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Spoiler Alert! Spoilers are GOOD for you! (Psst: Vader is Luke’s Father)



Spoiler Alert: Bruce Willis Is Dead and 399 More Endings from Movies, TV, Books, and Life
Spoiler Alert: Bruce Willis Is Dead and
399 More Endings from Movies, TV, Books, and Life

Rosebud is a sled.

It was Earth all along.

Soylent Green is people.

Snape kills Dumbledore.

No longer is it safe to save a favorite movie, book, or TV show for later enjoyment if you want to avoid having the ending spoiled.  Web Watch has mentioned before that we were successfully able to avoid hearing about the ending of THE SIXTH SENSE until we finally saw the film ourselves on DVD.  Yes, we knew there was some general plot twist, but we always were able to avoid any in-depth conversation about it until many months after the film had been released.

And that was before Twitter and the #spoiler or #spoileralert hashtags came into play.  We’ve gotten into online battles with friends who are active on various social media sites who have become angry about conversations on shows that they haven’t seen yet, but were pissed that they just happened to come across someone else’s comment.

Dude, if you don’t want to know what happened, then stay the hell off of Twitter.  How the hell are WE supposed to know what you have or haven’t seen yet?

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Smokers do not make better lovers



Thank you for Smoking
Thank you for Smoking

Smokers do not make better lovers, despite all the assumptions that smoking makes one appear to be sexier.

(do you hear that kids?  Let’s say that again — “smokers do not make better lovers”)

We know what you’re thinking.  Web Watch, how could you possible know this?  Well, we’d like to say that it’s due to our vast knowledge and personal experience… but we’d rather just point you to this REPORT ON SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION and SMOKING.

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Social networking sites can be just as addicting to teenagers as drugs and alcohol



Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs

Social networking website can be addicting. Who knew?

The people at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, that’s who.

They’re the ones who recently came up with a study on teenage drug abuse and addiction entitled NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE XVI: TEENS AND PARENTS.

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If you live in an urban area, the air you breath contains lots and lots of dog poop



The Dog Poop Initiative
The Dog Poop Initiative

Stop for a moment and take a deep breath.

Ah.  Fresh air smells good, right?

Well, a recent study has come out that shows that the air you breath – especially if you’re living in an urban area – contains more than its fair share of CANINE FECAL MATERIAL in that air.  The study, entitled SOURCES OF BACTERIA IN OUTDOOR AIR ACROSS CITIES IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES was commissioned to identify what types of bacteria would be found in urban areas.  Would there be differences based on urban population, the season, or other elements?

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What made you choose that career path? It may be your hormones talking



The Psychology of Sex, Gender, and Jobs
The Psychology of Sex, Gender, and Jobs

Hormones can make you do/say all sorts of stuff.

But did you know that your hormones can dictate what your eventual career path would be?

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The 10 most common ingredients in Fast Food



Fast Food Panic
Fast Food Panic for Nintendo. Buy now!

When you order a fast-food combo meal, like Web Watch did today, you’re not just getting a burger and fries – that is, a meal made solely of meat, bun, ketchup, pickles, cheese, potatoes, some salt and oil.

No, you’re getting quite a few more ingredients thrown into the mix.  That bun?  Probably has some sugar in it.  Those fries? Maybe some extra starch was sprayed on them before cooking.

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Fast-Food Ballpits are Filled with Poo. (Be sure to clean your balls!)



Fun Ballz
Buy some clean ballpit balls

In case you didn’t know, children’s playgrounds are dirty, filthy places.

It doesn’t really matter what type of playground you’re talking about.  Playgrounds at schoolyards and parks are often found scattered with broken bottles and used condoms.   Playgrounds at McDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese are covered in germs.

Some parents consider the ingestion of some germs as a healthy habit for their kids, in order to help build up immunities.

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Attention women: dirty ears and earwax may lead to unprotected sex



The World's Stickiest Earwax
Buy THE WORLD’S STICKIEST EARWAX

Web Watch has reported on different studies regarding when men or women decide to participate in protected or unprotected sex in the past.

Today, we ran across a USC study entitled SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS ON THE STREET: HOW HOMELESS MEN JUDGE PARTNER RISK ON SKID ROW.

The study took a look at the homeless population, some of whom have HIV/AIDS or other STDs due to frequent unprotected sex.

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Research shows connection between loss of virginity and divorce rates



Divorce Cake Topper
Divorce Cake Topper

Researchers have uncovered a link between when a woman lost her virginity and the likelihood of her getting a divorce later in life.

The study was published in the April edition of the JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY in a piece entitled ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY AND THE RISK OF MARITAL DISSOLUTION.

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Invention of the future: A strap-on fetal monitor



The Baby Owner's Manual
The Baby Owner’s Manual

Are you pregnant?

Ever wonder what it would be like if your belly had a big glass window like your oven does, so you can glance at your developing child any time you wanted?  Yeah, it would put new meaning to the phrase “a bun in the oven”.

It ends up that Melody Shiue has designed what could very well be the answer to your prayers:

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Science proves that size DOES matter. Taint so?



Tainted Love
Tainted Love

Science is a wonderful thing.

You know how women say that “size doesn’t really matter”?  It ends up that size really does matter – but not because women think they like it better that way.

Nope.  It ends up that size has a direct correlation to sperm count.  In other words, the larger the size, the more fertile sperm are around to help in the baby-making.

It’s about this time that Web Watch will like to point out that we may not be talking “size” of the same thing here.  So let’s explain:

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Women primarily turn down casual sex for just one reason. Guess what it is



Music for Casual Sex
Music for Casual Sex

A new study has been published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology entitled PERCEIVED PROPOSER PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ACCEPTANCE OF CASUAL SEX OFFERS by Terri Conley.  

Say what? 

Yeah – it’s a study on what men and women look for when entertaining an offer to have a one night stand. A hook-up. Friends with benefits. Casual sex.

So what did the study find out?  That men and women are basically the same when it comes to deciding who – or more importantly, why - we decide to hook up with someone or not.

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The “Clean Plate Club” is a farce



Piazzas and Pizzas: Adventures of the Clean Plate Club in Italy
Piazzas and Pizzas: Adventures of the Clean Plate Club in Italy

You remember how your parents always used to encourage you to eat all the food on your plate at each meal?

  • “Eat your food, you want to be a member of the Clean Plate Club!”
  • “Here comes the airplane – open up the airplane hanger and let it in…”
  • “If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?”

And the ever-popular, “there are starving children in China/Africa/Arizona who don’t have any food, so you better eat”.

Well, it ends up that our parents were lying to us.

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Everyone has lots of bacteria… living in their belly button



The Belly Button Book
The Belly Button Book

Have you ever taken a good look at your belly button?

We’re talking some serious navel gazing here, and we’re not talking about simply picking the lint out of it.

Because according to researchers in North Carolina, “very few people wash their belly buttons out with soap

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The latest perfume scents: bacon, poo, and semen. Luckily, not all at once



Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman

Who doesn’t like the smell if bacon?

Okay, besides most vegetarians and perhaps some religious folks — who doesn’t like the smell of bacon?

Well, Web Watch is still unsure about this new perfume, interestingly enough, entitled “Bacon” (pronounced bay-cone) – and it very well may be a prank product right now.  But perfume maker FARGGINAY has gone ahead and created just that.  A bacon-scented perfume.

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