• CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    There’s health benefits to removing the appendix and tonsils too - so why isn’t it done wholesale on every kid born?

    Because it’s fucking barbaric chopping bits of you up without necessity.

    On top of that as science has progressed - guess what? They think both the tonsils and appendix have a purpose. They’re important for immunity.

    But there was never a fucking doubt that the foreskin has a purpose in human beings. So the removal of it for “health benefits” really is scraping the fucking barrel.

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      10 months ago

      No. It’s not done because it’s invasive surgery. Like, are you for real?

      Ask anyone who had their appendix rupture if they wish it could have been removed while they were barely aware of the world and had nothing else going on in their life.

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          It’s a major surgery. But I’ve worked with a guy who had his removed preemptively after watching his brother’s rupture. It’s rare, though, because again, it’s major surgery to remove that ticking time bomb.

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        There is strong evidence that it causes long term trauma. Just because you can’t remember something doesn’t mean it doesn’t have an effect on you. They literally strap you down, rip open the skin, and chop it off without any kind of pain management.

        It is absolutely insane. Go watch the procedure on YouTube or something to understand what actually happens. Then take into consideration you’re likely seeing a “best case” outcome.

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          10 months ago

          No. Everything you said is wrong or unproven. Just stop making shit up or floating around these bizarre internet cults.

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              10 months ago

              Lotta bad science in there.

              1. Pain is only shown in the control group with zero management.
              2. Behavioral tests were animals exclusively, with no pain management.
              3. The fact that there are people online upset about their dicks doesn’t necessarily relate to circumcision and could be multiple factors like mate rejection, erectile disfunction, sense of lack of control in the rest of their lives.

              The reasons go on and on for what could make a person blame something they perceive as outside themselves for the bad in their lives. Ex: “My dick doesn’t work not because of work stress and substance abuse! It must be because I was circumcised!”

              After the 4th bit of bad science in a row, I stopped reading their article because it was only going down hill from there as more conclusions got based on the initial studies. The author also called into question the validity of the study done in Africa, but this is rebutted by the CDC last year in their open letter regarding criticism of their stance.