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Fish Poison Makes Hot Feel Cold and Vice Versa

Posted by kdawson on from the rhymes-with-fugu dept.

SoyChemist writes "Ciguatoxin causes bizarre neurological symptoms including temperature reversal, a burning sensation, and an imaginary feeling of loose teeth. It is produced by algae and accumulates in the fatty flesh of tropical fish. While traveling to the tropics, a man from England ate some bad seafood that contained the unusual poison. His story, and the tale of some unfortunate sailors of an earlier age who suffered the same affliction, appeared in the current issue of Practical Neurology and was summarized on the Wired Science Blog. Both the Wired blog and the peer-reviewed journal neglected to mention that the potent neurotoxin has been made from scratch by organic chemists."

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  1. Re:HOW MANY NIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT by daddyrief · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are a troll, good sir, and while my comment may not be Insightful or Funny, yours is even less so. Farewell, racist troll, and may you enjoy the trenches of Slashdot hell.

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  2. beowulf cluster by sh3l1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow! Imagine what a beowulf cluster of those would feel like!

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  3. Re:HOW MANY NIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT by Porchroof · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah, censorship in the name of PC.

    Doncha just love it?

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  4. Re:HOW MANY NIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, since the word "nigger" is one of the most universally offensive words in the English language, and the usage here is absolutely racist, there's nothing "PC" about getting this jackhole to shut up. Racism is a sign of an unstable and immature person with an inferiority complex and terrible parents who needs to find someone - anyone - who they can cause to become lower than themselves in their eyes.

  5. Re:HOW MANY NIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT by 4D6963 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Racism is a sign of an unstable and immature person with an inferiority complex and terrible parents who needs to find someone - anyone - who they can cause to become lower than themselves in their eyes.

    Whose arse did you pull that shit from? Most of the time racism stems from the fear/hate of members of groups which are not your group, even more when the feeling of belonging to this group is strong.

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  6. Re:HOW MANY NIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hey nigger,
    shut the fuck up

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