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You are diagnosed with cancer but have no money for treatment. You've no option but to steal the money somehow. What's your plan? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Assume you're life-lusted and are willing to abandon every moral you have just to live. Paying for cancer treatment is also worth prison time to you.

Also assume you've exhausted all ethical fundraising options, i.e. GoFundMe, loans, etc. and that insurance won't cover treatment for whatever reason.

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[–] lemmyng@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess I'll die

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously? You wouldn't do crime to live?

[–] lemmyng@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had acquaintances waste away trying to delay cancer death. Hospice is not fun, so I'd rather go out on my own terms.

Plus, any kind of money making scheme I'd think of is likely going to end up like the "aim for the bushes" scene in The Other Guys.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even for cancers with high survival rates, like skin or breast cancer?