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NASA Has Discovered A New Planet – Very Similar To Earth

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If the recent team-up with Space-X for a launch wasn’t enough, NASA is now announcing that they have discovered a new planet. According to a team of scientist using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, the scientist has found an Earth sized exoplanet (a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system) orbiting in its star’s habitable zone. 

A habitable zone is the area around a rocky planet that can support liquid water. So we may have a future planet to live on if things on Earth go wrong like coronavirus, mass protest, evolving climate change, and sightings of UFOs. 

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Scientist discovered the planet when looking through old observations from Kepler, which the agency retired in 2018. The name of the planet is named after the telescope, Kepler-1649c. While It was misidentified at first, researchers reviewing Kepler’s data found that the newly discovered planet had the identity of being called a planet. 

Kepler-1649c is only 1.06 times larger than Earth. It also receives 75% of starlight from its host star, which is more than what Earth receives from the Sun. That means that the exoplanet’s temperature may be similar to Earth’s. 

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But unlike Earth, Kepler-1649c orbits a red dwarf. Though none have been observed in this system, this type of star is known for stellar flare ups that may make a planets environment challenging for potential life. 

But there is still much that is unknown about the new planet. Kepler-1649c’s atmosphere can play a big role in the planet’s temperature. We wouldn’t want to live on a brand-new planet where the temperature is way below freezing. 

There Is Some Skepticism

According to calculations by astrobiologist, Kepler-1649c’s size may have a significant error like many objects that are observed so far away. 

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Rocky planets orbiting red dwarfs are of significant interest to astrobiologist. However, they will need much more information about Kepler-1649c in order to determine whether it is promising for life as we know it. 

But based on what is known, Kepler-1649c is intriguing for scientist looking for worlds with potentially habitable conditions. 

This isn’t the first exoplanet NASA has discovered that is almost like planet Earth. One being TRAPPIST-1f. It’s closer to Earth in temperature, but unlike Kepler-1649c, it is not known if TRAPPIST-1f lies within the habitable zone for life to begin on a new planet. But still, NASA has discovered a new planet.

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Kepler-1649c orbits its small red dwarf so closely that a year on the exoplanet is equivalent to only 19.5 days on Earth. Could you imagine? Having a new year every 19-20 days? That would be insane! 

The system has another rocky planet of about the same size, but it orbits the star at about half the distance of Kepler-1649c. It’s similar to how Venus orbits our Sun at about half the distance that Earth does. 

Also Solar Flares

Red dwarf stars are among the most common in the galaxy, meaning planets like this one could be more common than we think. 

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So what do you think? Since NASA discovered a new planet just like Earth should we increase their funding? Would you want to live on a new planet like Kepler-1649c? It may be like Earth, but I’m sure its going to be completely different. Only time will tell.

Are Dinosaurs Real? Here Are 5 Reasons That Might Make You Reconsider

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For too long the general public has given Paleontologists too much authority. Never questioning any of the ridiculous claims and new “discoveries” they put out. And no matter how many times these paleontologists get busted for trying to make a new species out an of old one, no one is there to ask are dinosaurs even real? Because if the paleontologists keep this up it’s going to turn into boy cried wolf. And we already have five really good reasons why all of these “discoveries” are likely shotty guess work at best.

5. How Does Anyone Know What They Sound Like?

I know this sounds like a joke, but seriously? How in the world would paleontologists have any idea what dinosaurs sound like? Or what color they are for that matter.

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Here is what the paleontologists are trying to sell-

“Paleontologists may never know for sure what kinds of sounds dinosaurs made, but most believe that these animals did make noises. Why? Clues in dinosaur skulls tell them so. Some, like “Lambeosaurus,” had crests on top of their heads that probably filled with air when the animal breathed. As air was pushed through these crests, they likely made a deep bellowing sound similar to a horn.” – Source

Complete, and udder speculation. All these words like “believe”, “likely”, “probably”. Obviously these guys had no freakin idea what dinosaurs sounded like. How could they. Off the vibrations in the skull? That you found from a billion years ago? How do you know the thing even had a tongue? Or a vocal box?

All straight guesswork. Yet still everyone has accepted the “bellow” and roar as the official noise of all dinosaurs. People want to believe in these assumptions about dinosaurs as bad as the paleontologists want people to believe it.

