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The CDC Doesn’t Want Your Dirty, Dirty Organs. You Slut.

Hey, you. Yeah, Slutty McSlutterson, the CDC doesn’t want your dirty, disease-infested organs, so you can keep them when you die, thank you very much. Don’t look at me like that, that’s what the CDC says in their new organ donor guidelines, because they demand that any donor who’s had two or more sex partners in the last year be designated “high-risk.”

According to MSNBC, the guidelines are meant to protect organ recipients from getting HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C from their new organs. But they may have unintended side effects. Several experts point out that flagging everyone who’s been non-monogamous this year as high-risk would affect a lot of people. Says transplant surgeon Dr. Harry Dorn-Arias, “With the new guidelines, every college student in America will be high risk.” The new rules don’t mean people with multiple sexual partners would be banned from donating, but they’d have to disclose their sexual history and receive more testing. Dorn-Arias points out that this could discourage young people from donating to family members: “If you were going to give your organ to your mom or dad or sister, you’re going to be ashamed of that. You’re either going to say no, or you’re going to lie.” It might also make recipients afraid of accepting organs from non-monogamous donors, leading to longer wait times, declining health, or even death. Says transplant administrator Tracy Giacoma,

It’s probably going to triple what we consider high risk at this point. It may scare patients off from taking these organs. More patients may die because they don’t take these organs.

MSNBC points out that existing guidelines also exclude men who’ve had sex with men in the past five years, a group also prohibited from giving blood in the US. This policy has received a lot of criticism — in the UK, gay men can now give blood, but they must still have been celibate for a year.

Basically, everyone is a disease-ridden lump of blood and body parts. And disease. You sluts.

Bloggers (In Oregon) Don’t Count as Journalists

If you’re a blogger in Oregon, it just got a little suckier to be you. Now, in addition to not making any money because journalism is dead, you’re also going to have to reveal your sources. That’s because Oregon’s shield law, which protects journalists from being forced to reveal a source, doesn’t apply to independent bloggers, a court ruled. Sorry guys, maybe it’s time to move to beautiful and free Idaho.

Groupon Stampede Causes Santa’s Elf to Quit

It appears Groupon has stolen Christmas! The inconceivably successful coupon-sharing website is to blame for causing a Santa stampede. Last weekend, 2000 budget-conscious families descended upon “Santa’s grotto” at the “St. Nicholas Fayre” in York after Groupon sent out an email advertising its “winter wonderland” train ride. The grotto, however, is only capable of accommodating 40 children per hour. And it does not have a train. Here’s what grotto organizer Penny Ward told The Telegraph happened exactly:

When parents discovered there was no train ride, and the queues to the grotto became so long that their children couldn’t get in, some parents began swearing at staff, who were dressed as elves, fairies and a Christmas tree.

Penny said: “One man even verbally threatened the lady who is dressed as a Christmas tree.

“One of the elves was so upset that she has resigned. It was a complete nightmare. Children were crying and upset.”

Groupon has apologized for the error. I just hope one less elf doesn’t delay my new HDTV…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father of The Year Bakes Baby in Oven

There are tons of Father Of The Year Award winners. Hundreds. Winners include the guys who left their babies in a hot car. Desperate to win FOTY, and not to be outdone by simply forgetting his baby in a car, Gregory Colver has stolen the award away this year.

The California father, wanting to teach his baby about the dangers of heat, left his little booger machine in a hot oven while a frozen pizza cooked inside. Turns out the baby slipped and fell onto the oven rack and suffered second and third-degree burns says WGO-TV.

Colver and the baby’s mother said their baby crawled in the oven, but investigators didn’t exactly buy that story. In December 2010 Colver was arrested, confessed to putting his baby in the oven, then retracted his confession. In July he was convicted of child endangerment and child cruelty. The court just sentenced him to a year in jail; with time served, he’s got about two more months before he’s released. [WGO]

The 99% is Using Money To Give The 1% A Reality Check

No matter what your opinion on Occupy Wall Street—a movement, an annoyance, a bunch of sex-having, car pooping hippies—there’s no doubt that there’s definitely something there. Clearly there is a great difference between the 99% and the 1%. The 99%’s voice has been muted by the media, but it’s growing louder, and now they’ve found the perfect way to the the 1%’s attention. Dirty their money.

