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[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Every time I think they can't get any more stupid, they do.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 26 points 4 months ago

He looked about him, felt the air, looked deep within, and came to the clear realisation that what the people really deserve and crave in this political moment, is clarity and leadership on doing big cums

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

yeah I'm sure THAT's the reason no one is having kids and not the fact that no one can afford to house said kids, or can afford to feed an extra mouth or two, or afford everything else thats involved in raising a child.

yeah, got it, the sperm count is down.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

yeah aren't they worried we are rolling in abortions?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean, sperm count is down and it is a problem. But it's not the reason people aren't having kids.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

and it is a problem

Debatable.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 37 points 4 months ago
[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oh god. I don't want to know how he conducted this research.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 28 points 4 months ago

Taste test.

[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Visual, he can tell the you the sperm count of any individual at twenty yards with uncanny inaccuracy.

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

RFK suckin off preteen boys and being confused.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Hey now, RFK wasnt sucking them off exactly, he was testing to make sure they were circumsized, and that they had a healthy sperm count. He can also tell if the kids are healthy just by looking at them. Naked, obviously.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.

You can't debate that. Mostly because it's just illogical altogether. It would like trying to convince someone that pasta doesn't taste like clay bricks. There's no logic to the initial argument, you can't logic that away.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's got a bit confused. It's the birth rate, and it's not a percent. You need a birth rate of 2.1 per person to keep the population steady. It's nothing to do with fertility, but more personal choices, like when a couple look around and think "nah, I'm not going to subject my kids to these fucking idiots".

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

If I wasn’t already not having kids I definitely would have done it just to spite Paul Ryan

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah. Leaving aside his getting the units wrong, he's interpreting the fertility rate as is it's a direct measure of sperm viability. There might be a causal connection between the two, but conflating them like RFKJ does is idiotic.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is this AI generated? It seems like such a string of random elements… I can’t help but being impressed somehow. Like, wow, this pigeon really succeeded in shitting all over the chessboard!

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Is this AI generated?

Man I wish it was. It'd make more sense.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Still doesn't excuse the pedo in chief going after teenage girls

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How do you think they got the data?

(I'm sure it wasn't all just teenage girls)

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

oh hey I'd totally forgotten about that topic.

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They really are obsessed with what people do in their bedrooms.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Yeah, because if people aren’t fucking and producing kids then they lose labor and potential profits. They also lose the help of the youngsters to ensure that they have all the lovely care to make their passing as wonderful as it can be.

It’s fucked.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Allow me to buy a house where I live and I’m down to have a kid or two

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

But will you obsessively monitor their sperm?

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Can dude get anymore creepy!? WTF?!

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I miss when stories like this only came out of North Korea.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Me, too. BUT, when we read an absolutely idiotic statement from NK, we had to ask, "Wait, did the translator get that right? Nobody is that stupid, right?"

This way cuts out the middle man. Yes, they absolutely are that stupid, no question.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh man, can you imagine how the US looks to the rest of the world right now? Open and rampant corruption, pedophilia, hyper religion, war crimes, and general idiocy. If I were them I'd be fleeing the dollar and not consuming any of our media. Our soft power is plummeting through the floor right now. We are the laughingstock of the planet.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.

Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

I very strongly doubt that the limiting factor on the total fertility rate is male infertility.

EDIT: Also, RFK, Jr., it's not "3.5%", "1.6%", and "2.1%". It's "3.5", "1.6", and "2.1", as in, children per woman. Okay, maybe that's being pedantic, but I'm also not the Secretary of Health and Human Services with speechwriters and a ton of experts advising me announcing focuses in national policy.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

Makes sense. The 65-year-old man is a man, while 50% of the teenagers are girls/women.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Lol take that mathing and get outta here!

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

I guess there’s your reason why people aren’t having kids. I guess should should start tackling the micro plastic problem first…

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I'm guessing his boss should know plenty about minors...

[–] londos@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago
[–] ScrumpyDumpleskin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
  1. He said the country is under birthing, its American duty to bring those numbers up.
  2. Younger generational males are too weak to take on the duty.
  3. Women are reaching fertility 6 years younger.
  4. Older men 65+ are better capable of doing duty.

There is a narrative here folks, and it's all sorts of wrong.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Who would want to make a kid in this right wing corrupt pedophiliac capitalist anti-environmentalist hellhole we're living in?

Sounds like child abuse even thinking about doing it.

[–] handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

Why do I believe he’s actually done extensive first hand research on this?

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

This says more about the glory holes he visits.

[–] Leather@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Given present circumstances I can't rule out this as astroturfing a justification for pedophelia to up birth rates.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the obvious answer because old men Are so unhealthy they cant get hard anymore vs teenage boys which keep their sperms levels down through rigorous activities?

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Rotate the stock