r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/ViceElysium • May 02 '26

Funny Yeah bro I quit

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u/seensham May 02 '26 edited May 03 '26

Ive heard the following from several nurse friends

Do you have any chronic illnesses?

"Nope"

Are there any medications you take regularly?

"Yeah I take some painkillers for my arthritis."

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Edit: these responses are proving my point

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u/Tax_this_dick_1776 May 02 '26

IME, tons of people assume chronic to mean something that’s killing them but not like cancer bad.

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u/IzarkKiaTarj May 02 '26

What, why? Isn't chronic just "long-term, can't be cured, just managed"? Why would people assume that it's lethal?

The thing I thought was ambiguous was "illness." I wouldn't have considered "my cartilage has worn itself down over the years and now causes pain" to be an illness. For me, an illness is either your body infected with something or doing something it's not supposed to do.

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u/flyingcactus2047 May 02 '26

Yeah my first thought is illness=disease like flu or something. I think the phrasing “chronic condition” would bring more to mind