Chester Mainard is amazing.

[President Television]

The problem we have with digesting seaweed is that our bodies can't break down plant cellulose. I don't think that has to do with where you live, though.

Bacteria do exist that can break it down. Termites, for example, are only able to feed on wood because their digestive systems house bacteria that can do that. I don't know for sure if humans possess any gut bacteria with those capabilities, but I know it's definitely possible.

[East Coast Hustle]

ECH, upon reading your comment i had to google search and the second image that comes up is

and i wonder, what must be done to qualify for this scholarship?!

I think we have a duty to find out.

For SCIENCE!

[East Coast Hustle]

The problem we have with digesting seaweed is that our bodies can't break down plant cellulose. I don't think that has to do with where you live, though.

Bacteria do exist that can break it down. Termites, for example, are only able to feed on wood because their digestive systems house bacteria that can do that. I don't know for sure if humans possess any gut bacteria with those capabilities, but I know it's definitely possible.

Thank you for that pointless yet pedantic post which completely ignored the part where I said that OUR BODIES don't have the ability to break down plant cellulose. Unless, of course, you are actually a giant termite.

[President Television]

The problem we have with digesting seaweed is that our bodies can't break down plant cellulose. I don't think that has to do with where you live, though.

Bacteria do exist that can break it down. Termites, for example, are only able to feed on wood because their digestive systems house bacteria that can do that. I don't know for sure if humans possess any gut bacteria with those capabilities, but I know it's definitely possible.

Thank you for that pointless yet pedantic post which completely ignored the part where I said that OUR BODIES don't have the ability to break down plant cellulose. Unless, of course, you are actually a giant termite.

My cover is blown.

[East Coast Hustle]

I was more of a dick than I would have been otherwise because I saw the "q" in your screenname and thought you were Requia.

I should probably cut down on the energy drinks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Listen, you guys. Can't we stay focused on anal massage, for once?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Listen, you guys. Can't we stay focused on anal massage, for once?

This was a real big thing with the artsy¹ crowd in Chicago, back in the late 90s.

I thought it was silly then, and I think it's silly now.  But my hat is off to Chester Mainard for getting people to pay him for indulging his kink.



¹ You know who I mean.  People who talk about "their art", but never actually do any.  Mostly novelists.

[President Television]

I was more of a dick than I would have been otherwise because I saw the "q" in your screenname and thought you were Requia.

I should probably cut down on the energy drinks.

[Elder Iptuous]

Listen, you guys. Can't we stay focused on anal massage, for once?

i certainly could.
interested if you find the video of which you speak...  

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What the hell do you know, it's true: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/08/science/la-sci-sushi8-2010apr08

Good odds that the Welsh and Coastal natives here also have this enzyme, though, from generations of eating seaweed.

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I did find this snippet of Chester Mainard talking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzDcou5il-A

I will scour the interbutts in search of this holy video!