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what we need more of is science
what we need more of is science
Your Tattoos No Longer Signify Anything, Except Sluttiness
Tattooed and pierced people are seen as more promiscuous, Psychology Today finds. In other news—dog bites man! "A team of anthropologists at the University of Goettingen in Germany found that men and women with tattoos or piercings beyond earlobes are more sensation-seeking and promiscuous than the unadorned—as well as less friendly." Sure, there's nothing that says "fuck you" to society as well as a pierced or tattooed face. But are they actually more promiscuous, or just seen that way? More »
Y'all Do It?
We're going to find out once and for all. Definitively. Because of science. Perez Hilton is taking a Moment of Truth lie detector test to prove beyond shadow of a doubt that he sucked mug with John Mayer.
We're going to find out once and for all. Definitively. Because of science. Perez Hilton is taking a Moment of Truth lie detector test to prove beyond shadow of a doubt that he sucked mug with John Mayer.
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They Want Us to Die
So some scientist did some study that showed that many fewer people would die of the lung cancer if we all got CT scans, or something, and they printed the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. But now the New York Times has revealed that the study was funded in part by a foundation that received four grants from Liggett Tobacco, so none of it counts. "In the seven years that I've been here, we have never knowingly published anything supported by" a cigarette maker, the editor-in-chief of the journal said. Because he wants us to die. They'll take all the studies in the world funded by groups whose raison d'etre is proving that cigarettes are bad! But one little giant tobacco company tries to come up with a way we can safely journey into the country of the shadow of flavor and suddenly its a big ethics crisis. Now they'll ban the cigarettes, again. [NYT]
what we need more of is science
Experts: Websites Could Kill People!
Popular Mechanics invited top computer security experts to analyze the realism of upcoming techno-thriller Untraceable. Their verdict? The FBI scenes are realistic! The killing scenes less realistic. The bit where the killer takes control of
what we need more of is science
Study: ladies, gays 'worst drivers'
Science has finally proven what standup comedians have known for generations: women be different from men, driving-wise. Biologists at Queen Mary, University of London found that women and gay men are "slower to take in spatial information" than red-blooded straight dudes. The Telegraph topped off the sober scientific findings with this stock photo caption: "Be afraid: Women or gay men could be behind the wheel of any car." Scary because it's true. [Telegraph via Proceed At Your Own Risk]
the third sex
Gays Devastatingly Lonely—They Buy Gifts For Animals!
New study shows that 7 out of 10 gays own pets! 9 out of 10 gays say their pet is "a member of the family" and 2/3rds of gays have BOUGHT THEIR PET A HOLIDAY PRESENT. "Anyone who knows me and my partner Greg also knows that our Wheaten Terrier Chester is a big part of our family," says prominent sad gay Wesley Combs, President of Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc.
GLBT Adults More Likely to Own a Pet than Heterosexuals [Business Wire]
what we need more of is science
Why Your Grandmother Smells Like Cat Pee And Is Crazy, Explained!
This year in the Times' magazine's Year in Ideas, that annual issue devoted to not-quite-scientifically-sound science, Rebecca Skloot, daughter of brain-damaged and generally amazing poet Floyd Skloot, explains why so many single women of a certain age become cat ladies. More »
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Is Patrick 'NY Dream Girl' Moberg's Love At First Sight "Just Sex And Ego"?
