r/boringdystopia • u/AzulaOblongata • May 21 '24

Environmental Degradation 🌍 Nothing surprises me anymore. I am curious how they found this out though.

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u/afternever May 21 '24

No testicle was left unstudied.

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u/ddwood87 May 21 '24

That's my microplastics-purse.

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u/AdultBeyondRepair May 21 '24

It was already posted in r/interestingasfuck here

The study was from a small sample size of less than 30 males. Still though, given micro plastic are literally everywhere, it wouldn’t surprise me if all testicles the world over are full of them.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '24

That explains the last time I rubbed one out it was like silly string..

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u/ManOfEating May 22 '24

I think a small sample size actually helps drive home the point in this case. I know the bigger the sample size the better, but what are the odds that out of 30 males in the whole world, these ones had them?

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u/AdultBeyondRepair May 22 '24

I would say close to .9 probability per the article: microplastics have been found at the top of Everest, and at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. We consume enough microplastics each week to produce a credit card. They are literally everywhere. Chances are, if you have testicles, you have microplastics. Not only that. If you are alive today, you contain microplastics.

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u/_MKVA_ May 21 '24

I read recently that we ingest 5 grams (a credit cards worth) of microplastics weekly.

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u/MysteriousStaff3388 May 23 '24

How? Is that just from water?

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u/_MKVA_ May 23 '24

It's from everything. Foods, Liquids, containers, probably even particulate matter in the air. You have microplastics in your brain, in your man or lady balls.

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u/SnooSquirrels6758 May 21 '24

detachable peeeeenis

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u/Dat_Steve May 22 '24

Sounds like it could be a line out of dumb and dumber.

“We got no food. We got no jobs. Our testicles have micro plastics in them!”

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u/AndroFeth May 21 '24

Besides microplastics found in lungs, wouldn't they just be dissolved by the stomach acid?

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u/Fistmedaddy1995 May 22 '24

The acid that makes gastric(stomach) acidic is hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid cannot dissolve plastics. THERE’S PLASTIC IN YOUR BOWELS THERE’S PLASTIC IN YOUR BOWELS THERE’S PLASTIC IN YOUR BOWELS YOUR ORGANS ARE BELONG TO PLASTIC

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u/mastima6 May 22 '24

Dude loves balls.

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u/victor4700 May 22 '24

Same way we detected diabetic urine from the sweetness; taste

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u/alphenliebe May 21 '24

Hey baby you want my microplastics

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u/Reasonable_Collar_97 May 21 '24

Minha pistola é de plástico 🎶

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u/Natetricks May 22 '24

Read the fcukin’ article and you’d know

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u/[deleted] May 22 '24

You heard of the tooth fairy? Well..

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u/TopBillerCopKiller May 22 '24

The microplastic is stored in the balls