NSF Spends $1M to Discover if Bee Stings are Worse on Nose or Penis

[presence]

Meanwhile, some $1 million in NSF money was spent on the grant that involved studying where it hurts most to be stung by a bee. The penis turned out to be only third-worst out of 25 options, falling behind nose and upper lip. Of course, the researcher helpfully noted, it was just a single-subject study so it’s not clear how generalizable his results were.


moar:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/feds-pay-researcher-have-bee-sting-his-penis/?page=all#pagebreak

[FindLiberty]

Please, can we JUST SAY NO?

Gov/Money must grow on trees... Oh yea, it does.
Doing good by spending it all the time must feel great!


lol, Non-sufficient funds (NSF)

[ZENemy]

Operating with stolen money = why not do stupid shit?

"If we dont, next years budget will be smaller...quick find something to spend our budget on no matter how stupid"

[luctor-et-emergo]

I think this raises a valid and urgent question, two actually, slightly unrelated but equally important to find answers to;

1)Do you believe the results to be true ?

2)How much would they have to pay you ?

[ghengis86]

I think this raises a valid and urgent question, two actually, slightly unrelated but equally important to find answers to;

1)Do you believe the results to be true ?

2)How much would they have to pay you ?

1. Yes
2. Oh, I don't know...$1 million federally subsidized dollars?

[luctor-et-emergo]

1. Yes
2. Oh, I don't know...$1 million federally subsidized dollars?

You sure ?


The penis turned out to be only third-worst out of 25 options, falling behind nose and upper lip.

[Slave Mentality]

Their subject must be a needle dick.

[jmdrake]

What the....? So one person was subjected to bee stings on various parts of his body? I hope at least half the money went to the victim of pseudo scientific torture study volunteer.

[Brian4Liberty]

What the....? So one person was subjected to bee stings on various parts of his body? I hope at least half the money went to the victim of pseudo scientific torture study volunteer.

The researcher and the subject are probably the same person.

[specsaregood]

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[bunklocoempire]

I've never felt more free. My rights are throbbing like a mofo.
:toady:

[acptulsa]

Their subject must be a needle dick.

Not until the swelling went down.

[Dr.3D]

Was running one day and a bee went in my mouth. It stung my tongue and that was not pleasant. Tasted like some kind of laboratory chemical was on my tongue too.

[Zippyjuan]

Some people are into that sort of thing.

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae12/calexieff/6a00e39824440288330120a5dc96d4970b-.gif?t=1276038434

[Brian4Liberty]

FWIW: I can confirm that getting stung on the ass by a scorpion hurts like hell. I didn't get paid for it though. :(

And I can confirm that the sting from a Tarantula Hawk in the back of the neck hurts a bit. I hear the sting of the bullet ant is worse...


The stinger of a female Pepsis grossa can be up to 7 mm (1⁄4 in) long, and the sting is considered the second most painful insect sting in the world; the most painful being that of the bullet ant. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk)

[oyarde]

This seems more valid than most grant studies money . Glad to see things are improving .

[jmdrake]

The researcher and the subject are probably the same person.

So a sadist and a masochist all wrapped up into one.

[AZJoe]

And I can confirm that the sting from a Tarantula Hawk in the back of the neck hurts a bit.

You seriously got stung by one of them? Those monsters scare the heck out of me. Hope never to learn for myself how bad the sting is.

[TheTexan]

$1 million may be a bit high but you can't put a price on science.

[Brian4Liberty]

You seriously got stung by one of them? Those monsters scare the heck out of me. Hope never to learn for myself how bad the sting is.

Feels like a red-hot needle being stabbed into you. But then it kind of numbs the area. I didn't have any allergic reaction, so it was pretty much gone by the next day. The wasp did not survive. ;)

[twomp]

So what were the results?

[phill4paul]

Feels like a red-hot needle being stabbed into you. But then it kind of numbs the area. I didn't have any allergic reaction, so it was pretty much gone by the next day. The wasp did not survive. ;)

A coworker got hit by an assassin bug. He was in serious pain. I'd never even noticed them or heard about them before. Now I seem to see them everywhere.

https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M981f853991d2425527080f871e3b63ffo0&pid=15.1

[BV2]

Was the subject mutilated?