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Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome
Amanda Flowers always liked her Wii Fit but now she can't get enough of it. Amanda claims a fall from her balance board damaged a nerve and has left her suffering from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. From the article: "The catering worker said: 'It began as a twinge down below before surging through my body. Sometimes it built up into a trembling orgasm.' A doctor diagnosed her with persistent sexual arousal syndrome due to a damaged nerve."
> Single Amanda, 24, from Harpurhey, Manchester,
Dear Amanda,
Please contact me offline. Although I will be straight forward and admit right away that I can't cure you, I still have something that might help you live an happier life with the syndrome.
Truly yours,
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
"nice"
The Daily Star, seriously? Get your act together /.
Woman Claims Nerve Damage Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome. Doctors Unsurprised.
Woman Further Claims That Falling On The Floor Can Cause Nerve Damage. Doctors Still Unsurprised.
Woman Then Observes That Balancing On A Small Piece Of Plastic Can Result In Falling On The Floor. Doctors Remain Unsurprised.
Hey, you know what else can "cause" persistent sexual arousal syndrome? Basically anything.
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The Star? Come on, really?
Why not the National Enquirer? Or the Globe?
Shine a price scanner in her face! That's the cure.
:-D
Then she'll be horny *and* talk dirty all the time.
Haida Manga
Quoting the "Daily Star"? Seriously?
Single Amanda, 24, from Harpurhey, Manchester,...
She won't be single for long.
Attention zealots and haters: 00100 00100
... now I am definitely buying it for her this year!
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Woman has Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome, now knows what it's like to be a man.
Not a sentence!
Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome
And now the obligatory: Correlation doesn't mean causation.
The question is whether to post warning or pitch it as a benefit of using the Wii Fit. With the right ad they could be harder to find than a Tickle Me Elmo.
Abbey: "And the problem here is.... ?"
Woman Claims Nerve Damage Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome. Doctors Unsurprised.
Woman Further Claims That Falling On The Floor Can Cause Nerve Damage. Doctors Still Unsurprised.
Woman Then Observes That Balancing On A Small Piece Of Plastic Can Result In Falling On The Floor. Doctors Remain Unsurprised.
Hey, you know what else can "cause" persistent sexual arousal syndrome? Basically anything.
Have some compassion.
Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome is very real. Imagine having an itch that you could never scratch away. An itch that was always there. Now, replace that itch with an erection and a desire to release your semen storage 24/7.
I went through 4 years of it in high-school, and would not wish it upon my worst enemy.
This is definitely possible. I don't understand the slightly derogatory tone in the article/summary.
And the Wii Fit didn't cause the injury, a fall did.
Seriously, come on Slashdot. A stupid article summarized stupidly. This is no different than if she had bumped a knee and damaged a nerve, and was left with minor parasthesia (pins and needles).
Oh, it's samzenpus. Carry on.
ot: what's with all the stupid stories today?
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In soviet russia the government regulates the companies.
The board would cause a concussion as well if I hit someone over the head with it.
This is hardly news, or related to Wii fit.
Clumsy woman falls down and hurts herself, stop the presses!
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
One might wonder about the persistent production of certain fluids.
CG Pin-Ups?
I bet they paid or pay her a lot of money. If I was the CEO I would? Just here have a million.
I'm sure that Apple, MS and various others will get on board.
It's been known for a long time though that woman who use linux are hotter than most. I'll testify to that plus the fact that when a woman I'm dating uses Linux , I want to mow her lawn , pay her bills, vacuum, and do dishes. Linux is evil?
But who can I sue.
Is she really complaining or is she bragging like Sally Albright in the restaurant?
You suffer from persistent sexual arousal symptom?
Kids, the natural birth control.
Look here, several other thoroughly researched articles of the highest value to all of us:
How Jeremy Clarkson has a 10 inch dick
How Katie Price's tits could explode during her diving holiday
or
That Skinny Women really don't want to get fat
m( - Facepalm emoticon
You say that as if you think it's a bad thing!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
A foot stool, would she claim it was the footstool's fault?
A step, high heels... There are soo many other ways she could have fallen and gotten hurt the same way.
So I am unimpressed that it was the WiiFit board is the problem.
-1 Nauseating.
THL phish sticks
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them. We're supposed to all be bitter about having never gotten laid. Way to end the stereotypes!
SSC
This is the first and only time a woman will complain of having too many orgasms.
