The Arrogance of Faecesbook

The BBC reports that Facebook is facing criticism after it emerged it had conducted a psychology experiment on nearly 700,000 users without their knowledge.

The test saw Facebook "manipulate" news feeds to control which emotional expressions the users were exposed to.

The research was done in collaboration with Cornell University and the University of California at San Francisco to gauge if "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours".

Facebook said there was "no unnecessary collection of people's data".

"None of the data used was associated with a specific person's Facebook account."

Call me old fashioned, but I thought it was the norm for people to be first asked to volunteer for experiments?

This kind of arrogant behaviour by a corporation that has access to the personal data/activities (both published and private) needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP!

The 700,000 users who were experimented upon should mount a class action against Facebook.

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The Dangers of Stone Vaginas

Now why oh why didn't Nanny warn this plonker about the dangers of wedging himself into a stone vagina?

The BBC reports that a man has had to be rescued by firefighters in Germany after becoming stuck inside a stone vagina.

The man, who is said to be an American exchange student, got wedged in the statue at Tubingen University.

Five emergency service vehicles and 22 firemen had to help free the man.

No matter how many rules and regulations Nanny creates, when it comes down to it she cannot legislate against stupidity!


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Nanny Bans All Liquids, Except Water

I see that a group of experts has concluded that children should only drink water at mealtimes, and that all other liquids should be banned.

For why?

We are becoming a nation of fatties and one of the culprits is all the sugar laden shite that we apparently all consume.

There is of course an irony here, fruit juices (laden with sugar, both natural and added) have long been promoted by Nanny as an essential source of her now debunked 5 a day campaign.

Anyhoo, all that aside, Prof Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford is quoted by the BBC:

"It comes back to simple advice to parents - encourage your children to drink water. 

Once they've been weaned, 'children should be drinking water' is absolutely the message. Milk is fine, but that should be the mainstay of our advice." 

Her comment about milk is interesting, because when I was a nipper I never drank water but 3 pints of milk a day.

Did I become obese?

No!

However, as a child I was brought up with the concept that cola etc was a treat to be enjoyed once in a while; it was not to be consumed on a daily basis.

The issue, as ever, comes down to sensible eating and drinking habits built on a basis of sound parenting; where kids are taught that they cannot have everything they want (eg packets of crisps and gallons of sugar laden shite).

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Hi Vis

Brighton beach was awash with luminous yellow yesterday, as a gazillion school kids descended onto the beach all wearing hi vis jackets (aside from being completely unnecessary, it must have been very uncomfortable to wear them in the baking sunshine).

Whatever happened to school uniforms?

Anyhoo, kudos to the one child who had the guts and strength of character to remove her hi vis jacket.

She is evidently marked out for great things in life when she grows up!

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Nanny Slaughters Local Nanny's Cash Cow

I am gemused to see that central Nanny has decided to ban local Nanny from using CCTV to fine people for parking irregularities (ie wherein local councils use CCTV as an easy way to screw money out of people).

The Deregulation Bill, which is expected to be passed this Autumn, will ban councils from using CCTV cameras and “spy cars” to enforce parking restrictions in an effort to stop “over-zealous” enforcement.

Additionally drivers will be encouraged to appeal against more parking tickets, with the introduction of a 25% discount for those who try to overturn a fine but fail.

For why has central Nanny taken this stand?

Apart from the fact she knows that people loath their councils, she has also realised that by making it almost impossible to park anywhere local shops etc are suffering.

Cameras will only be used to enforce parking rules in bus lanes, on red routes and outside schools.

Councils of course hate this idea, and have warned that they will simply spend less on road repairs and subsidies for buses etc; ie they are threatening to take out their frustration on their own subjects.

These fines have been a real cash cow for local councils, approximately nine million parking fines are issued every year in England.

Yet a Local Government Association spokesman whined:

“It is utterly untrue, as the Government well knows, to describe the use of CCTV as some sort of cash cow which generates profits for councils.” 

Bollocks!

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Sunshine - The New Heroin

Seemingly, if research is to be believed, sunshine is addictive and has a similar effect on the body as heroin.

It would appear that ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun stimulate the production of endorphins, ''feel good'' hormones that act on the same biological pathway as opioid drugs.

Lead scientist Dr David Fisher, from Harvard Medical School in the US, is quoted by the Telegraph:

''This information might serve as a valuable means of educating people to curb excessive sun exposure in order to limit skin cancer risk as well as accelerated skin ageing that occurs with repeated sun exposure.

Our findings suggest that the decision to protect our skin or the skin of our children may require more of a conscious effort rather than a passive preference.''

As to whether this research (conducted on shaved mice) is valid or not, remains open to question. Dr Richard Weller, senior lecturer in dermatology at the University of Edinburgh, said: 

''Mice are nocturnal animals, covered in fur, which avoid the light, so one must be cautious about extrapolating from these experiments to man.

