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"In the afterglow of successful fecal transplants, researchers are now sniffing around vaginal fluids for the next possible bodily product to improve health—and
by bloopernova 7y ago
"In the afterglow of successful fecal transplants, researchers are now sniffing around vaginal fluids for the next possible bodily product to improve health—and they’re roused by the possibilities."
Were the article authors attempting to be funny, or were they seriously going for the worst-sounding opening paragraph to an article on fecal and vaginal microbiota transplants?
- creaghpatr 7y agoReminds me of Gweneth Paltrow's egg thing https://www.health.com/sexual-health/jade-egg-goop https://www.health.com/sexual-health/jade-egg-goop
- excalibur 7y agoPretty sure it was supposed to be humorous.
- air7 7y agoNo, it seems to be on purpose and the puns just keep going south. > "If they work as researchers hypothesize, they could rub out many common problems at once. And based on what we know of vaginas, they could be far less messy than transplants involving poop."
- bloopernova 7y agoOK, thank you :) I was confused throughout, doubting my own sense of humour rather than think that someone writing for Ars could swing and miss so much!
- dang 7y agoIt's dumb, but please don't make this thread dumber by turning that into the topic.
- shantly 7y agoI don't think it's commenters' fault if the article's... you know, like this, and they comment on how it's like this. Topic's fine but if commenting on the article's not OK then it should be different article.
- dang 7y agoThere are two problems: annoying articles, and comments that rush to complain about the annoyance. Both are at fault.
- bloopernova 7y agoI'll keep that in mind for future comments. Removing mine now would probably be counter productive? But you're right, I completely slipped into Reddit snark mode rather than constructive HN mode.