Omni Magazine...

Flint · 11-02-2006, 01:45 PM

I miss Omni. Scientific American, Popular Science, and Discover just don't fill the void. They're all sci-fact, no sci-fi.

Shawnee123 · 11-02-2006, 01:47 PM

I had forgotten about that mag. I loved it too.

Elspode · 11-02-2006, 02:16 PM

Ditto. Discover is the closest to it, but it lacks the sci-fi flair. I was a religious reader of Omni.

glatt · 11-02-2006, 02:49 PM

I think I read in Omni once that men could get "pregnant" if you implanted a fetus next to the small intestine. The fetus would then absorb the nutrients it needed directly.

Omni was fun to read, kind of like the National Enquirer.

Flint · 11-02-2006, 02:51 PM

Right, but it was fun to read in a way that, apparently, no other publication can duplicate.

wolf · 11-02-2006, 02:58 PM

I read Omni from Issue One (with the Geiger cover) up until the UFO freaks took over.

Unfortunately, I had to sacrifice my complete collection from issue one during a move. There was no ebay in those days.

Pie · 11-02-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I think I read in Omni once that men could get "pregnant" if you implanted a fetus next to the small intestine. The fetus would then absorb the nutrients it needed directly.

Well, it can happen in women:

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An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that develops outside a woman's uterus (womb). This happens when the fertilized egg from the ovary does not implant itself normally in the uterus. Instead, the egg develops somewhere else in the abdomen. The products of this conception are abnormal and cannot develop into fetuses.

* The most common place that ectopic pregnancy occurs is in one of the fallopian tubes (a so-called tubal pregnancy). These are the tubes that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus. Ectopic pregnancies also can be found on the outside of the uterus, on the ovaries, or attached to the bowel.

If you used the right hormonal balancers, could you get that to work in a man? I dunno.
[edit] It's considered life-threatening, so is treated surgically. Right-to-lifers: is this an abortion? Is it God's will?

11-02-2006, 01:45 PM	#1
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11-02-2006, 01:47 PM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I had forgotten about that mag. I loved it too. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-02-2006, 02:16 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Ditto. Discover is the closest to it, but it lacks the sci-fi flair. I was a religious reader of Omni. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-02-2006, 02:51 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Right, but it was fun to read in a way that, apparently, no other publication can duplicate. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-02-2006, 02:58 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I read Omni from Issue One (with the Geiger cover) up until the UFO freaks took over. Unfortunately, I had to sacrifice my complete collection from issue one during a move. There was no ebay in those days. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-02-2006, 02:49 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think I read in Omni once that men could get "pregnant" if you implanted a fetus next to the small intestine. The fetus would then absorb the nutrients it needed directly. Omni was fun to read, kind of like the National Enquirer.

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