Pupil dilation could be “a subconscious indicator of sexuality”
Your pupils tend to dilate, or widen, when eyeing somebody that you find particularly attractive. Now, newly published research suggests that measuring pupil responses may be an effective way of assessing a person's sexual orientation.
Cornell Researchers Gerulf Fieger and Ritch C. Savin Williams summarize their findings in the latest issue of PLoS ONE:
In general, self-reported sexual orientation corresponded with pupil dilation to men and women. Among men, substantial dilation to both sexes was most common in bisexual-identified men. In contrast, among women, substantial dilation to both sexes was most common in heterosexual-identified women.
"The pupil reacts very quickly, and it is unconscious," explains Rieger, "so it's a method that gives us a subconscious indicator of sexuality."
So when Skynet becomes active and the terminators come for us, they'll be able to tell our sexual orientation. But they'll have to show us pictures of pretty men and ladies first.
I had a psychotic reaction to Wellbutrin that caused me to almost lose my job.
Well, hey. The developer who obscures to save his ass--out on said ass.
And a deployment I gave the ultimate thumbs up to had an error in it. The signoff says me and a developer approved it, and the error was on her side, not mine, but I'm the PM, so shit rolls in my direction. I don't know if I'm supposed to chase her down and interrogate her, though.
Not to mention I'm
still
waiting for the business to check it out over a week later...they didn't notice we broke it until now...
Still, ouch. That's not good. Thank dog the pain has calmed down. It would be nice if one of the three doctors who owes me a prescription would call back, or the apartment manager would send someone to fix the kitchen sink...
Wellbutrin totally destroyed my short-term memory. I would take my meds, and then have absolutely no idea whether or not I took them. It was scary.
Wellbutrin seems like it's either really good or really bad; no "meh" reactions.
It's hard to give a frack about rewriting 100 references to style when other people have put a spaceship on Mars. I"m regretting most of my life choices today.
It's hard to give a frack about rewriting 100 references to style when other people have put a spaceship on Mars.
Ahahaha. I keep trying to tell myself that this article about neonatal patients with congenital heart disease WILL HELP BABIES, but in the end I'm all "Curiosity, WOO!!!"
Oh, hey! I take Wellbutrin, in theory. I have no idea if it works, or if I experience any side effects. It's one of the meds I'm waiting for a refill on, as things would have it. I've been off for a week. And, stuff.
shrink-wrapped bodies by julien palast
french photographer julien palast has conceived his 'skindeep' series. the vivid image-based project silhouettes the beauty of the human form by shrink-wrapping bodies, exposing the contours and curves of male and female figures with vibrant colors.
More or less worksafe, IMHO.
I'm on a combo of Lexapro and Welbutrin. It usually works for me, and I can't say I've seen a lot of negative side effects. Except possibly weight gain.
But What Steph Said (and Nora Quoted) can't be stressed too much. Different meds react with different body chemistries (chemistrys?) in different ways. So what works for me won't necessarily work for you, and vice versa. And (as Hubs is finding out) sometimes it takes a long time to find something that works.
