Fuck that, right now there are dozens of dudes Aqua-Dotting their ways to ripped abs and pumped-out glutes.
No, but the story doesn’t have to be false for it to be fear mongering— I was remarking on the barely contained glee with which the story has been hyped by the media. (Anyone remember the shark attack “epidemic?”)
As to “indundating,” I don’t know. We’ve been happily buying mountains of cheap Chinese crap for decades now; what percentage of it, in all that time, has been unsafe?
(ellipsis mine)
With chicks in the bar, this works more often than you might think.
I’d say that’s anything but ‘not clear’.
I don’t know but I’m convinced my Jiang Zemin doll is trying to kill me.
Did it at least come with a free frogurt?
Do the toppings contain Potassium Benzoate?
Both of those things are good, right?
What cracks me up about this is the CNN Update e-mails I’ve received. Two or three years ago I was following some ongoing story on CNN.com that involved a rape or some other sex crime (I don’t even remember what it was at this point) and so I signed up for their e-mail update service and selected the keywords “rape” and “sex crimes”. I never got around to unsubscribing, so that’s how I was alerted to this story. Somewhat disturbingly, the vast majority of these updates have been for news stories about Sudan. Apparently, because soldiers there have raped civilians, every report about the troubles in Sudan gets tagged with the “rape” keyword, regardless of whether or not the particular article mentions it.
Well, yeah, except for the Potassium Benzoate.
Oh, and the toppings being cursed.
So, I guess the answer would be . . . lessee here, carry the two, . . . no.
I’d say a curse is good, but GHB is moderate at best.
American news reports say the beads metabolise into “the date-rape drug, GHB”
Australian news reports say the beads metabolise into “the party drug, GHB, also known as ‘fantasy’”.
I’m a little worried about Australian parties now.
Wow. How’s that for a glass half full/half empty approach?
That’s often how it works. There are related factors too. There could be a kickback or other incentive, and of course the OEM is probably not without fault. They contracted for low cost manufacturing, but didn’t spend any of the savings on oversight or controls. They usually don’t. In fact, OEMs have learned they can drive ridiculously hard bargains with Chinese manufactures, who then feel obliged to find some way to get back into black ink.
The Chinese I know are decent, hard working, clever people but you need to keep some cultural differences in mind. Any deal entered into willingly is a good deal, even if one party doesn’t really know what their getting into. Anything said to close a deal is just that… things said to close a deal. China is an extreme example of caveat emptor.
Hey, it ain’t a party 'till she passes out! Am I right, guys? Who’s with me? Come on, somebody give me a high-five!
Heh. Sometimes I idly wonder what it would be like to set up a new life in an anglophone country. I wonder which one first of all, and I think to myself ‘Do I want to live in a country founded by puritans, or a country founded by convicts?’
And it’s no contest really!
Having said that I suspect the Australian choice of adjective gives a much fairer representation of the general use of GHB in society. And finally, yes, here in Blighty they do indeed consistently refer to it as ‘the date-rape drug’. 
Yes.
Can we start calling alcohol a date rape drug?
Well it’s the drug of choice for Members of Parliament, Congressmen, judges, business leaders, policemen, lawyers, doctors and accountants worldwide.
So… no. We can’t. Even if for consistency’s sake we bloody well should. :mad:
This is what is bugging me. It’s my understanding that GHB is just a party drug. I’ve never used this particular stuff, although I did experiment with drugs when I was younger (What? They were rigorous trials). I remember reading Lisa Palac describing a woman taking GHB with a glass of wine and going crazy for sex, but the woman in question was Suze Randall, so I don’t see how that’s a huge difference in behavior. Also, she apparently wound up vomiting. A lot. How would this work as a date rape drug? I don’;t doubt that it’s been tried, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the ordinary use.
[side note] I read this last night on my PDA and tought you were making fun of a typo I made. Typed out a irritated response on the tiny keyboard but couldn’t get it to post. Good thing, because I just realized it was an innocent mistake. I wonder if the mods can make it so I have to wait 24 hours after I type a post to submit it. Sure would make me look…less assholish.[/side note]