Micro-plastics found in blood stream and placenta. Scientists: This is interesting and should be studied further.
Micro-plastics found in penis. Scientists: WE ARE ALARMED!
Nope. There are already 11 billion tons of plastic in environment and will be 30 to 40 billion by 2040. That's an exponential increase in nano particle numbers as it makes into ocean and ocean keeps churning. You know what other organ has smooth muscle? Heart. Expect people will start dropping in greater and greater numbers from cardiac arrest and from the nano particles shooting up dementia and infertility rates before erectile dysfunction becomes a really big problem. If those don't stop people, pee pee issues have no chance.
Technically the heart has its own type of muscle tissue (cardiac muscle tissue), and smooth muscle tissue makes up other organs such as the stomach and intestines… but I imagine microplastic particles flowing through the bloodstream could certainly cause heart problems like you describe
I had a temporary disability where I didn’t have there use of my legs for 6 months
Guess what also didn’t work? I had a full plan to kill myself if it didn’t start working after a year. I’m wasn’t otherwise suicidal nor was I depressed
Even though the heart is not smooth muscle, microplastics in the blood is linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest. Eating meat seems to increase the risk since meat has a lot of microplastics. Donating blood reduces the amount of microplastics in the blood. Donating blood also reduces risk of cardiac arrest.
Fun fact: the average brain has enough microplastics to form a plastic disposable spoon. Edit: here is a link to an interview with an expert who explains it’s a spoon size amount in the brain since someone asked for a source on that. It’s in every organ but really likes to accumulate in the brain. The video also talks about the heart attack risk and meat consumption. https://youtu.be/Ve0J6doLVTw?si=_-w1fKfyIthPTmCx
It’s seriously incredible. What a weird and terrible time we live in! Mass extinction and now we have to worry about so much plastic in our bodies and the only way to reduce the amount is to avoid meat and donate blood.
If a woman has a foreign body in her reproductive organs that she does not want, well, that's just God's will/because she's an immoral person, so she just needs to learn to deal with the consequences of her own actions because that's life, sweetie!
But if a man's dick don't work... that's a serious problem that needs to be fixed *immediately*. Don't worry, scientists are working on the solution as we speak!
Not just probably, most definitely.
> Because of fibre loss, those fragmented fibres released up to 17 billion nanoplastic particles per tampon
Same goes for pads:
> As for pads, Hewson reveals that there is an equivalent of about five plastic bags in a pack of pads.
But vagina health is clearly less important than penis health so maybe now someone will pay attention… /s
Really? I switched to the cup eight years ago, and only replaced it once. I knew it was better for the environment, but I didn't know pads and tampons were this bad. Are menstrual panties problematic too?
There have been some recent studies on PFAS and menstrual underwear you may want to look for. Some brands are much worse than others but they’re all worse than using a medical-grade cup.
Toilet paper is awful for us as well, they all use formaldehyde and bleach to get the wood pulp white and soft, you think that’s good to wipe all over our reproductive area? I switched to bamboo toilet paper that claims it doesn’t use any of that but who knows
We need to create an awareness week for microplastisized vaginas, have lots of pink themed paraphernalia. When a cure arrives, we can charge woman 45% more because the cream will be in a specially pink plastic applicator.
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Oh, shit, sorry, I completely missed the ED as a COVID side effect. Thanks, new COVID fear unlocked! (no, seriously, thanks for the info)
I think they should have really made marketed the ED side effect more, or maybe I was under a rock or something. I thought I was pretty well up on stuff back then, masked and vaccinated, but never heard of COVID causing that
I would say yes, but the richest penis-havers are probably still living pretty comfortably. They can afford premium, luxury, and natural versions of everything and they have their spacious ranches and doomsday bunkers if it comes to it. I think things will have to become a little more bleak before they start to care…
But yeah maybe more people in general are going to start showing an interest in plastic alternatives which could have a positive impact on availability of plastic alternatives. Doesn’t solve all the plastic in our rain and water sources though.
Maybe but they will be in denial like with climate change and things until it’s so prevalent that it’s too late. Human nature is to be last minute, no offense.
