Popcorn Causes Lung Disease!

[Roy Karrde]

You know I wanted to get Popcorn for the debate tonight but even I hesitated becuase of this. I really think some one would have to be snorting Popcorn fumes for years for this to happen, but I do wonder what other fumes can cause Lung Disease. Maybe Campbell's Soup Steam!

[Drusilla]

You know I wanted to get Popcorn for the debate tonight but even I hesitated becuase of this. I really think some one would have to be snorting Popcorn fumes for years for this to happen, but I do wonder what other fumes can cause Lung Disease. Maybe Campbell's Soup Steam!

That would majorly suck... Can you imagine all the childhood dreams that would be crushed?

Anyway, live and let live, or live and let die (great song), et al. I haven't dropped dead from eating popcorn yet, and I doubt that I ever will. So many things are "dangerous" these days, if we let it hold us back we'd go around in big plastic bubbles (kinda like those hamster balls... hmmm) and refuse to interact with our environs. I'm going to go about my business, and if I die, oh well. It's gonna happen sooner or later (though probably sooner... <_<;; )

But I have no problem with hamster balls, as long as I don't have to live in one.

[Gavin Luper]

Anyway, live and let live, or live and let die (great song), et al. I haven't dropped dead from eating popcorn yet, and I doubt that I ever will. So many things are "dangerous" these days, if we let it hold us back we'd go around in big plastic bubbles (kinda like those hamster balls... hmmm) and refuse to interact with our environs. I'm going to go about my business, and if I die, oh well. It's gonna happen sooner or later (though probably sooner... <_<;; )

But I have no problem with hamster balls, as long as I don't have to live in one.

Yeah, I kind of agree. I mean, I'm not keen on dying, and I don't intend to be reckless, but I'd rather take my chances living a normal life than live in a bubble fearing all these things which might kill me. A hundred years ago I imagine people did a lot of things which are dangerous/deadly now, yet at least they didn't have to worry about quite so much, because nobody knew. I'm not saying life was better back then, but you get my point. Once you "know" something is bad for you, it compels change automatically, doesn't it? That knowledge can be very powerful.

[mr_pikachu]

Well, you probably can't live in fear of everything, yeah. Breathing has its risks when you get right down to it. That doesn't mean we should stop.

If you're looking for trends among studies of potential health risks (and whether or not they're actually valid), you may be interested in this article...

Early rising no good for the heart: study

All these years of waking in the evening... I'm finally vindicated! Go me!

[Jim Crill]

Well, you probably can't live in fear of everything, yeah. Breathing has its risks when you get right down to it. That doesn't mean we should stop.

If you're looking for trends among studies of potential health risks (and whether or not they're actually valid), you may be interested in this article...

Early rising no good for the heart: study

All these years of waking in the evening... I'm finally vindicated! Go me!

WTF?!! Yikes, that creeps me out seeing as how I am an early riser (I'm 16). How the hell can getting the recommended 9 hours of sleep hurt you? That seems silly, especially when they said that most of the early risers were OLDER people, I mean doesn't that make more sense then jumping the gun and saying "Hey since a bunch of 60 year olds have heart disease and wake up early, the cause must be the early rising! Never mind the fact that they're old!". I mean honestly, that's just bad science.

[Drusilla]

Well, you probably can't live in fear of everything, yeah. Breathing has its risks when you get right down to it. That doesn't mean we should stop.

I dunno, I know a few people who should try not breathing... XP

Breathing causes disease. Trust me; you live in the Houston area for long enough, this becomes a matter of daily life... Ugh. I hate the smell of the chemical refineries... Even though I work for a company that owns one of the really big ones (one that HASN'T blown up yet...).

So, yeah. Life causes disease. Life is lethal, and pretty much always leads to [physical] death... I think that's something we can all agree on.

[Gavin Luper]

Life is lethal, and pretty much always leads to [physical] death... I think that's something we can all agree on.

Life always leads to death. It's all part of the package. Yes, I agree. Hoorah.