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    Why Aggressive Men Finish Last

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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    Bah! Who needs to be nice guy or a bad guy when you can be an evil genius and build all your own children or pleasure bots!

    (Peels of loud sardonic and slightly unbalanced laughter!) #science
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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    Other studies of sex among water striders had kept the population contained in a limited area, where females had access to very few males.

    Compare this to the situation in more and more institutions of higher education, where the sex ratio is approaching (or even blowing straight through) 60% female.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    He's just not that into you. #science
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    If the past week or two of critter sex articles have taught me anything, it's that I'd rather be a fruit bat than a water strider... #science
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    Image of Denza Car Denza Car
    06:20 AM

    @Chuck: Sadly, that statement can't really be sung to the tune of El Condor Pasa. #science
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11:15 AM

    @Denza Car: True, but an awesome idea nonetheless... #science
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    Deep thought:

    Water Striders don't consume alcohol. #science
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    The question for the male becomes, do you want children or do you want to get laid? #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    @reddingofish: Well, if we're talking homo sapiens here, I think you know the answer for any male under the age of 30, and probably a good two-thirds of all males in general.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    "Researchers also believe the females reponded poorly to the smell of Drakkar Noir and Jagermeister." #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Or AXE and Mountain Dew Code Red. #science
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/06/09

    @TemporalSword: Sometimes I think the male olfactory sense must be broken. Getting a whiff of their colognes is like being run over by a Coca Cola truck.

    Just sayin'..there's no need to use the whole entire bottle, guys. Unless you're stranded in the middle of the Arctic and the only way to find you is to sniff you out, just a dab will do ya. #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    @firstanointed: Heh. Unfortunately, most guys give in to an old instinct we have: when in doubt, more is ALWAYS better. #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    This is not the case in broad human populations, where the nice guys always finish last. #science
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    Image of jaynesworth jaynesworth
    11/06/09

    @TemporalSword: As I've said before, "Nice guys don't get laid, pricks get laid." #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    @jaynesworth: Yeah. And the best part is, after said prick treats her like shit and leaves, she just whines about wanting to just find a nice guy...and then proceeds to find another prick. #science
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    Image of velleity velleity
    11/06/09

    @TemporalSword: Yeah, but often guys who say they are nice guys are just a different flavour of douchebag. #science
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/06/09

    @velleity: case in point, nice guys that complain that nice guys don't get laid all the time are really just pricks with no balls and nobody wants balless pricks. #science
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/06/09

    @tetracycloide: Wouldn't that be a eunuch? #science
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/06/09

    In reply to Why Aggressive Men Finish Last
    So it's like a Friday Night at any bar in any large urban center. I can picture the water strider equivalent of the Butabi Brothers wearing six gallons of Dakar or Axe, gold chains and bobbing their heads to "What is Love?"

    As for isolated populations theory, this is familiar to anyone who has lived in a small town and seen the local assholes/louts have their way with the local ladies.
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    Image of braak braak
    11/06/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Yet another argument in favor of robust public transportation--the eventual breeding-out of douchebag genes. #science
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    @braak: So, transporter technology will save us from douchebaggery? #science
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    Image of foolish-rain foolish-rain
    10/30/09

    In reply to You Can Learn From One Of Science Fiction's Greatest Biologists Online
    Cannot wait to "adapt" this to my classroom! #books
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    Image of mikecap mikecap
    10/30/09

    In reply to You Can Learn From One Of Science Fiction's Greatest Biologists Online
    I bet those lines on her head are sense organs for sonar or those type of ridges that sharks have... #books
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/30/09

    In reply to You Can Learn From One Of Science Fiction's Greatest Biologists Online
    That picture is going to haunt my dreams tonight. #books
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Show them some panda porn. #science
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Awesome! #science
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw.
    Some folks got a bear across the hall. #science
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    That's actually pretty interesting. Everything I've read about bears suggests that the males have no part in raising the young (mate, parts ways, mom gives birth in winter and raises the cubs). I guess French bears are a little more sensitive and proactive?
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