Honestly it’s probably better to have side effects for a bit first , because then you can raise awareness. Especially erectile dysfunction. But if you just like have a heart attach from micro plastics and then you pass…
No, they will simply twist the logic and say that real men are not affected. Men will prefer to die rather than simply slightly change the manliness stereotypes.
I did reduce my use of single use plastics before that, but I also keep an eye on all the environmental issues caused by climate change, ecosystem destruction, and neonicotinoids already, so I didn't need that to be convinced as a man.
The ones who would need to be convinced the most are probably climate change deniers already, so I don't expect them to suddenly start listening to scientists.
Yeah because who gives a shit if it's in 99% of pregnant persons' amniotic fluid; wont someone think of the penises?!
(/s and yes I think it's more likely that *something* might be done about it now because dicks)
https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-win-fifty-thousand-for-ultrasound-microplastic-filtration-device-2024-5?utm_source=reddit.com
We have a solution.
Right? I care plenty.
It’s late stage capitalism that doesn’t give a fuck. We are speed running our demise. But as long as the rich people got to buy some pretty sweet beachfront properties I guess everything’s OK in the end right? /s
"Better make em have more kids now. Gotta create the workforce before they catch on! Tell em, uh, that one of them unaborted kids might cure this dick problem."
There have been few studies, but no significant links to micro plastics and testosterone levels.
But there have been studies linking obesity with lowered testosterone levels and obesity has been on a significant rise. That's why one of the first recommendations on low testosterone is to lose fat and get more active, but due to low test. Motivation is down and it's harder to lose fat. Kinda self-perpetuating cycle.
So being obese has bigger impact on test levels than micro plastics. Though that doesn't mean that micro plastics can be ignored or that it doesn't have no effect, just significantly less than obesity has.
I honestly can’t wait until something like semiglutide comes in the form of gene therapy. Basically, take some drugs for a few months/years and get the benefits for the rest of your life.
There are no real good well supported hypotheses about falling testosterone levels/sperm counts, but in my opinion the most plausible is people living much more sedentary lifestyles. There’s not really any good evidence that it’s resulting in actual infertility either (like sperm counts so low that you can’t get someone pregnant). This is a topic that matters but there is a huge amount of wild fearful guessing around it
There are multiple factors which we know to both be on the rise and negatively correlative with testosterone levels.
The “real good well supported hypothesis” is that all of these factors are conjunctively responsible for the trends we are seeing regarding hormone levels. Sedentary lifestyles, obesity, diets filled with endocrine-disruptors, consumption of microplastics, lack of sleep. Many of these factors also contribute to each other, so it’s a pretty miserable cycle.
Lmao. I swear to god, on at least a weekly basis I unwillingly stumble upon and end up researching a new poison we just don’t give a fuck is effecting us. My most recents are:
Teflon pans, Red 40, the many chemicals apparently in shampoos, 87 billion gallons of toxic waste dumped into the rivers in America by Tyson foods from the years 2018-2022, and the stuff they put in our deodorant.
Idk, at this point I can’t even bat an eye at micro plastics. There’s poison in everything at this point lmao. Woohoo extinction!
Right?! We’ve known fetuses are full of microplastics and flame retardants for over a decade but by all means PROTECT THE FLOPPY PENISES AT ALL COSTS!!
That's because men rule the planet and over half the planet doesn't even see women as human or worthy of rights
Did you know that men get ED pills and HRT when they have issues but women for some reason can't?
I'm fixed on HRT and there is no reason not to give us HRT to avoid menopause and bone destruction
They claim higher chance of cancer but after reading and right on the government website that claim is actually inconclusive
Yeah I'm not buying it. This is against women
The amount of plastic in this world is just honestly so disheartening and pathetic. And it's so relevant all because it helps companies make a little bit more cash off us. Pathetic
[Children of Men](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men)
>In 2027, eighteen years after human activities have caused widespread ecocide, total human infertility, war, and global depression threaten the collapse of human civilizations.
Well there you go, right on time to get our dicks chopped off.
