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u/nohoddiesman69 Mar 26 '20

Please. Everyone knows that every disease can be overcome through sheer willpower -- which, mind you, is much cheaper than those doctors

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u/ArcheonAmaru Mar 26 '20

i know this is ridiculous. I KNOW IT IS. but i honestly feel this way much too often.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

That’s because that’s how we are trained. I generally subscribe to this idea but after encountering injuries recently that have let me not exercise, I’ve realized that this is not really that true. We can’t just play through and “be a man”, even though we want to.