4. They Have Feathers Now

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This is what “experts say the Velociraptor looks like now” – Source

“The velociraptor has long been depicted as a scaly creature. That’s all changing as fossil evidence shows how widespread feathers were among dinosaurs.” – Source

OK now I already know the number one retaliation to this point “Well science makes new discoveries every day dude”. Yes, that is true. But usually new discoveries build on reliable theories, not completely 180. That’s why we got rid of witch doctors and Amazon got rid of the milk man.

But if this is what the Velociraptor:

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So they got the tail right, I guess. But it went from a terrifying creature to what looks like a quail getting a portrait done in 1500’s France. So why would I trust any future “discoveries” when they were so off with their first assumption?

I definitely have at least one guess.

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Scaly Velociraptor has a lot more marketability. From movies to toys to lunch boxes. Jurassic Park just wouldn’t be the same if the kitchen scene had a giant peacock screaming in his face.

But the job has already been done. New Jurassic Park movies are coming out and they will always have scales. Because the scales sell. Paleontologists (as needy for attention as they are) decided to try and bring attention back to them. “Oh actually they have scales now” – some dehydrated Paleontologist.

Anything to bring press back to their dying, properly under-funded industry. They’re like NASA if NASA never actually built rockets.

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“Ostrom studied a fossil creature from the end of the Jurassic period called Archaeopteryx, a raven-sized dinosaur that had wings and flight feathers. He found that the bird-like animal shared skeletal characteristics with theropods—sharp teeth, three-clawed fingers, and a long bony tail.” – National Geographic

So basically this guy Ostrum strings a bunch of random bones together until he has enough bones to make something that’s about as big as a raven. Then he claims it has “wings and flight feathers”, remember these are 200 MILLION years old allegedly. A well preserved human bone can last 90 days tops. But this guy was able to identify wings and flight feathers? OK. Sure. Here’s the best part though –

“Since then, thousands of feathered dinosaurs have been discovered, many of which seem to be branches in the bird family tree” – National Geographic

Of course! Now that one guy found feathers suddenly they are everywhere. All the paleontologists must have loved this one.

3. Paleontologists Constantly Invented Up New (Fake) Dinosaurs

“American dinosaurs struck many observers as bigger and more imposing than their European counterparts, At precisely the same time that dinosaur bones became a public sensation, the U.S. was transforming into an industrial powerhouse of global proportions. Paleontologists worked hard to assemble dinosaurs. They relied on inference, judgment, and imagination.” – Source

Paleontology is and always was an arms race. “Scientists” were submitting any sort of bone puzzle that kind of fit over to “experts” who would basically decide if the dinosaur was “real” enough to be marketable. Dinosaurs and Captalism and very intertwined. Once again, think of the lunchboxes.

They would find bones in Argentina and connect them to bones in Egypt like a 4 year old jamming the wrong pieces of a puzzle together until it resembled something that looked like it could walk. Then they would just come up with some weird name and call it a day.

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“Another paleontologist, Thomas R. Holtz Jr. of the University of Maryland, keeps a running tally of new dinos each year for an encyclopedia he is in the process of updating. He’s up to 14 this year. In 2015, he hit 45.”

Yup, 45 dinosaurs discovered in 2015. By one guy. Seems legit.

I mean think about it. On average there are about 10 new living species discovered each year. But one dude was able to find 45 new extinct ones? Paleontolosts constant have their worked revoked when it is found out they used the same types of fossils as someone thus essentially meaning they doubled named the same species. But they don’t care, finding a marketable dinosaur and getting it approved” is all that matters.

2. The Museums Are Lying To You

You may be wondering by now why these Paleontologists were so quick to send in reports without doing an extensive amount of research.

Simply, it was about museums and marketing. Calling it an arms race wasn’t an exaggeration. It was called the Bone Wars.

Here is one example of the absurdity that took place in this “field of study”

“While Cope and Marsh dueled for fossils in the American West, they also tried their best to ruin each other’s professional credibility. Humiliated by his error in reconstructing the plesiosaur Elasmosaurus, Cope tried to cover up his mistake by purchasing every copy he could find of the journal in which it was published. Marsh, meanwhile, made sure to publicize the story. Cope’s own rapid and prodigious output of scientific papers meant that Marsh had no difficulty in finding occasional errors with which to lambast Cope. Marsh himself was not infallible; he put the wrong skull on a skeleton of Apatosaurus and declared it a new genus, Brontosaurus.” – Wikipedia

Yup, Brontosaurus was a lie. He took someone else’s made up puzzle, put a different head on it, and called it a new puzzle!

