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While You Were Sleeping: Facebook vs. Lesbians

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Don't forget to right-click the links to open them in a new window...

The latest victim of Fox is Pedro Almodovar?

It's almost impossible to get a perfect score on the SAT-- how impossible would it be to get perfect scores on the PSAT, ACT, and SATs?

We wonder why this worm sign fail isn't as common in Louisiana. And, by the way, we had a great first weekend of Jazz Fest.

David Letterman wants to see Lauren Conrad's rumored/long-awaited sex tape.

That meanie Miss California is now a folk hero among ignorant religious bigots.

The latest worldwide fad: that fun-lovin' swine flu thing.

90% of teenagers have cell phones these days, effectively making the previous generation the last one to prefer the physical presence of their friends.

Madonna is the hardest workin' mama in the biz.

Does Facebook have something against lesbians?

The TV couple you hate the most were legally married on Saturday in Pasadena.

While You Were Sleeping: Drunk Breastfeeding

Skinny Blonde Beer As Misogynist As It Is Gimmicky

No One's Getting Laided On Facebook Anymore

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:50:00 GMT

If you think that's fake, know this: we once had a capatcha on Ticketmaster that read "penile imploder."

I know it's hard to believe, but I have been picked up on Facebook before. (I'll let Colleen, Emly, and Ina weigh in on their own success, if they want-- but this is speaking strictly for myself.)

It doesn't happen very often, and certainly not since I removed "Single" from my profile, but it's entirely true that Facebook is a hotbed of sexual activity. According to this interesting chart we just came across, everyone is surfing Facebook after midnight in the hopes of getting laid and ending up at least claiming to have succeeded...

The graph charts the rise and fall of users claiming to have had sex-- after a drop around the end of last year, everyone is now saying "had sex" in their status updates, prompting the recent two-month-long spike on the readout. Whether these people had sex or just asked everyone else, desperately, "Hey Jamie-- had sex last night?" remains to be seen. Or doesn't-- since it's not like anyone's doing a formal study. (By the way, check out everyone getting laid in the fall/winter of '07/'08. Hot damn, where were we?)

Which leaves it up to us to ask-- are you getting laid thanks to Facebook?

Via Metro UK.

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From Scanner HQ

Google Thinks You're All Perverts

Kelly Deerson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:16:00 GMT

A trial in Florida this week will lob the following question up on the table: Should our morals be judged by what we do on the internet, or by what we publicly preach?

The defendant in this case is accused of selling sexually explicit material on a website, and the defense team will be using Google Trends to argue that the community’s standard of decency is actually much lower than the prosecution is claiming.

Materials in cases such as this need to be found “patently offensive” by contemporary community standards. When we were D.J.’s at our college radio station, for instance, we were told that the community would allow the use of the word “shit” on air, but pretty much drew the line at that. Any naughtiness beyond that point, and we’d have some run-ins with the law. Same deal here.

If prosecution can prove that those Floridians are truly offended by this website’s naked people and whatever acts these naked people are participating in, then they will have won their case. If, on the other hand, the defense can prove, with Google’s help, that this community is really just a bunch of dirty birds with a penchant for searching the web for full-bondage and well-hidden piercings, then they may actually get their client off scot-free.

It’s really quite a case. It assumes that our morality is demonstrated by our online selves. Is that true, though? How many times have you searched for something that you would never practice in real life? If we wouldn’t engage in such an activity, but still have the curiosity to look into it, does that say something about our beliefs and standards?

Looks like the Florida courts will be deciding just that.

via ars technica