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Wasabi Poptart
But "nut-like" is really funny.
figmentPez
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Well, it does, but only if you're both a detector and an eliminator. There's a compound in asparagus that does make your pee stink, but not everyone can smell it, and not everyone's body eliminates it as is via the urine. So there are people whose pee stinks after they eat asparagus, but they never realize it. There are people whose pee doesn't stink from asparagus. I'm one of the unlucky ones who is both an eliminator and a detector. Blech!
I still love asparagus, though. Veggies can be really tasty if they're good quality and cooked right. You'll never catch me going vegetarian, but I love to eat my greenies.
North_Ranger
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Wow, it almost sounds like someone actually studied the link between eating asparagus and having stinky pee.
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Oh God, it means somebody also got funding to study that.
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Oh God, it means somebody also got funding to study that.
figmentPez
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You mean someone actually got money to study the human metabolism?! Perish the thought. There couldn't possibly be any importance to studying biochemistry and figuring out how various chemicals are processed by the body. Our sense of smell is just for show and should remain a mystery. Also, no one should bother looking at any chemicals besides the major vitamins and minerals, because if it's not an essential nutrient than it's obviously not important what the body does with it.
Sorry, I'm feeling ranty today. Just because the purpose of science isn't obvious doesn't make it frivolous.
Off Topic:
One time I was having some coffee and reading the newspaper when I flipped to the science section. It was there that I read an article where scientist had proven that ducls prefer standing the rain to swimming in a pond.
They gad a 50, 000 dollar grant to study this.
They basically came out with the finds that DUCKS LIKE WATER.
My mind was fucking blown.
One time I was having some coffee and reading the newspaper when I flipped to the science section. It was there that I read an article where scientist had proven that ducls prefer standing the rain to swimming in a pond.
They gad a 50, 000 dollar grant to study this.
They basically came out with the finds that DUCKS LIKE WATER.
My mind was fucking blown.
figmentPez
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And Popular Science explains why that study was important.
This wasn't just a study on the preference of ducks. It was a study on how to best care for the health of commercially raised ducks.
Not that there isn't frivolous science. When my parents lived in Alaska one of their neighbors got a grant to "study the growth of pumpkins" or some bullshit. He threw the seeds on the ground, and recorded "no growth". It wasn't science, it was just bilking the government.
Science reporting is some of the worst reporting there is. Most reporters (and their audience) are functionally science illiterate.
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Wasabi Poptart
Not to mention much of what is reported by media outlets is there for the "shock and awe". It elicits more of a response to say 50,000 dollars were spent on a study that found out ducks prefer showers than to give the entire story. I have eczema. A few years ago there was a study that found use of corticosteroids could possibly increase the risk for skin cancer. The media took off with it. They made it sound like anyone using these medications were in immediate danger. The reality was that your skin can be more photosensitive when you use the medication long term, so you need to take more precautions when exposed to the sun. You didn't see that bit in the media though.
North_Ranger
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It was meant as a joke, figmentPez. Jesus, who pissed in your cereal today?
And did it smell?
With its extremely long daytime during the Summer months, Alaska turns out some of the biggest vegetables on record, milk trick or not.
--Patrick
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