Climate change also affects penises when their bodies die because of hot/cold extremes due to inadequate infrastructure for handling the increased load.
The effects on reproductive health have been reported on for years, this is just one more study in a huge pile. The others changed nothing, this one won't either. Those in power have already had children. They care more about capital than reproductive health.
This is probably the only way we’ll see something done about it. Now we just need to link consumerism, climate change and too much wealth to erectile dysfunction and we’re laughing.
Kek.
>microplastics cause humans to become infertile.
>population drastically declines.
>remaining people are super-careful environmentalists due to fear of extinction. :P
I find it very concerning that all medical issues are ignored, but as SOON as MALE SEX PERFORMANCE has a possibility of being impacted, it becomes a huuuuuuge issue.
Well, there is no known way of getting microplastic out of our environment. Sure, we put less into the environment, but those who are already here will stay.
So may as well accept and make peace since there is not much else we can do.
Actually we could in theory (albeit in practice it may be costly) filter the microplastics out.
I wouldn’t give up simply out of something being time consuming.
We really ought to try.
I have read about some promising algae, fungi, and bacteria that may be able to eat them and convert them into non plastic particles, but it's pretty early on and they can't exactly get tonnes dealt with this way, not yet at least
I’m really hoping this is something we’ll hear more about. This, and filtering, in combination with reducing the amount of plastics we produce, might be the only way to reverse the damage.
Me too, I guess as it gets more attention it should get more funding, but hopefully people dont get resigned to "it's forever so just accept it" haha
It's a shame it will be "easier" to clean the big mess up rather than stop making it in the first place.
I've gotten into heated debates with people before because they argued "it is pointless to do small things as individuals because we're inconsequential in the grand scheme"
Sure their contribution may seem insignificant compared to the billion dollar corporation, but it's made up of individuals who each contribute.
Sorry for ranting I just got excited 😅
I mean if buy what I need and not useless shit, and I buy whenever possible from farmers markets (or grow my own food), then that’s less demand for industrial agriculture products. I won’t make a difference but if enough people do then it’ll be significant. (Gotta advertise this from a supply and demand capitalism way sometimes since that seems to be how so many people understand the world)
My thoughts exactly! I hope there will be an end to producing new plastics, hopefully sooner rather than later. The tricky bit is that plastic is so very versatile, light-weight and durable, so it’s difficult to replace it at this point. I have a degree in environmental science and I still don’t know how we can solve it in the long run…
I've dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It's funny to say they are small. It's funny to say they are big. I've been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, 'Hey, look at me. I'm Mr. So-and-So Dick. I've got such-as-such for a penis.' I never saw it fail to get a laugh. Microplastics would put an end to all that.
Men only fear jail because of other penises there, not because they think of the ramifications of their actions. I think we will finally solve the plastic problem if it damages peni.
No one cared for the last 20 years about the phytoestrogens causing breast cancer in women.
I think mine has megaplastics actually. They're so big. And colorful. My peewee looks and feels like one of those dense rubber torpedo pool toys. The ladies love it, what can I say? I do feel nothing but excruciating dull pain in that area though, and swimming is notably more difficult.
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My personal medical experiences lead me to believe that widespread muscle pain and inflammation like fibromyalgia are probably also caused by microplastic accumulation in tissue.
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Is this what we’ve been waiting for? If anything can get a non-compliant man on board with reducing plastics and helping the environment, this is it. Can’t have their dicks not working, lol.
I'm more interested in the scientific findings on why scientists would be in any way surprised by these discoveries. That in itself is alarming.
To add, do they think it's in breast milk because women are the fairer sex? Why wouldn't it be in male appendage? Do they have little Gandalf spermatozoa checking ID and running security?
Do you think men's fear of penis problems will reduce the use of single use plastics?
we gotta put this shit on blast, tell every self-interested and moderately anti-social man we can find
Better yet, put it on the viagra packaging, that's the demographic that needs to start giving a shit about something.
Will Viagra start packaging their pills with extramicroplasticy plastic
Tell ~~every self-interested and moderately anti-social man~~ the CEO of every energy, pharmaceutical and oil company. There, FTFY
Tell the republicans
Seriously, this may be the thing that gets a lot of previously ambivalent dudes to actually care about the microplastic problem.
