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Flotsam & Jetsam
Sicko Grotesques Strut British Runways, Say Docs
9:15AM Ryan Tate | At the start of London’s Fashion Week, British psychiatrists called for a government crackdown on pro-anorexia websites, up fivefold in over two years according to a study by an internet filtering company. More »
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Steve Jobs And The Journal’s Frightful Ad Placement
5:57AM Ryan Tate | Steve Jobs “appeared thin and spoke with a scratchy voice” on his return from medical leave, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Apparently we had no idea! More »
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The Steve Jobs Video Wall Street Will Be Poring Over
1:50AM Ryan Tate | “I probably need to gain about 30 pounds,” Steve Jobs told the New York Times after his return to public life yesterday. Might as well concede the obvious, what with investors looking to pounce on any unexpected physical weakness. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Is Men’s Body Wash Actually Way Gay?
2:22AM Hamilton Nolan | Are you one of the millions of men who have been suckered into purchasing “body wash” with the tacit assurance that said product will get you mad ladies and does not make you totally gay? You’ve been had. More »
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Hitler As AIDS: The Latest In Bad Ad Tact
7:20AM Foster Kamer | BBC News reports today on AIDS charities coming out in full force against the AIDS-As-Hitler ad being put forth by German awareness group Regenbogen e.V. now that condemnation is coming in internationally. What’s with all the insensitive FAIL-worthy advertisements? More »
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The New York Times Discovers Penis Pumps
7:30AM Foster Kamer | While America’s medical debates rage on, many of its significant members, of all colours and sizes, limply, quietly weep to themselves: penises. But! This is one health care package making serious progress: Flaccid penises demand innovation, as the Times discovered. More »
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Internet Your Way Out Of Depression
4:51AM Ryan Tate | In Britain, the death panel NHS commonly makes you wait a year to see a shrink, so some people just chat with therapists over instant messenger. Go figure: It actually works. So what about Tumblr, and so forth? More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The World’s Least Exciting Sperm Facial
4:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Male “journalist,” of a sort, gets a sperm facial, at a beauty salon, for the sake of wackiness. Jokes are sometimes redundant. [via Buzzfeed]
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Also Be Sure To Have The Face Of A Model
1:39AM Hamilton Nolan | Padma Lakshmi’s fitness secrets revealed: Be a freakish genetic outlier.
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