Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 3.19
- “Shaming” her in-laws costs 19-year-old her nose and ears – “The United Nations estimates that nearly 90 percent of Afghanistan’s women suffer from some sort of domestic abuse. This in a country where there are only about eight women’s shelters to provide sanctuary from the cruelty they face.” From Sydney.
- Energy crystals draw Boulder bomb squad – “A collection of crystals meant to bring good energy to its owners brought the bomb squad instead.” From Dave.
- Glowing fruit fly sperm yields real time results – “US researchers using genetically engineered fruit flies with glowing sperm have tracked the seed’s progress inside the female, in real time.” From skept-artist.
- Mood lipstick – It supposedly changes color to reveal how aroused you are. Yes, I’m posting this purely for the fun to be had with this in the comments. From Lisa.
- Cute Animal Friday! Ashley found the cutest wrestling match ever. These baby tortoises are very squee-worthy. Marvel at the talent of Chook the lyrebird as he mimics construction noises.
As a kid, I had a mynah bird. We got him from a mall pet shop, next to an arcade (it was the 80’s). He wouldn’t shut up with the arcade noises. Unfortunately, the pinball machines were by the entrance, so they were mostly generic ‘dings’ and ‘bangs’. No “FIGHT!” or Spy Hunter themes.
He also did great wolf whistles, his cage was next to our patio door and we lived on a path to a public beach. We got a lot of dirty looks from scantily-clad women. :)
Oh god. The video from that top story made me cry. WTF.
@Tracy King: Funny. It made me want to hit people.
That wrestling match is much more interesting than anything on WWE!
@Tracy King: It made me feel sick. And yet, so many more don’t even make it out alive – http://www.stophonourkillings.com/
@Nicole: I also felt nauseous when I read this article. I feel the same way any time I read one of the pieces Nicholas Kristof does about women around the world being treated as less than human. It’s horrifying to me that this doesn’t get more attention- instead the news reports on Tiger Woods and his mistresses. Our national priorities baffle me.
Dear everyone: if you need this lipstick to tell when your partner is in the mood,
UR DOIN IT WRONG.
Kisses,
EB
Is it wrong that I couldn’t bring myself ot click on the first link?
Oh look… lipstick.. oh look GLOWING SPERM! How awesome is that??? (The answer is VERY VERY).
Visiting skepchick: a roller coaster of emotions. But I’m sure that’s just cuz I am one of those female types.
The fruit fly sperm thing assumes that the female’s body is just a convenient football field for the sperm to compete on.
Perhaps, as has been shown many times before, she is affecting the outcome of the race?
@bug_girl: Very good point. I’d be really interested to see what those possible factors could be.
Bah, you two… it’s Glowing Sperm! Making things glow is just nifty.
Yes, perhaps, I am easily impressed.
@bug_girl:
What else is it good for? It’s not like a bug can make a sandwich.
Who cares what shade of red a lipstick is, as long as you can play ‘barber pole’ with it?
“Glowing Sperm” would be an awesome name for a rock band…
@cypressgreen:
Shh, don’t tell Oprah or we’ll end with a full-blown moral panic.
@catgirl: The more absurd the moral panic, the better.
I like how the neighbor in the crystals/bomb squad story was both indifferent enough to throw the package in a dumpster, and scared enough to call law enforcement.
I think I understand their actual reasoning, but the writing in the article makes the action seem rather flippant.
How my special lipstick works is this: the dude leans in close to see what colour her lips are – if he comes away without her spittle on his face, the lipstick is saying, “proceed…with caution”. Spittle and a red handprint on his face means the lipstick is saying, “Please go very far away”.
One does not need to pay lots of money for my lipstick.