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| titletext = I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% of the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this). | | titletext = I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% of the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this). | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Jeff's explanation: | |
− | + | So, an Oncologist is a cancer doctor. This comic is certainly related to the breast cancer issue that Randall is going through with his fiancee. So, pardon my very simple explanation, but Megan in this comic has a tattoo for aligning the laser for surgery to remove or treat the cancerous tumor inside her. I'm not sure if it is a real tattoo (because it says it was done by her Oncologist) or if it some sort of scarring from the procedure. I am not an expert on this, can some subject matter expert weigh in below? I know you are out there. | |
− | + | In the last frame, Cueball mentions that he has a barbed wire bicep tattoo, which is a stereotypically in the US, a tattoo that people get when they want to seem tough, even if they aren't tough already. | |
− | + | Anyway, the joke in the comic is that Cueball got this barbed wired tattoo to look tough, but it pales in comparison to the tattoo from (or for) the cancer removal or treatment. This is ironic because people who get barbed wired tattoos believe themselves to be tough. It is kind of funny because Cueball has his whole shirt off just to show a bicep tattoo. | |
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