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  • Well I guess for the terminal patients too it's nice to have friends taking care of you while you are dying.

  • I love all the funny fake videos onion make, but lets be real this one is not funny at.

  • @Mary13yearsold

    You are gay.

  • Rome around local hospital lookin to make terminal friends must be the moral

  • i hope a friend of mine will get cancer...!

  • They need to rename this to

    "Chinkilla walks into a hospital"

  • i honestly cant laugh at this... kinda want to, but cant.

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  • And the morale of this story is:

    When your life sucks, use the suffering of others to lift your own spirits.

    Because there's nothing more uplifting then comparing yourself to those you (or many others) preceive as less then you are in worth.

  • That news reporter is totally Donald Trump!

  • I feel terrible for laughing...

  • My dad has survived cancer and I find this hysterical.

  • @marsneedstowels But would you if he had died?

  • Its amazing how right this actually is.

  • So uh this is kinda right... I do have cancer and my friends r doing a two mile walk so uh...

  • hêh_í_féël_sÓ_lÖNÊly_tÕdÄÿ

  • holy crap! Carbondale?! I was born in that town! I thought that it was some obscure town in the middle of nowhere that nobody knew about! Hahahaha.

  • 337 707-5417

    Call and voice your opinion! Get EVERYONE a best friend with cancer TODAY! Cancer for them, Clarity for you, Hope for tomorrow.

  • i thought this would be about statistics etc. then i remembered: its the Onion.

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  • @CureDrive Hey just because you stopped having outbreaks doesn't mean it's gone...

  • @SuperiorDeity That's what they *want* you to think....

  • "laughter is the best medicine" ;)

  • 12% of people sleeping on buses and subways are actually dead. hahahah

  • only the onion can make us laugh at something this sad and the make us feel laughing

    you guys are the best

  • Hmmm... how can I give cancer to one of my friends?

  • Sad thing is that its probably true

  • Fight Club anyone????

  • I've lost 60 pounds and finally got an 8 pack since I found out my friend has a tumor. I was even asked to model in an upcoming issue of Mens Health. I'm going to dedicate the modeling session to him. :)

  • I'm sure we've all seen and laughed at the people who don't know about The Onion and takes the news seriously, but if I didn't know about them, I would probably believe this story.

  • Not a big fan of this one, never really found cancer humorous.

  • get your asses off that computer and find a buddy with cancer. NOW!!!!!!!!!! lol

  • he almost runs over a squirrel at 0:48

  • @MW2Gal Squirrels and rabbits do that all the time in the city... do you need a friend with cancer?

  • he almost runs over a squirrel at 0:48

  • Lol, i cant believe when i first saw one of the TheOnion Vids i thought it was real, until i looked at the comments, before i was like "wow the media is sick" but when i found out it was all staged i was like "oh crap i cant believe they tricked me :)" and now i laugh at these videos, their so original

  • this..this.....

    is probally the one thing made by onion that makes sense..

  • your friend's aids is good for your health - unless you 'befriend' him

  • lmfao 0:59

  • If you don't appreciate humour about cancer, you shouldn't be clicking these well-labeled videos. Life is short; watch crap you enjoy!

    More importantly, is anyone else pissed that the Bush/Putin joke in the ticker was clipped halfway? You should be!

  • sick bastards the people help others with cancer not take the piss out iof them u should be ashamed

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF How does this "take the piss out of them"? My dad dies of cancer last year and my sister who is very overweight ran (walked) a half marathon to raise money. I find this funny and she finds this funny as it is true.

  • @WillShakespeare2007 do you not think its in bad taste [ keep it up after thier friends die ]at the end ,its saying theres no hope ,there is ,im not going to die ,it seems wrong to belittle the great work by real helpers ,not just someone who wants a good workout should go to an oncology ward ,maybe im too sensitive ,theres another man doesnt believe he has cancer [thats a real obnoxious one ]

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF Sure it is in bad taste but it is not being negative towards people that have cancer or people that help raise money. At the most you could say it is trivializing it but I think it is just a joke. They are not really commenting on anything. I think one should only worry about humor if it supports racist, sexist or other discriminatory views. This does not discriminate or put anyone down it is just gallows humor.

  • @WillShakespeare2007well i can see what your saying but its trivialising ,when they say the more they deteriorate the fitter he gets ,then hed like to find someone with lukeamia so he could have a swim ,its belittling a terrible desease ,i suppose its one of the few subjects left that has a very fine line of bad taste but not offensive ,what did you think of the other vid ,i see you subbd to onion ?

