🐱 Interesting clickbait, op-eds, fluff pieces and other smaller stories

CatParty
102943266-caitlyn.530x298.jpg


http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
Click to expand...
 
  • Winner
  • Like
  • Feels
Reactions: poggies123_, Retreaded Tire, Cereal Killer and 24 others
Click to expand...
  • Informative
Reactions: vertexwindi and Mariposa Electrique
Orthodox Jew Stabbed in French City by Man with ‘Psychiatric History’
http://time.com/4458881/orthodox-jew-stabbed-strasbourg/
The victim, named locally as Mr Levy, was wearing “distinctive religious signs” when he was attacked
Click to expand...
Witnesses reportedly said the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar,” but these accounts were not independently confirmed.
Click to expand...
Gosh, I wonder what the motive could have possibly been?!?!???
 
  • Winner
Reactions: Army Burger, GREEDY FIREMAN, Florence and 3 others
A news story that has more potential to be more dramatized than it already is.
‘Spider-Man’: Zendaya Playing Mary Jane? — Fans Freak Out After Surprising Casting

Oh my gosh, this is so cool! Deadline originally reported that Zendaya Coleman was cast in the new film Spider-Man: Homecoming, but she was expected to play a character named Michelle. However, on Aug. 18, The Wrap revealed that the stunning actress and singer would aallegedly take on the famous role of Mary Jane Watson, formerly played by the wonderfulKirsten Dunst!
Click to expand...

An attractive mixed-race actress gets cast in a role that is traditionally reserved for white women, white people freak out, but not as bad as they freaked out on Leslie Jones.

Link Making fun of the racist tweets (LINK)
 
  • Informative
  • Dislike
Reactions: King_Scrotus, Army Burger, Lackadaisy and 1 other person
  • Agree
  • Optimistic
Reactions: AnOminous and Mariposa Electrique
Steve Mayers said:
I get the feeling that we'll have a Spider-Man salt thread thanks to this.
Click to expand...
I was thinking we could make a general recent movie salt thread in Multimedia, but I still feel too new to start one. God knows as Sony etc. double down on "Controversy is good publicity" it'd save time over multiple threads.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Army Burger, Molasses Assassin, Steve Mayers and 2 others
  • Agree
  • Feels
Reactions: Marvin and Mariposa Electrique
Well now we know what MICIS has been doing since Deagle Nation collapsed.
MedicalXpress said:
Marijuana makes rats lazy, less willing to try cognitively demanding tasks


New research from the University of British Columbia suggests there may be some truth to the belief that marijuana use causes laziness— at least in rats.


The study, published today in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, makes rats less willing to try a cognitively demanding task.

"Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that when we gave THC to these rats, they basically became cognitively lazy," said Mason Silveira, the study's lead author and a PhD candidate in UBC's department of psychology. "What's interesting, however, is that their ability to do the difficult challenge was unaffected by THC. The rats could still do the task— they just didn't want to."

For the study, researchers looked at the effects of both THC and cannabidiol (CBD) on rats' willingness to exert cognitive effort.

They trained 29 rats to perform a behavioural experiment in which the animals had to choose whether they wanted an easy or difficult challenge to earn sugary treats.

Under normal circumstances, most rats preferred the harder challenge to earn a bigger reward. But when the rats were given THC, the animals switched to the easier option, despite earning a smaller reward.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-08-marijuana-rats-lazy-cognitively-demanding.html
When they looked at the effect of CBD, an ingredient in marijuana that does not result in a high, researchers found the chemical did not have any effect on rats' decision-making or attention. CBD, which is believed to be beneficial in treating pain, epilepsy and even cancer, also didn't block the negative effects of THC.

"This was surprising, as it had been suggested that high concentrations of CBD could modulate or reduce the negative effects of THC," said Catharine Winstanley, senior author of the study and an associate professor in UBC's department of psychology. "Unfortunately, that did not appear to be the case."

Given how essential willingness to exert cognitive effort is for people to achieve success, Winstanley said the findings underscore the importance of realizing the possible effect of cannabis use on impairing willingness to engage in harder tasks.

While some people view marijuana as a panacea that can cure all ailments, the findings also highlight a need for more research to determine what THC does to the human brain to alter decision-making. That could eventually allow scientists to block these effects of THC, allowing those who use medical marijuana to enjoy the possible benefits of cannabis without the less desirable cognitive effects.

At the beginning of each behavioural experiment, rats chose between two levers to signal whether they wanted an easy or hard challenge.

Choosing the easy challenge resulted in a light turning on for one second, which the rats could easily detect and respond to by poking it with their nose, receiving one sugar pellet as a reward. In the more difficult challenge, the light turned on for only 0.2 seconds, rewarding the rat with two sugar pellets if they responded with a nose poke.

Explore further: Parental exposure to THC linked to drug addiction, compulsive behavior in unexposed offspring

Provided by: University of British Columbia
Click to expand...
Source.
 
  • Informative
  • Winner
Reactions: Dynamite Ninja, Male Idiot, Rou and 2 others
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back