The Rant Rave thread

Pork tenderloin. Super easy and tasty leftovers. Some kind of wine and garlic marinade. I'm making myself hungry!

Rave: Finally done packing. :cheers:

Merry Christmas, Brooklynians!

Rave: Been jamming to Christmas songs all day in my apartment.

One of my all-time favorite Christmas songs:

Mamacita wrote: Rave: At the Gate last night I found out it's more profitable to sell testicles then women's eggs. Opossum Queen, how much did you say I can get for Papi's? 8 thousand each?

Happy holidays everyone

Note to Papi: sleep with one eye open :shock:

OpossumQueen wrote: It's more like 50K each last time I checked. Presumably Papi is walking around with 100K in his pants!

Nah, Mama only lets him have 'em every other weekend.

:twisted:

Snopes says it's a hoax, damn my dreams of wealth are dashed!! Papi gave a sigh of relief. :P

Of course, these anatomical donations would be limited to the small set of in-demand organs that one could spare and still remain alive — that is, organs we have two of. Kidneys are an obvious choice (being much sought after for transplant into dialysis patients), but most potential donors are aware that U.S. law prohibits the sale of such organs. (The same restriction applies to other less-desirable donor options, such as corneas or lungs.)

So, somewhere along the rumor highway, the "body sale" rumors morphed into the idea that men could sell one of their testicles to a university medical research group (to be used for dissection or transplantation) for a hefty fee. It sounds like a great scheme — the removal of a testicle presents little in the way of health risks and doesn't interfere with function (i.e., a man can still obtain an erection, engage in sexual intercourse, and produce sperm with only a single testicle). The only significant drawback might be a cosmetic one, but even that could be overcome through the implantation of a prosthetic testicle.

Unfortunately for men seeking quick windfalls, no university or other medical organization buys testicles. The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 prohibits the sale or human organs and tissues, and that prohibition applies to testicles just the same as kidneys and other organs. Nonetheless, this rumor has run rampant in the last several years, with those desirous of selling portions of their male anatomy believing some university out there really and truly will pay for donated testicles. Such claims often identify a particular school that supposedly will pony up a hefty fee for these items, and they often include small details that seem to lend the rumors an air credibility — that only left testicles will are accepted, or that the purchase price increases with the size of the donated organ.

One interesting change in the form of this legend is that while "body sale" rumors of years past specified a relatively modest fee (e.g., $500 to $1,000) for the sale of a whole corpse, modern rumors claim that a testicle donation will bring the seller anywhere from $50,000 to $160,000 for a single organ. Even allowing for several decades of inflation, that's quite a jump in purchasing power. Perhaps the increase in dollar figures reflects a modern awareness of the premium value of organs to our medical and biotechnology industries, or perhaps it's a tangible representation of just how highly men prize their family jewels.

Last updated: 13 October 2005

The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/college/medical/testicle.asp

This is O.King. Testicle donation does appear to be a (disgruntled?) wive's tale. Apparently, testicle transplants are real, however. A quick google search uncovered a lot of confusion and ridiculousness, excerpted below.

http://www.steadyhealth.com/A_question_about_testicle_transplant_t53373.html

"Theoretically testicle transplant from another donor is possible but it still hasn’t been tried on humans because it wouldn’t make any sense to do it. Spermatozoids carry genetic information that they got from germ cells of the testicle, so even if you would get someone to donate you a testicle and even if that transplant were successful the sperms that the transplanted testicle would produce wouldn’t be genetically yours and so wouldn’t the children."

"It is unfortunate the experts on this site fail to realize there are people who have experienced very real psychological effects of only having one testicle."

"While a single testicle is all that is required to be fertile, I believe certain sexual acts would be easier and better with two." ?!?

"Could this lead to athletes, women in particular, getting an extra natural testosterone boost?"

"What is needed is for a group of serious men to get together, for an association or lobby group to advocate for research and action on this important topic..."

"Schimek, that is not true. Testicular transplants from both human and animal donors have been done, most having been done from the 1940s-1960s. The transplants were considered successful, but the practice fell out of favor once testosterone and other anabolic steroids became more widely available and the preferred method of HRT... Personally, I'd love to graft on some horse testicles from a donor stallion. I don't advocate gelding, but if someone else is going to geld their stallion no matter what and just discard their testicles, I may as well put them to good use. Can you imagine how big you'd get?"

"... if the donor is an identical twin, the genetic makeup should be the same." (OQ says the father would still be the original testicle owner, in her opinion.)