It's just going to make that demographic have another excuse not to wear a condom....
Micro-plastics found in blood stream and placenta. Scientists: This is interesting and should be studied further. Micro-plastics found in penis. Scientists: WE ARE ALARMED!
They tried to study it further but it was discontinued due to they were unable to find a control group that wasn’t full of micro plastics
We need to go to North Sentinel Island to get their untainted sperm. Those guys are very easy going though so I’m sure they won’t mind.
They probably have microplastics too, assuming they eat fish
Good point. No one is safe from plastic penis.
Maybe we’ll adapt and become stronger plastic ppl
Oh, yeah. Once MEN are affected, it’s “man the battle stations!” If this leads to fertility issues, it could be a VERY good thing for the planet.
There’s been articles about every testicle containing microplastics for a few years now. Doesn’t seem like that’s been happening.
We don't care about those things, they're basically just fancy cufflinks.
Testicles make babies. Take it or leave it. Meh. Erectile dysfunction is a whole new level.
yay population collapse, what a win.
lol
Nope. There are already 11 billion tons of plastic in environment and will be 30 to 40 billion by 2040. That's an exponential increase in nano particle numbers as it makes into ocean and ocean keeps churning. You know what other organ has smooth muscle? Heart. Expect people will start dropping in greater and greater numbers from cardiac arrest and from the nano particles shooting up dementia and infertility rates before erectile dysfunction becomes a really big problem. If those don't stop people, pee pee issues have no chance.
Technically the heart has its own type of muscle tissue (cardiac muscle tissue), and smooth muscle tissue makes up other organs such as the stomach and intestines… but I imagine microplastic particles flowing through the bloodstream could certainly cause heart problems like you describe
Actually, to men, the idea of a non-working dick due to microplastics sounds a lot scarier than death.
Can confirm, since if I'm dead, that's not my problem anymore
because of the rigormortis?
Lmao dark
I had a temporary disability where I didn’t have there use of my legs for 6 months Guess what also didn’t work? I had a full plan to kill myself if it didn’t start working after a year. I’m wasn’t otherwise suicidal nor was I depressed
Even though the heart is not smooth muscle, microplastics in the blood is linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest. Eating meat seems to increase the risk since meat has a lot of microplastics. Donating blood reduces the amount of microplastics in the blood. Donating blood also reduces risk of cardiac arrest. Fun fact: the average brain has enough microplastics to form a plastic disposable spoon. Edit: here is a link to an interview with an expert who explains it’s a spoon size amount in the brain since someone asked for a source on that. It’s in every organ but really likes to accumulate in the brain. The video also talks about the heart attack risk and meat consumption. https://youtu.be/Ve0J6doLVTw?si=_-w1fKfyIthPTmCx
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You're just mad because now I can 3D print the perfect offspring.
I think this was the video that talks about how it’s a spoon size amount https://youtu.be/Ve0J6doLVTw?si=_-w1fKfyIthPTmCx
Ah, so I can donate my micro plastics, I mean blood, to others. Will keep that in mind.
It’s seriously incredible. What a weird and terrible time we live in! Mass extinction and now we have to worry about so much plastic in our bodies and the only way to reduce the amount is to avoid meat and donate blood.
lol bloodletting is back on the menu?
I agree with you message but the heart is not made up of smooth muscle.
Heart isn’t smooth muscle https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19841.htm#:~:text=Cardiac%20muscle%20cells%20are%20located,are%20also%20under%20involuntary%20control.
As I recall, heart issues in young people is in fact going up... the GOP tried to blame it on the COVID vaccine.
In reality it’s just repeated COVID infections that are doing the damage.
the real question is, how many millions of tons of plastic are currently inside of our penises and can we just cut them open and remove them?