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF I found that difficult to watch as my own dad was in denial and for 6 months. He would not even sort out his affairs when the nurse told him straight out he had less than a week. It made it really hard as we are stuck with a half built holiday home in the US that we can not afford to finish or sell and ...well lots of problems. I also think the two videos about missing children being raped is not a funny topic but I understand the satire. The rest I think are very funny.

  • @WillShakespeare2007 oh sorry to hear that mate very sorry ,if mine comes back then i will make a wiill ,i should have enough time ,i suppose we both agree theres some [i hadnt watched those ,when i see onoin i swich over u see ]not very nice ones ,i suppose this one is nt the worst ,maybe even if its in bad taste it may save someone one day as it may make someone think ,bye

  • This is so true lol

  • rofl at squirrel :49

  • If I ever get cancer please somebody ask me to do a skit like this because I f-ing hate the politically correct crowd.

  • @Thephsychoticscyth369 WTF u talkin bout? Respects rednecks, they have amazing creativity and are able to have fun with what they have :)

  • thumbs up if you hate rednecks!

  • people need to loosen up. they are not making fun of people who have cancer, they are making fun of the people who use cancer victims. this is sad but true, many people do this. but i would get mad if they are making fun of cancer victims, but they are not.

    many people can not take a joke now a days...

  • I didn't find the funny?.... this one actually seemed real.

  • we should all be lookin for a few brain tumor patients as our friends... it wil make our lifes more convenient

  • This is... harsh. I know if I had leukemia or cancer I wouldnt apreciate people laughing about it.

  • sick fucking assholes nothing is too low 4 you ,youll be telling jew jokes next

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF Whats wrong with jokes aimed at the world's leading cause of suffering? =D

  • @mmmmmarcus im not going to lose my temper right ,r u english ,i have not looked ,if u were ,this fun being made of this terrible desease is considered very bad taste by virtually everyone here ,i watch comedy ,i like dark topics but this subject no comedian here ever goes near ,i know of only 1[ pheonix nights episode ]and peter kay part writer actor , dropped the word cancer as offensive the fact ive got cancer has little to do with my disgust ,this is wrong very wrong 

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF Wow, really? I should be your friend then. i could use some new abs.

  • @mmmmmarcus Can you type in english please, what are abs ,Muscles in chest .??

  • @RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF I like how you hide behind your cancer shield.  With such a disgusting attitude, you seem to deserve you affliction. That being said, i'd rather not clutter this awesome thread by bickering with some pussy that gave in to cancer.

  • @mmmmmarcus i wish it were you hiding behind your cancer, u may hopefully have it without knowing pal ,you ,mother or father ,1 will ,get it hopefully a very aggressive type ,i dont live in a fantasy world of drawing stupid halfassed pictures of dragon type shit ,at your age i had bought my second house and made £314,000 profit from my first ,not a stupid dreamer of an asshole as u appear 2 be ,i win everytime as i win now with a retard such as yourself goodbye hope 2see you or parents in hell

  • thums up if KryptonKyote sounds like an idiotic red neck when he claims that various family members of Vire70's family were either "screwed by an emu" or "raped by a chicken", and retorts by calling Vire 70 a "Shitty fingered shit head," then proceeds to exclaim "HAHAH SHIT :p"

  • the onion actually spoke some sense =0

  • I smell smoke, Krypton just got buuuuurned!

  • LOL!

  • I think this is the only Onion to actually make sense.

  • Seeing people here are so easily offended by such most obvious satire, I see why America is slowly being choked to death by political correctness. Loosen up, people.

  • this is disgusting, u shouldn't just be friends with ppl with cancer for ur own benefit. ur supposed to be there for THEM, not for ur own good. how dare they tell ppl to jus be friends with cancer victims so THEY become more fit or wtever. its sick. how wud you feel if you found out the only reason your friend was there for u in chemo and stuff was because they wanted to do charity runs to make themself for healthy? ppl like that are dishonest and frankly sickening.

  • @xvixxenx this isn't a real news channel, it's satire

  • @xvixxenx Oh my god, it's just a video! Calm down.

