#rons rambles

Here's some soft for the angst I threw at you guys I suppose, ha ha!

I think he would be able to. Her visions seem to be specific to danger. She sees demons and her family members in danger. I don't think she would see his gifts/surprises. But I could be wrong!

These two probably don't give gifts super often. They've been married for like 27 (shh math is hard) years or something. What gifts are there to give at that point?

I feel like Ed is the type to give Lorraine flowers. Maybe other useful items. I also think maybe he gives her rings! That's why she has so many, ha ha. She rarely seems to wear other jewelry if at all so I think he just gets her rings. Probably only one or two a year but she loves them all.

Lorraine would probably get him.. Kisses? Like what do you get Ed? More shirts? This man already has the greatest gifts, his wife and daughter. But she probably gives him small things like a new tie (that matches her skirt-) or some sweet sentimental thing.

I could see Lorraine giving him some cross necklace with her name engraved into so she'd always be close to his heart.

Lorraine probably would surprise him with his favorite baked goods. (this is why he has heart problems, thanks Lorraine /j) But he's always super grateful no matter what he gets.

Ed doesn't seem to be the type for surprises. He's just a chill guy who loves his wife. Patrick Wilson on the other hand

so basically my bf and I started playing RE 5 weeks ago, and then took a short break to play 6 bcs I'm not ready to finish it bcs I Know I Will Cry and now I have.. a hyperfixation. :') Mostly on Sheva Alomar (fuck that woman is so fine) but like I just wanna.. hold her gently and tell her I like her muscles and toned tummy. But yea we be playing the Helena and Leon route of 6 and shit slaps, dude. The lore? Immaculate.

Have I mentioned my crippling fear of zombies? Like... Two months ago I would have cried at the thought of seeing zombies but now I'm kicking their asses live on screen.

Anywho I need to channel this hyperfixation so pls drop RE 5 fic requests. I am Iffy on Wesker (my man is on thin ice) but I will write for the Little Bitch Boy as long as it's like,, headcannons for the Main 4. Also Chris Redfield is like my the older brother I never had and I love him sm.

Also I will absolutely devour any and all Sheva content sent my way.

So because I'm a dingus, I was opening a box with scissors at work yesterday and accidentally gave my left middle and pointer fingers little cuts.

So now I'm wearing a Band-Aid and it's hard to type- And I just unintentionally whacked my pointer finger, ow.

So I will be typing a bit less today.

IF I DON'T SEE THE CONJURING 3 SOON, I'M GOING TO FLIP MY LID

HAVE YOU SEEN LORED???? YOU NEED TO.

(Information provided by Cancer Research UK unless otherwise stated. I understand that this is a controversial subject but please actually read ALL of what I've written here before replying. I'll just ignore messages from folk who clearly haven't)

I was at the Solidarity conference recently, had a really good time and got to hear a talk on the benefits of medicinal cancer. Some of the advice given made me quite angry, but I decided to simply let it slide, articulate myself a bit and do a bit more reading. And here's some points that were made and how I feel about them;

(if you can't be arsed reading this all, jump to point 8. CONCLUSION which serves as a "Too Long: Didn't Read")

1. DOES CANNABIS CURE CANCER?

There is no substantial evidence that cannabis has a net positive effect on cancer in humans. Cannabinoids (Which are complex compounds that can be derived from the cannabis plant) have been shown to have certain curative properties, in SOME Petri dishes and in SOME mice. Two points here: 1) Humans are significantly more complex than mice and Petri dishes. 2) In many experiments, the cannabis made the cancer worse.

The scary fact is that cancer is a complex disease that comes in many forms, there is no "Magic potion" that can actually cure all forms of it. Now, the fact that the cannabinoids, in laboratory conditions have shown to sometimes have a positive effect is enough to encourage further tests but human testing in this is quite unethical because it requires asking someone to forgo conventional medicine in order to get tests. The only human trial (That I can find a reliable record of, courtesy of Cancer Research UK) was done in Spain and it was found that most of the people who took part died in line with their prognosis, despite being treated with cannabis-derived cures. It did, however, improve their quality of life, however short.

What we've learned is that in most cases (In humans, in mice and in dishes) the effects of cannabinoids on cancer cells is inconclusive.

2. WHAT ABOUT MY FRIEND'S SISTER'S WORKMATE'S EXBOYFRIEND'S PAL?

Ultimately, anecdotes are not evidence and are inadmissible. While I am always overjoyed to hear that someone has beaten cancer, unless they've documented their journey in full and had it independently verified, then it's simply not relevant. In almost every example I can find, people have been "cured" by cannabis, they've also been following a course of traditional, verifiable, medicine.

