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POPSBeauty, is an equation How was it done? "surveyed 68 Israeli and German men and women, aged 25 to 40, asking them to rank the beauty of 93 different men’s and women’s faces on a scale of 1 to 7. These scores were then entered into a database and correlated to 250 different measurements and facial features, such as ratios of the nose, chin and distance from ears to eyes. From this, the scientists created an algorithm that applies desirable elements of attractiveness to a fresh image." Very nice, so beauty is after all numbers and distances and sizes... :)
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POPSConservatives plan future with Palin She's not going away. The republican party has to be pretty desperate to hang on to her as their best hope for a future run at the presidency. Despite all of her short-comings as a viable candidate they tout her 'attractiveness' and 'ability to give a great speech' as selling points. These are very shallow foundations to hedge your bet on. Personally, I don't see it.
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POPSWe Interrupt This Election To Bring You Something Unserious... Yo' Momma So Fat Jokes Through The Ages. Also from the same site: “Yo’ Momma” Jokes as told by Nerds Your Mother is so slow she uses the ISA Slot and 1000KB of RAM. Your Mother is so overweight that when she steps on the scale it says, “Sorry, we don’t do Millennium Falcons.” Your Mother is so tremendously hirsute she makes Wolverine look like Professor X. Your Mother is so approaching her senior years that she practices her micros on a typewriter. Your Mother is so poverty-stricken that if we all lived in Zelda’s Hyrule, she’d have a hut in Kakariko Village. Your Mother is so lacking in general attractiveness that the Borg refused to assimilate her.
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POPSOn looks and attraction... This new research identifies an explanation for the correlation between bodily shape and attractiveness: your body proportions, shape and stature are signals that conspicuously advertise your good development or health and therefore the degree to which you are a desirable reproductive partner. In many species fewer departures from perfect symmetry are associated with good development, health and reproductive success.” We begin to see that there is a program embedded deep in our perception. this is the time to reveal it. :)
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POPS'Beer goggles' are real - it's official As well as changing perceptions of attractiveness, alcohol also encourages us to engage in behaviour we would otherwise avoid. In a study by Robert Leeman of Yale University students reported they were more likely to engage in risky sexual acts after drinking - which could be due to alcohol lowering our inhibitions through a direct effect on the brain or by providing a convenient excuse for such behaviour.
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POPSAttraction, strength and self humor the article is more elaborate. but it points towards self humor as an attractive trait but only if backed up by achievements. this too is a matter of emotional and otherwise affordability.
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POPSSmelling a good partner. From the site: "With genetically highly compatible people we feel that rare sensation of perfect chemistry. This is the body’s receptive and welcoming response when immune systems harmonise and fit together. The effects of genetic compatibility Genetic compatibility results in an increased likelihood of forming an enduring and successful relationship. Research has also shown that the sex lives of genetically compatible partners are more satisfying than average. Additionally, fertility rates are higher in genetically compatible couples and they have healthier children. " and it cost only 199$ :)
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POPSGay Brains Structured Like Those Of The Opposite Sex But then those of us who are "different" knew this all along. It's also interesting to note this from the article: "The regions involved in phobia, anxiety and depression overlap with the pattern we see from the amygdala," says Savic. This is significant, she says, and fits with data showing that women are three times as likely as men to suffer from mood disorders or depression. Gay men have higher rates of depression too, she says, but it's difficult to know whether this is down to biology, homophobia or simply feelings of being "different". HA! Those of us who are gay or bisexual have PLENTY to be depressed about living in a society that refuses to accept us.
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POPSsmart kids vs popular kids
Partly because teenagers are still half children, and many children are just intrinsically cruel. Some torture nerds for the same reason they pull the legs off spiders. Before you develop a conscience, torture is amusing.Another reason kids persecute nerds is to make themselves feel better.But I think the main reason is that it's part of the mechanism of popularity. Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness. It's much more about alliances. To become more popular, you need to be constantly doing things that bring you close to other popular people, and nothing brings people closer than a common enemy. It's important for nerds to realize that school is not life. School is a strange, artificial thing, half sterile and half feral. It's all-encompassing, like life, but it isn't the real thing. It's only temporary, and if you look, you can see beyond it even while you're still in it.<< Interesting read.Written by someone who was considered to be a "nerd" at school.
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POPSWhat Is Like To Be Beautiful? I've often wondered what it felt like to be so beautiful that people look at you with admiration, heads turn, and I've wondered about the satisfaction that must come from looking in the mirror. I do know this: Physical beauty fades.
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POPSIphone Vs Blackberry Does anybody out there have a MAC AND BLACKBERRY?? I can't seem to find a way to sync email (2 accounts) to blackberry. Is the Iphone my only hope? Seems kind of ridiculous that Blackberry is not compatable with MAC. Pocketmac doesn't seem to do the trick.
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