All technology essentially has one purpose
- 10.14.09
- advertising, armchair philosophy, media, sex, snark
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men “score” with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests. An apology by the company – which is using the app “Amp up before you score” to [...]
Science once again demonstrating the obvious
Study: Body posture affects confidence in your own thoughts Sitting up straight in your chair isn’t just good for your posture – it also gives you more confidence in your own thoughts, according to a new study. Researchers found that people who were told to sit up straight were more likely to believe thoughts they [...]
Oh my, Academia does awesome things
- 09.11.09
- economics, sex
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Now the goal is applying this to the sexual market. How to entice the female brain to flood itself with oxytocin is key. “Markets are about serving the needs of another.” This is almost counter to what most people think about trade, but it resonates with a study I read last year (google it yourself, [...]
Jane Austin and my Stupid Brain – Part 1
- 09.10.09
- armchair philosophy, literature, notes, sex
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Upon further reading of Jane Austin’s Emma, I’ve taken to it a bit more than I thought I would. It is quite worthy as literature, although the actual text itself is a bit stuffy – and insufferably long-winded. But it does avail itself to insight on perspective. Specifically, it reaches deep into the psyche of [...]
And you probably work with these people
- 08.26.09
- armchair philosophy, misanthropy, sex, snark
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Man bound over for trial in hammer attacks Bryson and King knew each other at school and had spent time the previous day playing “Dungeons and Dragons” with Shokrian, who was acting cocky during the game, according to Detective Nathan Williams. Shokrian was directing the game as Dungeon Master, and King didn’t like what he [...]
The proof is in the pudding
- 08.24.09
- science, sex
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It’s true: all the taken men are best Burkley and Parker speculate that single women may be more drawn to attached men because they’ve already been “pre-screened” by other women and found to be satisfactory as a mate, whereas single men are more of an unknown quantity. Burkely said that similar mate-poaching strategies have been [...]
They should teach this in High School
- 08.23.09
- armchair philosophy, notes, sex
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The Ladder Theory The ladder theory is a funny, scientific explanation of how men and womenare attracted to each other. It also covers such topics as why womensometimes just want to be friends but men always want sex. It is based uponmany years of sociological field testing, and was first conceptualized in1994 in Exeter, CA [...]
Assorted Links
- 08.22.09
- armchair philosophy, entheogens, sex, snark
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Free Logic Books – Awesome. The UK to ban ‘Spice’ – Muad’dib is not amused. Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship – Whoa. Possible proof that Mars used to harbour life – Theoretically, people, keep your pants on. My computer is acting very strangely. I suspect I will be in a world of hurt very soon [...]
The Tweeting Ho
- 08.21.09
- blogging, sex
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Modern Hooker: The Heeb Interview Modern Hooker (she will not give her real name) is a prostitute who back in January launched a comic strip and has since tweeted her twat off to build an online audience—only for fun. (“Traffic schmaffic,” she says.) Recently, the people at Carnal Nation whipped up an exclusive deal with [...]