    Wikipedia "Onion News Network" xD

  • @egg246 Lol I know, I just enjoy seeing peoples response to my extreme stupidity =] Yeahh I got bored...:/

  • @xvixxenx a good way to make money is befriend someone who is dying from cancer and be nice to them so they put you in their will :)

  • This is sick!! :)

  • I know this is meant as a joke but it is rather true..

  • lmfao

    i love this.

    i love that they took it there though, people are getting upset too. OH NO DONT MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER

    lmfao

  • CANCER!!! lololololololol

    the only funnier thing than cancer is AIDS. and the lolocaust

  • @KryptonKyote

    Lol, no it isn't.

  • @Vire70 in 2010 Cancer will be the world's leading top killer, overtaking heart disease. Moron.

  • @KryptonKyote

    Is ≠ Will be

    So no, moron, you're wrong. I could just as easily say the sun is the number one killer - because in 3-4 billion years from now it will be!

    (assuming life on earth still exists)

  • @Vire70 You're going off track there now.. I can obviously see you're an uptight nerd with a sarcastic taste of loneliness in yourself other can comment shit all of what you think....

    Another Massive World War could kill everyone and evrything so it'd be a bigger killer than the Sun so you just got pwned noob :)

    Technically IT IS 2010 so you just got double Pwned... don't feel sad you just got owned.. you probably always do.. :)

    P.S. can't wait for you to go nerdy pschyco on me haha.. :P

  • @KryptonKyote

    Yadda yadda, keep talking out your arse. Future predictions do not equal to the present, it's as simple as that. Yes, it is 2010, that doesn't mean cancer is automatically the number one killer now. It means statistically by the end of the year it may be - if you are to be trusted, I've heard no such thing myself.

    Either way, does it really matter? This video was a joke.... lighten the fuck up.

  • @Vire70 Says the so-sure bitchy correspondent of lazy ass terms of use. The Present has everything to do with the Future you dumb piece of cow shit. So if an asteroid was coming to Earth in about 20 seconds and you were standing next to a Shelter you wouldn't go in it because the future doesn't matter?...

    

  • @KryptonKyote

    You're still going on with this shit?

    Obviously I would go in the shelter. But I wouldn't declare asteroids as the number one killer on the planet as the asteroid approaches, because even though it may be tomorrow or next week, in the FUTURE, in the present it would NOT be as it hasn't happened yet.

    It's really fucking simple you dumb fuck.

  • @Vire70 You're a shitty-fingered shithead.. your mom got screwed by an emu and your dad got raped by a chicken.

    HAHAH SHIT :p

  • @KryptonKyote

    What a witty response. Just keep insulting me, all it does is tell me you've realized you're wrong.

  • @Vire70 you faaaaiiillll HAHAHAAA

  • @KryptonKyote and its also an astrological sign? amazing isnt it..

  • i can see the point the Onion are trying to make, but PLEASE don't push your amazing satire cancer victims

    anyway, everything else the Onion does is so EPIC!

  • some things just should not be made a joke. My friend died at 24 years of with skin cancer, and my girlfriends sister has leukemia. . . not a funny topic.

    i like the onion but stay away from peoples real life misfortune when they are near death or already dead, its just not funny.

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  • 0:48 - 0:53 lmaoO idk why thats funny but it is lol i feel retarded for laughing at that

  • but if it works

  • "I would like to find a friend with leukemia. I know they do a swim" pure greatness

  • At least the "befriend a diseased person" is a very good message to pass through. If it weren't for the "the more sick your friend gets, the healthier you get" part this would be a great video to show to kids.

  • i am feeling bad for laughing!

  • im healthy you guys not!

    the best way to brag about your health in front of these sick weirdos

  • take a joke none of these videos r serious

  • this actually sounds somewhat true...

  • not that funny actually

  • Oh my god i just had a revelation!

  • absolute and utter brilliance. how many times have we heard "think about the people in africa!" when things are going badly for us. should make a video "poverty in africa heightening the spirits of lower-class americans"... i swear pure genius

    satire will save this stupid world

  • i totally agree..

  • Holy crap.... This actually makes sense.

  • "LA hospital accused of dumping homeless patients on skid row pledges to not let anyone find out next time"

    lol

  • I caught that too.

    The Onion really makes you feel bad for laughing.

  • For once the Onion makes something that could be plausable.... :)

  • dude.. u guys u guys onion news is fake. Its supposed to be comedy

  • 'after my friend dies i'd like to fine a friend with luekiemia, i hear the swim' ROFL!

