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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by paulcole on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:03AM (#30599405)
I don’t see many articles about a homeless guy with cancer making the front page of HN. You’re right it doesn’t change the article, but knowing the context helps us understand how we ended up reading it. And then helps us question the truth of the article.
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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by Broken_Hippo on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:13AM (#30600738)
If they are in the US, the homeless guy is more likely to simply die instead of being able to get treatment. The homeless guy couldn't have gotten a preventative scan to catch it, after all, and even if he felt it, what would he do about it?

Poverty - or lack thereof - changes the story itself because not everywhere cares about its people.

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