From the right perspective, that's part of the joke. Like this SSG thing. I don't know if he really has cancer. I assume not, but maybe he does. It scarcely matters for the purposes of his posts and our responses. If there is any humour, it doesn't come from the subject matter but from how people react, and the disparity between their apparent reaction and what they actually think. That's an awful explanation, but I'm incapable of putting the ideas into words, or even thinking about it coherently.
(, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 9:12, archived)