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