Also, here is the originally approved discovery of the Stegosaurus.

And then they said it looked like this-

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Now it looks like this.

Oh and yeah now it has a ton of feathers.

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Throw some feathers on there, make it green (even though no one could ever possibly know that), it makes great movies and lunchboxes!

1. There Is Big Money In Dinosaurs

Starting with books and a movie adaptation from Steven Spielberg, dinosaurs hit the big screen and people were hooked. Even today the Jurassic Park franchise makes a ton of money every year based on movie and merchandise sales.

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“A fifth film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, was released in June 2018. The film grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide, making it the third Jurassic film to pass the billion dollar mark. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2018 and the 13th highest-grossing film of all time. A sixth film, titled Jurassic World: Dominion, is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2021. Lego has produced several animated projects based on the Jurassic World films, including a miniseries released in 2019. Netflix and DreamWorks Animation also plan to release an animated series, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, in 2020.” – Source

So, there is clearly some monetary incentive to squash the question of whether dinosaurs are real or not. In the end, maybe we can conclude there is some slight truth behind it all. But with all the flip-flops, all the motives to make up new species for money and notoriety, I think it is fair to say dinosaurs are at the least extremely exaggerated/imagined incorrectly.

T2 Biosystems COVID-19 Test Kit Approved And Ready For Public Use

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T2 Biosystems announced that the COVID-19 test kits that has been in development was licensed and approved this weekend. The test kits are set to be in emergency rooms and walk-in clinics around the country by the end of next week. Source: Reuters

Next to Citius Pharmaceuticals there may not be a safer bet when it comes to picking a bio-tech company to invest in.

T2 Biosystems COVID-19 test kits are expected to be the most accurate COVID-19 testing kit available on the market. Not only did the test prove to be more accurate than other emergency testing kits, but the COVID-19 testing kit from T2 Biosystems can identify COVID-19 in a human up to 24 hours earlier than any other test. Experts in the field are confident these new T2 Biosystems testing kits will become the standard when it comes for testing a suspected individual with COVID-19, at least for now.

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“The test, a highly sensitive and accurate novel assay, provides definitive results quickly,” said David Perlin, CSO and senior vice president at CDI. “It combines in a new format the best elements found in the [US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and [The World Health Organization] diagnostics,” Perlin also said. “With our proprietary technology and its detection capability, we believe we are well positioned to address an urgent healthcare need for rapid diagnostic testing,” he added. – GenomeWeb

Initial first quarter revenue projections are already predicting to grow 22 to 44 percent over the next year.

“For the quarter ending March 31, T2 estimates first quarter total revenue will be in the range of $2.2 million to $2.6 million compared to $1.8 million for the first quarter of 2019. The consensus Wall Street revenue estimate for Q1 is $3.1 million.” – Source

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If every healthcare clinic and hospital across the country will be using T2 Biosystems COVID-19 testing kits, it is fair to say of all the medical and biopharmaceutical companies who have been in the COVID-19 race, T2 Biosystems is the company that has the most tangible success in all of this.

T2 Biosystems currently has the resources to manufacture up to 100,000 COVID-19 test kits per month.

With the popularity and effectiveness of the test kits, investors are confident that a government grant will be coming the companies way to help aid in the production of the test kits.

How To Kill A Murder Hornet – 4 Strategies

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As murder hornets continue to kill humans worldwide, Japan has announced the four most effective ways they have found on how to kill a murder hornet or a murder hornet colony. These strategies given by Japan have been researched since the early 1970s.

Many do warn that those who are uneducated in the matter will kill innocent insects.

Before learning how to kill a murder hornet, be sure you know exactly how to identify one.

1. Poisonous Extermination

  • Pros
    • Can be highly effective in eliminating large amounts of murder hornets quickly.
    • Keeps victim at a physical distance from murder hornets
  • Cons
    • Effects of suggested poisons have not been extensively tested.

There are a few options when it comes to poison.

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Malathion is your friend against murder hornets

“Above-ground nests can usually be treated with a ready-to-use aerosol spray designed specifically to kill wasps and hornets. The University of Missouri Extension recommends using aerosol products with special nozzles and propellant systems that spray streams of insecticide up to 20 feet away.” – SF Gate

SF Gate seems pretty confident in the use of aerosol products to kill murder hornets. There is definite evidence that Raid is effective.

