Comments on: The world's most disgusting Russian nesting dolls http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: KanedaJones http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1579191 KanedaJones Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1579191 Maggie, is this a test of the previous post? Slut-shaming vagaries about how a certain STD makes all other STDs so much worse, without numbers or specifics, and how proper antibiotic treatment supposedly amplifies inflammation. But the giveaway is this: "Unlike flu viruses, for example, this virus can't spread by jumping out of the cell into another one," said researcher Max Nibert at Harvard Medical School. "It just spreads between cells when they [the hosts] divide or mate." Coded language is obvious here, moreso than usual even. --GimpWii Maggie, is this a test of the previous post?
Slut-shaming vagaries about how a certain STD makes all other STDs so much worse, without numbers or specifics, and how proper antibiotic treatment supposedly amplifies inflammation.

But the giveaway is this:
“Unlike flu viruses, for example, this virus can’t spread by jumping out of the cell into another one,” said researcher Max Nibert at Harvard Medical School. “It just spreads between cells when they [the hosts] divide or mate.”

Coded language is obvious here, moreso than usual even.

–GimpWii

]]> By: Ed Yong http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578960 Ed Yong Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578960 FWIW, I was going to report on this story, but I contacted two Trichomonas specialists, who both said that the paper is pretty poor, and the conclusions about the virus's importance aren't actually justified by their results. So, I dropped the story. FWIW, I was going to report on this story, but I contacted two Trichomonas specialists, who both said that the paper is pretty poor, and the conclusions about the virus’s importance aren’t actually justified by their results. So, I dropped the story.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578955 EH Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578955 "Note to self..." “Note to self…”

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578929 Culturedropout Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578929 Whew... glad I haven't had sex with any Russian nesting dolls... Whew… glad I haven’t had sex with any Russian nesting dolls…

]]> By: GertaLives http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578905 GertaLives Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578905 Nasty enteric bacteria are often nasty specifically on account of the phages (or remnants thereof) they harbor in their genomes. Cholera, too. Not to take anything away from trichomoads, but bacteria kinda have it going on. Nasty enteric bacteria are often nasty specifically on account of the phages (or remnants thereof) they harbor in their genomes. Cholera, too. Not to take anything away from trichomoads, but bacteria kinda have it going on.

]]> By: tsol http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578870 tsol Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578870 Does it use the term "deniers"? Does it use the term “deniers”?

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578727 Robert Cruickshank Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578727 Immediately had to google whether there was a canine version, just so I could make a "Yo, Dawg, .." joke. I think I need to get out more. Immediately had to google whether there was a canine version, just so I could make a “Yo, Dawg, ..” joke. I think I need to get out more.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578708 Maggie Koerth-Baker Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578708 Fixed!  Fixed! 

]]> By: Matt Schwartz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578695 Matt Schwartz Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578695 Trichomonas = parasite Trichomonasis = an infection caused by the parisite Trichomonas = parasite
Trichomonasis = an infection caused by the parisite

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578677 GawainLavers Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578677 I think a little rewriting of <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/100/211.5.html" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Swift</a> is in order.  Anyone? I think a little rewriting of Jonathan Swift is in order.  Anyone?

]]> By: Jack Holmes http://boingboing.net/2012/11/09/the-worlds-most-disgusting-r.html#comment-1578661 Jack Holmes Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193183#comment-1578661 Dammit, Maggie--when I read this headline, I was expecting a story about really racist/sexist nesting dolls! This is pretty cool, too. Dammit, Maggie–when I read this headline, I was expecting a story about really racist/sexist nesting dolls! This is pretty cool, too.

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