This just in: Gossip is good for your health

Anne Siems

gossip: good for your mental health
Most people love a good chinwag and research has now shown what we already suspected: that a regular dose of gossip can be beneficial for your mental health. We humans will gossip about anything, from friends and neighbors to Hollywood stars and politicians. Estimates of our gossiping prowess show that we spend anywhere from 20 to 60 % of our daily conversations talking about the lives of other people....Social psychologists report that gossip is also beneficial in creating lasting bonds.

Gossip has been shown to:
1. Strengthen relationships between friends and work colleagues*
2. Reinforce shared values
3. Offer increased feelings of "connectedness" and community spirit
4. Assist in controlling the poor behavior of others, particularly in an office situation*
5. Offers a sense of status by being included in the "gossip circle"

Gossip can even help ward off depression. Half an hour over coffee listening to the dilemmas of a third party can be enough to make you realize that things aren't quite so bad in your own backyard after all. Gossip also gives us a feeling of belonging which boosts our self esteem and increases our sense of wellbeing.

*points 1 & 2 are pure gold. Ragging on the receptionist who came in wearing foam flip flops and a santa hat hardly builds lasting bonds. It's mindless yet hilarious entertainment- that's it. Also, gossip rarely assists in correcting behaviors. I wish it did. The next day she'll wear a banana clip and blast that annoying Chris Brown ring tone.
Next quarter when you're up for review just mention you participate in healthy bonding and social well being if they bring up your gossip attacks.

Best of CL: "I Puked in Your Purse"

I Puked in Your Purse

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Date: 2009-07-16, 6:32PM EDT

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You were sitting a couple tables across from me. I was checking you out. You noticed. I winked. You rolled your eyes and left your table to talk to some guys at the bar. You left your purse hanging unattended on the back of your chair. I felt rejected, and a little pissed. You looked hungry. On my way out, I filled your purse with a vomit cocktail consisting of 1 part hamburger, 3 parts Miller Lites and 6 parts hot yellow foamy puke. If you had second thoughts after blowing me off, hit me back. I can't wait to hear from you!!! 

Georgia zoo's B.L.T. (bear, lion, tiger)

Drug dealers in Atlanta kept a bear, lion and tiger cub as high-prestige pets, but when they got busted, Baloo, Leo and Shere Khan were taken in by Noah's Ark in Locust Grove.
Since they were all buddies to begin with, they've been housed together. More photos here.

thanks Arbroath

why??

via Ugliest Tattoos

Meow!

via tumblr

Voyeurism as Art

Photographer Yasmine Chatila has a show on currently called "Stolen Moments" -- photos she took through people's windows here in New York. In some cases, as with the kitchen lovers below, she took a whole series and made a slide show out of it.




I don't put the blinds down in my living room, so I guess it's my fault if someone is surreptitiously taking photos of me. But I still find this show totally creepy, it seems to break an unwritten code (if not a law). Thoughts?

thanks Gothamist

Happy Monday

snack

I can haz global warming

More videos here.

Hold that tiger

More animals here. The artist is Guido Daniele.

Entranced.

(random youtube finding)

Ugly is timeless

Like those hideous Christopher Kane shirts, just vintage!





















Seller's description: "This sweater dress is way cool alone or with leggings."

Thanks for your blessing.

Via 1st Dibs

iWant an iPhone now

Just so I can use CatPaint!

Add a cat to any photo (and they meow!).
photo via

Snoop Dogg on your GPS

TomTom GPS units now feature Snoop Doog's voice smoovely guiding you to your destination.

[You Tube]

I have diabeetus now

thanks, cute overload

Fashion. . . er, fashion?

Yes, I would totally rawk these. Somewhat ironically, but that describes 50% of what I currently wear anyway.





Ha. These however. . . just look at that weird position she's in - that's the only position you can be in while wearing those boots. Otherwise, they just look like you stole them from some fucking ancient gladiator's garbage. . .so, now that we have something gross from the past, we need some heinous fashion from the future. . .