Malathion is the one proven chemical to kill an entire swarm of murder wasps if administered correctly.

2. Bait Traps

  • Pros
    • If done successfully, the hornet can be captured and turned in for research.
    • Keeps hunter at safe distance from murder hornet.
  • Cons
    • If the trap fails, there will be at least one angry hornet.
    • If the hornet is not disposed of quickly, others may come to it’s rescue.
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If you want to know how to kill a murder hornet, a lot of the techniques aren’t too far off from usual wasp killing.

So here is my favorite way on how to kill a murder hornet:

  • Create bottle trap
  • Put orange soda and half of a raw hot dog at bottom
  • Wait for a few murder hornets to get trapped
  • Pour in malathion

Never be afraid to go in for the kill with the malathion. Murder hornets are smarter and will surprise you at times. Better off dead than trapped.

3. Hive Suffocation

  • Pros
    • When done properly suffocation will kill an entire hive without much mess.
  • Cons
    • Dangerous procedure, one slip up could lead to a swarm.

This is for the brave.

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Essentially its a starve out. You want to block off the entry to the hive and hope the colony starves out before it digs its way out.

Here is an interesting read from 1973 believe it or not, as Japanese officials tried to explain the proper way to suffocate a hive in this document.

As always I suggest mixing this with poison. A lot of poison.

4. Blunt Force

  • Pros
    • If skilled enough, this is the quickest way to eliminate a single murder hornet.
    • A murder hornet left bludgeoned in the open will deter other murder hornets.
  • Cons
    • Don’t miss if you go for the swat method, that’s a given.
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If all else fails you’ll have to fall back on the caveman strategy on how to kill a murder hornet. Good luck, humans have instincts don’t turn your back.

What Is The Difference Between Red And Green Peppers?

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If you have been visiting the super market at all in the past week and noticed a shortage of produce, you may have also noticed a shortage of peppers. But still some of the green ones left. Why do people always seem to prefer yellow, orange or red peppers? What is the difference between red and green peppers?

We have the answer for you. As expected it comes down to taste and nutritional value, and that’s exactly why green peppers are the last left on the shelves. All peppers are different of course, but green in particularly has the most distinct differences from the other colors.

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After some source checking, here is the quick rundown:

What Is the Difference Between Red And Green Peppers

  • Green peppers are harvested earliest and contain the least vitamins.
  • Red peppers are harvested later and contain more Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and beta carotene
  • Red, orange, and yellow peppers have a sweeter taste than green peppers
  • Green peppers taste more bitter than other peppers
  • Green peppers generally cost less than other peppers to harvest

Surprisingly the nutritional value of a green pepper is significantly lower than a red pepper.

“Red peppers contain 11 times more beta-carotene (an antioxidant associated with cancer-fighting properties), eight times more vitamin A, and 1.5 times more vitamin C than green peppers. Yellow peppers have more vitamin C than green peppers, but less vitamin A and beta-carotene.” – Source

Unsurprisingly, this makes the cost of a green pepper generally lower than that of other variations of peppers.

As Thekitchn explains, maturity dictates price. It’s a simple principle but a core truth in agriculture.

It takes more time to grow a red or yellow pepper than it does a green pepper. In turn it takes more work and material for a farmer to grow a red or yellow pepper. A farmer could harvest a batch of green peppers and in turn would be able to sell them quicker and spend less time and resources than he would waiting for the peppers to ripen into orange or red. In turn, the farmer would receive less value for the green peppers as they are not fully ripened.

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This also explains the difference in taste. Green peppers are more bitter because they have not been given the time to ripen. If given the time to ripen until they were orange or red, they would have a more full, sweeter taste. As opposed to the bitter taste of a green pepper.

“To get a yellow, red or orange pepper, the pepper needs to spend more time on the plant to ripen and color. The older the pepper, the greater the chance of some damage coming to the pepper,” explained Karl Foord, who teaches horticulture at the University of Minnesota Extension. “So growing colored peppers can cause a yield reduction leading to a higher price.” – Source

The Color Girls Are Most Attracted To

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If you have found yourself here, I am going to assume you are a single guy looking for any advantage whatsoever in our current crazy dating world. And maybe you thought you were grasping at straws when the idea of what color t-shirt would get you the best chance for a second-date. But surprisingly there is a lot of studies and evidence to tell us the color girls are most attracted to.

