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[–] abrake@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This is only scratching the surface of the weirdness of semen retention advocates. Throwback to the Canadian political candidate who advocated for this a few years ago:

"Every time you're tempted to ejaculate, every time you're tempted to go watch porn... You are essentially in the fight for your life. You're fighting for your very lifeforce. Nature's forgiving, and because of nature's merciful nature, we've taken advantage of that nature and now we're depleting," argues Nakula. "Right now the world needs men. Men with full balls," said the PPC candidate in a YouTube video.

Source: https://thepostmillennial.com/ppc-candidate-calls-himself-a-semen-retention-soldier-claims-he-can-breathe-through-his-testicles

“Breathe deeply into your balls," he wrote on Instagram. "Imagine your testicles expanding like lungs. When you exhale, imagine your testicles deflating like your lungs would". “Most men never breathe into their balls consciously,” he added.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/politician-says-men-should-breathe-25021657

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Learning to read was a mistake

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Experts are divided between those who think we never should have left the trees, and those who think we never should have left the oceans.

As an armchair scientist myself, I think we screwed up leaving the singularity of the big bang. Inflation and baryogenesis were a mistake.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

Why half of the best quotes on the internet are either Adams or Pratchett's ?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Pretty positive thats Adams.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the mistake was in teaching these particular people to write

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Naw man, this is great!!!

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well in his defence, most men do never breathe into their balls consciously..

that's why blowjobs are so important

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Of course he was PPC lol

This shit is real!?!