It was the clear ethical choice for me after seeing how fucked up vaginal/uterine birth control is. My ex had a copper IUD dislodge and was doubled over in pain as I drove her to and from the clinic to get it reinserted. Hormonal BC before that messed with her mentally. Someone shouldn't have to endure either to avoid the risks/cost/life-alteration that having a kid entails. The lidocaine shot was pain in a place I'm not used to feeling pain, but I casually chatted with the urologist across the fifteen minutes it took for a vasectomy and only felt dull tugging. Walked out of the clinic, drove myself home, controlled the pain with a CBD vape pen for all of three days, and then I was back to normal within a week. Less scary and traumatic than getting my wisdom teeth extracted.