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Cohiba · Dec 9, 2004, 08:05 AM

Read This.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/1...eut/index.html

Not sure what to think...

Goldfinger · Dec 9, 2004, 08:08 AM

With matching PowerBook and iPod in the pic next to the article

Spheric Harlot · Dec 9, 2004, 08:16 AM

Please watch your language and at least do not use whichever lord's name in vain in thread titles.

You will offend the right wing.

Eriamjh · Dec 9, 2004, 08:17 AM

"The increase in scrotal temperature is significant enough to cause changes in sperm parameters," said Dr Yefim Sheynkin, an associate professor of urology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

College students need birth control. However, expect them to blame their powerbook when someone knocks up their girlfriend.

Newsflash: Tight pants do the same thing. This is not a crisis.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 9, 2004, 09:44 AM

Wonder who volunteered to have their ball temperature measured.

MindFad · Dec 9, 2004, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
Wonder who volunteered to have their ball temperature measured.

This was my first thought.

Zimphire · Dec 9, 2004, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Please watch your language and at least do not use whichever lord's name in vain in thread titles.

You will offend the right wing.

macroy · Dec 9, 2004, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by Cohiba:
Read This.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/1...eut/index.html

Not sure what to think...

Yea ok. Wouldn't jogging on a hot day also raise the temp of your 'nads by a few? What about sitting in a sauna...?

brapper · Dec 9, 2004, 10:07 AM

ah crap.

MindFad · Dec 9, 2004, 10:19 AM

Looks like it's cold showers from now on. Do laptops get that hot? I would think you'd literally have to flop your balls out and put your iBook directly on them to have any kind of effect. Of all the things that can elevate your ball temperature, are laptops really a big problem?

Cody Dawg · Dec 9, 2004, 11:06 AM

Lawyers around the world are rubbing their...HANDS...with glee over this.

cjrivera · Dec 9, 2004, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
Wonder who volunteered to have their ball temperature measured.

Broke college students who need beer money?

mdc · Dec 9, 2004, 11:54 AM

"A serious case of laptop burn was reported in a letter published in a medical journal two years ago after a 50-year-old man burned his penis while using a laptop balanced on his legs for an hour, despite wearing trousers and underpants."

i'll get back to everyone in a few years when it's time to settle down and have kids. see how all this plays out.

Sherwin · Dec 9, 2004, 12:17 PM

No biggie. It's not like most laptop-wielding geeks are gonna get girlfriends* anyway.

(*clue: girls are the people who walk past un-noticed while you're sitting in the park cross-legged using your laptop to talk to fellow geeks on teh interweb).

turtle777 · Dec 9, 2004, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Please watch your language and at least do not use whichever lord's name in vain in thread titles.
You will offend the right wing.

This thread does not deserve anything but +1

-t

Dec 9, 2004, 12:30 PM

I thought it was common knowledge that heat can lower sperm count.

Oh wait, it's newsworthy now because heat can come from new and trendy products like laptops.

Spheric Harlot · Dec 10, 2004, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by macroy:
Yea ok. Wouldn't jogging on a hot day also raise the temp of your 'nads by a few? What about sitting in a sauna...?

Um - yes.

In fact, many cases of male "infertility" have been "cured" by recommending against hot baths and long hot showers.

Xeo · Dec 10, 2004, 12:23 AM

Who puts their laptop on their crotch? Mine sits on my knees when I don't have a table to set it on.

Superchicken · Dec 10, 2004, 12:32 AM

People with big PCs tend to have em on their LAPS, Mac users normally have smaller machines that of course will make us more fertile and attractive anyway

scaught · Dec 10, 2004, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by MindFad:
I would think you'd literally have to flop your balls out and put your iBook directly on them to have any kind of effect.

ya. that doesnt have any effect.

i mean. i dont think it would. if someone tried it. which i havent.

Spheric Harlot · Dec 10, 2004, 12:58 AM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Who puts their laptop on their crotch? Mine sits on my knees when I don't have a table to set it on.

you obviously don't use it in bed (har har har)

Kilbey · Dec 10, 2004, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Um - yes.

In fact, many cases of male "infertility" have been "cured" by recommending against hot baths and long hot showers.

My father was told by his doctor to take luke warm baths when he and my mom wanted to start having kids.

MacmanX · Dec 10, 2004, 02:13 AM

Too much laptop use can also cause SCS (sweaty crotch syndrome). So, watch it kids.

roberto blanco · Dec 10, 2004, 03:51 AM

wow, cool. no more condoms. yaaayyy!!

badidea · Dec 10, 2004, 04:55 AM

Originally posted by roberto blanco:
wow, cool. no more condoms. yaaayyy!!

Goddamn, I don't have a notebook!

MilkmanDan · Dec 10, 2004, 09:32 AM

My SPERM! NOOOOOO! Without its true potency I'll never be able to procreate to my full potential! How else am I going to counter act the high birth rate of the far right?

PS: Prepare to get lots of warning labels on laptops now, the same way keyboard have them.

Dec 10, 2004, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by roberto blanco:
wow, cool. no more condoms. yaaayyy!!

Not so fast: Now appearring on iBook boxes:

Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined the iBook is not an effective method of protecting against STDs.

Jack-iMac · Dec 11, 2004, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by hayesk:
Not so fast: Now appearring on iBook boxes:

Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined the iBook is not an effective method of protecting against STDs.

LOL hayesk, that was a good one!

Jack

CreepingDeth · Dec 11, 2004, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
This thread does not deserve anything but +1

-t

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