Xkcd: Ten Years

Wow. Not everybody takes it this well. I think it takes an extremely high level of intelligence and conscientiousness to see this as just another of life’s little circumstances and avoid the destructive spiral of emotional fight and flight. Rarely also is this kind of resilience on popular display. We glamorize the brooding victims, the angry fighters, the nihilism, recklessness, and addiction. Having seen this a few times, it begins to look like a comorbidity. Is her resilience something that can be instilled before it’s too late? How do you bring it up? I think about this a lot because it has been such a big part of my life, and my fate is sealed on it staying that way. I think it may have something to do with a belief in a power greater than oneself: god, community, family, the universe, maybe all of the above. But it’s not rational to tell somebody to find a value greater than their own existence. Sure those things are wondrous and beautiful, but death makes it quite impossible to ponder them. And yet, nobody escapes. Sorry for the rambling. Congratulations. My heart sings for you.

I'm so happy for them!

(Let's just say I have intimate knowledge of what they are going through.)

That was... unexpectedly sweet.

But now that she won against cancer, she won't have to deal with it anymore. That was on the fine print, after all. Congratulations !

I can't believe it's been ten years since I first read the first part of this comic. I've since stopped reading XKCD regularly, but still dip in when I'm bored. I've also got some of his books.

Even though I don't know Randall (and Mrs. M), I somehow feel warmth for for them to have triumphed over it. Maybe it was the open way he disclosed it to the world right at the beginning.

Hmm, I'm not expressing myself well here. Dammit, Low EQ.

Anyway... "F&ck Cancer".

This was absolutely beautiful. Thank you, Randall.

Terribly touching. Thanks for posting it.

That was sad and sweet. Good luck!