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It’s a plastic water bottle shaped like a penis. I didn’t censor “Dicky”, the manufacturer did, but I did blur the image due to the realistic texture and shape of the penis. You can see all the veins and wrinkles on the manufacturer’s listing, if that’s a thing you want to do today.

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Anecdotes by medical practitioners

"A woman came in for a baby check with her 6-month-old and she had what looked like chocolate milk in the baby’s bottle. So he started explaining to her as kindly as he could that she shouldn’t be giving her baby chocolate milk. At which point she interrupts him and says, ‘Oh that isn’t chocolate milk. It’s coffee! He just loves it!”

"I had a patient come in for an STD check. She was very upset and continued to tell me that she only had one partner. Progressing through my assessment, she further divulged that even if he was sleeping with other people it shouldn’t matter ‘because he uses a condom every time and he makes sure to wash it thoroughly after every use’.”

"Had a lady who measured her baby’s temperature by pre-heating the oven and putting one hand in front of it while the other hand was on the baby’s forehead. She told the nurse her baby’s fever was about 250 degrees.”

"Lady has to have foot amputated and is given waiver forms to sign pre-op. Buddy asks if she needs time to think about it. She’s very nonchalant and doesn’t seem to care much what they do. He gets suspicious and probes a bit as to why she’s not more concerned. She says she gets that they have to operate and it’s OK because the foot will grow back.”

"I had a couple who had been trying to conceive for over two years. I asked all the usual questions, how often do you have sex, any previous pregnancy, etc etc. Something seemed off to me during the consult, so I continued to ask questions. Finally I asked if he ejaculated while inserted into the vagina. Both parties looked confused.Turns out the couple was not having insertional sex at all. I had to awkwardly explain to them how insertional sex works. Diagrams were required.”

"Patient comes in, she’s upset. She’s pregnant, and she doesn’t understand why. She’s on the pill. Upon talking to her at great length, I find out that she only takes the pills on the days that she is sexually active – no other time.”

"Patient comes in with her bf. They are indignant, as if somehow I could’ve prevented [the pregnancy]. The problem? Well, the pills were bothering the girl’s stomach, so, being a gallant bf, he decided to start taking them instead.”

“I was explaining the treatment to the husband of a patient about to be discharged. He kept nodding and agreeing with me, but I knew it was flying over his head. Turned out a fundamental problem was that I was describing the drugs as ‘tablets’ and he had no clue what those were.”

Reddit thread 

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A mythological order is a system of images that gives consciousness a sense of meaning in existence, which, my dear friend, has no meaning––it simply is. But the mind goes asking for meanings; it can’t play unless it knows (or makes up) the rules.

Mythologies present games to play: how to make believe you’re doing thus and so. Ultimately, through the game, you experience that positive thing which is the experience of being-in-being, of living meaningfully. That’s the first function of a mythology, to evoke in the individual a sense of grateful affirmative awe before the monstrous mystery that is existence.

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- Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss (via hierarchical-aestheticism)

Sharkini

MojoKid (1002251) writes "Security researcher Gene Bransfield, with the help of his wife's grandmother's cat, decided to see how many neighborhood WiFi access points he could map and potentially compromise. With a collar loaded with a Spark chip, a Wi-Fi module, a GPS module, and a battery, Coco the cat helped Gene identify Wi-Fi networks around the neighborhood and then reported back. The goal here is obvious: Discover all of the unsecured, or at least poorly-secured, wireless access points around the neighborhood. During his journey, Coco identified dozens of Wi-Fi networks, with four of them using easily-broken WEP security, and another four that had no security at all. Gene has dubbed his collar the "WarKitteh", and it cost him less than $100 to make. He admits that such a collar isn't a security threat, but more of a goofy hack. Of course, it could be used for shadier purposes." (Here's Wired's article on the connected cat-collar.)

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dingo-the-dog:

brochetheroche:

Evolution of Boxes

"I was just looking at it, and suddenly, I had this irresistible urge to get inside. No, not just an urge - more than that. It was my destiny to be here; in the box. And when I put it on, I suddenly got this feeling of inner peace. I can’t put it into words. I feel…safe. Like this is where I was meant to be. Like I’d found the key to true happiness. Does that make any sense? You should come inside the box…Then you’ll know what I mean."

becausebirds:

Goshawk testing its flying capabilities. It is shown flying through a circular opening, horizontal opening, vertical opening and a tunnel. [video]

rkherman:

A different take on the typical plant cell diagram. I decided to emphasize the vast quatities of organelles inside just one cell, as opposed to most diagrams that show and label 1-2 of each organelle.

