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Male TV Hosts Go Through the Agony of Giving Birth

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:24 AM PST

Two male Dutch TV hosts known for performing outlandish stunts on their program, "Proefkonijnen" (Guinea Pigs), have recently experienced agonizing pain similar to that of labor, by strapping electrode emitting machines to their abdomens.

Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno first caused international controversy in 2011, when they consumed cooked pieces of each other’s flesh, on live television. Now, they’re back with another crazy experiment. Not satisfied with just sympathizing with women who go through labor, the two crazy hosts wanted to go through the same experience, to see what it feels like. And since actually giving birth was out of the question, they went for the next best thing – strapping a number of electrodes to their bellies, which sent electrical charges meant to simulate cramps and contractions. The controlled experiment lasted two hours and had the two crazy men screaming, groaning and curling into the fetal position from the pain.

Photo: YouTube caption

“Do you think the pain will make us scream,” Zeno asked one of the nurses before the electrical impulses started going through their bodies. ”Yes, it definitely will,” she replied, and as they soon found out, that was no lie. The experiment started off easy, but as the nurses increased the power of the shocks, the TV duo went through excruciating pain they later compared to torture. Still, they said it was one of the best days of their Guinea Pigs season. Maybe it was because of the baby doll and pink cookies they got from the nurses after the whole thing was over.

 

I don’t know how close having electrical shocks going through the abdomen comes to the pain of actual labor, but I think the two got off easy. Most women spend way more than two hours going through labor, some as long as 24 hours.

 

Male TV Hosts Go Through the Agony of Giving Birth was originally posted at OddityCentral.com

Artist Creates Hauntingly Realistic Portraits with Tulle Netting

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 04:11 AM PST

The tulle is that netting fabric you usually see on wedding dresses and other pompous gowns, but British artist Benjamin Shine folds and presses it to create these incredible portraits that look almost three-dimensional.

Armed with a household iron, Benjamin Shine uses a single piece of tulle, sometimes as long as 50 meters to make his mind-blowing masterpieces. He uses the transparent qualities of the netting to create tones and shadows that make his portraits look like photographs when seen from afar. While paints and pencils can also be used to create that illusion of a three-dimensional artwork, the tulle really gives a portrait more texture and depth, as you can see in the photos below. We’ve seen the old clothes iron used as an art tool just a few months ago,  but Benjamin Shine is on a completely different level.

 

 

 

 

Photos © Benjamin Shine

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Brazilian Company Offers Fake Facebook Girlfriends for $20

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:52 AM PST

Do you want to make your ex-girlfriend by hooking up with a hot chick on Facebook? Are your parents pressuring you to go out and get a date? Are you tired of being teased about not having a girlfriend? If any of this sounds familiar, know that there’s hope for you yet. It’s called Namoro Fake, and it’s a Brazilian company that offers fake Facebook girlfriends, for a fee.

Just because you couldn’t get a girlfriend if your life depended on it, doesn’t mean all your friends have to know about it. What if you could make it seem like you’re dating this beautiful woman, who seems crazy about you that she leave romantic comments on your profile every single day? That would probably make you look cool in front of your friends and maybe even score some points with the ladies in real life, right? Well, that’s probably all the guys that are using Namoro Fake’s services are thinking, anyway. The Brazilian company offers guys the chance at a fake virtual relationship for as little as $10. The relationship may not be real, but the girls behind the profiles certainly are. Namoro Fake hires female Facebook users to act as girlfriends, and apparently splits the proceeds with them. Since you’ll be sending them the exact messages you want posted on your Wall, all they have to do is paste the messages and keep their profiles active to make them seem more real. If you purchase the expensive packages, they’ll even list you in their relationship status. Users can choose their girlfriend from various Facebook profiles listed on the company’s website.

But why would you want to pay for a fake Facebook girlfriend? According to Namoro Fake, there are a number of reasons: to make an ex-girlfriend jealous, show people how quickly you’ve moved on after a breakup, stop friends and family from pressuring and questioning you about a girlfriend, or just to make you more attractive to real women and boost your self-esteem. The company says their service fixes all of the above problems, but you’ll have to fork out some dough for it. The budget plan costs just 10 Brazilian reals ($5), but it will only keep the flame alive for 3 days, and includes just 3 comments from the girl. Then there’s the 19 reals ($9) plan which ups the period to a whole week and 5 comments, the 39 reals ($20) girlfriend plan, also valid for a week, but which includes 10 comments and a relationship status. The “Virtual Girlfriend” package costs 99 reals ($48), is valid for 30 days and includes 30 comments and a relationship status. Believe it or not, the service has been so successful that there are currently no fake girlfriends available for hire.

Namoro Fake only caters to guys looking for fake girlfriends, but it’s working on a similar service for women. The website makes it clear that although there are real women behind the Facebook profiles, info on their real identities will not be provided.

If this seems to expensive to you, there’s always the 5$ fake girlfriend service on GirlfriendHire.

Source: CNBC

Brazilian Company Offers Fake Facebook Girlfriends for $20 was originally posted at OddityCentral.com

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