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You... avoided all that? How? You didn't wear underpants or what?

by Bombthecat 6y ago

Hendrikto 6y ago
One can wear underwear, just not tight-fitting. There is a reason balls are free-hanging. They should not get too warm.
tubularhells 6y ago
Why would you need underwear when you could just freeball every day?
- MisterTea 6y ago
  Some fabrics aren't kind to sensitive bits. I prefer to have cotton boxers between my bits and whatever rugged exterior cloth is worn.
- xkv 6y ago
  because denim
hypertele-Xii 6y ago
I'm not the parent poster, but here's my take: Heat - Live somewhere North. There's very little of it. Radiation - No wi-fi at home, put phone in breast pocket. Plastic, micro plastics - Never buy anything plastic, if possible. Buy food whole in paper bags from local market; prefer glass and carboard containers. Buy cotton/silk/etc clothing, never anything made of poly-anything. Tap water - Live where it's clean. Teflon - All my cookware and utensils are titanium, steel, or wood. No aluminium, no coatings. Antibacterial soap - Buy the simplest, free-est of additives soap you can, intended for sensitive skin and allergics. Wash clothes with Sapindus saponaria fruit ("soap berries") and vinegar. Underpants - Just don't wear them. An interesting side-effect of such a clean lifestyle is that a fungus clogs my drain about twice a year, since my graywater has no chemicals in it. Had to learn to take it apart and clean it :)
- DoingIsLearning 6y ago
  > No aluminium I missed that one, what is wrong with Aluminium for cookware? Can you point to any source on that?
  - hypertele-Xii 6y ago
    It's very mildly toxic. Acidic foods react with it and metal leaks into the food. It's why canned food says you should transfer it to another container after opening. I assume greater temperatures accelerate this process, as heat makes molecules move, though I'm no expert on crystalline structures in metals. Searching for "aluminium toxicity" will bring up many results. Titanium, on the other hand, is so safe to our bodies that it's used in surgical implants.
    - 0134340 6y ago
      >Titanium, on the other hand, is so safe to our bodies that it's used in surgical implants. So is Teflon used surgically and considered safe but only at biological temperatures and slightly above. Maybe titanium doesn't have such dark secrets as Teflon.
- driverdan 6y ago
  > Radiation - No wi-fi at home, put phone in breast pocket. This is pseudoscience. Unless you're storing wifi devices next to your testicles they won't do anything, and in that case it's due to heating.
  - jonplackett 6y ago
    I used to keep my phone in my pocket, really quite close to my little guys. This was actually one of the most annoying things to change, but since radiation diminishes by inverse square, even a small distance change (if originally very close) could make a difference.

You... avoided all that? How? You didn't wear underpants or what?

Hendrikto 6y ago

One can wear underwear, just not tight-fitting. There is a reason balls are free-hanging. They should not get too warm.

tubularhells 6y ago

Why would you need underwear when you could just freeball every day?

MisterTea 6y ago
Some fabrics aren't kind to sensitive bits. I prefer to have cotton boxers between my bits and whatever rugged exterior cloth is worn.
xkv 6y ago
because denim

hypertele-Xii 6y ago

I'm not the parent poster, but here's my take: Heat - Live somewhere North. There's very little of it. Radiation - No wi-fi at home, put phone in breast pocket. Plastic, micro plastics - Never buy anything plastic, if possible. Buy food whole in paper bags from local market; prefer glass and carboard containers. Buy cotton/silk/etc clothing, never anything made of poly-anything. Tap water - Live where it's clean. Teflon - All my cookware and utensils are titanium, steel, or wood. No aluminium, no coatings. Antibacterial soap - Buy the simplest, free-est of additives soap you can, intended for sensitive skin and allergics. Wash clothes with Sapindus saponaria fruit ("soap berries") and vinegar. Underpants - Just don't wear them. An interesting side-effect of such a clean lifestyle is that a fungus clogs my drain about twice a year, since my graywater has no chemicals in it. Had to learn to take it apart and clean it :)

DoingIsLearning 6y ago
> No aluminium I missed that one, what is wrong with Aluminium for cookware? Can you point to any source on that?
- hypertele-Xii 6y ago
  It's very mildly toxic. Acidic foods react with it and metal leaks into the food. It's why canned food says you should transfer it to another container after opening. I assume greater temperatures accelerate this process, as heat makes molecules move, though I'm no expert on crystalline structures in metals. Searching for "aluminium toxicity" will bring up many results. Titanium, on the other hand, is so safe to our bodies that it's used in surgical implants.
  - 0134340 6y ago
    >Titanium, on the other hand, is so safe to our bodies that it's used in surgical implants. So is Teflon used surgically and considered safe but only at biological temperatures and slightly above. Maybe titanium doesn't have such dark secrets as Teflon.
driverdan 6y ago
> Radiation - No wi-fi at home, put phone in breast pocket. This is pseudoscience. Unless you're storing wifi devices next to your testicles they won't do anything, and in that case it's due to heating.
- jonplackett 6y ago
  I used to keep my phone in my pocket, really quite close to my little guys. This was actually one of the most annoying things to change, but since radiation diminishes by inverse square, even a small distance change (if originally very close) could make a difference.