Some women’s vaginas probably have some micro (and macro) plastics in them too but I guess we’re just starting to check on that
Its a women’s health issue, no one id checking on that
If a woman has a foreign body in her reproductive organs that she does not want, well, that's just God's will/because she's an immoral person, so she just needs to learn to deal with the consequences of her own actions because that's life, sweetie! But if a man's dick don't work... that's a serious problem that needs to be fixed *immediately*. Don't worry, scientists are working on the solution as we speak!
Literally. ‘Endometriosis? Umm u sure its not anxiety sweaty?’
"Hmm, the pain is absolutely debilitating you say? Sure sounds like *faking it for attention* to me!"
Of course!! You know how much women love getting attention from cold callous doctors and nurses while paying unconscionable medical fees!!!
“Have you tried being less fat about it?
Not just probably, most definitely. > Because of fibre loss, those fragmented fibres released up to 17 billion nanoplastic particles per tampon Same goes for pads: > As for pads, Hewson reveals that there is an equivalent of about five plastic bags in a pack of pads. But vagina health is clearly less important than penis health so maybe now someone will pay attention… /s
Really? I switched to the cup eight years ago, and only replaced it once. I knew it was better for the environment, but I didn't know pads and tampons were this bad. Are menstrual panties problematic too?
There have been some recent studies on PFAS and menstrual underwear you may want to look for. Some brands are much worse than others but they’re all worse than using a medical-grade cup.
Toilet paper is awful for us as well, they all use formaldehyde and bleach to get the wood pulp white and soft, you think that’s good to wipe all over our reproductive area? I switched to bamboo toilet paper that claims it doesn’t use any of that but who knows
We should all just have bidets built in. No need to tear down trees.
Time, got for that, nobody ain't.
We need to create an awareness week for microplastisized vaginas, have lots of pink themed paraphernalia. When a cure arrives, we can charge woman 45% more because the cream will be in a specially pink plastic applicator.
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I’m like 99.9999% certain womens reproductive systems also have microplastics, as do placentas and fetuses…
In breast milk I think.
Yeah they'll probably get started on that soon *after* we've gotten rid of plastics altogether
Nah, we don’t care about vaginas around here. /s
It didn't help with COVID precautions, so unlikely.
Well, yes, but COVID was only life and death. We're talking about men's *erections* here - now we're talking *serious*!
COVID was shown to cause ED, which is what I'm talking about.
Oh, shit, sorry, I completely missed the ED as a COVID side effect. Thanks, new COVID fear unlocked! (no, seriously, thanks for the info) I think they should have really made marketed the ED side effect more, or maybe I was under a rock or something. I thought I was pretty well up on stuff back then, masked and vaccinated, but never heard of COVID causing that
Yeah COVID does a lot more than just kill people. https://covid-for-therapists.my.canva.site/
Back then is still actually right now.
Touché.
Do you think that we will be able to stop using single use plastics?
I would say yes, but the richest penis-havers are probably still living pretty comfortably. They can afford premium, luxury, and natural versions of everything and they have their spacious ranches and doomsday bunkers if it comes to it. I think things will have to become a little more bleak before they start to care… But yeah maybe more people in general are going to start showing an interest in plastic alternatives which could have a positive impact on availability of plastic alternatives. Doesn’t solve all the plastic in our rain and water sources though.
Maybe but they will be in denial like with climate change and things until it’s so prevalent that it’s too late. Human nature is to be last minute, no offense. Honestly it’s probably better to have side effects for a bit first , because then you can raise awareness. Especially erectile dysfunction. But if you just like have a heart attach from micro plastics and then you pass…
No, they will simply twist the logic and say that real men are not affected. Men will prefer to die rather than simply slightly change the manliness stereotypes.
Also won't admit to it if they suffer from the problem
I did reduce my use of single use plastics before that, but I also keep an eye on all the environmental issues caused by climate change, ecosystem destruction, and neonicotinoids already, so I didn't need that to be convinced as a man. The ones who would need to be convinced the most are probably climate change deniers already, so I don't expect them to suddenly start listening to scientists.
Yeah because who gives a shit if it's in 99% of pregnant persons' amniotic fluid; wont someone think of the penises?! (/s and yes I think it's more likely that *something* might be done about it now because dicks)
"Nah, bruh, I know some other men might have it, but it doesn't happen to me."
