Repulsed by that six-inch centipede? Or are you simply being reminded of your own inevitable demise? A study led by Cathy Cox, a graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, determined that people find certain things disgusting because they make apparent our “vulnerability to death.” Food for thought next time you find yourself eating rancid chicken.
From Creditslips.org, via Consumerist: If everyone in the U.S. spent zero percent of their personal income on food, shelter, taxes, and medical care for one year, the savings wouldn’t fully cover our collective mortgages, credit cards, car loans and other personal debts. Granted, this figure lumps all debt into one category, without accounting for the often huge payoffs associated with debts like mortgages and student loans — not to mention the fact that, if no one bought houses, cars, education, etc., the economy would subsequently tank.
Spymac.com, an ad-sponsored site made up of user-generated content about all things Mac- and Apple-related, is experimenting with an elegant compensation model for the 5,000 to 10,000 user-created videos uploaded every day: it pays the people who create the most popular clips. Since January, the company has paid content providers more than $373,000.
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Did anyone really expect even just mortages alone to be less than annual spending on housing?
This strikes me as, well… obvious.
Did anyone really expect even just mortages alone to be less than annual spending on housing?
This strikes me as, well… obvious.
I was doing research on online video sites not too long ago, and, I believe there are a couple sites that pays for the most popular user based videos.
The one that comes to mind is http://www.metacafe.com.
http://www.metacafe.com/producer_rewards_videos/
-dj
I was doing research on online video sites not too long ago, and, I believe there are a couple sites that pays for the most popular user based videos.
The one that comes to mind is http://www.metacafe.com.
http://www.metacafe.com/producer_rewards_videos/
-dj
Not only that many Americans are drowning in debt, but they also have to worry when driving to work, because at the gas pump, the gas price is skyrocket. In my area we pay around $3.17 per gallon, so far, but we may have to pay $4.00 per gallon in the near future… I doubt the gas price will ever go back down to where it was… such as $1.75 per gallon. LOL.
Not only that many Americans are drowning in debt, but they also have to worry when driving to work, because at the gas pump, the gas price is skyrocket. In my area we pay around $3.17 per gallon, so far, but we may have to pay $4.00 per gallon in the near future… I doubt the gas price will ever go back down to where it was… such as $1.75 per gallon. LOL.
Again — I am not 100% on this, but I don’t think this rancid chicken thing is any groundbreaking research. As it has been done before;
(The we-are-predisposed-to-avoid-disgusting-food; which-may-increase-our-chance-for-genetic-perpetuation-thing)
E.g., http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/dcvbu/staff/valspage.htm
Check out all of Val Curtis’ work from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Again — I am not 100% on this, but I don’t think this rancid chicken thing is any groundbreaking research. As it has been done before;
(The we-are-predisposed-to-avoid-disgusting-food; which-may-increase-our-chance-for-genetic-perpetuation-thing)
E.g., http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/dcvbu/staff/valspage.htm
Check out all of Val Curtis’ work from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.