Oldfucks are not a thing, so can we not?

Also, you Rainbow pony. I'm honestly confused. Why can't we joke about cancer when you can make offhanded jokey comments about rape, ear or otherwise. Usually, when people are so sensitive to something as benign (puns are how I live, I can't help it) as cancer, a disease that affects people indiscriminately and has become a commonplace occurrence, they usually can't even abide the r-a-p-e word, as it, y'know, is a violent crime that gets people's panties in a twist (completely understandably because of the longterm effects and social stigma, but I just have to keep making tasteless puns).