Taking the theory that testosterone is shortening a man's lifespan is true. What are all the testosterone drugs men are taking for sex drive, balding, and erectile dysfunction doing to them?

Cereb

Denmark3388 Posts

September 26 2012 22:02 GMT

#223

FYI this studied isn't ment to have any major conclusions drawn from it. It's a just a case-control study with unusually old data.

Living 19 years longer? Guess what, the average South Korean male lives 25 years longer than the control groups of this study. There are so many unknown factors. It is a great way to spark interest within an area and that many years is a big difference...So who knows, maybe some day someone will come along and show that you'd on average live a few years longer.

But that's about where that ends. This is not a big sensation.

Now if you smoke, eat unhealthily, and don't exercise I could show you the way to a real sensation...

Mzimzim

United States221 Posts

September 26 2012 23:44 GMT

#224

No need to chop off my testiculars for 15 more years. I already decided I'm going to live forever, and I'm doing pretty well so far.

Jepsyn

Canada364 Posts

September 26 2012 23:47 GMT

#225

Im pretty sure the last 15 years of my life are gonna be spent in poor health so heck no

Dfgj

Singapore5922 Posts

September 27 2012 00:18 GMT

#226

On September 27 2012 08:47 Jepsyn wrote:
Im pretty sure the last 15 years of my life are gonna be spent in poor health so heck no

The implication is all phases of your life are extended proportionately so that you live 15 years longer, not that you're dying of organ failure and just happen to keep lingering for that period.

BerserKr

Chile101 Posts

September 27 2012 02:46 GMT

#227

Not having balls would make life a pretty shitty life, you would talk with a high tone, everyone would laugh at you, you wouldnt know the comforting pleasure of just scratching your balls, and you would be the biggest beta of all, plus life itself requires balls, and to be perfectly honest when they say 15 years what comes to mind is 15 years of your current life, but once you hit the 80's, why the fuck would you like to live more, just keep your balls.

Antimatterz

United States1010 Posts

September 27 2012 02:48 GMT

#228

Whenever something like this pops up you can almost guarantee that the first 10 replies are gold.

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

September 27 2012 02:49 GMT

#229

I think I'd have a bone or two to pick with this.

Aterons_toss

Romania1275 Posts

September 27 2012 03:09 GMT

#230

Pointless, fake, why the fuck does the "study" exist ?
As someone already pointed out, there "control group" lives less than the average human being in 1st world countries.

brian

United States9643 Posts

September 27 2012 03:11 GMT

#231

I first heard this on the radio a few days. One of the hosts immediately remarked about it being because they find themselves less interested in dealing with women. I was horrified and amused at the same time.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

September 27 2012 03:22 GMT

#232

I'd trade 15 years of my life for more balls tbh

Abort Retry Fail

2636 Posts

September 27 2012 03:29 GMT

#233

lol no thanks

Demurity

United States424 Posts

September 27 2012 03:34 GMT

#234

I would, for the following reasons: still have sex & save money on condoms. Most people get vasectomies anyway, GG.

JackDT

724 Posts

September 27 2012 03:35 GMT

#235

Some of you are making a bad assumption about the human aging process. A longevity benefit of 15 years doesn't come at the end of your life -- you don't get 15 extra years in a nursing home. Things that make you age slower means you spend 15 more years on the tennis court or playing starcraft, and don't end up in said nursing home until 15 years than you would have with normal aging.

Another way of slowing aging, a more acceptable way, may be to simply eat less: http://www.crsociety.org/about It does require incredible discipline however. The science behind calorie restriction is vastly more sound as well.

EffervescentAureola

United States410 Posts

September 27 2012 03:52 GMT

#236

Balls are overrated, I don't understand all you people saying that a life without sex or the desire to bang women is not a life worth living, if that's your view of life then your life must be pretty damn boring to begin with. There is so much more to life than trying to get women in bed and always having sexual thoughts in the back of your mind.

I would love to have a life where I'm never tempted by pleasures of the flesh, where I'm never a slave to my own passions. If I didn't ever think about sex, I could have done better in school and college and gotten so much farther ahead in my career. If I didn't have balls I would never have to "think" with the "other head", so all my decisions and plans and goals would be realistic, logical, rational, etc. Also, not having a sex drive would give me a more balanced and positive and spiritual perspective on life. I could better understand people's motivations and thought processes, especially women and what makes them tick.

I feel that a life without balls would actually be more fulfilling than a life with balls, even if hypothetically a person without balls died earlier than a person with balls. I feel the guy who didn't have balls would have accomplished and learned a great deal more in his relatively shorter lifespan than a guy who lived longer but a lot of his time was misguided and mismanaged time, such as chasing women and paying mind games and engaging in pointless drama, only for a few seconds of pleasure when semen ejects from his penis. All that work...for literally nothing. What a waste.

And then you go back to living your normal life, but the person without a sex drive would have reached a state of nirvana or bliss or enlightenment because he would never even think to indulge in such a primitive activity. Other civilizations around the galaxy or universe would probably laugh at us, as they would be intelligent enough to have gotten over sexuality. Without the need for sex, intelligent and introspective beings such as ourselves could have accomplished a great deal more. But sex keeps humans at a basic, primitive, instinctive, almost caveman level. Only if we can overcome this will humans become more enlightened beings who can embrace their psionic and telepathic and supernatural abilities that are inherently locked and trapped in our amazingly super complex brains.

We have no idea what our potential as a human race is.
We can be so much better, only if sex didn't hold us back.
I have no use for balls, it's more destructive than it is constructive.

EDIT: testosterone is also linked to increased levels of violence, why do you think men commit such a large proportion of violent crimes?

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

September 27 2012 03:56 GMT

#237

not a chance

cLAN.Anax

United States2847 Posts

September 27 2012 03:57 GMT

#238

If it didn't hurt a bit (guessing it would, lololol :-D ), and I were still celibate, I'd-a probably said yes.

Entertaining

Canada793 Posts

September 27 2012 04:03 GMT

#239

Honestly I dont wanna live anywhere past 70. Why would I want to add another 15 disgusting years to my life? Simply put, I hate old people.

CyDe

United States1010 Posts

September 27 2012 04:12 GMT

#240

Not to seem too testy, I think that it would drive me nuts to see men come and hang out. Their plum possession would rub off on me and I'd think them jerk offs for not handling the deal like I did.

Or something.