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  • happybadger [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Vasectomies are cheaper than child support and hurt less than a tattoo. Unless you're dead-set on having kids naturally at some point and freezing sperm isn't an option, with the 95% reversal success rate it's more ethical to me than expecting a female partner to get an implant that's more traumatic or a hormone that fucks their whole body up. In the context of a relationship I mean, free and universal access otherwise.

    • VeganVelveeta [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Okay, but does a vasectomy make my tits bigger? Checkmate, reasonable suggestion.

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Hormonal birth control will make your tits bigger but you'll shit your ass to death from Crohn's disease. Vasectomy is side-effect free apart from growing cat ears.

        • VeganVelveeta [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Bro most ladies don't get Crohn's disease from birth control.

          But yeah vasectomies are also fine.

          • happybadger [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Most don't but it's a risk. That's one of those things that makes it an ethical issue I'll concede on in relationships. Multi-system impacts are a bigger thing than the localised issues that can happen with vasectomies.

    • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      Got a vasectomy, the peace of mind is pretty nice. Also it's fairly painless as long as you've got a good doctor.

      :party-sicko:

        • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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          3 years ago

          Oof. That's rough comrade. Mine was only like 100 bucks, sat on the couch with iced peas on my nuts playing God of War for two days after. The night of and day after was easily the worst, after that, it was a really dull ache.

          Ofc shit should be free.

            • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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              3 years ago

              What the shit. Man, thank God for my TA union (I'm a grad student in the UC, UAW affiliated).

              Vasectomy shouldn't be more than a couple hundred, tops.

              :society:

    • RION [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      95% reversal success rate

      Within ten years of the initial procedure, mind. After that both likelihood of sperm in semen and pregnancy itself fall by a good bit

      Not really at the point in my life where I'm considering having a child but I know I'd be a little anxious to get such a procedure done if it meant I might never have children if I wanted to down the line