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The decline in sperm counts is a growing concern worldwide, with rates plummeting by as much as 52% since the 1970s. This alarming trend has far-reaching implications for human health and reproduction, raising questions about the future of fertility and the potential consequences for individuals, families, and society as a whole.

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 75 points 6 months ago (1 children)

chugging microplastics instead of getting a vasectomy

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t this a result of a change in measurement technique, and these articles are just comparing the two datasets as if they’re direct equivalents? I remember seeing an explainer about this like a year ago.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 46 points 6 months ago (2 children)

pronounjak-rage "THIS IS BECAUSE OF WOKE!"

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They unironically believe this

[–] whatup@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

It’s the globohomo! The DEI department of Dow Chemical has been running things behind the scenes this whole time and now white men can’t come!

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago
[–] autism_2@hexbear.net 40 points 6 months ago

CONSERVE

YOUR

FLUIDS

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] ICantStopSuckingDick@hexbear.net 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] PaX@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People with a breeding kink in shambles rn

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

so fucking cursed why am I posting thisIs sperm the part of semen that has the protein, if it does?? Is it just weird nothing goo nutritionally otherwise?

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The part without the sperm is called seminal plasma, and its contents are the following (just remove the testes' contribution since that's what provides the sperm):

So it does have quite alot of nutrition even without the sperm, most notably protein (even without sperm), vitamin C, and sugars

Also this is a thing apparently

Real

[–] someone@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And so long as it came from a willing partner, it's also vegan.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

Now this is the type of posting I log into hexbear for

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

Wow, sure is good to see someone work out their pseudoscientific misogyny kink on NATOpedia.

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

nutritionally 😭😭😭😭

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

Part of a balanced diet, natch.

[–] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 38 points 6 months ago

Let's get that to 100%, no more cum

[–] someone@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago

Damn shrinkflation.

[–] Ithorian@hexbear.net 32 points 6 months ago

I've always wanted to live Children of Men....

[–] assyrian@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

the US desperately needs a Department of Semen Retrieval

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

Those are rookie numbers! We need to get those numbers even lower!

stalin-smokin

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

More like Mission Nocumplished

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

I don't think whoever came on that banana is part of the problem.

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago
[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

Smh cumageddon

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] FemboyStalin@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

I'm doing my part! im-doing-my-part flag-trans-pride

[–] Hexagons@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

Oh I love you all so much. I read the title, saw 33 comments and my first thought was "shit, someone's probably being weird in the comments, talking about how actually, for real, this is an important problem (it isn't)". Then I get in here and it's all jokes, except for one possible debunking of the article.

Thanks for brightening my day by not buying into "muh birthrates!!1!!!" nonsense!

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

I wonder if it tastes the same.

[–] btbt@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

Carlos Mencia touched the lathe of heaven