Comments on: French spermcount down http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rAMPANTiDIOCY http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1600644 rAMPANTiDIOCY Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1600644 The obvious cause: internet porn The obvious cause: internet porn

]]> By: Hardley http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1600205 Hardley Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1600205 So hopefully the flavour isn't too badly affected. So hopefully the flavour isn’t too badly affected.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599953 Wreckrob8 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599953 Ah! Dans le pays du Big Mac, n'est-ce pas? Ah! Dans le pays du Big Mac, n’est-ce pas?

]]> By: TokenFrenchDude http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599943 TokenFrenchDude Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599943 Oh. Oh.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599525 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599525 Wine consumption is down; sugary drink consumption is up. Wine consumption is down; sugary drink consumption is up.

]]> By: Capital_7 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599509 Capital_7 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599509 Frogs missing their tadpoles...developing. Frogs missing their tadpoles…developing.

]]> By: Ms. Anne Thrope http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599221 Ms. Anne Thrope Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599221 And there was Minitel 3615-Cum sexy chat lines and then internet porn, so... And there was Minitel 3615-Cum sexy chat lines and then internet porn, so…

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599191 rocketpjs Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599191 Nuclear reactors are the first thing that comes to mind.  I'd be interested to know if there were any policy changes at the EU level regarding foodstuffs over the years that might correspond to the change - such as allowing a certain pesticide. Also worth wondering, but impossible to check, is if the decline began in 1989 or if it was the continuation of a trend.  For that matter, did it all happen at once or was it a gradual decline (like aging). Nuclear reactors are the first thing that comes to mind. 

I’d be interested to know if there were any policy changes at the EU level regarding foodstuffs over the years that might correspond to the change – such as allowing a certain pesticide.

Also worth wondering, but impossible to check, is if the decline began in 1989 or if it was the continuation of a trend.  For that matter, did it all happen at once or was it a gradual decline (like aging).

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599187 rocketpjs Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599187  I blame Euro Disney  I blame Euro Disney

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599178 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599178  Sperm ennui  Sperm ennui

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599177 SedanChair Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599177 <blockquote>35-year-old Frenchman's semen</blockquote> <i>There's</i> a phrase you could read a couple of ways

35-year-old Frenchman’s semen

There’s a phrase you could read a couple of ways

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599154 Gyrofrog Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599154 "We might not come off so well in comparison." Ahem. “We might not come off so well in comparison.”

Ahem.

]]> By: Fnordius http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599136 Fnordius Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599136 My guess is that the choice in underwear and tight jeans play a bigger role than anything else. Though France does have an inordinate amount of nuclear power plants… My guess is that the choice in underwear and tight jeans play a bigger role than anything else. Though France does have an inordinate amount of nuclear power plants…

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599119 chgoliz Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599119 No idea if this might be a factor, especially since the article points out it's actually a world-wide problem as opposed to specifically French, but I wonder if the large number of nuclear reactors in the country might be worth considering. No idea if this might be a factor, especially since the article points out it’s actually a world-wide problem as opposed to specifically French, but I wonder if the large number of nuclear reactors in the country might be worth considering.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599099 Wreckrob8 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599099 There has been little speculation in the UK so far what the cause might be. We might not come off so well in comparison. For French men read Western men, no doubt? (Or maybe George Osborne has dampened any capacity which we still had for gloating today!) There has been little speculation in the UK so far what the cause might be. We might not come off so well in comparison. For French men read Western men, no doubt? (Or maybe George Osborne has dampened any capacity which we still had for gloating today!)

]]> By: DisGuest http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599096 DisGuest Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599096 The samples are limited to fertility clinics, so they can't really say that there was a decrease overall to the population, but only to a group that you might expect to have issues to begin with. I suppose you can extrapolate the results to a degree, but I wouldn't call it proof. The samples are limited to fertility clinics, so they can’t really say that there was a decrease overall to the population, but only to a group that you might expect to have issues to begin with. I suppose you can extrapolate the results to a degree, but I wouldn’t call it proof.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599091 Wreckrob8 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599091 No, no. They are drinking and smoking less. They need to increase their intake of vin ordinaire and Gitanes! No, no. They are drinking and smoking less. They need to increase their intake of vin ordinaire and Gitanes!

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599088 peregrinus Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599088 Hey, didn't Playboy start publishing in France in 1989? Hey, didn’t Playboy start publishing in France in 1989?

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599084 awjt Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599084  I have my gratuitous laughter warming up, on-deck in the batter's circle.  I have my gratuitous laughter warming up, on-deck in the batter’s circle.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599080 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599080 It sounds like it's time for a Pundit Fight! over whether to blame the sissifying effects of basically any social development post 1200AD, since that would be emotionally satisfying if questionably supported, or assorted wacky endocrine disruptors whose manufacturers assure us that they are 100% perfectly safe and why do you hate the economy so much? It sounds like it’s time for a Pundit Fight! over whether to blame the sissifying effects of basically any social development post 1200AD, since that would be emotionally satisfying if questionably supported, or assorted wacky endocrine disruptors whose manufacturers assure us that they are 100% perfectly safe and why do you hate the economy so much?

]]> By: Tavie http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599075 Tavie Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599075 Perhaps all zee wine... Perhaps all zee wine…

]]> By: Tiny Zombie http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599049 Tiny Zombie Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599049 I smell a Troll. I am using my skeptical voice when I ask "Seriously, an article about semen count by a guy named Seaman?" I smell a Troll. I am using my skeptical voice when I ask “Seriously, an article about semen count by a guy named Seaman?”

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/french-spermcount-down.html#comment-1599044 jennybean42 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198449#comment-1599044 In before someone makes a "Seaman" joke... In before someone makes a “Seaman” joke…

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