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Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by TRDRVR on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:06PM (#40347750)
Everyone here is complaining about the nature of the proposed natural experiment and I’m just here thinking “where are the pockets on OP’s clothes?”

Phones are stored primarily in front pockets that are nowhere near the colon in terms of biology (almost everyone has relatively dense meaty quads and femurs between the thigh and colon) or the inverse square law.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by throwaway11460 on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:06PM (#40347754)
To be fair, I use my hoodie pockets pretty often.
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by rideontime on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:14PM (#40347859)
To be fair, that's even further away from the colon...
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by throwaway11460 on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:18PM (#40347918)
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-term...

No, the ascending and descending parts are exactly where my hoodie pockets are.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by cityofdelusion on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:45PM (#40348200)
The large intestine is fairly deep in the abdomen, there’s a lot of tissue and mass between a hoodie pocket and the colon.
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by Qem on Monday May 13, 2024 @05:48PM (#40348899)
One side of it will be shielded by approximately double the mass, when compared to the one closer to the pocket where the phone is usually stored.
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by paulddraper on Monday May 13, 2024 @06:25PM (#40349272)
> relatively dense meaty quads and femurs between the thigh and colon

While it in now way changes the conclusion, quads are on the front of the leg; many people carry it in their back pocket.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by TRDRVR on Saturday May 18, 2024 @10:15AM (#40399250)
People sit on their phones?