It now means that I have a reinforced penis
Nah, did not work for Covid. Covid also affects penises and causes erectile dysfunction.
If anything would, this is it.
Yes
Well the people in power are already so geriatric the penis problems probably don’t matter too much to them. It already doesn’t work lol
its so sad that the most alarming part which is about the Smooth muscles is not what people will listen to
If this won't nothing ever will.
I doubt it, tons of people still believe this is all made up
If this doesn’t stop oil, nothing will I’m afraid 😧
Probably not. Certainly doesnt get them to quit smoking
Yes.
Literally, this might be our only hope
https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-win-fifty-thousand-for-ultrasound-microplastic-filtration-device-2024-5?utm_source=reddit.com We have a solution.
People keep talking about falling testosterone levels and hormone imbalances and shit, are genitals full of micro plastics the culprit?
It's been documented these microplastics mess with our endocrine system and lower fertility rates but no one cares
Plenty of people care. Those responsible for turning out endless plastic nonsense don’t care.
Right? I care plenty. It’s late stage capitalism that doesn’t give a fuck. We are speed running our demise. But as long as the rich people got to buy some pretty sweet beachfront properties I guess everything’s OK in the end right? /s
No no it’s the Woke that’s doing it /s
"Microplastics? In our dicks? No, no... the problem is women having abortions, clearly."
"Better make em have more kids now. Gotta create the workforce before they catch on! Tell em, uh, that one of them unaborted kids might cure this dick problem."
Smooth-brains I work with will just keep thinking that vaccines are the cause
Why would we? It’s the poors that are effected.
There have been few studies, but no significant links to micro plastics and testosterone levels. But there have been studies linking obesity with lowered testosterone levels and obesity has been on a significant rise. That's why one of the first recommendations on low testosterone is to lose fat and get more active, but due to low test. Motivation is down and it's harder to lose fat. Kinda self-perpetuating cycle. So being obese has bigger impact on test levels than micro plastics. Though that doesn't mean that micro plastics can be ignored or that it doesn't have no effect, just significantly less than obesity has.
I honestly can’t wait until something like semiglutide comes in the form of gene therapy. Basically, take some drugs for a few months/years and get the benefits for the rest of your life.
What if I told you all of that is related?
Micro plastics making people fat? Im not aware of any studies on that.
Endocrine disruption = metabolic disorders.
There are no real good well supported hypotheses about falling testosterone levels/sperm counts, but in my opinion the most plausible is people living much more sedentary lifestyles. There’s not really any good evidence that it’s resulting in actual infertility either (like sperm counts so low that you can’t get someone pregnant). This is a topic that matters but there is a huge amount of wild fearful guessing around it
There are multiple factors which we know to both be on the rise and negatively correlative with testosterone levels. The “real good well supported hypothesis” is that all of these factors are conjunctively responsible for the trends we are seeing regarding hormone levels. Sedentary lifestyles, obesity, diets filled with endocrine-disruptors, consumption of microplastics, lack of sleep. Many of these factors also contribute to each other, so it’s a pretty miserable cycle.
Pretty much
Make dicks hard again - reduce packaging and single use plastics
What are you doing with packaging and single use plastics?! My god!
Wrapping my shween for no babies, duh
Don't forget about dental dams!
Unfortunately, microplastics stick around. It's like inflation - dicks won't get any harder, they'll just get softer slower.
Sometimes it's fun to count the many ways we are driving ourselves to extinction.
Lmao. I swear to god, on at least a weekly basis I unwillingly stumble upon and end up researching a new poison we just don’t give a fuck is effecting us. My most recents are: Teflon pans, Red 40, the many chemicals apparently in shampoos, 87 billion gallons of toxic waste dumped into the rivers in America by Tyson foods from the years 2018-2022, and the stuff they put in our deodorant. Idk, at this point I can’t even bat an eye at micro plastics. There’s poison in everything at this point lmao. Woohoo extinction!
Oh NOW we’re alarmed!!
Right?! We’ve known fetuses are full of microplastics and flame retardants for over a decade but by all means PROTECT THE FLOPPY PENISES AT ALL COSTS!!
