https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/health/microplastics-human-penises-study-scli-intl-scn-wellness/index.html

  • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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    10 days ago

    I can do nothing to resolve this problem and I can do nothing with this information so I am just going to continue on as if I had not read this

    • Goadstool [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 days ago

      Yeah I really don't like seeing posts like this, it's effectively nothing but an assault on my already anxiety-riddled psyche's thoroughly battered defenses.

      • Voidance [none/use name]
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        10 days ago

        Pretty sure the biggest source of micro plastics is tire rubber, ie it must have been affecting humans for the better part of a century now but no-one can point to any actual effects from it. People haven’t stopped having erections. Obviously it’s not good on a social level but I don’t think it’s anything to especially worry about individually. The media is always happy to scare the shit out of people.

        • booty [he/him]
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          10 days ago

          Pretty sure the biggest source of micro plastics is tire rubber, ie it must have been affecting humans for the better part of a century now but no-one can point to any actual effects from it.

          You don't think that there are effects which could grow more severe and more widespread with more of that plastic built up in the environment and our bodies? Sure, there was some of it the better part of a century ago, but we've only been adding to that every single day. The amount of plastic in the environment isn't going down, that's for sure.

          • Voidance [none/use name]
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            10 days ago

            Sure. But we are exposed to hundreds of environmental poisons everyday. None of them can hurt you as much as spinning yourself out with anxiety worrying about them.

            • booty [he/him]
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              10 days ago

              None of them can hurt you as much as spinning yourself out with anxiety worrying about them.

              Actually, several of them can definitely hurt you more than "anxiety" associated with recognizing their danger