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Creatine Found to Boost Brainpower
Eric Ass Raymond writes "According to this BBC article, researchers from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University in Australia have found that the dietary supplement creatine - a natural compound found in muscle tissue - can improve not only your athletic performance, but also your intelligence and memory. One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour."
One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour
...yeah...like this affects the slashdot crowd much...
I don't get this stereotype. At all. I can understand nerdy, lonely, fat, etc. as characterizing a good cross-section of the Slashdot readership. But smelly? Come on! If anything, wouldn't highly technical, detail-oriented people be clean freaks? I know I shower at least once every day...
Not that any of this matters. The baseless joke will continue to be made, and dumbass moderators (yes, I'm talking about you, sitting there with the mod points) will continue to reward its use. But I just had to get that rant off my (squeaky-clean) chest.
We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.