Monty Python might’ve sung “Every Sperm is Sacred,” but international researchers have found stored sperm might not be as “good” and “needed” as the song suggests. After looking at more than 150 studies on sperm storage in humans and other animal species, the team found men’s sperm performance might actually slightly deteriorate after a period of abstinence. They found “storage via sexual abstinence” was linked to a small but statistically meaningful decline in sperm performance that is likely due to increased DNA damage and oxidative stress. The team says their findings could provide information to help fertility clinics produce better quality embryos, as well as help researchers who are breeding animals in captivity

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 74 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You need to use the plumbing to keep it in working order.

[–] girthero@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Prime the 'ol pipes ya know!

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I remember this was a big thing for a while in those weird men's communities. Where being an incel wasn't because of religion or loserdom, but because of wanting to "save his seed" because that's where a man's power comes from or some nonsense.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

It also makes no sense. Sperm only live a couple of months, so logic dictates that they'd be strongest sometime in the first 1-4 weeks. Their youth; not in middle to old age.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

classic mind control shit - play on their ideological and moral hangups to keep them frustrated.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Dude. This but unironically, lol...

[–] groucho@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm positive that nofap november is a psyop to make white guys jittery and angry before major elections.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not being ironic at all. it's a very strange trend that seems self defeating and deliberately frustrating.

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Semen retention. I think it is (or used to be) a big thing in certain cultures too.

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup some Daoist secs historically believed semen contains life force. Via “retention of the semen”, a man could maintain his vital life force and slow aging. However, having sex would generate life force. So you could extend your life by having sex as much as possible while controlling how often you ejaculate.

[–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is this related to the dudes hanging weights from their balls?

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't that just copium. Incel is in the name. They don't have a choice in there abstinence.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Incel generally means the mindset rather than the literal definition. Getting laid doesn't stop someone being an incel, and failure to get laid doesn't make someone into one. It's all the misogyny, entitlement and self-loathing that makes someone an incel.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago

“save his seed” because that’s where a man’s power comes from or some nonsense

How fuckin ironic that now they're all shooting blanks, ahahahahaha

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Theres a kind of logic to it, where the longer you go without the more frustration you feel, and then you've got to harness and channel that energy into something productive.

I'm pretty sure anything beyond that is just made-up armchair bro-science.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

University proves that people production requires fresh ingredients.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta throw out that day-old stuff, ya know?

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 14 points 2 weeks ago

Lollllllllllllllll

First an app steals all their wanking data, now this

Those anti-porn enlightened bros just can't catch a break lmfao

[–] riskable@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago

For a good thing, just keep coming.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

DIY birth control. Eventually.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 11 points 2 weeks ago

Red pillers finally doing the responsible thing and weeding themselves out of the gene pool lol

[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Telling nature you're not fuckable, hrm, let's see where that goes.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Huh... maybe this is why all of those ultra-"Christians" (and I use that term loosely) consider child-birth to be a miracle. All those dudes shoot blanks without having gotten the snip.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

✋Thank the Lord in heaven I'm still at three a day✋