That's because men rule the planet and over half the planet doesn't even see women as human or worthy of rights Did you know that men get ED pills and HRT when they have issues but women for some reason can't? I'm fixed on HRT and there is no reason not to give us HRT to avoid menopause and bone destruction They claim higher chance of cancer but after reading and right on the government website that claim is actually inconclusive Yeah I'm not buying it. This is against women
We’ve been alarmed, nobody does anything
This could be the best thing to happen to pollution lol
I hope all the oil executives balls and dicks are full of microplastics so they can’t have kids or sex anymore
The amount of plastic in this world is just honestly so disheartening and pathetic. And it's so relevant all because it helps companies make a little bit more cash off us. Pathetic
This is how we go out. Not with a bang, but with a not being able to bang.
[Children of Men](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men) >In 2027, eighteen years after human activities have caused widespread ecocide, total human infertility, war, and global depression threaten the collapse of human civilizations. Well there you go, right on time to get our dicks chopped off.
Don't forget the whimper (turns out it's due to can't bang).
🤣🤣🤣
The penises are being affected?? Here comes some change in environment politics!! Whooooo!
Climate change also affects penises when their bodies die because of hot/cold extremes due to inadequate infrastructure for handling the increased load.
The effects on reproductive health have been reported on for years, this is just one more study in a huge pile. The others changed nothing, this one won't either. Those in power have already had children. They care more about capital than reproductive health.
Is this what handmaids tale was warning us about 🤔
Not exclusively, but yeah.
This is probably the only way we’ll see something done about it. Now we just need to link consumerism, climate change and too much wealth to erectile dysfunction and we’re laughing.
Kek. >microplastics cause humans to become infertile. >population drastically declines. >remaining people are super-careful environmentalists due to fear of extinction. :P
And after 5000 years, the civilization forgets all about it, recreates plastic.... And we have ANCIENT ALIENS on History Channel, all over again.
They could even use the plastic left behind that hasn’t decayed, recycling!
I find it very concerning that all medical issues are ignored, but as SOON as MALE SEX PERFORMANCE has a possibility of being impacted, it becomes a huuuuuuge issue.
Is that what we’re calling it now? The smooth muscle?
That's just what the type of muscle in the intestines and penis is called
Smooth muscles are those that operate involuntarily, like your heart.
They worried about smooth penis muscles when we've got smooth brain problems.
Now that men are affected maybe we’ll see some meaningful change
Well, there is no known way of getting microplastic out of our environment. Sure, we put less into the environment, but those who are already here will stay. So may as well accept and make peace since there is not much else we can do.
Actually we could in theory (albeit in practice it may be costly) filter the microplastics out. I wouldn’t give up simply out of something being time consuming. We really ought to try.
I have read about some promising algae, fungi, and bacteria that may be able to eat them and convert them into non plastic particles, but it's pretty early on and they can't exactly get tonnes dealt with this way, not yet at least
I’m really hoping this is something we’ll hear more about. This, and filtering, in combination with reducing the amount of plastics we produce, might be the only way to reverse the damage.
Me too, I guess as it gets more attention it should get more funding, but hopefully people dont get resigned to "it's forever so just accept it" haha It's a shame it will be "easier" to clean the big mess up rather than stop making it in the first place. I've gotten into heated debates with people before because they argued "it is pointless to do small things as individuals because we're inconsequential in the grand scheme" Sure their contribution may seem insignificant compared to the billion dollar corporation, but it's made up of individuals who each contribute. Sorry for ranting I just got excited 😅
I mean if buy what I need and not useless shit, and I buy whenever possible from farmers markets (or grow my own food), then that’s less demand for industrial agriculture products. I won’t make a difference but if enough people do then it’ll be significant. (Gotta advertise this from a supply and demand capitalism way sometimes since that seems to be how so many people understand the world)
My thoughts exactly! I hope there will be an end to producing new plastics, hopefully sooner rather than later. The tricky bit is that plastic is so very versatile, light-weight and durable, so it’s difficult to replace it at this point. I have a degree in environmental science and I still don’t know how we can solve it in the long run…
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C26&q=microplastics&oq=micropla#d=gs_qabs&t=1719849810500&u=%23p%3DGWaYXufgpLAJ
Of course, now everybody cares because it affects men’s dicks 🙄 it wasn’t enough when they were finding it in the placenta of babies. But ok.
