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miloblithe said:
Even if true (do you have a study that shows this?) that's a remarkably low benchmark to clear. I would wager that the study (probably commissioned by an MMA association) choses one indicator, such as long-term brain damage, that boxing is particularly poor at. On the other hand, I'd wage MMA would have more shoulder or joint injuries, etc.

The fact is all competitive contact sports cause long-term damage to the body. The only reason it might seem like they don't is the "healthy worker effect." But they do.
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very true, results aren't written or studied, so I will not argue it, specially knee joint injuries, I am around them everysingle day of my life, boxers and mma both professional/amateur, beginners/retired/still competing, and i think the study hasn't been done because if you just give it a quick glance it is clear... but I also agree that boxers do get more money for the show and all than mma, I don't know about respected though... and long term brain damage is huge compared to mma (or so it seems, mma hasnt been around for that long to tell it's true damage yet i guess)
 
Some Atlanteans from Atlantis escaped to Egypt after Atlantis was destroyed and helped the Egyptians build the Pyramids.
 
David G. said:
Dogs have cleaner mouths than people.
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Its not exactly a myth. Dog's mouths are open more often than human mouths are, thus the bacteria is more likely to be aerobic bacteria in a dogs mouth (compared to the anaerobes in a human mouth). From what I've been told in lecture, a human bite wound less easily treated than a dog bite.

melrose said:
Circumcision prevents cervical cancer.

Not sure if that's exactly a 'popular' myth though...
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Cervical cancer is linked to infection with Human Papilloma Viruses 16 and 18. HPV infection commonly manifests as warts (genital or otherwise) and although there is some controversy, a growing body of evidence (example article) shows that there is a link between lack of circumcision and increased risk for HPV in men.

It can be surmised that decreased HPV rates in men (especially promiscous men) could lower the HPV rate in sexually-active women (thus leading to a decrease in cervical cancers due to HPV).

/my 2 cents
 
juanster said:
oh another one also,, "MMa being more damaging and barbaric than boxing..."
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I've heard that before (boxing's more damaging than mma) and always found it hard to believe but when I think about it, boxers do seem to age a lot worse than mma fighters. But then again mma hasn't been around for too long so who knows.

Leareth said:
Not a myth. quite common occurence on the DTES here. get kids addicted, give them more 'free' stuff and then make them pay for by pimping them.
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People don't sell drugs. Drugs sell themselves.


lol @ the puns.
 
IJ Reilly said:
Possibly the most persistent urban myth of all time: Somebody invented a way of converting water to gasoline, but the oil companies bought him out.

Every few years a new version of this story pops up.
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I found this interesting, cause I remember my dad telling a story about when he owned a gas station in Georgia, USA, in the early 60s. He had a kid drive in a car that he said ran on water - the kid was attending Ga. Tech. at the time. My dad spent the day with him and remembers checking out the car and using water as fuel. (Just wanted to throw this in. Feel free to reply, but please no one call my dad a liar, k?:))
 
Watt the hell, these puns are terrible. I'm not very bright but even I can see these jokes are for dim-wits. Why can't they see the light. Come on guys, tell us, stop keeping us in the dark. God, my fuse is going to blow in a moment.
 
nick9191 said:
Watt the hell, these puns are terrible. I'm not very bright but even I can see these jokes are for dim-wits. Why can't they see the light. Come on guys, tell us, stop keeping us in the dark. God, my fuse is going to blow in a moment.
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geez, lighten up.
 
nick9191 said:
Watt the hell, these puns are terrible. I'm not very bright but even I can see these jokes are for dim-wits. Why can't they see the light. Come on guys, tell us, stop keeping us in the dark. God, my fuse is going to blow in a moment.
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