Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.
April 23, 2010 12:33 PM - alysonmiers--If it involves boobs, it will become extremely popular on the Internet.
If that isn't already a formally recognized and numbered rule, it should be.
April 23, 2010 12:43 PM - KOPD--
Rule 34D?
My labmates and I (and every other cool person on this planet) will be participating in 'BOOBQUAKE!' tomorrow. We are scientists, after all :)
If you have been living in a spider hole in the desert and you dont know what BOOBQUAKE is, basically, this random dumb artard respected, solemn Muslim cleric blamed natural disasters on slutty women:
"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Sedighi is Tehran's acting Friday prayer leader.Now, weve been told over and over and over that "science and religion are compatible!', according to The Accommodationists. So here we have a testable claim: Women who dress all slutty corrupt poor, defenseless men, therefore, God kills people thousands of miles away in Haiti/China/whatevs.
So now, women of the Earth are going to test this claim by dressing all slutty (remember: 'slutty' can just be wearing capris and showing some calf) on Monday.
Look, I know I do HIV-1 research, trying to make an HIV-1 vaccine and stuff, but Im an evil scientist. While its my dream to destroy this dimension entirely, Im so in with a plan to destroy the Earth via boobages (baby steps!).
Of course, science and religion arent compatible, and the world isnt going to end on Monday because someone wore a tank-top, but this is still an excuse to be silly and make a point at the same time.
One more point I want to address-- Some people are pretending to be offended at Blag Hag using her sexuality to promote her cause.
Excuse me, but Blag Hag needs super mega ultra props for using her sexuality to promote her cause, and it working. I try to use my sexuality to promote my causes all the time, and Ive totally been ignored. I tried to use my sexuality to teach Bill Maher some damn immunology. He ignored me. I tried to use my sexuality to get me on CNN to talk about atheism. They ignored me.
Blag Hag got a piece on CNN.com on 'BOOBQUAKE!!'.
So, *tip-of-the-tit* to you, Miss Blag Hag! You rock!!
Comments
I think the whole boobquake thing is the result of overly quick reading. The boobs don't cause the earthquakes - the ADULTERY causes the earthquakes. To really test the cleric's theory, we need to have as much adultery as possible. And this is going to require participation of non-boob-bearing members of our population as well. Women can't, uh, shoulder the burden of the entire boinkquake on our own.
Posted by: jenjen | April 25, 2010 4:40 PM
Rule #10: Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Optimus Primate | April 25, 2010 4:49 PM
Does it require actual adultery, or are adulterous thoughts sufficient? I was planning on doing my part with the latter. But if the former is required for actual plate tectonics, I doubt I'll be called on to assist.
In any case, though, I consider the experiment to be a smashing success. Not only did she get CNN's attention, but KOPD's "Rule 34D" has already made it all worth it.
Posted by: Brian | April 25, 2010 4:58 PM
I've been giving a lot of thought to flashing a bit of ankle tomorrow. I may even uncover my hair..
Jen's idea has proven so popular that it has been appropriated in silly ways by people who may or may not have anything invested in fundamentalism vs science. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or not...
Posted by: Anonymous | April 25, 2010 7:12 PM
Some feminazis are already trying to ruin the whole thing by complaining about how this objectifies women. This is why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | April 25, 2010 9:11 PM
These objections can be overcome by men's voices in the event, participating in the dialogue, pointing out how crackpot "scientific" theories can be used in service to odious political agendas (in this case, the oppression of women, but it is far from the only use).
Posted by: Anonymous | April 25, 2010 9:47 PM
No accounting for taste. Or lack thereof.
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | April 25, 2010 9:56 PM
**CHEST-BUMP**
Posted by: ERV | April 25, 2010 10:13 PM
I tried stuffing my pair of boobies in a tube top, and it went about as well as you would expect.
Posted by: Dustin | April 25, 2010 10:26 PM
Rereading #8, it dawns on me [1] that it could be read totally bass ackwards. To be clear: people ignoring Abbie (sexually or otherwise) is proof that we don't need SETI to encounter totally alien entities.
[1] Me, thick? Never!
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | April 25, 2010 10:38 PM
The earth moves for Blag Hag and ERV! Happy Boobquake everybody.
Posted by: Mind Over Splatter | April 25, 2010 10:46 PM
sez ERV: "**CHEST-BUMP**"
Hmm. Only *one*..?
Posted by: Cubist | April 25, 2010 10:52 PM
You're not paying attention. See the "**" on the left and the "**" on the right?
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | April 25, 2010 11:13 PM
I can guarantee it'd work on me. What can I say, those are some nice big, juicy, round, firm, wrinkly cerebral hemispheres... *drools*
Ironically, aren't these mostly the "feminists" whose views of sexuality in general basically regard women as entities to which things are done, not as entities that do things, in a sexual context?
Posted by: Azkyroth | April 25, 2010 11:53 PM
When I was at Purdue women wore burkas.
Srsly.
Maybe that was just around me, come to think of it ...
Posted by: Doc Bill | April 26, 2010 12:37 AM
Blag Hag is one cool chick, I loves her and may she become rich and famous with this !
And I second the call for boinkquake, so we men can do our part for the cause too !
Posted by: Rorschach | April 26, 2010 4:32 AM
You are going to post pics of it, right? We, your loyal readers, do not mind being pandered to at all...
Posted by: Shane Killian | April 26, 2010 6:47 AM
Shane Killian,
Abbie has posted all the cleavage pics you'll ever need back in 2007/8, I'm sure you can google them if you feel so inclined.
Boobquake should be good fun..:-)
Posted by: Rorschach | April 26, 2010 8:32 AM
Oh bugger;
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_TAIWAN_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACRU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Posted by: Aj | April 26, 2010 8:59 AM
Aj:
Wobbling for 20 seconds? Pshaw.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 26, 2010 9:39 AM
#16 Rorschach
"Blag Hag is one cool chick, I loves her and may she become rich and famous with this !
And I second the call for boinkquake, so we men can do our part for the cause too !"
The male version is pretty easy. You wear gold or silk or look at another guy's junk.
Or (my favorite) groom the monobrow.
Only male prostitutes have two eyebrows.
Not a male prostitute:
http://www.m.sesamestreet.org/_template/images/wallpapers/320x480_PHOTO_Bert_popUp.jpg
Possible male prostitute:
http://youbentmywookie.com/wookie/gallery/yourweekly/fozzie_t.jpg
Posted by: Prometheus | April 26, 2010 11:01 AM
The Taiwanese Earthquake wasn't large enough to register on the boobquake scale. It has to be 7.0 or larger.
Posted by: JimNorth | April 26, 2010 5:09 PM
Pictures! We want pictures.
Posted by: Mobius | April 26, 2010 7:24 PM
Obviously, with so many women participating, the boobage energy pulling from all different directions canceled out.
Posted by: Jon H | April 26, 2010 9:33 PM
Hey, I didn't know we are getting CIA money for this! Cool!
Posted by: windy | April 27, 2010 7:07 AM