Gawker Causes War, Genocide, Obesity
The March issue of Allure features a remarkable exposé: Gawker is responsible for your dimpled thighs and flabby arms. That's right — it's not your bi-weekly trips to Magnolia or your late night pizza habit that's doing you harm; it's our fault! In her piece Eating After Dark (soon to be reprinted in the New England Journal of Medicine), Ginny Graves points out the danger of late night eating and Gawker-browsing. While we thought we were providing distraction purely during office hours (if nothing else, we want to keep you from being productive), Graves' research on page 178 suggests otherwise:
In prehistoric times, when people went to sleep at sunset, this biological quirk simply ensured that people would eat enough before bed to survive through the night. But thanks to ample artificial light — not to mention TiVo and gawker.com — people stay up later, ensuring that some people eat enough to induce a stupor.
Are you still reading this, you fucking fatty? Don't you think you should be going for a jog right now?
Allure