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đChemo is WWI Mustard Gas
This is Steve Jobs.
Actually, this is him.
Heâs dead.
Most people think he died from pancreatic cancer.
But theyâre wrong.
He died from thisâŠ
Apples.
Seriously.
He was hippy dippy â so his treatment was fruit fasts, hot baths, and acupuncture. Basically, everything but what actually works: chemotherapy.
But he was right to be freaked out â because chemoâs origin was deadly. It was invented from WWI mustard gas.
Itâs crazyâŠ
So itâs 1917, The Western Front:
Ya, thatâs mustard gas.
The British first synthesized it in the lab in 1860 â but it was always just for shits. Well, until those pesky Germans ruin it (like everything else).
Because in WWI, the Germans are sick of the deadlocked trench warfare.
So they shake things up a bit â by turning Mustard Gas into a SUPER effective chemical weapon.
Hereâs why it works:
Cheap â Perfect for a resource-strapped Germany at the end of the war.
Easy â You just need sulfur, chlorine, nitrogen, and basic equipment to make it.
Potent â The gas lingers for 1-2 days normally, but up to weeks in the cold .
This means youâd have to evacuate your trenches.
Because if you donât evacuate or mask up, youâll end up like thisâŠ
Mustard Gas causes your eyes to burn, your skin to blister, and you to suffocate.
100,000 soldiers die like that đ
So with every soldierâŠyou knowâŠdyingâŠAmerican scientists look for an antidote.
But they discover something odd.
The bone marrow from gas victimsâŠit stopped making blood cells.
Youâre probably thinking: Bone marrow? Whoopty doo. Tell me something interesting.
Well, how about you listen dammit.
Because bone marrow cells are similar to another cell â CANCER. They both divide like crazy.
So they get an ideaâŠ
He gasses âem.
Just kidding â theyâre American, not German.
So instead of huckinâ gas canisters at the cancer victims, the scientists inject them with different mustard gas compounds.
Then â true to the trial & error of science đ â they check which ones work.
They find a drug that works. Yippeee đ„ł
But howâs chemo actually work?
Well, when a cell divides, it exposes its DNA.
Which chemo beats to a pulp.
Now this DNA pulping hurts ALL cells â but mortally wounds those quickly dividing ones that donât have time to repair.
Aka cancerâŠand hair, stomach, and genital cells. Which is why during chemo you go bald, puke, and stop wanting to fugg đ
So whatâs the lesson?
Donât get cancer.
But if you do, thank these fine folks for giving you a fighting chance.
Crush Ass,
Dylan & Henry đ
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