Report, edit, etc...Posted by (SEN)Dante50 on 2006-04-03 at 20:40:45
You know that saying "What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger"? Is it true? Sometimes it can totally cripple you, but it applies sometimes? What do you think 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-04-03 at 20:44:25
Depends on what it is. This tends to apply more to mental things than physical ailments and injuries. Unless you're that guy who shot himself in the head and knocked out his brain tumor.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2006-04-03 at 20:49:24
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-04-03 at 20:56:21
Nope.
Only in DBZ.
Only in DBZ.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-03 at 21:21:51
What about cancer? If it doesn't kill you does it make you stronger?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (SEN)Dante50 on 2006-04-03 at 21:26:46
No, actually. It makes you weak, so your immune system is only 2 thirds as strong as it would be on average. I don't know where I read that, but it was somewhere 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2006-04-03 at 21:34:26
But on the flip side, you can build up an immunity to things, so if you got sick, your immune system would learn to recognize that threat and fight it off, making your immune system stronger.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-03 at 21:35:38
That sounds about right though. Cause the chemotherapy or whatever kills your white blood buddies or something.
Also, what if some crazed man decided to kidnap you and cut off your arms and legs and then stop the bleeding and patch up your wounds. Then he lets you back into the unkidnapped world. He didn't do anything to kill you and I doubt you're stronger.
Also, what if some crazed man decided to kidnap you and cut off your arms and legs and then stop the bleeding and patch up your wounds. Then he lets you back into the unkidnapped world. He didn't do anything to kill you and I doubt you're stronger.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-04-03 at 21:57:16
QUOTE(Deathawk @ Apr 3 2006, 07:55 PM)
Nope.
Only in DBZ.
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Only in DBZ.
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Damn, I jumped in here thinking I was gonna say "Only if you happen to be a saiyan."
Curse you, Deathawk.
Anyways... No, no it doesn't... Except if what moose said actually happened.
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*Syphon figets
ONLY IF YOU HAPPEN TO A SAIYAN LAWL RAWR SPOOT! [/spam]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shmeeps on 2006-04-03 at 22:20:48
Well, sometimes.
If you break a leg, the bone rebuilds thicker, thus making it stronger.
Taking a bunch of drugs repeatedly eventually makes you build up a resistance to them.
There's alot more, but, generally, I think yes, in most cases.
If you break a leg, the bone rebuilds thicker, thus making it stronger.
Taking a bunch of drugs repeatedly eventually makes you build up a resistance to them.
There's alot more, but, generally, I think yes, in most cases.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-03 at 22:24:10
Well, what if you break tear ligaments or something in your leg, and then it heals, but there's a lot of scar tissue and you aren't as mobile? Sure it's harder to break, but mobility is an issue too. I guess it's all your own opinion as to what stronger is.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Do-0dan on 2006-04-03 at 22:46:37
if it doesnt kill you, you still have time to think, and your will power can get stronger in order to survive
i think this saying was meant for mental strength and not physical
i think this saying was meant for mental strength and not physical
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-04-03 at 22:48:22
Here's an alright example I can give to you guys, hopefully you guys understand it.
Would you rather have a baseball player on your team that injured his right knee and now is fully healed, or somebody who was never injured?
Would you rather have a baseball player on your team that injured his right knee and now is fully healed, or somebody who was never injured?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Do-0dan on 2006-04-03 at 23:15:43
i'd take the uninjured one because he was good enough not to get hurt
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MapUnprotector on 2006-04-04 at 02:18:58
The experience of whatever makes you a "stronger" person, as in better or more wise.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (DI)Yulla on 2006-04-04 at 06:00:47
I don't think it is true. If you somehow survive AIDS, it doesn't make you any stronger physically, but it makes you mentally stronger because you survived AIDS.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (SEN)Dante50 on 2006-04-04 at 16:52:40
I agree. But some peope, don't realize that there are two kinds of strength. Mental and Physical. Mental means that you are now more experiences, so you are ready for this, but physical means that all physical matter (like germs, bacteria) no longer has that much of an efffect. Why do you think they give you flu shots. it's not really medicine, it's an actually flu virus, but your body is MENTALLY readier for it. That's why it's called "immunity". Don't believe me on the definition? Look it up. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-04 at 17:42:43
What the hell? Your body is mentally ready for it? Uhh... Well, what happens is when they inject you, it's a bunch of dead influenza virus. Then the white blood cells come around and do their business and then they know all about the virus and then know how to kill it and store it until the living virus comes inside you.
And I don't see how beating AIDS can make you mentally stronger... Sure you know how hard it was to beat it and know about AIDS, but are you a rocket scientist?
Gaining mental strength after childhood is bullshiz.
And I don't see how beating AIDS can make you mentally stronger... Sure you know how hard it was to beat it and know about AIDS, but are you a rocket scientist?
Gaining mental strength after childhood is bullshiz.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Centreri on 2006-04-04 at 17:59:54
If a bullet misses you you don't get stronger. It's completely incorrect as a statement of fact but of course is correct sometimes.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-04 at 18:11:48
Oh my god... Dell outsourcing their technical support help line jobs to India isn't killing me. I am getting stronger!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2006-04-04 at 18:25:59
If someone dropped a lead brick on your back and you were paralyzed from the waist down, you'd live...but I wouldn't say you're much stronger.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by O)FaRTy1billion on 2006-04-05 at 00:03:54
QUOTE(Dante50 @ Apr 3 2006, 05:40 PM)
Sometimes it can totally cripple you, …
That was going to be my argument when I first read the title..Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chronophobia on 2006-04-08 at 17:49:00
Once I got an injury in my left leg, I had to use crutches and I was gone from my soccer team for like three months, when I was back I was stronger than ever, so yes, I think it's true.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by guardien on 2006-04-09 at 00:54:29
Really, I think even if you would lose mouvement neck down, I think you'll become mentally and psycologicaly stronger.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AK47 on 2006-04-09 at 01:20:28
Or else you'd go insane for being retarded.