I am headed out to buy a couple of dozen Wii fit boards for my wife.
Got Code?
Dr. Mario will be "administrating" the cure.
Im honestly not sure where the problem with this lies. I mean, im sure her husband is pretty happy about this.
...I mean, the word "News" really is in scare quotes on their "More 'News' Here..." button. And that's considering that there's just one source, and British newspapers make things up.
I refuse to believe this story until I have this woman's phone number and street address.
And a photo.
#DeleteChrome
-1 Nauseating.
Depends on your point of view I guess. Personally, I think if you haven't broken furniture at least once you're not doing it right.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
Sheesh, get a room. Nobody wants to know about you and your RealDoll.
Chatroulette did the same thing to me.
If I can be modded down for being a troll, can I be modded up for being an orc, or a balrog?
Q. What do you call a "male nymphomaniac"?
A. Redundant.
I bet once she sees some Slashdotters, any sexual arousal she might suffer from will quickly recede.
Make America grate again!
If you thought the Touch of Death was hardcore you ain't seen nothin yet!
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Taking the braces off is a good first step to resolving the particular issue, though....
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
"Wii so horny".
mmm... yeah... You see, we're putting the cover sheets on all TPS reports now before they go out...
you really need to get laid...
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
is WHERE did she hurt herself when she fell... and how may I injure someone else in the same way?
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I'll have what she's having!
This Newspaper is the worst kind of British rag. If the judgement day had come, and the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse were carving a path across the Earth, this paper would run an article about some minor celeb's new boob job.
-1 Nauseating.
Depends on your point of view I guess. Personally, I think if you haven't broken furniture at least once you're not doing it right.
*Puh-lease*. This is Slashdot.
If you haven't caused a data center to fail over, you're not doing it right...
There's no place like
So If I stand on my PC and fall off, and injure a nerve and develop any syndrome....... .am I allowed to say the PC caused it?
GROW UP
nt
Tea and kung-fu. Life is good. Rising Phoenix
I have also been known to cause persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS) in females of the opposite sex.
It's been my cross to bear since I was in the fifth grade and had to fight off Miss DeLisi, my teacher, who looked a lot like a young Kelly LeBrock.
It's only gotten worse since I became a professional golfer. I've learned to deal with it by lowering my standards way, way down.
You are welcome on my lawn.
This is such a blatant SLASHVERTISEMENT!!!
I'm talking about sopssa "hanging" and 69ing some chick or whatever. That's a shit sammich, any way you slice it.
THL phish sticks
*Puh-lease*. This is Slashdot.
If you haven't gotten head while tanking a raid boss at least once you're not doing it right.
Fixed. True story.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
I know firsthand what a terrible affliction this can be. I am male and suffer the same uncomfortable, social stigma of constant sexual arousal. After watching this Intel core i7 unboxing on YouTube. The moneyshot it that heatsink! I am nearly there....
In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
But have you considered what fresh hell it must be for her? She has to exist with a condition that best leaves her unable to control how/when she experiences sexual desire. And unlike guys, she can't just "ignore it." It would be like walking around with a boner that won't go down. It would be socially painful to do anything normal, go watch kids on a playground for example. Can you imagine the pure humilation she experiances when she doesn't have control over her body?
Restore the madness of youth's lechery
Wow. You seriously, SERIOUSLY need to take women off that pedestal you've been building since you typed that first DOS command. You probably see your mother (and all women) as being perfect angels with (in your words) "a more holy purpose in life". You're going to be confused, angry, lonely and upset until you realise that you, me, and everyone else on this rock (even women) are mammals, and we just LOVE to get down and dirty once in a while. People love sex, because the ones that didn't love sex didn't have babies. Humans are always at least 25% about sex, and that goes up to 100% once feeding, fighting, and fleeing are taken care of. "Sinful activities"? Please.
Think about this for a moment: Your mum probably likes it up the ass occasionally. Did that make you angry? That's because you think of her as some magical ideal, and not as a living breathing passionate person who gave birth to you after a lot of passionate sex.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
Welcome to becoming a guy!
1. I fail to see the problem with this.
2. So it turned her into a teenaged boy?
What are they 2 inches high? Maybe instead of blaming the Wii Fit and Nerve Damage she should be looking for the missing Wiimote - though that might hurt her back.
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The cure for persistent sexual arousal syndrome in women is:
Wedding cake.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them
What is this "women" thing of which you speak?