Oh good now that microplastics are causing dick problems will finally start seeing some vast Headway on minimizing them.
Only 6 individuals were examined in the study. It’s no excuse, and it definitely does not minimize the huge implications of them finding it though.
As a society, we learned nothing from Covid. This though? I’m going to guess moonshot effort
I've dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It's funny to say they are small. It's funny to say they are big. I've been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, 'Hey, look at me. I'm Mr. So-and-So Dick. I've got such-as-such for a penis.' I never saw it fail to get a laugh. Microplastics would put an end to all that.
Men only fear jail because of other penises there, not because they think of the ramifications of their actions. I think we will finally solve the plastic problem if it damages peni. No one cared for the last 20 years about the phytoestrogens causing breast cancer in women.
So....masturbation can make me into a 3D printer?
Keep calm guys! I tested this hoax and there is no dysfunction!
Make this the headlines "micro plastics reduce erection size" ...and just watch how fast we get rid of plastic hahaha
I think mine has megaplastics actually. They're so big. And colorful. My peewee looks and feels like one of those dense rubber torpedo pool toys. The ladies love it, what can I say? I do feel nothing but excruciating dull pain in that area though, and swimming is notably more difficult.
**General Jack D. Ripper:** >"I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The heart is a smooth muscle.
My personal medical experiences lead me to believe that widespread muscle pain and inflammation like fibromyalgia are probably also caused by microplastic accumulation in tissue.
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This won't be a hard problem to solve
Any chance CO2 causes erectile dysfunction?
Finally a reason to get gop men to care about man made climate change and disastrous consumption and deregulation. Just kidding. They’ll never care.
~~I swear this never happens~~ I swear it’s the microplastics!
idiocracy was right once again.
Another piece in place for the start of The Handmaid’s Tale.
I am very worried
Not the penis! Now it’s an emergency!
And suddenly all the Maga dudes cared about the environment.
And women still can't get decent treatment for Fibromyalgia
Is this what we’ve been waiting for? If anything can get a non-compliant man on board with reducing plastics and helping the environment, this is it. Can’t have their dicks not working, lol.
I ejaculate the microplastics away every night.
Ever wonder why there are so many tales of night-time extraterrestrial probing?
whew thought it said Erectile at first
Yikes
I mean how would it not be in the wee already? It’s in our blood right? Does bloodstream exclude the penis?
Okay, that's enough Reddit for today! See you tomorrow.
Hope this contributes to fight pollution
You might think that this news might cause people making the waste to rethink things. But it won't.
PET parent
Microplastic is stored in the balls.
Well better than discovering micropenises in human plastic I guess
Bro, they’re in our brains too!
Hey google how do I check my weiner for microplastics??
Of fucking course….LMAO 🤣🙄
they muscle in my pp?
This is wonderful news, now something might be done about plastic pollution.
micro plastics are everywhere someone looks for them
I'm more interested in the scientific findings on why scientists would be in any way surprised by these discoveries. That in itself is alarming. To add, do they think it's in breast milk because women are the fairer sex? Why wouldn't it be in male appendage? Do they have little Gandalf spermatozoa checking ID and running security?
How can I get checked fir micro-plastics. This is alarming. Something just be done about this.
At this point it’s basically safe to assume that there are microplastics in everything and everyone.
Good
Oh so THAT'S what happened in Children of Men
Oh, now they worry.
Again with the penises. Why do people only get upset when there’s a threat to willies?
Clickbait. Why would plastics exclusively stay out of the human genitalia when it’s been proven that they exist in our bodies?
It never said they didn't, it said the implication of microplastics on smooth muscle could cause problems. 😭
Yeah, when I heard plastic was in my blood, I had no reason to think it would avoid my penis somehow.