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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...
Thanks to creatine, not only is his body huge and muscular, he apparently has to be brilliant and have a good memory as well!
And maybe the "unpleasant body odour" will help him with his "clean out Sacremento" campaign...
MORTAR COMBAT!
...the amount of jokes about smartness, body odour and slashdotters will soon be verging on the infinite.
We all know that it's Odor though..... right?
I can't imagine how dumb the muscle headed pea brains, I see at the gym every day, were before they started taking this stuff!
The Good Life
They're called 'geeks'. :P
j/k. I used creatine for a while, and I never experience any unusual b/o. Of course I bathe daily and use deodorant, excercise, play hockey...
Perhaps it only happens if you're sedentary?
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Some TV show or something did a poll catering to women. They asked them, "If there were a pill that made your ass bigger, but made you way smarter, would you take it?" 90% of the women said they wouldn't take it. Of course, that might not apply here, as us men have no shame.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
Just because you stink, it doesn't mean you're clever!
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Oh great...let's perpetuate the myth that geeks smell bad. You bastards!
It would be fun to be a buff geek though. "You talkin' to me?"
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I think that comment goes with the 'real geeks dont have women' subject. Maybe I'm a poser then, cause I like showering, and chicks, and even both at the same time.
> So I can intelligent and smell or stupid and smell nice. Ho hum life is full of hard decisions.
To paraphrase an old saw, "strong, intelligent, sweet-smelling: choose two".
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
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Will this be the end of the dumb jock? At least we'll still be able to make fun of their B.O.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Who knows? But another question is, "Are vegetarians dumber than the rest of us?" I'd like to think they are.
Vegatarianarian: One who eats nothing but Vegitarians.
Eat at Joe's.
Niacin is a vitamin, so it is completely safe.
Sure... Mercury is a natural mineral, so it is also completely safe to injest.
Rod Taylor
The enlarged forehead is clear evidence of their growing brain power
The supplement is also notorious for creating an unpleasant odour in the vicinity of the taker.
I heard that they had to give the control group garlic pills to keep the study "double blind".
Bureaucracy loves company.
Rubber duckies don't count
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I believe this to be true, in the 90's and into the 00's, but lately, have you seen J.Lo's ass? holy smokes! her ass is big(ger), and it is SUHWEET!
you may see the trend slide towards a plumper bum...as it gains popularity....mainly because in the Carribean, and South America it is already the trend....
cheers to big bums!!!
We're like rats, in some experiment! -- George Costanza
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One side effect that I remember was increased agitation. Of course, the inferior boobs surrounding me at work could have caused that.
You know, you start working out, and all of a sudden your standards go through the roof. The chicks around you aren't pretty enough... they're not fit enough... their boobs are "inferior". Jeez.
It is rumoured that are these pills that can be found on the Internet that will make your penis bigger that you can ever imagine. That will counteract any potential shrinkage....
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
How long did it take them to figure this out?
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
I wonder if all meat eaters are smarter than their vegetarian counterparts?
Don't get me started. Although I have vegetarian friends, when I hear a story about someone doing something that's kind of "off" in a certain way the first question I ask is if they're a vegetarian. It's almost funny how many really are. If I could get away with it I'd ask this question in an interview.
I should stock up on McD's $1 Double Cheeseburgers and say it's so I can become smarter.
I think you misread the article: they're talking about meat.
I used to live with a body builder, taking this suppliment doesn't make you ooze some odor out of your skin. One word, FARTS! Thats it, the stuff that used to come out of him used to clear classrooms! Oh my god, they should bottle that for riot control!
Sure, blame Americans when we use smaller/more efficient code. ;) for the humor impaired
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