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Parasites Makes Us Dumber or Sexier

odie_q writes "It has long been known that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite alters its host's behavior, but now it seems the way it alters it depends on the sex of the host. From the article: 'A common parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says ... Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women. On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.'"

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  1. So long, Saddam you worthless shit by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let this be a lesson to the other religeous dictators which think that oppression can work.
    The free thinking countries of the world (ie those not bound by that stupid koran rubbish) will deal with you - one way or another.

    - We will gather evidence of your tyranny and war crimes
    - We will invade and hunt you down like a dog
    - We will trial you in your own country
    - We will kill you
    - Your countrymen will cheer when you are gone

    (personally, I think it would have been better to assassinate him - but whatever)
    Anyway - Ta, ta saddam - say high to mohamed for me. What's that? He isn't there - gosh, what a suprise!

    1. Re:So long, Saddam you worthless shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Anyway - Ta, ta saddam - say high to mohamed for me. What's that? He isn't there - gosh, what a suprise!

      Hey islamofreak, at least get it straight, Saddam was a secularist. Just like Karl Rove, he knew exactly how to manipulate people through their own faith, but he wasn't a religious man himself.

    2. Re:So long, Saddam you worthless shit by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Don't worry, they only hanged one of the dozen surgically-altered clones. He'll show up in Gaza or the like 5 years from now to stir things up.

    3. Re:So long, Saddam you worthless shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Slashdot is in real need of blow-the-user-out-of-existence

      Not only your post is offtopic, it is a islamophobic (is that a word?) troll too.

      PS:checked your history, yup, it is islamophobia (or you are plain asshole).

    4. Re:So long, Saddam you worthless shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hehe, or how's this for a conspiracy theory: The video only shows two guys putting a rope around his neck, it stops just before he is actually hanged. And we are told he "insisted" on being unmasked. Sounds like a photo op to me :)

    5. Re:So long, Saddam you worthless shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Someone tell me what's the happy part in this:

      A dictator which the US created was today killed by a small part of the US and a small part of Iraq. More blood has been shed. American soldiers and Iraqi innocents continue to die and live a miserable life. A terrorist attack today killed 30, probably as a reaction to Saddam's hanging.

      Really, what's the happy part?

  2. Careful there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Most of your ranting could easily apply to GWB. As it is, once GWB, Cheney, and rumsfeld are out of office, I suspect that all 3 will be persona non-gratius in most countries throughout the world. In fact, I would guess that it will be only dictatorships that will welcome them.

  3. VLAD FARTED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    have you ever head of the town of pineville, north carolina?

    you won't anymore. vlad farted there a month ago and killed the whole town. even the young and able-bodied dropped dead of gas poisoning. the cops tried to arrest him but there really isn't a law on the books regarding killing a whole town with your fart. just know this: vlad is a sick and sorry son of a bitch, and he really ought to be fed to a blender, provided that a blender capable of handling a 500-pound man can be found

    oh that's the other thing, vlad nails fatties. he has sex with women that are so grotesque and so inhuman that it ought to be a crime. he even had children with one horrific whore who weighed upwards of 800 pounds and smelled like a barnyard. she was just a real horrible person. biggest whore on the planet. mod me down, i don't care, i'm just telling the truth. and the truth is that vlad is a fucking sick son of a bitch that ought to just keel over and croak