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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
11/06/08

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Maybe the io9 headline should be "non-monogamy gives mouse men diabetes". And a pic of Capt. Jack instead of JB, who's (I think) married. Or, as was suggested, Capt. Kirk, who eventually ballooned up.

Fess up. This article was posted just as an excuse to show that pic of JB. Yummeh.
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ZaharRabulous
11/06/08

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While John Barrowman is always lovely to look at -- what's up with the picture choice? An explanation _might_ just dig you out of any one of several nasty ditches you've dug for yourself there. Weird at best. Way not cool at worst.
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RAHfanboy
11/06/08

@ZaharRabulous: Because on "Torchwood" he's anything but monogamous. He can't even date just within his species. He'll do anything that moves. He's the Poster Boy for promiscuity. I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
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RAHfanboy
11/06/08

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This study would appear to be incredibly flawed. As bdavis007 pointed out, they compared two different species. If the different rates of monogamy are due to the difference in species, why wouldn't the rate of male diabetes just be a trait of each particular species as well? Or is the diabetes and the monogamy both symptomatic of the differing hormone levels?
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Annalee Newitz
11/06/08

@RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: Yeah I wondered that myself.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
11/06/08

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I'm married and I still have diabetes. So now all types of pie are off the table.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
11/06/08

@Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege: Pie can be made with sugar substitutes, though you're still stuck with the flour carbs. I deal with this on behalf of Evil Tortie's Dad (who's eating a sugar-free cookie right now).
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AlysiaFlea
11/06/08

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Lots of sugar in liquor. You drink a lot of hard liquor you're gonna get the beetis.
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RAHfanboy
11/06/08

@AlysiaFlea: It made me the man I am today!
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Jeriba
11/06/08

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John Barrowman's pic next to that headline made me laught so hard I spit coffee out my nose.

Thanks a lot, io9.
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Annalee Newitz
11/06/08

@Jeriba: Anytime.
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Moff
11/06/08

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And that, ladies, is why this guy is off the market.

I have to go eat a large chocolate pizza now.
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marginalia
11/06/08

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I also giggled at the pic of John Barrowman... I wonder though, is he diabetic? And conversely, is Wilford Brimley some kind of lothario? I've got Type 1, and so far haven't violated the bounds of marriage to spread the evil 'betes across the land.

I know it's a cliche by now, but CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION, PEOPLE.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
11/06/08

@marginalia: Type 1, or as I like to call it... Old School Diabeetus
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NikJ15
11/06/08

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huh?

What's that got to do with John Barrowman?
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bonniegrrl
11/06/08

@NikJ15: I'm assuming it's because his character on Doctor Who/Torchwood is a bit of a non-picky lover, he was chosen. Of course in real life, John's been with the same fella for like 18 years.

Annalee, you should have chosen Capt. Kirk! Now THAT'S an intergalactic man slut!
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