RFID implants linked to animal tumors
This amuses me, of course, and I penned a little reply... but I couldn't get the comment thingy to work properly - had to turn off Page Style to get the text box at the bottom to even show up. Plus, hey, might as well post sometime, right?"Huh. An implanted RFID might just be the next Myspace, then - one you wear and walk about with. Want to avoid the irritating need to introduce yourself to someone? Get an RFID, allow them to scan you (you know how dogs sniff other dogs? kinda like that) and boom - you've saved yourself a couple of years of fascinating conversation.
Imagine, once ten thousand people call you a friend, you can have your very own tumor, and people who pester you to be their friend in public (remember that recent Candorville?) will die off all the quicker.
And remember, as with smoking, drinking, and various other things that are fairly hazardous to your health, there are only two things that matter with the latest craze: approval (or lack of disapproval) from a government agency that ought to be watching it, and influential people who swear by it."