.......It is very unlikely that evolutionary pressures would select for a trait which reduces survival and reproductive 'fitness'. If an 'addiction' to sun truly also exists in mankind, it suggests to me that there is a benefit to it.
'The authors mention vitamin D, but in addition to this, epidemiological data (particularly from Scandinavia) show that increased sun exposure is associated with reduced all-cause mortality.

'Our recent work shows how sunlight reduces blood pressure independently of vitamin D, which may account for some of the health enhancing effects of sun.''

Quite!

That being said I guarantee that Nanny will misuse the results of this "research" and declare a war on sunshine (akin to her highly disastrous wars on terrorism and drugs).

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Get a Life!

As the world inches towards war in the Middle East and Ukraine, 3,000 people apparently have more important things to worry about and have signed a petition demanding that Clarks (the shoe store) remove "sexist" adverts from their stores.

One of the adverts in blue states:

‘Because boys test their shoes to destruction, so do we.’ 

Another in pink, says:

‘Because girls love comfort and style, we design both into our shoes.’

In other news some mothers in Brighton are moaning about a cafe that has had the "temerity" to ban buggies (because they get in the way and parents won't fold them up and store them in the designated area).

Welcome to the Nanny state, where people have no sense of perspective and have totally lost touch with reality!

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Halcyon Days - The Talons of Weng Chiang

My compliments to The Horror Channel for taking us back to a pre Nanny era of TV, wherein things that are now forbidden to be shown were shown liberally.

Specifically I refer to the six episodes of Doctor Who from the late seventies, entitled "The Talons of Weng Chiang" starring Tom Baker.

In these episodes one could see:

- The eating of a joint of meat without cutlery and plates
- Various drugged ladies in their undergarments
- A working girl pointing out that she had finished for the evening
- Copious drinking of beer, wine and spirits
- Industrial quantities of tobacco smoked (both cigars and pipes)
- A detailed explanation by Leela of how to stab a man in the heart
- A visit to an opium den
- A Chinese gentleman (played by John Bennett an English actor) smoking an opium pipe
- An explanation by the above gentleman that the opium made him feel better, on account of the fact that his leg had been chewed off by a giant rat

They don't make kids' programmes like that anymore, and even if they did Auntie (the BBC) would never dare show them.



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Cycle Helmets Are Still Bollocks

Loyal readers will recall that I recently wrote that cycle helmets are not necessarily very useful, and that many were ‘too flimsy’ to be beneficial.

Kudos therefore to the inventor of the helmet pictured above, who has created one that whilst it may not protect his head at least is edible!

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Food Labels Are Bollocks

I am gemused to see that people and the media are finally waking up to the fact that food labels (oft promoted by Nanny as for our own good) are in fact bollocks.

For instance when a product claims to be low in fat, it may well be. However, in order to add taste to a low fat product, the manufacturers load it with sugar.

Needless to say, Nanny wants even more labels placed upon our food.

In other news, it seems that washing a raw chicken is dangerous.

Now please tell me, why on earth would anyone wash a chicken in the first place (unless the cat had licked it)?

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Health and Safety - Kill All Insects/Bugs

Kudos to British Airways for follwoing the health and safety rules (laid down by someone or other) and spraying the cabins of their aircraft with some form of insect/bug killer just before take off.

However, maybe they could warn the passengers first so we could at least cover our drinks so the spray partciles don't contminate the drink?

Just a thought!

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Open Thread

Dear all

I will be in a galaxy far far away for the next week and, most likely, unable to update this site. To this end please feel free to use this post as an open thread to discuss topical Nanny issues.

Thanks

Ken
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Nanny Bans Rihanna

Commiserations to Robyn Rihanna Fenty, aka Rihanna, who has been banned by ASA for being too provocative.

ASA are afraid that kids may see a "racy" billboard advert featuring Rihanna and a bottle of perfume, and have banned it.

Nice to see they have nothing better to do!

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The Dangers of Octopi

A lorry carrying an octopus has broken down at Oxford Circus. Approach with care. pic.twitter.com/GpQQEEoZi8

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Cycle Helmets Are Bollocks

I am gemused to see that not only are cycle helmets ridiculous to look at and a licence to print money for the those who make them but, seemingly, they are useless as well.

Henry Marsh, a leading neurosurgeon, who works at St George’s Hospital in Tooting has claimed that cyclists who wear helmets are wasting their time.

It seems that many of his patients who have been involved in bike accidents have been wearing helmets that were ‘too flimsy’ to be beneficial.

Who would have thought that wearing a device resembling a tortoise shell made of papier mache would be so utterly useless?
 

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The Importance of Spelling

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