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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

It's still a "fun self-control challenge" if you just stop watching porn for the month. Nothing wrong with that. But the masturbation part is just silly religious stuff with a dash of prostate cancer.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd be fascinated to see all the medical data of men who suddenly developed prostate cancer in December because they didn't wank in November.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

It's same data of men who suddenly develop lung cancer after their first month of smoking. Doesn't mean it won't come back and bite you in the long term.

"In all, men who averaged 4.6–7 ejaculations a week were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 70 than men who ejaculated less than 2.3 times a week on average."

- a havard article, based on an australian study.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

“In all, men who averaged 4.6–7 ejaculations a week were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 70

i can confidently not masturbate for the rest of my life and still not drop below this lifetime average.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Fucking dress me up in blue and yellow spandex because I’m going to be invincible.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

Note the word averaged. Given this quote (I'm not sure if the study gets more specific), you could just wank a bit more the other months.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Religious? No one I know is doing this because of fucking religion. It's supposed to be a challenge, and not nutting is one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, yes, if you ignore the whole "masturbation = bad" thing that's part of the movement. That equation is firmly rooted in religion.