This ain't rocket surgery.
worthless with out details as how to reproduce the experiment and verify these results.
"back off man I'm a Scientist"
I read that post (probably by the same author as the GGP) long enough to say:
What the shit?
God damn, people, different people have different libidos. We don't have to kill each other over it.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
I'd give my right hand for a date with her.
her Wii Remote fell into her shorts when she fell and got stuck in vibrate mode!
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
Where do I sign the petition to get Wii Fit out of every single old folks home.
Lady: "I'll sue you guys for moral and physical damagah."
Nintendo: "I beg your pardon?"
Lady: "I willaaah"
Nintendo: "..."
Lady: "I-Aaah.. AAaaaah... AAAAAAH!..."
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them. We're supposed to all be bitter about having never gotten laid. Way to end the stereotypes!
Really guys, you don't need to worry about it. Notice how many user IDs there are for /.? Any guess as to how many of them frequent this site any more? Statistically they've all moved on with life and found women. /., etc anymore. Enjoy /. while it intrigues you, and move on when it doesn't, like everybody else.
I'm getting there myself, find myself visiting less. Find myself more interested in people than the internet,
There is a very horny lady (like the one in the article) who desperately needed an "aid".
Lady: "Show me all the dildos"
Salesman: "We have a very big selection in this aisle"
Lady: "Show me the biggest ones"
Salesman: "Sure, in the right wall you can find the biggest dildos"
Lady: "oooh, I like what I see. I'm taking the red one"
Salesman: "You mean the huge red one hanging on the wall? That is not for sale!"
Lady: "YES, I WANT IT! WHY NOT?"
Salesman: "Uhm... that's a fire extinguisher."
... well I can hope
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"Warning: Falling off WII fit board may cause permanent sexual arousal syndrome and random orgasms." As if the damned things weren't already selling like hotcakes. While you're at it "Warning: Do not insert Wiimote into any orifice". Otherwise THAT will probably be the next lawsuit to come along.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Many women who are sex craved get vibrators after being sick of men. They do just fine being single this way.
http://saveie6.com/
Hopefully one day I’ll find a superstud who can satisfy me.
Ah now I understand... The old I-want-sex-all-the-time trick to get men.
Maybe. However, It is a real thing, and from what I understand is debilitating, humiliating, and doesn't necessarily lead to the woman becoming a nympho.
In fact, I'm kind of surprised -- even on Slashdot, I'd expect someone to have picked that up somewhere, rather than just assuming this is a good thing. That seems a bit on par with taking advantage of someone's mental disorder...
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
So that means men can use the Wii Fit without risk!
Ad?
Ah, it must’ve been in one of those big blank spaces I noticed in the page.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
*Puh-lease*. This is Slashdot. If you haven't gotten head while tanking a raid boss at least once you're not doing it right.
Fixed. True story.
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The dotter said Brandy, you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be But my life, my lover, my lady is the tubes
This story comes from the Daily Star. This claims to be a newspaper but, while it is certainly printed on paper, you probably wouldn't pay too much attention to what they call "news". The last sentence of the story shows you their approach. I don't think people normally talk that way.
Reality is defined by the maddest person in the room
... in the future of USA and the world, there are more STD's from your disgraceful behaviour now in your time then there ever was in 30 years ago ...
This is Slashdot. Around here, an STD should be worn like a medal. "Hey, guys, I've had sex, AND I can prove it!"
different people have different libidos. We don't have to kill each other over it.
Killing is unavoidable for necrophiliacs with persistent arousal syndrome...
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
Why? It seems most people come here in their work time, so having a wife/girlfriend or not should really make a difference. Unless having a wife/gf changes nerds habits and they start logging to Facebook and growing virtual carrots instead of logging to /. and make ignorant rants.
I usually log on to /. during classes, so my time for socializing isn't affected.
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Statistically they've all moved on with life and found women.
Quite right. I'm gay, so I'm still around.
"All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares."
I pushed the wife off the Wii Fit twice last night. No change.
As a true nerd I demand more details!
Which boss, did you get the kill, and what loot dropped?
Why even have the 'View Picture' option when it doesn't show what we all want to see?
Complaining about having a good sex drive, you gotta be kidding me.
That is like me trying to bring the IEEE to court because the internet is giving me too much sex (with all the p0rn)
I know women who have had problems having orgasms, and you are complaining about them being too easily obtained?
