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    Darn: Steroids Have a Downside

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    Image of ClockOnTheStove ClockOnTheStove
    02:59 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Homeboy needs to tone those earlobes. Fatty, fat FAT!
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    02:10 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    He looks smart.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    01:48 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    That photo is really making me want some challah!
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    Edited by BookishLookish at 12/10/09 1:48 PM BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01:50 PM

    @BookishLookish: Now in bacon-flavor!
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    01:43 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Shit, now I have to add T-Nation to the list of websites I must visit every day.
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    Edited by iplaudius at 12/10/09 1:44 PM iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    01:54 PM

    @iplaudius:
    Do NOT click on the thread titled "pimples and zits."

    (Seriously. That's an actual thread.)
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    Image of Sargasm Sargasm
    02:22 PM

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: Too late. No lunch for me today.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    01:33 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Those quads just reminded me to order the Christmas hams early to avoid the rush.
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    01:29 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    I learned that steroids were bad from an episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation last season. I'm glad they weren't lying.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    01:24 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Yeah, but what can you say to a guy that looks pretty much like Rambo when he takes his shirt off?
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    Edited by hamburgerhotdog at 12/10/09 1:27 PM hamburgerhotdog was starred hamburgerhotdog was unstarred
    Image of katastic katastic
    01:18 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    BRO I TOTALLY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS SHIT, BRO, I USE STEROIDS EVERY DAY AND I'M FINE, BRO, I'LL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF IF YOU SAY DIFFERENT, BRO, JUST KIDDING, BRO, BUT SERIOUSLY BRO STEROIDS ARE THE BOMB BRO BRO BRO.
    BRO.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    01:13 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    I don't recall anyone at Gawker asking me permission to publish my photo.

    And I don't take steroids. I don't eat carbs. I do extreme Pilates and am a yoga freak.

    In this picture I was just a little chilled and my Speedo's were riding up on me, necessitating the use of the black gloves that anyone would use if they didn't take steroids, did extreme Pilates, and were a yoga freak.

    Man, some people!
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    Image of blix blix
    01:46 PM

    @TheSometimesWhy: Sorry, I just assumed that someone had made David Hasselhoff angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    01:01 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    You know, there just aren't enough uses for purple cock-sacks. I'm thinking you could store a change purse in there, maybe a Motorola cellular phone, sea monkeys, Werthurs candies, testicular cancer...
    Endless possibilities.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    01:10 PM

    @Spirit Fingers: I think you misheard. I said, "You look like a big, purple Cossack."
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    02:34 PM

    @Spirit Fingers: I think he HAS a cellphone in there.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12:57 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    I'd like to know more about The Situation.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    12:56 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    "that little, nagging [gyno] lump..."

    You just know it's huge in his eyes. I bet it talks to him and makes him visit Civil War memorials on the weekend.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    01:11 PM

    @Airvault: Odviously.
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    Image of katastic katastic
    01:19 PM

    @Airvault: Can I ask- what on earth is a gyno lump? I have no idea.
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    01:26 PM

    @katastic: I think it's a....(whispers)...penis.

    Which got me thinking, extensive steroid use seems to make a man's junk get smaller and woman's junk get larger. Strange, no? Doesn't really seem like something either sex would want?
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    01:29 PM

    @katastic: Apparently it's a man tit.
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    Image of xyzpdq xyzpdq
    02:20 PM

    @Airvault: I'm really frightened that he would do surgery on himself to remove whatever this gyno lump is. He has money for 'roids but can't pay for care at the hospital?
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12:48 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Hey, you know what else? I hear smoking causes cancer!

    Seriously, how is this news?
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12:59 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: Also, jumping off buildings causes "bruising."
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    Image of dontread dontread
    01:11 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: It's news because the scientific study is new, I guess. Studies often just seem to reaffirm what seems obvious, but was never "proven" until the study. Plus, the NYT *said* it was news!
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    02:15 PM

    @dontread: I sincerely doubt there were no studies on this prior to now. I take people's point that diuretic abuse is a confounding factor, but really, how can people imagine that pouring massive amounts of an obviously powerful biochemical into their systems isn't going to have side effects?
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    Image of dontread dontread
    02:50 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: You are likely right, but this will be a new study with a minor variant. It isn't really news, but because there are lots of Science-feeds, announcing every single new study that comes out on a daily basis, it gets reported on.

    I found this link, e.g., [www.sciencedaily.com] ,which is the likely source of the NYT and other news papers reporting this. They all do their best to exploit the studies for all of their media potential! It is entertainment at the end of the day. The Science Daily link actually came out about 6 weeks ago (Oct. 30), so the NYT, is way behind the curve on this one in fact.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12:45 PM

    In reply to Darn: Steroids Have a Downside
    Twenty years ago, when I used to look after racehorses, we knew this. Except the part about boobs.

    Also: your ween shrivels. Even if you're a racehorse!
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    12:57 PM

    @raincoaster: True 'dat. The steroids rob your organs (brain, kidneys, liver, gnads) in order to build skeletal muscle in a manner that mimics disease. This is why so many steroid users develop bizarre-o cancers later in life. (Remember Lyle Alzado in the 70s and 80s? Brain tumors from steroid use.) The 'roids will ruin you.

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12:58 PM

    @raincoaster: And, as you know, that's not all. Bad breath, backne, 'roid rage, potential damage to the liver and other organs as well as the kidney, and muscles becoming large and strong for the bones underlying them. I'm sure I'm missing something else, too.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    01:00 PM

    @Smitros: Also: you look like a condom stuffed with walnuts, and people make fun of you.
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    Image of rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
    01:27 PM

    @raincoaster: That's what I've been telling ladies for years, that I'm hung like a horse*.

    *That's been using steroids for decades. It's a really pain to pronounce the asterisk at the end of horse though.
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    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    02:17 PM

    @raincoaster: @Smitros: And also your peen shrinks to half the size of one of those stubby pencils Ikea hands out that are also useful for keeping your golf score . . .
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/08/09

    In reply to Global Warming's Most Delicious Consequence: Supersized Lobsters
    But, but, what will the giant lobsters eat?
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    Edited by Lucky at 12/08/09 1:04 AM Lucky was starred Lucky was unstarred
    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/08/09

    @Lucky: Anything they want.
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/08/09

    @raincoaster: "You don't want to eat Mary, she's got bony legs, a flat chest!"

    One more reason to go to the gym and get this extra weight off...
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