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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 1 year ago (1 children)

chugging microplastics instead of getting a vasectomy

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year 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.

[–] autism_2@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

CONSERVE

YOUR

FLUIDS

[–] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

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

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

People with a breeding kink in shambles rn

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] someone@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

Damn shrinkflation.

[–] Ithorian@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

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

[–] assyrian@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

the US desperately needs a Department of Semen Retrieval

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

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

stalin-smokin

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

More like Mission Nocumplished

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

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

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] FemboyStalin@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

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

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hexagons@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

I wonder if it tastes the same.

[–] btbt@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Carlos Mencia touched the lathe of heaven