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dancpsu writes "Researchers at Temple University's College of Health Professions found that early nerve damage caused by repetitive strain injuries can trigger "sick worker" syndrome -- often mistaken for poor performance. They discovered that nerve injuries caused by low-force, highly repetitive work can be blamed on an onslaught of cytokines -- proteins that help start inflammation. Unexpectedly, the researchers also found that the cytokines affected the rats' psychosocial responses. At three weeks, even before the rats experienced pain from their wrist injuries, they began to self-regulate their work behavior. By five weeks to eight weeks, when cytokine production reached "peak" levels, some rats curled up in a ball and slept in between tasks."
omg frizist psot!!14sdfa
I just found the best rant ever, on pirate bay. From the submitter of a torrent.
Hey, I didn't know that. I am new to the internet, and bittorrent. I only JUST now learned what a seed is and a leech is. I didn't really make any of these movies and I actually have someone else upload them, because I don't know how to use the computer. I run FreeBSD because from what I hear, it's the easist operating system to use...and, so far, it's even easier to use than my Apple IIe. IN FACT, I AM NOT EVEN FUCKING TYPING THIS... Why can't anyone answer a simple question these days? It's shit like this, that makes me want to fucking light someone's fucking face on fucking fire, and put it out with a fucking axe. Ah...the stress created by THE END USER...it's shit like this that made me abandon hope in the IT industry, and become a career criminal instead. I actually had some asian call in once, to the PC place I was working at, with a disk stuck in his 1987 Mac. I told him to put a paperclip in the hole to eject the disk. The fucker didn't know what a paperclip was. This shit happens every day. Red tape...tape everywhere. I can't EVER do what needs to be done with any efficiency, because I am always bombarded with other people's THOUGHTS on the matter. Who gives a fuck? I don't. I don't want to know what someone thinks, or what their opinion is, when I am trying to do something. It slows shit down...it makes THEM an obstacle. I can't even walk anymore without people getting in my way. People walking around like FUCKING SHEEP...standing in little gaggles, totally obstructing pedestrian flow LIKE A HERD OF FUCKING CATTLE. It's annoying, and it goddamn sickens me to the point of going on a 7 hour multicide spree. You know what? Do you know what the most important thing i've learning in my time on this fucking planet is? Most people are alive simply because it's illegal to kill them.
...(heavy breathing) ....turn...
...are you masturbating?
Ummmm...
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