Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive 599
TeslaBoy writes "The BBC has an article about using ultrasound aimed at the testicles as a reversible male contraceptive. This can last for six months. With a grant of $100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, researchers at the University of North Carolina will push ahead with more clinical trials, fine tuning, and safety tests."
A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Don't let Microsoft point ultrasonic emitters at your nuts.
Ultrasound Aimed at the Testicles (Score:5, Funny)
>> ultrasound aimed at the testicles
That just sounds nuts!
Re:First Post (Score:5, Funny)
I hope it's more effective than your first post attempts or somebody will be calling you Daddy soon ;)
Re:First Post (Score:4, Funny)
Re:First Post (Score:2, Funny)
Just want to say, NOT HAPPENING. I'm happy using abstinence as a contraceptive. 100% effective. (:
I agree, keeping it in your pants sounds a lot easier than someone pointing something at your boys and saying "this might tingle a little..."
Ultrasound? (Score:5, Funny)
Jesus fucking Christ, why didn't I HEAR about this earlier?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:4, Funny)
Involuntary response. (Score:4, Funny)
So was I the only one who crossed their legs while reading the story?
Why not (Score:4, Funny)
just get married instead?
Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Gives new meaning to the term "Hum Job."
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:if 'twere permanent... (Score:5, Funny)
With that attitude I don't think you need to worry about having kids.
Re:First Post (Score:4, Funny)
" "this might tingle a little..."
"..but for an extra 100, it will tingle a lot."
Re:First Post (Score:4, Funny)
That works great right up to the point where some girl with a thing for nerds decides to jump you.
Don't laugh, it could happen to you (it's not likely of course, but it is possible).
Oblig. Futurama... (Score:5, Funny)
Fry: I dunno. Try it on me!
[Zap]
Fry: Ow! My sperm!
Bender: Wow! Neat! Mind if I try that again?
[Zap]
Fry: Huh, didn't hurt that time.
Re:Hmmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:First Post (Score:5, Funny)
In fact, there's only one thing I can think of that they do have in common.
Virility-destroying products?
Re:First Post (Score:1, Funny)
Evil intent?
Re:Why not (Score:5, Funny)
Re:if 'twere permanent... (Score:5, Funny)
There's no more selfish act in the world than having your own children.
not when my children are better than you! my 16 month old is already doing calculus. it's in the form of spaghetti, so it takes some interpreting, but it's there.
Duplicate post? (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't we just see a story about this? Or is Ball Lightning [slashdot.org] not the same thing?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Blue Screen of Sterility (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think you need a contraceptive to stop geeks reproducing...
Yup...Computer games, iPhones, Android phones, GPS devices, FOSS projects, Linux distros, ... (the list goes on) will all do the trick. Of course the effect of those are only temporary. To permanently prevent a geek from reproducing try giving him a Dell laptop and make sure it has a Sony battery.
Re:I'll need something a little more definite... (Score:1, Funny)
Not unnecessarily. You could probably get yourself shooting blanks in about a day(from what I hear).
Ringtone (Score:4, Funny)
Now if I can just get a ringtone for that...
Re:First Post (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who wants customers? (Score:2, Funny)
He's very smart. Genius in fact. You see, much like the "great software" this contraceptive doesn't work either.
Billionaires still have to deal with traffic (Score:4, Funny)
Imagine you're Bill Gates, you're the richest guy in the world, yet you still have to sit in traffic. So why not devote the rest of your life to population control?
Re:Ultrasound Aimed at the Testicles (Score:2, Funny)
It's certainly a ballsy form of contraception.
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why not (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I'll need something a little more definite... (Score:5, Funny)
Shut down your testicles tomorrow and you'll still be fertile until the stored sperm in the epididymis is used up.
