--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: When I was in college, the board game…" description: "\"“When I was in college, the board game RISK was popular for a while. We’d get stoned and I’d stare at the little plastic pieces moving across the terri..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/gail-konop-baker-66798_black-and-white_when-i-was-in-college-the-board-game-ris_1997893.jpg" --- # When I was in college, the board game RISK was popular for… ![“When I was in college, the board game RISK was popular for a while. We’d get stoned and I’d stare at the little plastic pieces moving across the territories and get utterly confused about allies and enemies, arguing that nothing could be that black and white, complicating the whole notion of the…” quote by Gail Konop Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/gail-konop-baker-66798_black-and-white_when-i-was-in-college-the-board-game-ris_1997893.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/gail-konop-baker-66798_black-and-white_when-i-was-in-college-the-board-game-ris_1997893.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/gail-konop-baker-66798_black-and-white_when-i-was-in-college-the-board-game-ris_1997893.jpg) > ““When I was in college, the board game RISK was popular for a while. We’d get stoned and I’d stare at the little plastic pieces moving across the territories and get utterly confused about allies and enemies, arguing that nothing could be that black and white, complicating the whole notion of the game. But I understand that estrogen is my enemy now, the very thing that made me big-busted and fertile and a terrific nurser, has turned on me, inside my milk ducts where my body incubated nourishment that made my babies pink cheeked and roly-poly thighed. It’s all so twisted and ironic and confusing. Tamoxifen, a hero and a hazard, my breasts, a giver and taker of life, and I, the protagonist and the antagonist in this story”” Gail Konop Baker ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker reflects on how a once-familiar game’s clear alliances become muddled, mirroring the paradox of a hormone that once nurtured life now threatens health, highlighting the irony of medical treatment that both helps and harms. **In simple terms:** Life’s complexities can turn allies into enemies and treatments into double‑edged swords. Key Takeaway Embrace uncertainty and seek balanced perspectives. Themes irony biology health identity Mood reflective conflicted Type personal medical philosophical When to use this quote - Cancer therapy decisions - personal health reflections - medical counseling Key Concepts Hormonal paradox cancer treatment self‑perception Questions to Reflect On - How do you reconcile past benefits with present risks? - What strategies help navigate medical paradoxes? A Different Perspective Medical treatments can have both protective and harmful effects, requiring careful monitoring. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Black and white](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-and-white/) ## Related quotes > [Most of us fall into categories - there's always the lover and the beloved, guest and host, giver and taker. 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