Were we wrong to jump so quickly to the conclusion that Patrick Moberg, the mussy-headed dude who is searching for his 5 train Cinderella online, didn't fall deeply in love during the moments of eye contact the two shared before disembarking at Bowling Green Sunday night? "Patrick is one of the sweetest, shyest guys, and this is in no way a publicity stunt. And you know what? Maybe it's not the worst thing to believe in miracles and rainbows and love at first sight on the subway," posited the noted love expert, Star editor-at-large Julia Allison. Well, miracles and rainbows may exist, but according to today's Guardian, love at first sight sure as hell doesn't. More »
i want a new drug
College Students Experimenting With "Caffeine"
Breaking news! People who drink Red Bull and vodka are rapists and friends of drunk drivers! It's been proven by science. Researchers at Wake Forest surveyed 4,300 students on their drinking habits, and of the 2,900 who didn't lie about their sobriety, 700 admitted to using energy drinks as mixers. Which led to even more bad decisions! More »
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Get Off The Pill, Make More Pole Dancin' Money
Hey, strippers, wanna max out your earnings? Stop taking birth control! That's the conclusion drawn from a recent University of New Mexico study showing that exotic dancers "made about $70 an hour during their peak period of fertility, versus about $35 while menstruating and $50 in between." Pill-popping pole performers, however, averaged almost twenty dollars less than their nonspermicidal-wombed colleagues, which the study suggests is a result of the pill's "hormonal cues indicating early pregnancy." To research this very important subject, psychologist Geoffrey Miller "tapped the talent at local gentlemen's clubs and counted tips made on lap dances," which, to us at least, makes Geoffrey Miller perhaps the greatest psychologist ever. If you can convince someone to shell out grant money so you can spend your afternoons hanging out with Dakota and Stormee at the Titty Trap you are pretty much tops in your (or any) field.
The Stripper's Secret [Psychology Today]
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Women Do Not Search For Sex On Craigslist
Some lonely fellow answered 100 Craiglist Casual Encounters ads, presumably posted by women. Of the 81 responses he got:
- 4 seems to be legitimate (or person at least): 1 successful online conversation / 3 email conversation (2 dudes)So yeah: Of the 4% of straight ads sampled that turned out to be real people, half of them are guys pretending to be women. Have fun out there!
- 58 immediate (with in 2 hours) automatic fake responses (porn sites)
- 19 delayed responses: the fake sites are getting smarter, they are sending out reply after a day
- 19 non-reply (i even got rejected from porn sites!!)
The 100 post reply test - w4m - 99 [Craigslist]
what we need more of is science
Which City Does The Most Drugs?
Guess what? Scientists at Oregon State University have "figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant." The researchers looked at ten unnamed American cities to see who snorts and smokes what. The findings? More »
what we need more of is science
Why You're So Fat
Hey, tubby, put down that donut for a sec, we've got some good news! You know why you're overweight? It's not because of your appalling fondness for Doritos dipped in Crisco and your shockingly sedentary lifestyle: You have a virus! A big bloated fat person virus that's responsible for the innumerable, cholesterol-laden rolls that jiggle about your ample midsection! At least that's what researchers say.More »
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Let's Destroy All Car Alarms
The Wall Street Journal reports on the welcome new trend of inventions aimed at curbing the anti-social behaviors of everyone in the world who makes you want to take a Blackberry and just smash their stupid slabs of face in. The products include a "$50 device that shuts up other people's dogs by answering their barks with an ultrasonic squeal that humans can't hear" and "a luminescent screen that fits in a car's rear window and, at the driver's command, flashes any one of five messages to other motorists. These include a smiley face, a sad face and phrases like 'Back Off' and 'Idiot.'" Even better is a concept aimed at a problem New Yorkers are all too familiar with: repetitive jackassy horn-honking syndrome. More »
what we need more of is science
How Many Women Have You Slept With?
Are men lying about their number of sexual partners or are they simply having encounters with survey-averse prostitutes? That's the troubling question the Times took up this weekend. The proposition is a simple one: How can men average so many more partners than women when, as we know, every doer requires a doee for it to be a quantifiable do? The paper raises the aforementioned possibilities, and quotes U.C.S.D. professor of mathematics and computer sciences Ronald Graham in support of the first theory. "Some might be imaginary," Dr. Graham said. "Maybe two are in the man's mind and one really exists." Or maybe there's one girl out there who's just a monstrous whore. You ever think about that, Dr. Graham? Because we know her. She lives in Canada. We had a picture, but we left it in our other wallet, okay? Yes, she is too real. Whatever, I said my number is 307 and I'm sticking with it.
Why aren't our nation's researchers studying the vitally important "big shoes, big cock" hypothesis? It's an outrage! [WCS]
