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Humanity’s primate predecessors might have found this study to be quite agitating.
Posted by: Jim | June 10, 2023 at 12:22 PM
*predating us by at least tens of millions of years.
This pretty much at least narrows the timeline down.
Posted by: man tom | June 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Diff'rent Strokes...
Posted by: Ben Gurgen Hoffe | June 10, 2023 at 01:08 PM
You've gotta hand it to those scientists.
Posted by: Ol' Chumbucket | June 10, 2023 at 01:40 PM
Seems like all the water has been marching for quite some time.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 10, 2023 at 01:49 PM
Now if there was some long term studies available that showed a statistical relationship between blindness and the subject activity. Maybe all the scientists went blind and could not publish.
My philosophy has been do it until you need glasses. And with the state of modern day optometry, you can get glasses that will correct just about any eye condition. And then again, I don't believe all that crap mumbo-jumbo that statisticians try to baffle you with. How many blind statisticians have you met?
Are we still in Schmance?
Posted by: Pullet Surprise | June 10, 2023 at 03:03 PM
What really was Portnoy's complaint?
Posted by: PirateBoy | June 10, 2023 at 04:10 PM
That makes it sound like those knuckle-draggers were pretty callous.
Posted by: Elaine Benes | June 10, 2023 at 04:28 PM
Excuse me while I honor my ancestors.
Posted by: Ed. | June 10, 2023 at 05:13 PM
Couldn't help but notice this article was published in a pretty large font size.
Posted by: ripleysparrow | June 11, 2023 at 06:59 AM
NTTAWWT
Posted by: Harry Palms | June 11, 2023 at 07:21 AM
"Oh, it was masturbation I know..."
(to the tune of "Fascination")
Posted by: Generally Tone Deaf | June 11, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Do not forget the other two major important aspects in this area of their study:
- Mental masturbation - has almost all the benefits of the real physical act but does not have the negative effects such as blindness, hair loss, or hair on the palms and maybe other effects not yet documented.
- The effect of modern biochemistry in the ready availability of performance-enhancing medications (such as Viagra) and the universal availability of generic knockoffs that are available thru TV ad. These drugs provide all the performance enhancements but, if use properly, e.g., masturbation, but without the less desirable side-effects (pregnancy). Or, "A bird in the hand, is worth not-two in the bush." if you get my drift.
Yeah scince.
Posted by: Pullet Surprise | June 11, 2023 at 01:28 PM
If I ever wondered why Walter was so popular...
Posted by: Bill Moore | June 12, 2023 at 05:20 AM