Thats the second part of the "service" a blond Scandinavian woman to ensure that the "stored sperm in the epididymis is used up"
This is old technology. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ultrasound Aimed at the Testicles (Score:1, Funny)
Internuts
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Now that's a scary thought. Is there nothing a lawyer won't do?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Dr. Who fans will love it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:3, Funny)
That's 2nd best. Best is laughing while she asks, "is that supposed to be a penis?"
Re:First Post (Score:3, Funny)
I'd like to start by thanking all the little people in my life, you all helped to make this day happen. My principal in high school for showing me how to use the soap in the gym showers, the doctor for my first rectal exam, GNAA for all their great posts and informative commentary. I couldn't have done it with out all your support!
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
no, really, I recommend Vasectomies to my male friends.
I've had much worse things done to me at the dentist.
Yes, I spent three days with a bag of ice in my lap.
Yes, I whined that "my balls hurt"
No, I would not have wanted to run a race.
Worth it? Hell yes.
Vasectomy plus monogamy plus vigorous sexual relations equals happiness.
Not that condoms plus polyamory doesn't work for some...
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
My laser vasectomy took 15 minutes, didn't hurt, had no side effects, and was covered under basic medical.
Also, frickin' laser beams.
But was it performed by a shark?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:2, Funny)
Pics or it didn't happen.
Re:The B&M Gates Foundation Does Care About Po (Score:4, Funny)
No stronger aphrodisiac than a pile or rotting corpses, eh?
BBOD? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't let Microsoft point ultrasonic emitters at your nuts.
Blue Ball of Death?
Re:reversible? (Score:3, Funny)
Just like my raincoat. - President Skroob
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
But was it performed by a shark?
No. Lawers do not perform vasectomys.
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
Do you expect me to talk, doctor?
No sir, I expect you to die!
Re:Duplicate post? (Score:5, Funny)
No... not ball lightning, this is about ball lightening.
Re:if 'twere permanent... (Score:1, Funny)
from the unborn potential child's perspective.
What about the imaginary unicorn's point of view? Have you considered that?
Microsoft plot (Score:4, Funny)
The connection is easy. Computer users in third world countries usually don't buy Windows. It's a clever plot on Bill's part with Melinda's blessing to cut down on the number of non-Windows users.
(and I bet you thought that no one on /. could turn an article on contraception into something anti-Microsoft. Ta-Da!!!)
Cheers,
Dave
P.S. For the humor impaired, just kidding.
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:1, Funny)
Might be Microsoft's most successful attempt at stopping self-replicating code.
Re:Simple Technology (Score:3, Funny)
In my day we were lucky to have a hammer!
We used two halves of a brick if we were lucky!
Idiocracy? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'll need something a little more definite... (Score:4, Funny)
Thats the second part of the "service" a blond Scandinavian woman to ensure that the "stored sperm in the epididymis is used up"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gunderson, but you really don't need to come in for a treatment every day."
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe he meant catch -22?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
this took a very dark turn. Seek counseling.
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:4, Funny)
Only because they have far more effective methods of castrating you.
Re:Frequencies (Score:5, Funny)
A 90-year-old man said to his doctor, "I've never felt better. I have an 18-year-old bride who is pregnant with my child. What do you think about that?"
The doctor considered his question for a minute and then said, "I have an elderly friend who is a hunter and never misses a season. One day when he was going out in a bit of a hurry, he accidentally picked up his umbrella instead of his gun.
When he got to the Creek, he saw a beaver sitting beside the stream. He raised his umbrella and went, 'bang, bang' and the beaver fell dead. What do you think of that?" The 90-year-old said, "I'd say somebody else shot that beaver."
The doctor replied, "My point exactly."
Re:huh (Score:3, Funny)
"This Is" disappeared from my post, weird.
um, you do know that primary aphasia [nih.gov] is one of the risk factors for vasectomy, right?
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:5, Funny)
I hope your wife doesn't find this out.
Microsoft (Score:1, Funny)
Microsoft the clue is in the name :)
Re:A word to the wise: (Score:3, Funny)
But,is she awake during sex?