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MargaretMoony
11/18/09

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I think I'll pass.
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sequined
11/18/09

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Don't you get a pretty good placenta facial for like, nine months in the uterus? How many compliments did you get on your radiant skin when you were just born? I'ma guess zero.
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Elaken
11/18/09

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Wow, imagine how traumatized Jon Hochschartner would be by this!
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

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Ah, that's nothing. Back in the day, we used to sacrifice virgins! And, if not that, some sacred cows.
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morninggloria
11/18/09

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I can't wait for Soylent Ives to hit my local drug store shelves!
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

@morninggloria: "It's people!!!!"
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o-line
11/18/09

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Where's the umbilical cord and meconium wrap?
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

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Unless you use your placenta in a ritual, or religious ceremony, it seems pretty stingy to hang on to it for a facial when you could donate it for stem cell research and cancer treatment.
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Sadako
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Why? It's your body. Besides, I don't see why hanging on to it for a facial is any stingier than using it for a religious ceremony.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Sadako: Call me crazy, but donating something for research seems less selfish than using it for a beauty treatment. That's just me, though. I'm wacky like that.
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Taradactyl
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Placenta isnt necessary for stem cells anymore.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: ? So, you're saying that donating your placenta for stem cell research, and the possibility of it being used in bone marrow transplants is pointless? Please, prove your point.
Here's a pretty recent article from Science Daily that talks about harvesting stem cells from placentas, and their different uses.
[www.sciencedaily.com]
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: Here's another article about using placental stem cells for cerebral palsy treatments:
[www.prlog.org]
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Taradactyl
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: No I just meant that you can harvest them from other sources (cord blood). Also there is new research where they are using small scrapings of skin to produce cells (although I'm not sure if this is a viable option yet but it should be within a few years) and I never said I found it pointless to donate placenta.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: Of course there are other ways of harvesting them, but they have found that there are more stem cells in placentas than in cord blood. My main point above, was that keeping a placenta for a beauty treatment seemed silly, when you could donate it for other, more useful things. So when you said that placentas weren't necessary for stem cells, I took that as an argument against their usefulness in research and treatments.
#tips
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Kirkat
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: What if I plan to eat it to try and avoid depression? I'm not being flippant, if I were to have a baby I'd definately have to try it. I hate feeling sad.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Kirkat: I recommend seasoning with Mrs. Dash then pan searing for maximum sadlessness.

#tips
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Kirkat
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Excellent, I'll keep that in mind when I have one to cook! I'll wait for my partner to pass out from disgust first though, it makes him go green at the thought.
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Sadako
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: There are people who would say that having a baby is less selfish than aborting it. I don't think I have any obligation to donate any part of my body if I have a better use for it.
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cuteasabutton
11/18/09

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Not to mention footballers using it to fix ankle injuries.
[news.sky.com]
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/18/09

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Is there anything I could be doing with that un-baby-contaminated uterine lining I flush down the toilet every month? It kind of seems like a waste to let it go.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@linnyt is a walking cliché: Lip stain, remember?
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Oh god, I'm shuddering just remembering that picture. Blech.
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dirtybee
11/18/09

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I wonder what the knock-off salons use?
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

@dirtybee: Bird poop...but it's from Japan, so it's gotta work. Or sake...'cause the sake factory workers have hands that are so smooth!!

Gotta love snake oil.
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mfnher
11/18/09

@OneTwoPunch: Aren't the birds on a special grain diet, though? Also, I hear they get massaged daily to keep things moving.
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ronniedobbs
11/18/09

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This is one of those times when I'm going to assume that by "Hollywood" they mean a strip-mall storefront bearing that name. I'm also guessing other weirdly-textured "facials" are available there as well.
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wtfox?!
11/18/09

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Instead of salt, I'm going to take that with the appropriate amount of WTF?! and anti-nausea medication.
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judgingamy
11/13/09

In reply to Megan Fox: Hate Her Because She's Beautiful?
I have an extremely beautiful good friend. I like to consider myself and all my friends pretty, but she really is in a different league. Sometimes when we're at a bar, and the 5th guy has come up and talked to her, I have to remind myself that it's really not her fault at all, that she's a nice girl, and she's not trying to make me feel bad about myself, that that's my doing. I also get extremely uncomfortable having her hang out with any of my boyfriends. But again -- not her fault.

I agree with the letter writer. I've been on both ends of the situation among women friends, and I think it's good she brought up this discussion, since a lot of people seem to be flat out denying that this exists among women. #meganfoxhate
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MathGirl
11/13/09

@judgingamy: I agree as well, this definitely does happen.

I don't think that's why Megan Fox annoys me, I just find her annoying. And I think that she takes it to the extreme "Blah blah - I have no girlfriends, they ALL hate me"
No. You could still find yourself some girl friends if you were nice. Case in point - judgingamy is friends with a girl who's extremely beautiful, even if sometimes she does get a little jealous. #meganfoxhate
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msQwerty
11/13/09

@judgingamy: Well said. I agree with you as well. I've been on both sides of the coin. I was the late bloomer in high school who was the "funny" one in the group, but when i got to college and finally filled out, it was horrendous how i got treated by my supposed friends. But it's one of those tricky things that you really can't acknowledge or talk about that as the reason, because you will be instantly accused of being full of yourself or the dreaded "conceited". And like you, i now have a really beautiful friend who gets attention everywhere we go, and i have to remind myself that none of it is personal and that she's certainly not doing anything to me. And that i definitely shouldn't feel bad about myself.

Competitiveness exists. Jealousy and pettiness exists. It is important that we have this discussion because denying it, or confining it to high schoolers ala Mean Girls really deepens the problem i think. #meganfoxhate
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ZemarSea Urchin
11/13/09

@judgingamy: I like what you have said. And I would like to add that you are clearly a confident and mature person able to detect your own bias and not let it ruin your relationships. Where other women may not have that confidence and self awareness and their bias will disrupt the relationship. #meganfoxhate
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Dorilys
11/13/09

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I really didn't have a problem with Megan Fox until she opened her mouth. #meganfoxhate
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limber
11/12/09

In reply to Megan Fox: Hate Her Because She's Beautiful?
Your reader's got a point.

Women can be mean and awful to each other, and I suspect Megan Fox got Mean Girled HARD when she was in high school (her Wiki entry mentions she was bullied, was a late bloomer, and she left early) and never quite bounced back -- I don't think she's had the chance, going from cutthroat high school straight to false, superficial Hollywood. That and I think she's now slightly afraid of women, based on that experience, and so hasn't had the chance to alter her thinking with good female friendships.

I also kind of wonder if adult female reaction to her has something of the false FOX "fair and balanced" dichotomy, where you level the field by acknowledging a positive but then also present a negative. "Megan Fox is gorgeous, but I hear she's a nightmare to work with" or "She's stunning, but stupid" or the backhanded "she looks like a pornstar" comment.

When it comes down to it, though, pretty girls sometimes have it rough -- and often, it's so subtle that it can be overlooked by others. The sisterhood does eat its own sometimes. #meganfoxhate
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