Alien discussion

[Squids]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-13/r ... ed/5258964


#coverUP

[beeroclock]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/the-mystery-of-the-giant-sshape-rott-nest-monster-detected-by-weather-radar-near-wa/story-e6frflp0-1226825745833


god damn aliens

I'm starting to come around.

[tigerhutch]

What planet does Tony Abbott come from ?

[mighty_tiger_79]

What planet does Tony Abbott come from ?

uranus

[tigerhutch]

What planet does Tony Abbott come from ?

uranus

that explains why it is so sore lately

[Q.]

What planet does Tony Abbott come from ?

Planet Janet

[beeroclock]

More alien movement.
Moonta pub last night some guy was complaining about the rain .

[MightyEagles]

Where does Tom Cruise come from?

[Squids]

More alien movement.
Moonta pub last night some guy was complaining about the rain .

That's alien talk, their ships can't land safely when its wet.

[bennymacca]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/13/54057 ... le-planets

[beeroclock]

More alien movement.
Moonta pub last night some guy was complaining about the rain .

That's alien talk, their ships can't land safely when its wet.

I never new that.

[Squids]

Got attacked in my sleep last night

[Brodlach]

Got attacked in my sleep last night

So your a little sore today? Or is that sorer than normal?

[mighty_tiger_79]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13U1klANrmI

[Squids]

Got attacked in my sleep last night

So your a little sore today? Or is that sorer than normal?

lucky for me they tried to get in through the mouth this tiem

[Squids]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13U1klANrmI

terrifying

[Brodlach]

Got attacked in my sleep last night

So your a little sore today? Or is that sorer than normal?

lucky for me they tried to get in through the mouth this tiem

Did they give you a pearl necklace for your troubles?

[Psyber]

The way this thread has drifted seems to make it the appropriate place to post this little snippet which is rather interesting and fits with several studies that have appeared in the medical literature over many years.
I'm happy for the Mods to move it if they wish.

I thought it was relevant to several discussions that have arisen on this site - but wasn't sure it warranted its own thread.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/21507526/gen ... e-gayness/

...It confirmed that a region previously linked to male sexuality on the X chromosome, known as Xq28, is more likely to be shared by gay pairs of brothers than siblings who do not have homosexuality in common. A second genetic region, on chromosome 8, also appeared to increase the chances of a man being gay.

Dr Bailey did not rule out the possibility of a genetic "gayness" test before birth, but thought it would only provide a vague indicator of a baby's future sexual orientation."It would not be very accurate, as there are other factors that can influence the outcome," he said.

The issue of gay genes is almost as controversial as talk of links between inherited DNA and intelligence. Previously some experts have dismissed the idea of a genetic component to homosexuality because of the so-called "Darwinian paradox". This supposes that if gayness was genetic, the genes responsible for homosexuality would be extinguished by natural selection over time. Gay men would be less likely than heterosexual men to reproduce and pass on their sexual orientation genes. The same would apply to their offspring, so that over a number of generations, the gay genes would be expected to die out altogether.

However, one study by Italian scientists has suggested that genes linked to male homosexuality may increase fertility in women, thereby helping to preserve them.

Genetics aside, there were also studies that suggested an apparent increase in homosexuality among males born during the mid 1950s and the early 1960s may have been attributable to the effects on the male foetal brain of the use in that time of the synthetic oestrogen Stilboestrol to prevent threatened miscarriages.

[Squids]

Got attacked in my sleep last night

So your a little sore today? Or is that sorer than normal?

lucky for me they tried to get in through the mouth this tiem

Did they give you a pearl necklace for your troubles?

No left a sour taste in my mouth.

[bennymacca]

The way this thread has drifted seems to make it the appropriate place to post this little snippet which is rather interesting and fits with several studies that have appeared in the medical literature over many years.
I'm happy for the Mods to move it if they wish.

I thought it was relevant to several discussions that have arisen on this site - but wasn't sure it warranted its own thread.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/21507526/gen ... e-gayness/

...It confirmed that a region previously linked to male sexuality on the X chromosome, known as Xq28, is more likely to be shared by gay pairs of brothers than siblings who do not have homosexuality in common. A second genetic region, on chromosome 8, also appeared to increase the chances of a man being gay.

Dr Bailey did not rule out the possibility of a genetic "gayness" test before birth, but thought it would only provide a vague indicator of a baby's future sexual orientation."It would not be very accurate, as there are other factors that can influence the outcome," he said.

The issue of gay genes is almost as controversial as talk of links between inherited DNA and intelligence. Previously some experts have dismissed the idea of a genetic component to homosexuality because of the so-called "Darwinian paradox". This supposes that if gayness was genetic, the genes responsible for homosexuality would be extinguished by natural selection over time. Gay men would be less likely than heterosexual men to reproduce and pass on their sexual orientation genes. The same would apply to their offspring, so that over a number of generations, the gay genes would be expected to die out altogether.

However, one study by Italian scientists has suggested that genes linked to male homosexuality may increase fertility in women, thereby helping to preserve them.

actually pretty interesting haha.

i guess the darwinian paradox only holds true if there is a black and white definition of "gayness" which there isnt. obviously there is a spectrum, and plenty of people like people of both sexes, which would explain how these genes could still promulgate without dying out