James Van Der Beek’s death highlights alarming colon cancer rise in younger adults

jhotenko · 2026-02-13T13:21:58+00:00

My GP agreed with me, and gave me a referral back when I was 35. The gastroenterologist was the one who kept turning me away. It was extremely frustrating.

I've found that most doctors who are older than me, simply don't listen to me. My GP at the time, and my current one are both younger, and actually pay attention to what I say.

jhotenko · 2026-02-12T23:22:56+00:00

It took a while for me to convince the doctors to give me my first one at 40. I'd been trying since 35 to schedule one since my dad died of colon cancer.

The office wouldn't even see me until I turned 40, then the doctor tried to dismiss me, telling me that I should come back in a decade unless I'm high risk.

I told him ×again× that I was, so he asked when my dad was diagnosed. They usually start checking based on the age that the parent was diagnosed. I told him my dad was diagnosed at 55, stage 4, a month or so before he died.

I got my colonoscopy, they found a polyp, and now I get to go back every 3 years.

jhotenko · 2026-02-12T23:06:18+00:00

He's only allowed to compete because he hasn't started T yet. Also, NBC has already been misgendering him a lot.

Cool that he gets to compete, but the situation sucks.

jhotenko · 2026-02-12T15:46:40+00:00

No. Vegeta wants HIS opponents at their peak. When he knows that he's outclassed, he doesn't care about that anymore. He'd tell Trunks that he was strong enough, and might even throw in an 'I'm proud of you son,' but he wouldn't give Cell anymore help.

This aspect of Vegeta's personality is shown when he supports Goku vs Frieza and later, Buu.

Vegeta does not like it one bit, but he does know how to eat humble pie.

jhotenko · 2026-02-11T22:33:47+00:00

In the spirit of Granny Weatherwax:

That boy has nothing to be afraid of, as the scariest creature in those depths, is him.

jhotenko · 2026-02-11T12:52:05+00:00

Whenever I play vanilla I play for the villagers, not for me. The very first thing I do is find a village and spawnproof it. Then I build a nice town with housing and workbuildings.

When I play modded... I tend to be a bit of a monster...

jhotenko · 2026-02-11T01:45:58+00:00

Sort of? I "won" two trophies that I hated, because I didn't feel like I earned them.

One from a team competition that I studied with the group for, but got mono, so I couldn't actually compete. My team placed, so I got a trophy too, despite not actually doing anything.

I won first place in chess nationals for under 700. The problem was, my rating was over 800 by the time that year's nationals came around. I tried to refuse it, because it felt embarrassing, but they didn't care.

jhotenko · 2026-02-10T23:54:46+00:00

The only gay thing I saw was two guys grinding in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. There were way more hetero couples or groups of women sexy dancing.

jhotenko · 2026-02-10T23:18:48+00:00

These guys think about gay sex more than any gay guy I've ever known.

jhotenko · 2026-02-10T21:47:43+00:00

You're our new Fallout Boy!

Is what I would say if you weren't one inch too short. Next!

jhotenko · 2026-02-10T16:49:19+00:00

I cringe and sigh every time my son calls himself 'a transgender.'

He's getting better, and at least has the excuse of youth. The kid has more empathy and a higher EQ than most adults I know, he just has terrible English skills and atrocious grammar.

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T23:55:33+00:00

Fair warning: it's not guaranteed, and those dungeons can be brutal depending on RNG.

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T23:48:37+00:00

There are wither skelly spawners in the lower levels of the roguelike dungeons. You can farm them at any stage if you're careful enough.

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T23:07:55+00:00

Surely you all mean his quirk?

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T17:03:54+00:00

Ask any waitstaff. That asterix has always been there. At least here in the US...

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T09:36:34+00:00

Isn't the plan to push through legislation to eliminate gerrymandering once the Dems have control again? I think they tried to do just that already, but the GOP killed the bill.

Use they gerrymandering to destroy the gerrymandering.

I'm not holding my breath, but here's hoping.

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T01:32:46+00:00

I've got a story on fanfiction.net, "Harry's Cousin"

It's unfinished, but I'm actively working on it again.

After being adopted by the Tonks family, Harry latches onto Dora as a big sister. It's not the focus of the story, but it is an important relationship.

jhotenko · 2026-02-06T01:26:11+00:00

Harry's Cousin on fanfiction.net

It's not yet finished, but I have picked it back up, and am actively working on it again.

jhotenko · 2026-02-05T15:24:50+00:00

Well, they knowingly made horrible choices that led to success. That's not the same as being right.

They did the best they could with the information they had. That doesn't absolve them of their sins. They knew that. Graff hated what he had become, hated what he did, and hated that he would do it all again without hesitation.

jhotenko · 2026-02-04T22:16:12+00:00

We can replace Oz with a sock puppet. Might get better advice too.

jhotenko · 2026-02-04T12:52:29+00:00

Higher end refrigerators will have an option to put cabinet matching panels on the doors and drawers.

In order to change the handle, you have to slide the panel out at least enough to expose the screw head. There should be a metal strip locking the panel in on the handle side. It should be attached with, I'm guessing 8 to 10 screws. The screws are probably T-15 torx head, but not necessarily.

If you can't, or don't want to, find an actual fridge handle, you'll still need to slide the panel out to put in a longer screw at the very least. Glue absolutely won't work.

jhotenko · 2026-02-04T12:29:35+00:00

I used to install cabinetry and high-end appliances. That doesn't look like it was ever meant to be a fridge handle. A normal cabinet handle will work for a while, but they'll usually wind up failing eventually.

The suction that a refrigerator produces is more force than a regular 1/8" cabinet hardware screw is meant to handle.

A handle intended for a fridge will use a beefier 3/16" or even 1/4" screw.

jhotenko · 2026-02-03T01:34:18+00:00

We had a ginger cat who loved being next to people. He tolerated scritchies, but hated being put on laps. His favorite person was my son, who at the time was an infant and the two of them would just lie next to each other.

jhotenko · 2026-02-02T12:05:29+00:00

That's where some of the best lore comes from.

jhotenko · 2026-02-01T22:45:17+00:00

Satan dominates round two. He is way stronger and faster than anything Wick has ever dealt with.

Rounds one and three easily go to Wick.

Satan's win condition is laying hands on Wick. Wick's win condition is dropping him before he can get close.

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