  • of course it is a fake, but it has a kind of thuth on it: If you really have someone close to you who has let's say... a kind of lung cancer for example, you will see his suffer and pain, so in a way you'll be aware that cigaretes smoking could do the same to you, so yes it's a kind real message.

    But the video is funny thou

  • I don't see whats wrong with this...the patients get a new friend, and the people get in shape.

    Seriously, both parties are happy, so what if it's not genuine?(I know this video is satire, I'm juts responding to those who think this is "evil")

  • What they mean is wrong, is that the people who get healthier makes the cancer patients feel bad. It's like "Im in the best condition ever", would you like to hear that if your were dying from cancer?

  • of course not, thats why they call this satire. Onion makes worse shit, yet people only complain about this. what the fuck...

  • why not? Hurrah for him! I would feel somewhat sad that I can't do things he or she can, but if I helped them get aware of their lack of good life quality, why the hell not? At least I'm being useful!

  • People are so fucking stupid. My fucking uncle died of cancer, that doesn't stop me from enjoying satire. It could be allot worse.

  • @skulleton I can say that Im not one of those people. I find this hilarious too.

  • lol 999 ratings

  • sad =(

  • i feel shity for laughing at that

  • I know what you mean, but still... lol

  • yea this is horrible but quite tru

  • HAHAHA!!!!! after he passes im gonna try to find a person with lukemia, ive heard they do a swim

  • this is totally badass.

  • So get to know a friend has cancer just because you want to get into better shape? :/

  • It is a lol video...

  • even though it's not a serious video, it still sounds horrible. using a friend just to get into better shape? even i don't find that funny and i am usually a humorous guy. :/

  • both people benefit, so whats wrong?

  • This is a bit of downer...

  • wicked

  • i cant beleive i laffed at that! thats horrible!

  • 0:50 he almost stepped on a squirrel

  • No !!!! I saw that it was actually a piece of rubbish that was blown by the wind !!  How can you be so hearrtless not to pay proper attention to such an IMPORTANT piece of news footage ! ! ! !

  • cant he leave now? rofllllllll

  • the surgeon general urges those who have adopted the healthier lifestyle to keep them up, after their friends die....

    oh my LooL

  • this isn't nearly as good as the "Sony releases this stupid fucking piece of shit that doesn't do a goddamn thing its fucking supposed to" now that in my opinion was the BEST onion satire ever

  • i find these usually funny but this one i just cant laugh at, its just not right. i have a friend with cancer and im fat as shit!

  • You just made me shit my pants

  • hahahaha, 2nd best onion ever.

  • wats the best?

  • the concentric circles one :)

    /watch?v=8wHMaJ6AtNs

  • haha...i had cancer and I still find this funny.

  • For some reason this is one Onion episode I can't really laugh about... they're still great though.

  • wow. The Onion is crazy.lol

  • its really stupid how people DONT realize that this isnt real news.

  • did he die?

  • keep moving bub..that spam wont work here

  • lol u dum fuck, why would i still be their?

  • haha you really are stupid..you dont know what you are saying

  • lulz idk its like u sayn omg wtf duck and then me sayin lolz!!! that no duk that uniduckagon (ill send u pick of my mythical creeacher) lolz

  • Oh wow 6 minute miles! Haha, I can only dream of that...

  • I did that, once.

  • i used to soke 10 packs and now i smoke 11 becuse i walked for cancer! LOL

  • How does he run that far if he smokes a pack a day? His lungs should be screwed up by now.

  • the onion is a parody news station

    nothing they say are real

    its just a comedy

  • um a pack a day isnt much m y dad smokes 2 packs aday

  • is it a contest to you or something?

  • lol god p[oint and actually he quit not but a couple weeks ago lol

  • My grandad used to smoke 100 cigarettes a day before he quit

  • Gotta lOve the Onion this is hilarious..man soo fucked up

  • Holy shit! Someone get this information to the Governor right away!

  • Don't take thing's so seriously, learn to laugh.

  • i laughed, its just kinda sad.

  • Cancer is very sad. But, they aren't satirizing cancer. They're making a comment about all of the exsersize-oriented fundraisers. *shrug* I didn't like this one as much as some of their others, but it's not that bad.

  • i agree they could do better

  • I bet that this story could literally be statistically supported.

  • you'd be surprised hom many time the onion "got it right" when you look back at articles a few years back.

  • I GOTTA FIND A BUDD