Whoop. There it is. Thanks www.modcloth.com

Those cats at Orangina are bananas (NSFW)

First there was this weirdness. Now here's the winner of the "Shake that Orangina" contest.

Come Dancing

found here

Crrrrrristmas is Coming

This is way scarier, but I did have a purple tiger bathing suit when I was younger. I should totally find those photos & scan them in. For lolz, of course.

photo via scarymansion.tumblr.com

continuing with the themes...

...of both "tacky wedding wear" and "cats covering your naughties", ladies and gentlemen, I present Mr. and Mrs. Asian Weirdo!

thanks wedinator

he's coming for your last piece of pie

ta Arbroath

I hope you cubs have a great thanksgiving break.

Watch out for that tryptophan and peach schnapps.
You don't want to be too:

Keepin' it Klassy

thanks Arbroath

Biodiversity

Christoph Neimann's clever leaf art from the NYT.

we got bots

(via)

Sorry to add "word verification" to the comments but those pesky things got into the Tiger Butter.

non touchy-feely thanksgiving video

so non-stop glamour is a euphemism for?

Forgot to post this the other day. When I saw this commercial I had to go straight to youtube to make sure I hadn't imagined what I had just seen. The introduction of Barbie's sister Kelly at sixteen seconds is priceless. You'll just have to watch for yourself.

Because if Kate Lanphear's wearing it ...it's cool.

...or is it? you be the judge.

Tittays

no, no no no no.

thanks? theinternetisterrible.com

Woman Nurses Monkey

"Photograph of an indigenous woman nursing a Woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) in the Amazon rain forest. Curiously, it is not uncommon for indigenous women in the Amazon to breastfeed a young monkey whose mother has died. Often during hunting, the mother will be killed leaving behind her young. Indigenous Amazonians often adopt the young monkey as a pet, hence the women breastfeeding the monkey in the above picture. "

Thoughts?

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taking recycling to a new low

Jewelry and accessories for anyone that has ever thought, "You know what I'd really like to wear? Something that came out of a stranger's head."

Call me when you update the decor

$2,900,000 will get you this ultra-creepy San Francisco landmark.





thanks LovelyListing

She's hot AND brave!

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Ban the Bounce (NSFW)

Just for shits and giggles, try out Shock Absorber's Bounce-o-meter using the FF+G cup size and extreme activity setting. Very educational.

rompers require that she fully disrobe unless she wants to soil her outfit

Craigslist Diaries: A cautionary tale of mixing rompers with cocktailsBy far the best thing i've read all week!

to the man who walked in on me sitting on the toilet buck naked - w4m (Savoy)

afterwards, while you were walking out and i screamed "it's a romper!" at you, my companion pointed out to me that you are a man and probably have no clue what a "romper" is. so, to fill you in, a romper is not a one-off sexual encounter with a random naked stranger in a public restroom. a romper is a one-piece item of clothing, it's basically a dress with a crotch. see, when a lady typically has to pee, shorts alone are fine because you can pull them down, and dresses alone are fine because you can pull them up, but rompers require that she fully disrobe unless she wants to soil her outfit. in my frantic haste of urgently having to pee and knowing that there was quite a bit of unbuttoning standing between me and relief, i guess i didn't push the lock in all the way. oops. so that, dear sir, is why i was naked and why the door was unlocked. i hope that my folly was as amusing to you as it was to me, but i apologize if it only freaked you out.

• Location: Savoy

• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interest

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Mick Jagger Tiger

Albert Watson, Mick Jagger, Los Angeles, 1992

found here

Chesticles

Yes.





















There is a cat peeking out of your torso. Like that Alien movie, with 300% more LOL.

It's also named the Chest-ire cat.

parrot's new friend

happy birthday Grace

You tip tip tap tapped into my heart!

Monica Canilao piece

Damn.

via

Happy Friday

found here

Tell them What I Am...

....So bad, it's good.

Add a little Tiger to your life

Tips for Single Ladies

Twelve more tips here

Mr. T(iger)

found here

Rihanna's Tony the Tiger ~They're GGGGRRREAT!

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