I heard of a biologist, a woman, who decades ago warned that plastics, particularly in children's toys, were causing hormone problems. (Kids put plastic toys right into their mouths, you know.) I've forgotten her name, and so has the internet. The plastics industry stifled her, I recall.
It's like the Handmaid's Tale in reverse. The future really is female. Virile sperm will become like a precious metal, creating its own slave trade. Adapt or die testosterone bags.
Wow! And…. You know that misogynists will just use this as another reason why women shouldn’t have abortions…all that precious sperm simply CANNOT go to waste!
On the flip side, given that the world is full of poison and the human race has maybe three generations left in it, does it really matter if you miss that deadline?
every time I get hung up on work stress I think about upbeat things like what's actually in our drinking water and why my kids are chronically sick and
Hidden in the back of your presentation is the supposition that the EDC stew we are swimming in is the potential source for greater disaffectation of binary human species. Interesting!
This very much doesn't solve the EDC problem, but for a not awful upfront fee, minors can store their sperm in a bank for free until they turn 18 and then super cheap after. For instance if someone wants to ensure their child will have the option of children. My Niece banked her sperm before starting hormones in case she ever wants kids in the future so I got to learn a bit about it. But if counts are dropping at this rate, I feel like all teens should consider it....
Check out the Mark Ruffalo 2019 movie Dark Waters. It’s a true story of how Dow Chemical poisoned entire communities with PFAs while they raked in the cash from Teflon. They didn’t stop when they found out that babies of their workers were being born deformed or that the PFAs became even more toxic when heated. They just kept selling those non-stick pans and flushing their “leftovers” into water supplies all over the country.
It's no wonder that generation X has more balls because as kids growing up, all of our sodas were put in glass bottles, that we collected to trade in for more money to buy more sodas. I guess it also helps that back in the 70s, they weren't spraying over our cities every week and GMO foods was non-existence, plus our parents were allowed to sue big pharma in court, so they played nice with our generation.
Uh oh, my big white privileged mouth. There seems to be some convincing studies concluding epic decline. I watched WTFAQ it's an incredibly funny TV Show on ABC in Australia, Season 1 Episode 7. It's worth watching in any case.
The US and most modern western countries are producing children at a level below the replacement rate. So why the concern with all of the bio-eco stuff? Start having more babies.
On the bright side, it's not the end of the world (just humanity).
I heard of a biologist, a woman, who decades ago warned that plastics, particularly in children's toys, were causing hormone problems. (Kids put plastic toys right into their mouths, you know.) I've forgotten her name, and so has the internet. The plastics industry stifled her, I recall.
She was right!
It's like the Handmaid's Tale in reverse. The future really is female. Virile sperm will become like a precious metal, creating its own slave trade. Adapt or die testosterone bags.
Haha. Would be an interesting novel!
Incredible important information and so well illustrated!
Thank you!
Wow! And…. You know that misogynists will just use this as another reason why women shouldn’t have abortions…all that precious sperm simply CANNOT go to waste!
Makes me feel all small and unswimmingly aproductive!
On the flip side, given that the world is full of poison and the human race has maybe three generations left in it, does it really matter if you miss that deadline?
Ouch. Like bigly ouch.
Microplastics are terrifying.
Then again republicans want to ban IVF so if they win in November, Americans will just die out.
Good point!
Literallyyyyyy
god, yeah. no shit.
every time I get hung up on work stress I think about upbeat things like what's actually in our drinking water and why my kids are chronically sick and
Good times!
Excellent content btw.
Thanks!
Hidden in the back of your presentation is the supposition that the EDC stew we are swimming in is the potential source for greater disaffectation of binary human species. Interesting!
This very much doesn't solve the EDC problem, but for a not awful upfront fee, minors can store their sperm in a bank for free until they turn 18 and then super cheap after. For instance if someone wants to ensure their child will have the option of children. My Niece banked her sperm before starting hormones in case she ever wants kids in the future so I got to learn a bit about it. But if counts are dropping at this rate, I feel like all teens should consider it....
Interesting! Thanks!
Check out the Mark Ruffalo 2019 movie Dark Waters. It’s a true story of how Dow Chemical poisoned entire communities with PFAs while they raked in the cash from Teflon. They didn’t stop when they found out that babies of their workers were being born deformed or that the PFAs became even more toxic when heated. They just kept selling those non-stick pans and flushing their “leftovers” into water supplies all over the country.
It's no wonder that generation X has more balls because as kids growing up, all of our sodas were put in glass bottles, that we collected to trade in for more money to buy more sodas. I guess it also helps that back in the 70s, they weren't spraying over our cities every week and GMO foods was non-existence, plus our parents were allowed to sue big pharma in court, so they played nice with our generation.
Love the comic and battlecry but actually it’s the methods that have got better and scientifically it’s not proven.
Hope you’re right!
Uh oh, my big white privileged mouth. There seems to be some convincing studies concluding epic decline. I watched WTFAQ it's an incredibly funny TV Show on ABC in Australia, Season 1 Episode 7. It's worth watching in any case.
The US and most modern western countries are producing children at a level below the replacement rate. So why the concern with all of the bio-eco stuff? Start having more babies.
Because we would like the babies we do have to be healthy….and not pass on genetic damage to every following generation.
Not sure about the science in your comment.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2023/07/study-exposure-toxic-forever-chemicals-during-pregnancy-increases-odds#
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7723450/#:~:text=Studies%20have%20shown%20that%20PFAS,fetal%20circulation%20via%20the%20placenta.
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas#:~:text=Reproductive%20effects%20such%20as%20decreased,%2C%20kidney%2C%20and%20testicular%20cancers.
If I were conspiracy-minded, I might think there was a wilful agenda playing out here.
Either that or just bottom-line greed.
Isn’t this the plot of PD James’ Children of Men? 😳