So what color are girls the most attracted to? Short answer: It’s not really red. Contrary to popular belief this does not apply to everyone.

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Definitely might look the best on women though…

BUT for you it might apply, there are some stipulations here depending on your skin-tone and personality so bare with me here.

First we will get the popular answer out of the way. Yes, there are a lot of studies that seem to suggest red is the color that girls are most attracted to.

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“In a 2010 study on the psychology of color, women were more sexually attracted to men wearing red than blue or green…The University of Rochester’s breakdown of a study backs that up and explains that the preference for red is a biological and cultural response. Culturally, the color has links to ancient China, Japan, sub-Saharan Africa, and Rome. Biologically, you can even see the effect bright colors have in the mating rituals of the animal world; we aren’t that different.” – Source

Now let’s look at the main study from 2010 that all of this stems from:

They took a sample of women and men and had them interact with each other. Each individual was given a red, blue, or green shirt. At the end of the study, when the participants were interviewed, most of the women felt a stronger sexual attraction to the men in red shirts and also perceived them to be of higher social status.

That was the entire study. The color girls are most attracted to. Based on that.

That is the whole study that we have been basing this “red” is the most attractive color cliche off of.

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There was no control group, they didn’t bring back the hot dude with a new sample of women to prove that he wasn’t as attractive in a blue shirt. How do we know the attractive people didn’t just end up getting red shirts? How do we know that the ones wearing the red shirts wouldn’t be attractive in all three colors?

We don’t because this experiment wasn’t carried out very thouroughly. But it was a fun. The color girls are most attracted to is something all guys want the answer to, even if it’s a wrong one. So the internet took it and ran with it. And they had done just enough of the credentials for this to be considered a “scientific study”.

“Red acts as a basic, non-lexical prime, influencing reproduction-relevant behavior in like manner across species,” the researchers suggest (Kayser, Elliot, & Feltman, 2010, p. 901)…The color red signals health, status, and fertility in many animals as well.” – Psychology Today

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Yeah, red TOTALLY is the most attractive/warm/inviting color!

What? The color red signals health problems. It’s literally the color of blood. You think some teen with his face covered in bright red acne is fighting to keep all the girls off him because he looks so damn fertile? What about a girl with a giant red rash on her face, or either genders having a giant red anything on their private parts? Let’s survey any sample you want in America and we’ll pretty quickly find out red is actually not a great indicator of health. It’s literally the color of blood. The sight of which puts us into survival mode not sexy time mode. The fact that this was passed through as an accredited study is absurd.

So University of Rochester was able to just take these findings as fake and throw another mound of BS on top of the original mound of BS.

Even just reading the “findings” from Rochester, it’s so clear they were just working backwards and trying to come up with things that make sense.

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“Oh yeah, China, Japan, and Rome liked the color red that makes sense definitely throw that in there. Oh also people used to paint their faces red if they were king of the tribe so that will explain the perceived social status thing this is making a lot of sense *takes more speed*” – Some student at Rochester

OK that’s enough ranting on why the red color thing is a myth.

Here are some real answers for you.

There are ACTUAL studies and accounts I have vetted on the color girls are most attracted to and I am now able to bring to you the colors you should NOT wear. I don’t think this is a bad place to start.

The Colors Not To Wear On A First Date

  1. Brown
  2. Yellow
  3. Pink

In that order. And I know you really are bummed out because you just got that Salmon button down from Vineyard Vines and wanted to show your next date how secure you are with your sexuality. Save it. Trust me.

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The Colors You SHOULD Wear On A First Date

  1. Gray
  2. Black
  3. Blue
  4. Green
  5. White
  6. Red

In that order. And wow would you look at that? 6 colors. Almost enough for a rainbow. It’s almost like there isn’t a right answer! (Except to NEVER wear yellow).

“Women say the most attractive color a man can wear is gray. The other most attractive colors are black, blue, green, and white.” – The Bert Show

Basically it comes down to this, you want to look like you have it together on a first date. And people who have it together don’t look like they are trying to hard. Keep it simple. By FAR the most heard answer was gray, black and blue. Go to H&M stock up on those colors in shirts and button downs.