OpossumQueen wrote:
"It is unfortunate the experts on this site fail to realize there are people who have experienced very real psychological effects of only having one testicle."

"While a single testicle is all that is required to be fertile, I believe certain sexual acts would be easier and better with two." ?!?

It's just too easy to make a joke here, I'll be modest and refrain.

Rant: I'm bored bored bored! :evil:
I suppose I should clean the apt, but that sounds dreadfully boring too...

Rave: As an aspiring Dictator I hereby declare that on Saturday afternoon (Jan 2nd) or on Sunday afternoon (January 3rd) the following event occur:

Ice Skating Foistathon 2010!

This event will consist of the following:

a. Ice Skating at the Prospect Park Rink by completely unskilled Brooklynians. Some of these unskilled people will include cousins of Whynot. (the exact date and time will be influenced by their availability)

b. A Foistathon. In this event, people will bring the worst gift they received this season, preferably wrapped in a plastic Key Food bag, and foist it on to an unsuspecting Brooklynian who has also brought a "gift" wrapped in the same manner.

c. An after event consisting of hot chocolate and chil at the home of whynot.

If a mod agrees to sticky and global said event, I will create a new thread advertising same. As an Aspiring Dictator, I promise there will be no silly poll asking when people want to have the event.

whynot_31 wrote: Rave: As an aspiring Dictator I hereby declare that on Saturday afternoon (Jan 2nd) or on Sunday afternoon (January 3rd) the following event occur:

Ice Skating Foistathon 2010!

This event will consist of the following:

a. Ice Skating at the Prospect Park Rink by completely unskilled Brooklynians. Some of these unskilled people will include cousins of Whynot. (the exact date and time will be influenced by their availability)

b. A Foistathon. In this event, people will bring the worst gift they received this season, preferably wrapped in a plastic Key Food bag, and foist it on to an unsuspecting Brooklynian who has also brought a "gift" wrapped in the same manner.

c. An after event consisting of hot chocolate and booze at the home of whynot.

If a mod agrees to sticky and global said event, I will create a new thread advertising same. As an Aspiring Dictator, I promise there will be no silly poll asking when people want to have the event.

I'll sticky it for you, but I won't be able to attend that weekend (working nights Friday through Sunday). I could do the following weekend (9th/10th) either day. But I'll sticky it if you post the event, whenever you want it to be.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=whynot_31]Rave: As an aspiring Dictator I hereby declare that on Saturday afternoon (Jan 2nd) or on Sunday afternoon (January 3rd) the following event occur:

Ice Skating Foistathon 2010!

This event will consist of the following:

a. Ice Skating at the Prospect Park Rink by completely unskilled Brooklynians. Some of these unskilled people will include cousins of Whynot. (the exact date and time will be influenced by their availability)

b. A Foistathon. In this event, people will bring the worst gift they received this season, preferably wrapped in a plastic Key Food bag, and foist it on to an unsuspecting Brooklynian who has also brought a "gift" wrapped in the same manner.

c. An after event consisting of hot chocolate and booze at the home of whynot.

If a mod agrees to sticky and global said event, I will create a new thread advertising same. As an Aspiring Dictator, I promise there will be no silly poll asking when people want to have the event.

I'll sticky it for you, but I won't be able to attend that weekend (working nights Friday through Sunday). I could do the following weekend (9th/10th) either day. But I'll sticky it if you post the event, whenever you want it to be.


I'll be back on the 3rd.

I can go with you BFF on the 9th(after 5pm) or any time on the 10th if you still want to go.We can go eat burgers at Soda after .....maybe WU later in the evening... :twisted:


Open to all.

SODA BURGER!! Yesssssssss! Fo Sur when you get back.

Em26 wrote: ^^Yes,Mama! =P~

@Whynot-I arrive a little after 3pm on the 3rd.Prolly won't be home till 4:30/5pm.Then trying to escape from someone who is making sure to be free at that time so they can pick you up from the airport would be mean.

Fine. You can join us at the after-event, and admire our asses encased in wet jeans.

Ha! Imgur was created by someone on reddit, and has become the preferred picture hosting site for people to post images for reddit. I've seen almost all of those images on reddit over the past few weeks.

^ ambiguous cat is crazy...but cute :-)

Em26 wrote: Rant: Stupid caca facebook!! I've been trying to upload more pics for about an hour now and it won't work!!! It says they're uploaded and then when I go to view them ain't nothing there. Ufff!! ](*,)

Em, there are rules about what kind of pictures you can post on Facebook.
just sayin'