Attn: Cat owners who min-max in WoW (serious)

[AppleOrange]

A few scientific studies in the past years have discovered a parasite in cats called the "Toxoplasma" parasite. The mind-altering tricks of the Toxoplasma parasite, behind the disease, reverse the mouses instinctive fear of cat urine - instead making them attracted to pheromones it contains. Toxoplasma is known to influence the personality and behavior of infected men and women too. Research also suggests a mind-altering effect in people – one study found that sufferers have an increased tendency to be involved in car accidents due to slow reaction times, another has linked schizophrenia to the disease.

Upto 15-20% of people in the US are infected with this toxoplasma parasite, almost every one of those people do not know they're infected. It can slow a humans reaction time down by 15-30%. So if you're min-maxing in WoW and are finding your reaction skills just aren't as quick as other people, you may just be infected with the toxoplasma parasite.

[Akinaria]

I think that dogs > cats
Discuss?

[The Boomking]

Oh noes

We're doomed

[Failgasm]

i agree dogs > cats

[Shiftyshifty]

Excuses are like buttholes. Everyone has one and they all stink.

[Mrbleedinggums]

Although cats are often blamed for spreading toxoplasmosis, contact with raw meat is a more significant source of human infections in many countries, and fecal contamination of hands is a greater risk factor.

---------- Post added 2011-02-06 at 04:12 AM ----------

The more you know... GI JOE!

[Maelle]

Waiting for my next random hc and getting a *oops I died in teh fire, I must haz Toxoplasma"

Should make a change at least from the horribly inevitable... I have lag excuse ^^

[Ayvuir]

Excuses are like buttholes. Everyone has one and they all stink.

and fecal contamination of hands is a greater risk factor

so everyone, hands out of the excuses and we'll all be fine.

[fizikz]

Here comes the new trend of QQ threads...

TOXOPLASMA PARASITES ARE RUINING THE GAME!!!!!!
Blizz needs to stop nerfing the game based on people wiith toxoplasma parasites!!!

etc etc.

[MMOWoW]

Dogs are extremely disgusting with their retarded tongues sticking out all the time. Every time I see a dog in the street it makes me want to punch a baby panda in the face.

[Mortiegama]

OMG, there are parasites in the world that can cause us to NOT play WoW well? Wait, I think what you meant to post was:

"I'm a nub who lacks skill, but my slow reaction time is because of a cat, not me."

Fixed.

[fizikz]

Dogs are extremely disgusting with their retarded tongues sticking out all the time. Every time I see a dog in the street it makes me want to punch a baby panda in the face.

Dogs don't have sweat glands. their only way of cooling themselves is by panting. stop being so ignorant..... :\

[blahssat]

Thread title is misleading. I was led to believe that this would be a feral druid thread. I am disappoint.

[Daerth]

Thumbnails are hard :<
Im at ur homez, slowing ur reactionz.

Nah, I love my cats too much! Who else would keep me company through 4 hour raids ?

[etchasketch]

so thats why they land on there 4 feet wheen dropped. Oh waitt..

[ZombyChan]

Dog's don't have sweat glands. their only way of cooling themselves is by panting. stop being so ignorant..... :\

Obviously it doesn't make it less disgusting to him.

[KassieDS]

A few scientific studies in the past years have discovered a parasite in cats called the "Toxoplasma" parasite. The mind-altering tricks of the Toxoplasma parasite, behind the disease, reverse the mouses instinctive fear of cat urine - instead making them attracted to pheromones it contains. Toxoplasma is known to influence the personality and behavior of infected men and women too. Research also suggests a mind-altering effect in people – one study found that sufferers have an increased tendency to be involved in car accidents due to slow reaction times, another has linked schizophrenia to the disease.

Upto 15-20% of people in the US are infected with this toxoplasma parasite, almost every one of those people do not know they're infected. It can slow a humans reaction time down by 15-30%. So if you're min-maxing in WoW and are finding your reaction skills just aren't as quick as other people, you may just be infected with the toxoplasma parasite.

If i see one of my raiders using this shit as an excuse for not getting out of poison cloud on Omnotron heroic i'm going to find you and make you eat a cat.

[ChocolateThunderz]

Here comes the new trend of QQ threads...

TOXOPLASMA PARASITES ARE RUINING THE GAME!!!!!!
Blizz needs to stop nerfing the game based on people wiith toxoplasma parasites!!!

etc etc.

I laughed so hard. Interesting thread though. (Might be interesting in a good way, might be in a bad way. You guess for yourself )

[Flaks]

According to the International Journal of Biochemistry, this TYPE of toxoplasmic parasite is able to induce a certain shift in chaperonin lysine residue to glutamic acid. The opposition of polarity leads to a disparity in solvent-protein interaction allowing for proteins to aggragate leading to effects similar to those seen in alzheimer's disease. If you or a loved one is experiencing lethargy please be aware that the aforementioned was ALL A BIG FAT LIE.

STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR BEING BAD.

[Renwin]

If i see one of my raiders using this shit as an excuse for not getting out of poison cloud on Omnotron heroic i'm going to find you and make you eat a cat.

And please take a picture of it. I'll die laughing when that happens. XD