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I do think it is extremely important to mention that as always, statistics mean nothing to the individual. The color girls are most attracted to is not going to be a clear answer. Everyone has a color they look best in. If you are of light complexion with light hair (aka “cool undertones”) you want to lean to the lighter shade of gray or even blue. If you are of a darker complexion (aka “warm undertones”) you want to lean to the darker or fully white side. But again these are generalizations. Take advice from your friends, or notice if people treat you better when you aren’t wearing orange.

So those are the colors that girls are most attracted to. One last thing, should be pretty known but if you have green or blue eyes, you’ll want green or blue attire to make your eyes pop. That’s my unofficial theory as to why blue and green made it to the top 6 list.

How To Make A Homemade Corona Mask – 5 Super Easy Ways

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We all know the average American can’t sew. So I’m not sure why the CDC and every mainstream media outlet assumes that everyone can sew or has even the slightest desire to learn how. Ridiculous articles like this from CNN explain how your everyday items (you know, like top quality sewing machines, sterilizer fabric, and 1000 pc. box of 1/4″ nylon string, things that every American has lying around…) can be used to make an efficient mask. No one has these things. There are way easier ways to make a homemade Corona mask.

Also for most people, they just want to run to the store quick to buy some Trix but Shop Rite won’t let them in because their town/state has demanded that everyone entering any essential business must have their face covered. Even though just last week they were saying masks were useless but that’s a topic for another post…

How To Make A Homemade Corona Mask

Luckily, since you can’t even buy masks, there is a lot of wiggle room as to what counts as a Corona mask that covers your face effectively. So I am taking it upon myself to make a list of masks people can easily make with items that every American ACTUALLY has. CDC has already clarified that any mask obstructing the mouth or nose is equally effective. This includes cloth. 

T-Shirt Ninja Mask

What You Need:

  • 1 T-Shirt (Not V-Neck)

If you are unaware of how easy it is to make a ninja mask out of a t-shirt, you can go ahead and thank me now. 
It’s super easy, ends up looking really cool, and the best part is it actually looks complicated to make when someone sees the finished product. They will be impressed by your resourcefulness without knowing that you whipped that stealth hood up in under 45 seconds. (We suggest using a black t-shirt for ultimate coolness).

Check the instructions below (yes they are in Chinese but just look at the pictures and try it you’ll see how easy this is). 

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The Shaun White Strategy

What You Need:

  • 1 Bandanna

Probably the most easy solution if you need to grab eggs from the store but your town is forcing everyone outside to have some sort of mouth cover. 

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If you have ever gone snowboarding you probably already know. But if not, you simply fold the bandanna, wrap around your face, and tie. And boom. Homemade Corona mask.

Bandanna Hair Tie Face Mask 

What You Need:

  • 1 Bandanna
  • 2 Hair Ties

Not enough faith in the Shaun White Strategy? Well here’s a homemade Corona mask that’s a little more complicated.

This is top of the line Beijing fashion right now, make sure you use a flowery mask for the full Etsy effect.

A mask like this will likely cover your mouth a little better than just a simple tied bandanna. BUT the hair ties will push up against your ears and you will resemble a contagious elf. So, pick your poison.

Corona Party Cone

What You Need

  • 1 Party Hat
  • Little To No Shame

Now this one I understand is a slight obscure “household item”. But if you are a hoarder or recently had a planned birthday party for your toddler this may be the perfect solution for you.

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When flipped over your face, a party hat has all the hardware you need to keep your Corona mask securely in place while also covering your mouth and nose. The strings will lie on your ears keeping the Corona mask held close enough up to your face without being pushed in too hard.

On top of that, unlike a regular mask, if you forgot to brush your teeth that morning the cone shape of the party hat will allow a lot more room for your breath before it starts piling up and filling up your face. Brushing your teeth would solve this however so if that is the only reason you want to try the party cone you may want to explore that option.

Brown Bag It

What You Need:

  • 1 Brown Bag
  • Scissors
  • Low Will To Live

Corona brown bag mask. The riskiest homemade Corona mask out there. But it also makes the loudest statement.

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Need to comply with your town/states covered face protocol but still think Corona Virus is a conspiracy and that the earth is flat, make a statement, and brown bag it.

I mean nurses keep their used masks in them, they can’t be that dangerous. Right?

Study Reveals ALL Psychopaths Share The Same Favorite Bar Drink (No, It’s Not Tequila)

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Girls, if he orders Gin and Tonic at the bar every time, you may need to take a step back. Guys, same thing. Multiple studies have come out to reveal another thing that psychopaths have in common. A taste for the bitter. More specifically, a taste for gin and tonic.