Occupy George is a movement that hopes to print and stamp infographics that highlight the economic disparity in the US and then circulate that money around the world. The point being they could ignore and muzzle the Occupy Wall Street movement but the 1% can’t ignore the money.

Facts like how 400 Americans control as much wealth as the bottom half of the country and pie charts illustrating the share of income growth and images saying this money is the future property of the 1% are all printed on dollar bills. Chances are this is totally illegal, and the fact that they are printing it only on $1 bills is kind of stupid. Because, let’s face it, the top 1% probably have never seen a $1 bill in their life. Call me when they start stamping $100 bills. Check out the Occupy George movement here. [Occupy George]

Yup, These Dinosaurs are Doing It

If you ever need proof that museums in the good ol’ U.S. of A. are prudes, look no further than this simply awesome display of dino fossils boning at the Jurassic Museum of Asturias in Spain.

A Reddit user recently found the exhibit at MUJA, a museum that has over 8,000 fossils (200 of them being dinosaurs, crocs, fish and tortoises). The horny dinosaurs are actually replicas and a big fat guess at how dinosaurs did the dirty deed, as that still remains a mystery. We have our own doubts as to the accuracy of this exhibit, as the girl(?) dino’s tail is in an awkward position that could get messy if she doesn’t keep track of where she’s swinging that thing.

[Reddit]

Even Antelopes Know Bicyclists Are Douchebags

There’s nothing I hate more than walking across the street and right when I think I’m in the clear and safely on the sidewalk, a bicyclist comes whizzing past me, nearly clipping me or completely running over my dog. It takes every fiber of my being to not pick up the nearest rock or piece of our crumbling infrastructure to throw at him or her. That’s why this video brings me so much joy.

This South African Red Hartebeest knows nothing about self-control. [via Doobybrain]

You Won’t Be Screwed With This ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Themed Condom

It only makes sense that we’d see this thing, given that the Occupy Wall Street Headquarters has turned into a sex fest with protesting overtones. Now, we can prevent those socialist babies and incurable gonorrhea with Condomania condom store’s cashing in new line of Occupy Wall Street themed condoms.

From the Condomania sales sheet:

Whether or not you agree with the “demands” of the Occupy Wall Street movement that is sweeping the U.S., one thing is for sure; lots of people out there are tired of feeling screwed. Occupy Condoms say it all in a neat little package while affording young protestors the protection they need to stay safe in the passionate frenzy that is social protest.

Occupy Condoms are sold at a 70% discount to demonstrate our support for social change and the virtuous pursuit of equality for all. Mostly, we didn’t think it cool to be capitalizing quite so blatantly on a protest movement that itself is concerned about unscrupulous profiteering. So, we’ll just hope for some good buzz and a small amount of unscrupulous profits.

Steve Jobs Is Dead

Steve Jobs is dead. The Apple chairman and former CEO who made personal computers, smartphones, tablets, and digital animation mass-market products passed away today. Several staff members here at GDE, including myself, had personally met Steve during our tenure at Apple. He will never be forgotten, as he has touched our lives deeply.

Everything we do every day is somehow tied back to something that Steve innovated, created or dreamt of. From working on our computer; something that, at the time Apple was founded, was uncommon for anyone without an engineering degree to own; to the way we consume information Steve has touched our lives deeper than we ever could have imagined.

Though we couldn’t write about anything Apple at the time of our founding, since several staffers were still employed by the company and therefore bound by NDA’s, we really wanted to. GDE was founded to talk about all aspects of LGBT life. Politics, health, arts and entertainment and technology. It seemed every time we would attempt to write a story about technology, it would somehow tie back in with Apple, so we would have to scrap it. Now that we are all Apple Alumni, we can’t wait to talk about the company we love and had the opportunity to work for.

Steve will be missed a great deal not only by his family and close friends, but by the entire tech world. He brought a light and innovation to the industry and, in turn, to every single person’s life.

Rest in peace steve. We will miss you.