_{The Unseen #9 (1953)}

gjmueller:

New device allows brain to bypass spinal cord, move paralyzed limbs

For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to a new device. A 23-year-old quadriplegic is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb.

ryanpanos:

Empire.is | Via

Empire.is, by Josh Begley, is a haunting site that plots the United States’ known military bases around the globe, then shows you their photographs (courtesy of Google and Bing image search).

“I’m not really interested in exposing secret bases,” Begley tells us. “I suppose I’m just trying to sketch the broad contours of our military footprint: what does it look like from above? How does it appear on a map? And in a fashion similar to the project I made about American prisons last year, how might we see this landscape as one continuous scroll?”

Not everything is visible. Bing and Google both censor satellite imagery not only by limiting our zoom, but by creating other interventions to separate the public from sensitive information (and not always in tandem). Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands, for instance, has been obfuscated at the request of their government. On Google, it’s a wash of green polygons, while on Bing, it’s a black blob. Meanwhile, a secret drone base that Wired’s Danger Room uncovered in Saudi Arabia appears fairly clearly on Bing, whereas Google provides a simple gray box that reads, “Sorry, we have no imagery here.”

At least 100% of all cults are just scams to have sex with teenagers.

August 9,1945 (20 minutes after) - Nagasaki

Sword of Damocles, Winston Smith

beesmygod:

please buy me this

so-weiss-wie-schnee:

beautiful autumn coats

you can buy them here/ hier kannst du sie kaufen

The Many Faces of the Novel

We know a lot about the sexy bits of male cephalopods — ask about hectocotyl arms and spermatophores sometime — but would you be surprised to learn that we don’t know much at all about squid ladybits? Of course you wouldn’t.

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This Friday, Rooftop Films 2014 Summer Series is hosting the wildest film event of the summer at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They're screening the ultraviolent Japanese S&M comedy R100, which played at Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival. The screening's pre-show involves a man named Tombstone who will tie a woman up and suspend her high above the roof of Industry City as the haunting cello music of Brent Arnold plays in the background. Then Lulu Kramer—a fetishist, model, actress, and burlesque performer—will put on a sexy rope-play performance. 

R100 stars Nao Ohmori (star of Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer) as Takafumi Katayama, a mild-mannered father who escapes the pressures of daily life by joining a mysterious S&M club in which the dominatrices visit clients in real-life settings. While at first the rough treatment and humiliation he receives from leather-clad women in cafés and restaurants is enjoyable, Takafumi soon realizes that he's opened a door that cannot be closed. Unable to end his relationship with the club, he finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless mistresses, each with a very unique talent. Takafumi must either find a way to turn the tables or walk even further down a dark and sexy path.

A massive star in Japan, director Hitoshi Matsumoto has bewildered and delighted Midnight Madness audiences twice before, with Big Man Japan and Symbol, each time one-upping himself in terms of both strangeness and imagination. With R100, he returns with a distinctive take on the sex comedy. This film defies definition and laughs in the face of conventions. Partway through it, the narrative stops and cuts to an official Japanese censorship committee—also watching the movie—who are just as confused as you will be. The director soon appears as a 100-year-old version of himself, refusing to change anything and forcing the committee to brand his work unsuitable for anyone under 100 years of age—hence the title.

With a cast of uniquely skilled dominatrices (Queen of Voices, Queen of Saliva, Queen of Eating People Whole), absurd meta-experiences, and a storyline that can only be described as crazy, until it gets really crazy, Matsumoto’s film rises above its zaniness with a surprising abundance of pathos. Whether or not you’re into sadomasochism isn’t the question. What you should be asking yourself is, are you ready for an experience you’ll never forget?

Doors will open at 8 PM, Friday, August 8. You don't want to be late because the live burlesque and bondage performance by Lulu Kramer and Tombstone starts at 8:30 PM. The film begins at 9 PM, and an afterparty (with free drinks) starts at 11:30 PM.

Come for the dominatrices and stay for the free drinks! It's happening at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Enter the raffle to win two free tickets here.

 

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Casey Weldon