What you order at the bar might say more about you than you think.

Researchers at Innsbruck University found that people who enjoy bitter flavors like the tonic water in a gin and tonic are more prone to “Machiavellianism, psychoticism, and narcissism,” among other traits 

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More than 900 men and women were surveyed in the Austrian study. In addition to grading sour, salty and bitter foods on a scale, participants were asked to answer questionnaires gauging their emotional stability.

“Supertasting, that is, having a high sensitivity to bitter compounds, has been consistently linked to increased emotionality in humans and rats,” the study stated.” – NY Daily News

Is It Really A Big Deal If He Orders Gin And Tonic? Can Taste Really Indicate Mental Traits?

“Supertasting, that is, having a high sensitivity to bitter compounds, has been consistently linked to increased emotionality in humans and rats,” the study said. “Bitter taste experiences were shown to elicit harsher moral judgments and interpersonal hostility.” – WCVB

Some real quick, further evidence for you, your favorite psychopath, Barney from How I Met Your Mother. Guess his favorite drink?

Now the real advantage of identifying a psychopath is to remove them from your life. For some people this means avoiding or terminating a relationship. With such a serious topic at hand, I had to turn to a reliable source to prove this once and for all.

“The study (on people who drink gin being more likely to be psychopaths) says that people who prefer a bitter taste (didn’t know gin was all that bitter but k) have pyscho, sadist tendencies and are more aggressive and less agreeable. So that’s why all those gin-sipping hipsters are so fucking defensive about how much better gin is than vodka. The study also says they’re more likely to be narcissists, which again, makes total sense to me. So there ya have it. Stick to vodka sodas or else you might turn into a serial killer or something.” – Betches

So there you have it, as trustworthy source “Betches” elegantly explains, gin can literally make you a serial killer. If he orders gin and tonic he might be a psychopath.

Now you’re thinking two things.

  1. That guy you always thought was cool and fratty since High School so you tried your best to become friends with him. Plus he threw parties at his big house when his parents were gone. Now you only see him once in a while when you happen to be in NYC. He probably works for a company like KPMG or RCA Records. He’s into the rave scene. Always brags about discounts to shows and describes to you the awesomeness of the concert he just attended last weekend at Pier Number Who Cares. Bummer you couldn’t make it, but luckily he’s got videos for you! Yeah that guy. I love watching videos of the rave you went to last weekend. 3 minute long clips of flashing lights and inaudible sound get me every time! Yeah that guy… You thought of him because he orders Gin and Tonic.
  2. You like Gin and Tonics. And now you want to know if maybe you’re the psychopath. We can weed out some of you really quickly thanks to basic psychology. When you read the second sentence in this paragraph, was your first reaction “Shoot, maybe I am a psychopath”. Then congrats. You’re not. If you considered it absurd and immediately turned to anger/creating defenses then there is like a 40% chance you are a psychopath.

The more you know…

New Studies Find 3 Shocking Psychological Reasons Why People Smoke Cigarettes

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Now, obviously I’m not coming out here to advocate smoking to all of you. I am merely putting forth some psychological reasons why people smoke cigarettes. These are relatively new studies and go against some conventional understandings of nicotine addiction. But these scientists are proposing that it goes deeper than the standard physical addiction we once believed to be the main obstacle. In the Psychology world, these are three currently popular psychological reasons why people smoke cigarettes. Is smoking still seen as cool? You’ll be surprised as to why…

3. Smoking Increases Your IQ

Yes. I know this is unbelievable, so I will drop the source for all you skeptics before I even start. Source: UCSF, Department of Psychopharmacology

That right there is a study from New Zealand reporting that smoking increases your IQ by as much as six entire points. This is far from the only study to make such claims. Stay with me here I do have a point, I promise.

Before long, countries including Denmark and Sweden were publishing research papers with shockingly similar findings:

Gjedde also refers to the Swedish professor of genetic developmental biology, Klas Kullander, who found that nicotine promotes learning and memory: “Nicotine affects receptors in the memory center. You simply get better at organizing your memory. “, said Gjedde, “Smoking increases the IQ six points in tests.”

