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Please let this be real.

Male birth control is one of the top things that I wish for everyday.

The really great thing is that this isn't just a first-world problem. Birth control is obviously a huge issue in developing nations. So, while I can chase the dream of male birth control for purely selfish reasons, to address my privilege problems, I'm at the same time involved in a solution for a very real problem in the world.



Did you read about what's involved in the actual procedure...?

If you read the steps necessary for the procedure and manage to maintain your enthusiasm, you have my awed and confusion admiration.


...an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia that takes 10 minutes and lasts 10 years? It's hard to imagine how it could be better unless they literally just waved a tricorder over your junk.


You know that's exactly the same thing that's involved in a vasectomy, right?

Except with a vasectomy you have the risk of chronic testicular pain.


You know that a vasectomy is at least two weeks of hell, right? Of course, in the long run it may worth it.

Should You Get a Vasectomy?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3775066


All you have demonstrated is that one person had a bad experience with a vasectomy and decided to write about it.

>The operating room is cold. The walls are busy with gruesome anatomical diagrams, cross sections that make the male genitalia resemble charcuterie. I lie back on the table, draw the paper sheet over my crotch, and seconds later the doctor and an older, hen-shaped nurse enter the room.

I know that all reporting is biased, but the signal-to-noise ratio here is abysmal.


compared to other means of male birth control, it is quite tame as I see it.




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