3. IS BIG PHARMA HIDING THE CURE FOR PROFIT

Obviously, I can't possibly know the answer to this but if I had to hazard a guess; I'd say no.

For starters, I don't think big drug companies have anything to gain from hiding a cure. Not when the current cures aren't the best, these companies could make billions by releasing a patented cure that would prolong their customer's lives with constant treatment.

But even if big companies WERE hiding a cure, this ignores countries like the Netherlands, Australia and Germany where cannabis is legal (with all kinds of provisos and asterisks)? Why haven't any of their concerning scientists published their findings online. Free from the grasp of big drugs corporations.

4. AH, BUT RICK SIMPSON...

Is a liar. Plain and simple. He's not a doctor or a scientist. He holds no medical or biology degree. He is unqualified to give any kind of medical advice. His cures have never been peer reviewed (And even or verified by anyone other than himself and his customers (who are either dead, unverifiable or have been using traditional medicine as well).

5. CANNABIS HAS BEEN USED TO CURE CANCER FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!

[Citation Needed]. Frankly. We have indeed known about cancer for millennia (it's actually called cancer because Plato reckoned that tumours resembled crabs. This is why the crab constellation is called "Cancer") and yet neither the Greeks or Egyptians ever described a connection between cannabis and cancer despite them both having rudimentary cures.

6. THE CHEMICALS USED IN CHEMOTHERAPY ARE DERIVED FROM MUSTARD GAS!

Yes. And? Lots of scientific developments come from sordid pasts. The fact that we've taken a horrible weapon and turned it into medicine is beautiful.

7. ...WELL I STILL THINK CANNABIS SHOULD BE LEAGLISED

Yeah. Me too. I frankly don't care what consenting adults choose to do in their own homes. Be it smoking weed or drinking alcohol. Neither should be illegal and cannabis should be completely decriminalized in the name of individual liberty. I just don't think it's magic.

8. CONCLUSION

Ultimately, I'm not an expert. This essay/open letter was written after a single evening of research. I am open to the fact that I may have made mistakes and there is probably convincing, reliable sources I haven't read just yet.

What I've gathered is this: There are many things cancer does have medical uses for but cancer, right now, is not one of them. We don't know enough about it so anyone seriously promoting cannabis as a cancer cure-all should be treated with the same scorn and ridicule that rational people treat ALL witch-doctors, snake-oil proprietors, homeopaths and soothsayers who pray on the weak, scared and desperate. And in my humble opinions it is pretty repugnant for someone to look at a desperate cancer patient both directly lie to, and mislead them, into endangering their lives because it might further your pet cause.

But let's end this on a positive note;

I understand the desire to find a miracle cure for cancer. To stumble upon a common substance that remove this horrible ailment from our lives and save our loved ones but we have to start being honest with ourselves and not fall for snake oil salesmen.

We're all adults and we all know the effects that smoking cannabis can have on an individual and it just so happens that those effects are the direct opposite of the bad side effects of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy gives you ongoing agony and a loss of appetite while cannabis quite famously increases hunger and is an effective painkiller so at the very least cannabis can be a great supplement to traditional cancer medicines because it can vastly improve the patients quality of life.

So until very, very recently I used to be hardcore against heroin use of any kind. I was entirely unsympathetic to the woes of users and condemned them to a fate of their own making. Until I read about the experiments of Bruce Alexander.

Professor Alexander's theory was that pack animals such as humans crave bonds. We naturally seek out healthy bonds in our family and social companions and hobbies, but in the absence of healthy bonds will seek out bonds with material possessions, television, gambling and even drugs. This is why hospital patients don't become addicted to heroine despite the constant, purified flow of it in morphine, and why the heroine using soldiers in Vietnam immediately stopped using it once they returned to their families. Because they were all able to replace the unhealthy bond (heroin) with a healthy one (love).

Alexander's evidence for his theory was "Rat Park". Basically he had two cages, one with a single rat and two bottles; one with water and one with water+heroine. The second cage had several rats who could fuck and play to their heart’s content, food and toys and the water and the water+heroine. The solo rat became addicted and died but the happy rats lived long and prosperous lives and rarely, if ever, drank the heroine laced water.

In summary:

Drug addiction is psychological and demonizing, isolating and incriminating addicts does nothing to help them, it makes the problem worse.