TedKoppel said:
Didn't most people already know that whipping increases endorphins and, in fact, isn't that exactly why people do it?
I'd have thought so; it seems pretty obvious to me. But then, more data is usually good, and if you can get paid to whip/be whipped then more power to you Siberian Scientists.
am I the only one who found this the funniest part of the whole story?
Those weren't gulags! those were health spas!
Yes, you were. Why would the existence of gulags in Siberia preclude scientists there? We are talking about a quarter of a continent here.
*radiocrackle*
all units! all units! APB on Sock Puppet's sense of humor! Last seen in the vicinity of a Current Events thread. foul play is possible. most likely suspect being smug self satisfaction. apprehend on sight. that is all
*radiocrackle*
am I the only one who found this the funniest part of the whole story?
Those weren't gulags! those were health spas!
Yes, you were. Why would the existence of gulags in Siberia preclude scientists there? We are talking about a quarter of a continent here.
*radiocrackle*
all units! all units! APB on Sock Puppet's sense of humor! Last seen in the vicinity of a Current Events thread. foul play is possible. most likely suspect being smug self satisfaction. apprehend on sight. that is all
*radiocrackle*
That's up to you, of course. I just felt you were trying to make some sort of obsolete political point. Either that, or you had a kneejerk reaction, "Siberia = gulag". Or both.
unfiltrator
San Francisco, CA
April 2004
JUN 25, 2007 10:19 PM