The Danish and Swedish findings are an extension of the large meta-analysis of the past 40 years of nicotine research, which was created by the U.S. government’s “National Institute of Drug Abuse” in 2010. – Sott

Whatever a person’s reason for smoking was originally, it now may be a habit they keep up to maintain their slightly heightened intelligence. This type of response to nicotine tends to effect those of naturally high IQ as is. This is because smoking a cigarette won’t turn a dimwit into Einstein, but for someone with above level intelligence in the middle of a high-stress situation, a little nicotine could be the boost needed to get the wheels turning and find the solution to a problem. One of many reasons why people smoke cigarettes.

Psychological Reasons Why People Smoke Cigarettes

Do you find you enjoy cigarettes most while chain-smoking through political debates with your friends? Or maybe when you are driving alone, and you light up a stick because you’re mentally planning your day and smoking during that makes sense to you. If these are the times you are most inclined to smoke, it is very possible you are an “intelligence smoker”. You enjoy the slight raise in IQ because it helps your mind just make it over a mental hump when you have a lot going on. At least at first. Before long an “intelligence smoker” who smokes frequently will grow accustomed to their slightly raised intelligence. This is a psychological reason why people smoke cigarettes, which brings me to my point of why some people have trouble kicking the habit:

As Doctor Reuven Dar explains, after years of smoking, going without it makes you feel like a less intelligent person for a period of time.

“Depression, fatigue and lack of concentration, as many ex-smokers experience when quitting smoking, probably reflects the ex-smoker’s unfulfilled expectations of being able to solve everyday small and large tasks as easily as he always did – when he was smoking. These expectations disappear when he has grown accustomed to ride in the brain’s natural, lower gears – without nicotine.” –  Dr. Reuven Dar

Sometimes caring too much, thinking about too much, can cause over-activity in the brain. Leading to stress, depression, anxiety, however the specific person is wired to handle their meltdowns. This is why intelligent people are more likely to experience those symptoms such as anxiety. In turn, leading one to turn to cigarettes as a form of relief. Attempting to relieve anxiety in this way is a psychological reason why people smoke cigarettes.

Lip Gallagher is a perfect example of this!

2. You Just Don’t Give A F**K! (Or You Care TOO Much And Your Anxiety Has Peaked And Made You This Way To Protect Your Ego)

Psychological Reasons Why People Smoke Cigarettes

Think of all the people you know that smoke cigarettes.

Not the fakers, or the frat guys who “smoke parliaments” when they drink.

I’m talking about the people that you go outside on smoke breaks with ritually, daily, Monday through Friday. People that smoke when they are drunk as well as when they are sober. Usually with a hot coffee, sluggishly driving to work the next morning. They buy packs. They smoke alone. Even if you never see it. You know they do, because they are a smoker. And you smoke alone so they must do it too.

That’s the kind of smoker I want you to picture. As many as you know.

What do they all have in common?

To some degree, however small it may be, a piece of them doesn’t give a fuck.

And it could be because they don’t care at all. It could also be because they care so much they can no longer handle it. Sometimes our brain adjusts to protect us. Sometimes it implodes.

Psychological Reasons Why People Smoke Cigarettes

All the smokers I told you to think of. Answer me this.

Are they not some of the least judgmental people you know? Some of the most rational people you know? Is one of them the person you would call if your car broke down in a rainstorm? But on the flip side, it’s also every heroin addict you happen to know. Or the kid who used to steal Ipods out of backpacks in Middle School.

There are a lot of reasons why people smoke cigarettes. I’m not trying to put it out as a positive or a negative, just a truth. Every smoker has one thing in common, like most people on this earth, a little bit of them is in pain.

Whether you see it as good or bad, it’s the reason smoking circles never have trouble striking up conversations. For the next 6 minutes, it’s you guys against the world.

1. Science Has Proven Smoking Is Seen As Cool…As Recently As 2014…

Why is an expensive product that slowly kills you while making you smell bad still considered cool?

Oh right, because being cool is about not caring.

So to be genuinely cool, you have to somehow prove you genuinely don’t care.

And if you refer to point number 2 above, all genuine smokers genuinely don’t care (at least a little bit). I mean, why else would you smoke something daily that you know is going to kill you? I guess the only more confusing question would be, why do people think you’re cool because of it?

If only they knew the psychological reasons why people smoke cigarettes…

Is Smoking Still Seen As Cool? Really?

Yes. Sophisticated suicide is unfortunately still viewed as cool.

Not just making this all up, this is science!


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