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Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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But are they? https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/fears-over-fa...

> In addition, they argued that the design of the 2017 study relied on racist and colonial hierarchies and assumptions

This response sounds like real science for sure.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

#23

Great news for people like me who don't want to reproduce.

Do you intend to become elderly? Perhaps not so great news in 50 years when you are looking for a nursing home.

Having kids isn't likely to change that

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Great news for people like me who don't want to reproduce.

Do you intend to become elderly? Perhaps not so great news in 50 years when you are looking for a nursing home.

No problem. GPT-42 powered humanoid Tesla robots will be looking after us by then. Probably better conversationalists than your kids anyway /s

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you intend to become elderly? Perhaps not so great news in 50 years when you are looking for a nursing home.

Have enough investments and fiat to not be the poor sucker who can’t pay for help end of life as the young, productive cohort compresses.

Outcomes aren't great for old folks who go into homes without having someone on the outside looking out for them. I don't know if you've seen the recent stories but a little cognitive issues and you'll be signing away everything you've earned to the home itself or one of it's employees. It's quite common.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

#28

Great news for people like me who don't want to reproduce.

I’m hoping this was said in jest but this is definitely not great news for you, and will only make the demographic cliff even steeper.

Assuming you at some point want to be alive when no longer young this is something to be alarmed by, as there simply aren’t going to be enough work-capable people around to keep the machinery of society functioning while still supporting those who have aged-out of the working aged population, unless your plan is to Logan’s Run anyone that shows signs of senescence (which probably isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time).

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