• _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 hours ago

    Get a vasectomy. Takes 15 minutes, there’s no pain and very little discomfort, and you get a doctor mandated three days to sit and play video games while your wife dotes on you.

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      3 hours ago

      Fuck man, if I was going to stay married I wouldn’t need a vasectomy, wife had a tubal when our 2nd was born by C-section - “as long as you’re in there…”

      But now she wants a divorce for what she says is all my fault, but weirdly coincides with some health problems I was having… Like sorry I wasn’t paying enough attention to you when I thought I might be dying…

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    5 hours ago

    ITT People begging for infertility in a birth rate crisis. I’ll make up the slack with my kids I guess.

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      5 hours ago

      What crisis? Why is growth better than steady state or contraction under the current circumstances?

      Plagues precede periods of human golden ages. Population booms precede periods of strife. You having lots of children is in no one’s best interests, least of all your existing children.

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        What crisis? Why is growth better than steady state or contraction under the current circumstances?

        because old people are expensive. australia currently has about 3% of the total labour force employed in aged care. in many other countries that use pensions rather than superannuation, the younger generation pays for the pensions of the older generation: a collapse in this means potentially catastrophic consequences

        3% number from: total health care workers = ~500k, total labour force = ~15m

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        I’m a Christian so having children is my prerogative unless I want to become a monk. From a secular perspective antinatalism, hedonism, nihilism are all the death knell of a society. It’s peak decadence and the sign of a culture in decline. To bandaid the problem the government has been piping in as many immigrants as possible. These immigrants have primarily economic motives. Therefore they do not understand nor are they invested in an ideological way in the American project. So if I (or we) want to live in an America that we recognize or aspire to live in we have to be progenitors of the next generation which means having and raising kids.

  • floo@retrolemmy.com
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    1 day ago

    The best birth control in my experience is only fucking other dudes.

    Works every time.

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    If you’re not interested in children or finished having them, I highly recommend a vasectomy using modern techniques. It’s a quick outpatient procedure with very small incisions. While all surgery carries risk, it is very low risk. Best $100 (with insurance) I ever spent.

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      My (now ex-) wife had a rough pregnancy, with our daughter ending up being born about 2 months premature. Her OB said that any future pregnancies would result in her being on bed rest after about 3 months. While we had originally wanted 2 kids, we made the decision that I should get snipped. Got it done on Thursday morning and spent the weekend playing video games with an ice pack on my nuts. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

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        Yeah, it really is not that bad. I know it can be a hard sell to many men, though, understandably. It can take a bit of mental fortitude to allow someone to take a blade to your tenders. 🤣

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          9 hours ago

          Even though female birth control comes with disproportionately more side effects, some men still refuse.

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            9 hours ago

            Agreed! While I’ve never wanted children, I had to wait a considerable time before a doctor would perform a vasectomy on me. I think that there should be continued research into temporary male birth control for those who may want children. There have been several promising non-hormonal methods that I would like to either see approved or have wider adoption. I also believe that we need continued education on condom use, as STIs disproportionately affect women.

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              6 hours ago

              That would be the dream. And condoms are underrated.

              I also hope the chance of getting baby trapped goes down a little bit too. Won’t stop birth control sabotage, but it would still help.

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      1 day ago

      Just be careful and make sure you follow the testing protocols after your procedure. Some people have…redundancy.

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        Definitely! Fortunately, I went to a doc who only performed vasectomies and had his own testing company that was included in the cost along with any follow-up that might be needed. They make it out to me, and I mailed it back, no problem.

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          Experiencing the touch of a true expert is always a blessing. I need to get the snip myself but I struggle to schedule things. Soon, I swear.

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            You got this! I was hesitant myself, but once I submitted the application and they got approval from insurance, things rolled on their own momentum. All I had to do was show up and then send back the testing kit they mailed out to me.

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    1 day ago

    I first heard about this about 10+ years ago. Still nothing on the market. I don’t think it will ever happen. Oppression of women is too important

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      Huh, I had the reverse reaction–I heard about this 10+ years ago and I’m glad to finally be hearing something about it again, because it seemed like it had fallen off the planet for a while there. Human trials in the US is a huge leap forward.

      Oh wild, my next thought was “now we just need someone to get that ‘bionic’ lens replacement thing I heard about around the same time and then never again,” and I looked it up and there’s a report from them from this month about an upcoming human trial. That’s a lot worse than finding out the trials of the RISUG thing have been running for two years now, but it’s still pretty exciting. I probably won’t be able to afford it, though. https://ocumetics.com/message-from-ceo-april-2025/

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      Buddy they’re in human trials with the FDA to bring a male pill to the market, and this startup is selling an injection. Idk what you’re on about.

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        Buddy, Vasagel was announced in 2011 and has since not released anything to market. It’s been literal decades with nothing on RISUG actually being viable.

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          23 hours ago

          One company failed to bring an announced product to market, must be discrimination! The lack of results is proof that they’re not trying to solve the problem! Investors are committing capital in 3 different companies to fake interest in the idea in order to continue to oppress women!


          Neglect of research into women’s healthcare is real, we don’t need to invent bogeymen where there isn’t one.

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            23 hours ago

            Okay, apparently in your world simply pointing out that research was started over a decade ago with no tangible results is oppressing women.

            Well good luck with your leaps in logic they and your persecution complex.

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              23 hours ago

              What? The guy I replied to said “oh where are the products on market, I guess oppressing women is too important”. That was literally the point of my comment was how absurdist of a take that was for the same reason you just said.