Wow, I guess we could also complain that having over 1 million dollars in the bank is just too much trouble....
and that being healthy is a headache...
I know how this case is going to go, they will go after old boyfriends, and her sexual life will be made public to show that she
has always been this way, and that this is just another scam.
Hey chick, if ever you need to scratch that itch, i got a number you can call 1800getlaid, will connect you to any random
male between the age of 18 to 80 that usually ends up lining the bar walls looking for a one night stand.
It’s well-known that preparing for sports gives you a high, as a prevention to cope with the upcoming pain, when done regularly.
You can get addicted to that, just like you can get addicted to everything else on this planet.
The thing is, that it needs another influence, for it to become an addiction. (It’s an addiction, as soon as it becomes irrational in terms of logic and in terms of what you expect as an emotional reaction.) Something else in your life that you miss, or that is not right.
Maybe a lost partner. I think deprivation from love* is the single most common cause.
Also, sports boost the libido, give you better chances at reproducing, and make your sex better as a side-effect.
This is obviously not a bad thing, as long as it’s not an addiction.
So if it’s an addiction, she should look at what she is missing. The elephant in the room that is just outside your perception the whole time. The last place where she would want to look.
If it’s not, I recommend getting a boyfriend, and enjoying it. I know that in this society, there’s a false social conditioning that... well, South Park said it best: The wizard alien caused it! But it’s just as true for women. They just can hide it better. But they want it just as much.
(* Sorry for the probably bad English. It’s not my native language.)
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
What if the doctors decide to treat her by installing a switch to let her turn herself off? (and on?)
That's the plot of Click by Milo Manara
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And now the slightest of vibrations, from mobile phones to food processors, turns her on.
It's more severe than I thought. She's turning into a teenage boy.
But then I realized the cable was blue, so I only gave it one star. I hate blue.
I saw some stuff about this in a documentary once, the woman really suffers if she has this.
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them
What is this "women" thing of which you speak?
Since this is Slashdot I'm going to guess it's a new linux distro. Perhaps it's out of beta by now too!
Has Comcast disconnected your Internet account? Same here. You can read about it at http://comcastissue.blogspot.com
One Fit sighs all
You're right, I shouldn't have tried to combat your bullshit craziness with logic. My mistake.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
Is that she is now more likely to cheat on whomever she is with due to a need to satisfy the urge when her significant other is not around.
I think I can cure her of her sexual arousal problem. I seem to have some sort of dampening (sorry bad pun) field around me that immediately makes women unaroused, disinterested sexually, and increases their willingness to "become just friends". I call it my "Friend Zone", and it is where I live. :)
From my teenager years and until now I've always loved cute and nice girls
Really? You're a degenerate freak! All the rest of us only love ugly bitches!
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And nintendo R&D has announced a new patent...
patent number OhOhOhOhOH!
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
Perhaps this?
Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once
I read the RSS headline as "Wi-Fi caused...".
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them
What is this "women" thing of which you speak?
Since this is Slashdot I'm going to guess it's a new linux distro. Perhaps it's out of beta by now too!
That was my thought too, but why would you sleep with your linux distro ?
Write boring code, not shiny code!
I don't know if you think you're joking or not, but as of this posting, Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board is the number one selling Games item on Amazon.com, Amazon proper is sold out, and the cheapest "featured merchant" has them for $119.95. Keep in mind retail price is $99.99. It's safe to say this story really has increased sales.
Who needs poppers? If you can have a Wii instead!
--- I am known for the ones who want to find me on the net. Is that a privacy risk or a privilege? One might wonder..
However, It is a real thing, and from what I understand is debilitating, humiliating
Oh please. It's only humiliating if she think's being aroused humiliates her. Whose fault is that? And if it's all she can think about to the point of being debilitating, perhaps she should change jobs to something that involves sex or sextoys and get filthy rich. It's not a problem unless she wants it to be.
Oh please.
Please, educate yourself on the topic before you make yourself sound like an ass.
It's only humiliating if she think's being aroused humiliates her.
Being aroused, without your control, pretty much 24/7. Yes, I'd call that humiliating -- I'm assuming you're male, so how would you like to walk around with a constant erection?
And if it's all she can think about to the point of being debilitating, perhaps she should change jobs to something that involves sex or sextoys and get filthy rich.
I hope you're joking.
