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Sexually Rejected Flies Turn To Booze

Posted by samzenpus on from the you've-lost-that-buzzing-feeling dept.

sciencehabit writes "Offer a male fruit fly a choice between food soaked in alcohol and its nonalcoholic equivalent, and his decision will depend on whether he's mated recently or been rejected by a female. Flies that have been given the cold shoulder are more likely to go for the booze, researchers have found. It's the first discovery, in fruit flies, of a social interaction that influences future behavior."

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  1. Was it unexpected? by oreiasecaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess if I were a sexually-deprived fly I would be drinking too... just like I do as a sexually-deprived basement dweller

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    1. Re:Was it unexpected? by tomhath · · Score: 4, Funny

      Try offering the female fruit flies a banana...

  2. He's not drinking as compensation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just to make the un-attractive fruit flies around look better.

  3. There's a Reason by perry64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably like most /. readers, he needs the alcohol to get up the nerve to approach the female fly.

    1. Re:There's a Reason by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Speak for yourself. I have never needed alcohol in order to approach a female fly.

  4. Time flies like an arrow... by aldo.gs · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... fruit flies like a bottle of booze.

  5. Sexually Rejected 'FILES"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Must be a Gnome3/Gnome Shell problem ;-)

  6. An article not to be missed! by Tynin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nerdy fly fetishes of the world, your time is now! The fly on fly doggy style action shot is just...

    ::notices the wife unit enter the room::

    Uh... oh... hi honey! Oh no, I only read ScienceMag for the articles... !

    1. Re:An article not to be missed! by game+kid · · Score: 2, Funny

      I gotta admit, I saw that *cough* fly girl in the middle with the wings of a moth and the back of a Bayonetta, and I was like "DAT ASS."

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  7. And if that doesn't work... by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...do the flies give up and turn to World of Warcraft?

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  8. Not surprising by InsectOverlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must suck to be sexually rejected AND lack hands.

  9. In related news ... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... flies get shit-faced.

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  10. I misread the title and was REALLY confused... by mark-t · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read it as "Sexually Rejected Files Turn To Booze". I was completely confounded for a moment until I expanded the summary, and saw the words "male fruit fly", which I read correctly.

    Bizarre.... I don't typically have dyslexic moments.

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  11. Stupid flies by dzr0001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is only because the flies don't know how to give the alcohol soaked food to the female flies first.

  12. New data, new hypothesis by srussia · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are over 75,000 alcohol related deaths per year in the U.S. alone. Is that enough to warrant some research?

    Maybe a significant number of those deaths were actually sexual-rejection-related deaths after all. Mothers Against Sexual Rejection, anyone?

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    1. Re:New data, new hypothesis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I prefer "mothers against kinetically endured lasting overly virulent embargos of sexually oriented obscene nature"

      Commonly referred to as MAKE LOVE SOON ...

  13. Re:Winos don't get laid often by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

    another drunk