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The Cutter (1808)
Culture Buzz In 1808, Arthur Benoni Evans authored the strangest etiquette guide ever: The Cutter, in Five Lectures Upon the Art and Practice of Cutting Friends, Acquaintances, and Relations. At least, I think it's supposed to be an etiquette guide. But hey, even the reviewers were confused. Especially since the author included instructions on how to “cut” reviewers. Oops?
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Image: Beautiful Bandaid Packaging
The packaging for these bandaids is so pretty and uplifting, it'll make you want to cut yourself again and again. (Via.)
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Image: Woman Carved Name in Lover's Arm
A woman carved her name into her lover's arm as he slept at her home after a drunken fling, a court heard.
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New Teen Disorder: Self-Embedding
Science Buzz In case anorexia, bulimia and cutting weren't awful enough, there's a new disorder on the rise: self-embedding. Doctors report that young girls have been inserting objects — including needles, staples, glass and crayons — into their skin as a form of self-injury. In one case, a doctor removed a six-inch unfolded staple from a teen girl's arm. Gah!