I'm a programmer. I like what I do. I would not like to have some sort of compulsive wanking problem where every time I started to write a line of code, I couldn't, because one hand would be moving from my keyboard to my pants.
What you're talking about is removing her choice to be anything other than a nymphomaniac, and she's supposed to be OK with that.
Bullshit.
Now, is it possible people can turn that around into an advantage? Sure, and if I had my hands amputated, I might be able to still live a long and healthy life -- but I'd still miss being able to type and otherwise function as a normal human being.
And by the way: Are you suggesting that the majority of sex workers (prostitution, pornography, etc) get filthy rich?
It's not a problem unless she wants it to be.
Unless you're willing to apply the same standard to amputees, shut the fuck up.
And by the way: This is distinct from nymphomania, which is a psychological condition. The main difference is that a nymphomaniac actually wants it. Think for a moment about the definition of rape, and you might start to get an idea of why this would be a problem.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
In this day and age it's not surprising, gender roles are disappearing. While men can't experience the joys and pains of birth; this poor woman knows how a 20 year old man feels like. This is a two edged sword, you have my sincere condolences. If you don't think you can make it, I would suggest dying your hair black and listening to Dashboard Confessional. That seemed to work for most of the kids at school.
Either we got trolled hard, or I'm nominating this guy for the "most likely to become a serial killer" award. I can see the headlines now: "Crazed fundamentalist stabs 12 Frat boys while yelling 'cleanse the defilers of the angels!'"
Even scarier: there are more people like this out there, and they vote.
Being aroused, without your control, pretty much 24/7. Yes, I'd call that humiliating -- I'm assuming you're male, so how would you like to walk around with a constant erection?
So now she finally understands what it's like to be a 13 year old boy?
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how would you like to walk around with a constant erection?
So now she finally understands what it's like to be a 13 year old boy?
That hypothetical 13-year-old should seek medical attention. If not, I'm guessing you don't actually mean constant, you mean continual.
What you and everyone else here seems to be missing is the difference between continual arousal (or just general horniness) and continuous arousal, which is a serious medical condition that doesn't need to be laughed at.
It's more or less like the difference between the kind of delusional that Glenn Beck is, and an actual serious mental disorder. I mean, your immediate response might be that Glenn Beck really is crazy, but if you've ever actually been around someone with paranoid delusions, who had to be physically restrained and forcibly drugged just to be brought under control, you wouldn't say that. Sure, Glenn Beck needs help, but there's a clear difference.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
it's more just the interests. People that check /. all the time aren't interested in socializing that much. All I'm saying is that most people end up growing up. Not that there's anything wrong with /., just that your interests change and you desire to spend Friday nights hanging out with people rather than checking /. for the newest story.
lol
Impossible moral standard? Sheesh no, I just don't want to get the same diseaes you have, and those diseases cause your biological clock to get all out of proportion.
Celibacy is abnormal for human beings. Sex, like many recreational activities, does have some risks associated with it, but they're not that severe if proper precautions are taken.
Faggot is someone that breeds theirselves out of existance because it tries to reproduce with the same gender as itself.
A faggot is a bundle of sticks. It also became slang for an old woman or a homosexual man.
Perhaps you are flexible, so you never need to leave the house because you can suck your own dick.
Oh, if only!
Are you a Gay Nigger?
If you mean a homosexual black man, then yes.
Is orderly reproduction too much for you to handle,
Nope, surrogate mothers have worked well so far for me.
or is this soon to leave Planet Earth to rename as Planet Bordello?
What?
Cry me some moar of those tasty Weabooo butthurt tears
It doesn't hurt if you do it right, and plenty of heterosexuals enjoy it as well.
because they taste good seasoning my Farva Beans. nom nom nom nom
Weird spot for a "Silence of the Lambs" reference...
High King Maulgar. :) We didn't down him though because the warlock didn't enslave the big felhound things fast enough and they ate my healers. :(
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
This is why you have never had a meaningful relationship.
Hatin' on products I don't like and getting modded up talking about tech I totally don't understand like it was 2005!
I am not scred to reveal my IP AC. Thats the difference between you and I, I am not a pathetic coward with no courage of his convictions!
Does it make you feel better to spam the forum, hmmm?
The funniest thing of all is you actually think you are coming out ahead in this exchange, honest I am just about in hysterics, I wonder what other
pathetic crap you will try next.
Cant wait, as I said its a boring rainy day.