If I'd learnt anything at all...

Being a grad student in psychology means I read a lot of research papers. And this is why I almost always cringe when I see news articles and magazines talk about “new research” and “surprising findings”. I came across this new piece of research in many different articles but they all beamed the too-good-to-be-true title of : Regular Chocolate Eaters are Skinnier!! Yes, read that again, you read it right. This piece of “research” truly bothered me. So apparently, individuals who regularly eat chocolate had a lower BMI than their counterparts. Does that mean chocolate makes you skinny? NO.

If I’d learnt anything at all in grad school, it’s that correlation is not the same as causation. Just because two things happen to occur together, does not mean one caused the other. Say you farted and then it began to rain immediately. Did your fart cause the rain? Maybe, if you were some mythical Greek god. So there’s a correlation, but not exactly a causation.

And for goodness sake, we all know that BMI is a shitty measure of fat/skinny. People who exercise a lot have higher muscle mass and thus, higher BMI’s. Another person could be all fat and water but have a low BMI. So I call bullshit.

I just wished people would stop misleading public with their fancy titles. And why would some researcher even research about such a stupid topic anyway?

Duh dude 1: Dude….that girl in that chocolate ad is hot. I wonder why she’s not fat eating all that chocolate on TV…?
Duh dude 2: Dude…..you’re totally right! Why not do a research on that?
Cadbury chocolate company: Hey losers! We’ll totally sponsor you to conduct research that shows chocolate isn’t fattening so we can show it to the schools and so we don’t have to be banned and kids can keep on getting fatter! It’s a win-win situation!

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But, hey, at least you now have a legit-sounding reason to pig out ;)

Happy Almost-Friday :)

romantic comedies suck

Romantic comedies suck. Yes they do. Why? Because first of all, you never, NEVER, see a man look like this:

Who also happens to love cooking for you, lighting candles, cuddling you all the time, buy you flowers, loves small animals and small children, have empathy for the poor, love the environment, treats women with respect, have a decent career, watches the news, is intelligent, loves to cuddle (did I say that already?), loves to clean, notices when you change your hairstyle, opens the door for you, apologizes at the right time BLAH BLAH BLAH. And still be straight. And isn’t a psychopath who ends up murdering you.

So yes, romantic comedies suck.

Women, romantic comedies are the biggest scam since Shakespeare knew how to crap. So don’t fall for it. Or you will never love your man for the way he is. Your man, the one who never cleans, doesn’t cook, thinks instant noodles are real food, runs away at the when they hear “children”, makes fun of everyone, thinks cuddling are for the weak, opens the door for himself and doesn’t even notice when the door slams you in the face, oh and also thinks beer is water. Yes, that man. If you stopped watching chick flicks, you might love him more. Yes, this man:

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend *not* watching chick flicks!!