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Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea
(Thanks to Jeffrey Brown)
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June 23, 2011
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So while we chemists are doing their job and curing AIDS, biologists are breeding time-traveling shrimp?
Posted by: Elon | June 23, 2011 at 04:18 PM
Won't stop a Real Man. Nothing kills Real Man sex except marriage.
Posted by: Steve | June 23, 2011 at 04:18 PM
Wasn't this a Nicolas Cage movie?
If not, can it be?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 23, 2011 at 04:42 PM
"...sort of like heading into modern war with 17th-century armor."
Cmparing sex to war. Interesting. Where is Sigmund when you need him?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 23, 2011 at 04:50 PM
Key blurb:
Have a question about the science of sex? Email Jen at popsci.thesexfiles@gmail.com.
Of course, Gmail will ignore the dot in the handle.
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 23, 2011 at 04:55 PM
NOW they tell me.
Posted by: MAC | June 23, 2011 at 05:17 PM
Paco? Sometimes having sex with creatures from the past doesn't turn out so well either.
Posted by: nursecindy | June 23, 2011 at 05:17 PM
Peering up your Freudian slip, Annie.
Posted by: bonmot | June 23, 2011 at 06:02 PM
They left out a key detail in the study identifying how many of the female brine shrimp smoked after sex.
Posted by: EyeGore | June 23, 2011 at 06:57 PM
EyeGore: None of them. Brine shrimp just cannot create enough friction.
Posted by: Afkat | June 23, 2011 at 07:00 PM
I can't think about this today; I'll think about it tomorrow.
Posted by: Clankazoid | June 23, 2011 at 07:36 PM
Montpellier?
Posted by: Wingnut | June 23, 2011 at 07:49 PM
So, I guess this means I should not date men who are either younger than me nor older than me. This could present a problem.
Posted by: The Minx | June 24, 2011 at 01:03 AM
It only shortens the female lifespan, though? This is not a deal breaker
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 24, 2011 at 01:13 AM
Elon,
I saw time-traveling shrimp open for 35 pounds of vomit back in 84.
Posted by: wiredog | June 24, 2011 at 07:09 AM
For future reference, shrimp are not the best choice for sexual partners.
Posted by: Loudmouth | June 24, 2011 at 08:20 AM
Oh, I don't know. I had a girlfriend once who wouldn't go more than 90 pounds, soaking wet and she...
Whoops, different kind of shrimp?
Posted by: Steve | June 24, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Some time-travelers it would be fine to have sex with,,, *S*
Posted by: Allen at Division | June 24, 2011 at 10:44 AM