Men and other mammals live longer if they are castrated

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02 Jun 2024, 1:42 pm

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When I was younger I had testicular cancer and they removed one of my testicles so I guess that would be considered partial castration :D


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02 Jun 2024, 2:04 pm

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I'd rather have my balls me

How else am I gonna spray my seed all over dirty pictures of myself

Oh and if I had to trade then I don't think any amount of years could replace my boys


I am imagining a male babybird "spray(ing) his seed all over" now.

Thank you for that imagery. :lol:



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02 Jun 2024, 6:01 pm

DuckHairback wrote:
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When I was younger I had testicular cancer and they removed one of my testicles so I guess that would be considered partial castration :D


Sorry for your loss, but maybe you'll get half the extra years? In which case, congratulations?


This is a odd one ,, but I wish you a long life ? :D


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04 Jun 2024, 6:57 am

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Question for the gentlemen then, how many extra years would make it worth you considering saying goodbye to Alan and Geoffrey?
I'm sorta on the asexuality spectrum. It's been a couple years since me & my girlfriend did anything sexual due to her various issues & I'm mostly OK with that. In a way I've been chemically castrated for a decade now. I've been taking a couple meds to block/reduce some of the effects of testosterone. I like having a lower sex drive & feel better mentally with a lower drive. Plus in a way I might be slightly trans. I want to stop male pattern baldness & have no facial or body hair growth anywhere else. Getting surgically castrated would be more effective than the meds & a lot cheaper than meds assuming I could get the surgery for free. I highly doubt my docs would approve that surgery though unless I got them to think I was a potential sexual threat & I do not want to go there. As for as the idea of living longer, I care alot more about life quality than quantity.


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04 Jun 2024, 11:28 am

No, I think I'd go for the calorie-restriction method if I went for anything:

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020 ... -lifespan/

Doesn't seem that hard. Just find yourself a few fascinating special interests and you won't want the distraction of eating. And when you do eat, you'll enjoy your food more. I've heard that it makes animals healthier in their old age too, which is quite important. Nobody in their right mind wants to be old and ill.



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27 Jun 2024, 5:32 pm

What it comes down to me isn't the extra years, but how I'll live them.

Assume I'd normally live to one hundred years old. Somebody says, 'Castrate now and live to be one hundred and twenty'. That's great, if I'm as fit and mobile as, and have the mental acuity of a sixty-five year old.

But not much point if I have the fitness, mobility, and awareness one would expect of a hundred and twenty year old.


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29 Jun 2024, 10:11 am

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Assume I'd normally live to one hundred years old. Somebody says, 'Castrate now and live to be one hundred and twenty'.


If I got the offer when I was one hundred years old that I would live an other twenty years only if I at that point got rid of my balls then I'd probably think they have done enough, thank them and send them off with a heartfelt farewell: "My heart does not beat because the pacemaker is tickling it. It beats with the last breath of each ball who died protecting it."


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29 Jun 2024, 1:51 pm

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I guess this means trans women will outlive cis men. :)

And then cis men will hate them even more than cis women, if they don't already. :(


I thought the ones that really hated trans women were old TERF:s like JK Rowling? And now maybe cis women will start hating trans men as well for being men and still have the same life expectancy as women?


Idk you never really hear right wingers complaining about trans men, like where is the push to keep trans boys out of boys sports? No you just hear of them trying to keep trans girls out of girl sports. I do realize the sports thing is a bit complicated as some trans women may have an advantage over cis women but not sure it matters as much for like kids sports.

But either way it already seems like the people who hate trans people for some reason hate trans women more than trans men.


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29 Jun 2024, 1:53 pm

Ha ha, well me and my boyfriend would like to live long...but I certainly hope he would not resort to this, to do that.


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29 Jun 2024, 3:28 pm

Honestly, if I do get as far along in transitioning as I hope I'd go for an orchi. You can still "use" it, don't have to worry about T production, plus this unexpected benefit.


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08 Aug 2024, 9:24 am

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Dubious claim. Anything like this reeks of the misandry of the "feminism" movement.

You'd have to look at why they live longer. Maybe it's because they became human blobs and never took any
risks, lived in apartments alone watching TV. No thanks.

Males are more aggressive because of their balls, this makes them more likely to do dumb s**t, also more
likely to be sent into a war for some old idiot, another factor in the average lifespan.

But there are upsides to this energy such as adventure, exploration, entrepreneurship...

Yes because there are no women adventures explorers or entrepreneurs.... /s :nerdy:



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08 Aug 2024, 11:08 am

Barchan wrote:
__Elijahahahaho wrote:
Dubious claim. Anything like this reeks of the misandry of the "feminism" movement.

You'd have to look at why they live longer. Maybe it's because they became human blobs and never took any
risks, lived in apartments alone watching TV. No thanks.

Males are more aggressive because of their balls, this makes them more likely to do dumb s**t, also more
likely to be sent into a war for some old idiot, another factor in the average lifespan.

But there are upsides to this energy such as adventure, exploration, entrepreneurship...

Yes because there are no women adventures explorers or entrepreneurs.... /s :nerdy:


Priceless response : one could only hope is was written with an eye towards sarcasm ? 8O


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08 Aug 2024, 11:15 am

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Living a longer than expected life runs contrary to my goals, so I'll be holding on to them.

Just don't do that in public.....


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08 Aug 2024, 11:17 am

Jakki wrote:
Barchan wrote:
__Elijahahahaho wrote:
Dubious claim. Anything like this reeks of the misandry of the "feminism" movement.

You'd have to look at why they live longer. Maybe it's because they became human blobs and never took any
risks, lived in apartments alone watching TV. No thanks.

Males are more aggressive because of their balls, this makes them more likely to do dumb s**t, also more
likely to be sent into a war for some old idiot, another factor in the average lifespan.

But there are upsides to this energy such as adventure, exploration, entrepreneurship...

Yes because there are no women adventures explorers or entrepreneurs.... /s :nerdy:


Priceless response : one could only hope is was written with an eye towards sarcasm ? 8O

/s is a tone indicator and the s is for sarcasm



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08 Aug 2024, 12:07 pm

Thank you .. am not proficient in much online lingo , or abbreviations .^^^^


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08 Aug 2024, 2:40 pm

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funeralxempire wrote:
Living a longer than expected life runs contrary to my goals, so I'll be holding on to them.

Just don't do that in public.....


You can get away with if you're dressed like a baseball player, or Michael Jackson. :nerdy:


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