Ok. This post will be a tad geeky. But here goes.
I have been studying for finals and currently running through the genetics module.
On the topic of mutation, my flatmate Afiqah, who is also studying medicine but at Imperial, and I made up a short conversation between tumour cells (TC) which are akin to school bullies and normal cells (NC) which are more like geeks and nerds who are less popular in the social pyramid.
And it goes something like this:
TC: Hey, we are powerful. You should be like us. Cause we're cool like that.
NC: No thanks. I like the way I am.
TC: Really? You're not as fun or fast. You should try being like me.
NC: Naaaahhh, no thanks.
TC: Ok, you don't have to change yourself fully. Just change your genes a little.
You will still be yourself, I promise.
NC: If you put it that way, I guess I could.
*NC undergoes gene mutation (a little)
TC: See, it wasn't that bad, was it?
NC: Yeah, I got to admit that that wasn't as bad as I thought. I still feel like myself.
TC: Why not change a little bit more. I assure you you will feel much better.
NC: Ok, I'll give it a try.
*NC undergoes more and more gene mutation until...
NC: Wait, what?! I have nothing left that is me! I want to change back to myself.
TC: Too late man. The ship has sailed. You're one of us now.
(insert creepy villain laugh here)
So the moral of the story is - do not give in to peer pressure.
Unless you want to be a tumour.
And no one wants to be a tumour.
No comments