this one goes out to all us asian glowers

[halfjapanesesal]

in my inbox this morning:

"Read this and be careful. Love, mom." (I think she's been looking at my facebook photos!)

Alcohol flush signals cancer risk for East Asiansfrom The Associated Press

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[altaego]

My dad sent me that.

I always felt superior to my cousin who got so flushed he couldn't drink at all, but now I see I'm the one more at risk for cancer. :( I enjoy drinking.

[clonie]

Yay! Cancer! :(

[halfjapanesesal]

I thought you didn't drink..?

And my mom sees terminal illness everywhere, it's like her superpower. You've got a headache? It's probably a brain tumor. So I guess I'm used to taking her warnings with a grain of salt and not worrying about it too much. Anyway, sorry if I bummed you out.

[clonie]

Haha, I don't drink very often, so I'm not actually worried. It just sucks that we already can't enjoy alcohol like other people, but now we're also just setting ourselves for cancer too. Just can't win!

[illuminotion]

Oh man, bummer. And I just picked my "5 Favorite Beers" on Facebook!

[toyangl]

hey thanx for posting this article...I for one thing am partially allergic to alcohol...and have in the past nearly dying from WAY to much different forms of alcohol at once (being stupid at a young age with it)...but my brothers and my cousins do turn a few shades of red when only drinking just a small amount of alcohol and one will get rapid heart beats when drinking more then 3 beers....ill have to check up on it myself...and thanx again:OP

[shizermcdougal]

I don't drink at all so I guess that's good news for me! Hehe