Skepchick Quickies 11.14
- Fight for increased regulation of female genital plastic surgery – I thought genitals were supposed to look funny? Isn’t that evolution’s joke on us all? “You see that funny bit between the legs? Yeah, you are REALLY going to want to do weird stuff with that.”
- Columbians riot over pyramid scam – Some people behind the scheme left a note behind for their investors, “Now for being stupid and believing in witchcraft you will have to work much harder to recoup the money you gave us.” Thanks Paul.
- Placebo acupuncture more effective at getting you knocked up than real acupuncture – Placebo acupuncture? Isn’t that just puncture? Thanks Steve.
- Judge people by how they look – It’s okay, it’s ancient Chinese face reading! Expatria says, “This was a link on Yahoo’s main page. It’s three pages of completely unproven assertions with the explicit intention of showing you that yes, you CAN judge people by how they look.”
- I almost forgot, it’s cute animal Friday! Baby pygmy hippo from Steve.
I’m not on the Prop 8 protest list below because I’m not sure if I can make the one here in Maine (Portland, City Hall, 1:30pm FYI). But if you’re going and you see a short blonde woman with a pink umbrella with kitty cats on it, that’s me.
“Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery”
Yikes.
@Atom: I cannot tell you how hard I was crossing my legs while reading that story.
What do financial pyramid schemes have to do with witchcraft? I’m confused.
@flib: Both don’t work. :D
Meh… I don’t go in for these Eastern fads, I’ll stick with Phrenology. It’s “sciency!”
I know it’s a tad evil, but I can’t help but giggle at the note about witchcraft. Perhaps it would be better if all such cons (witchcraft, psychics etc.) just nicked all the money upfront and then mocked their followers, rather than bleeding out the money over periods of years and leaving them thinking it works.
Has anyone here ever experienced acupuncture? Beyond the obvious reasons, I found it quite disconcerting. They put the needle in your forehead and you feel the sting in you left foot.
I had a similar response to neverclear5 … it sounds like what Scientology would be if they left a note on your door after a while, instead of stringing followers along (and taking their money) until they figured it out for themselves.
Thank FSM and Amanda for cute animal Friday.
I’m protesting Prop 8 tomorrow and I’m so proud of my sign! It says:
Love and Marriage
go together like
[two stick figure smiling girls]
Ok, so one imaginary thing works better than another imaginary thing at something physiologically unrelated to either of them? Neat, I guess? Acupuncture is amazing!