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comment by Dorikka · 2015-01-30T04:56:36.371Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Uh, squick. This also makes the LW Discussion page somewhat more NSFW.

comment by polymathwannabe · 2015-02-01T14:28:28.143Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

And this is a terribly important topic how... ?

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comment by RowanE · 2015-02-03T18:39:44.221Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

The Wikipedia extract includes "one third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer", so the importance is that by that and by other physiological effects that might exist and that OP is asking about, ejaculation frequency can affect life expectancy, and not dying is a terribly important topic. Probably far from the most cost-effective intervention, but worth discussion.

comment by ChristianKl · 2015-02-01T21:23:48.351Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think there no good reason to think that every ejaculation has the same effect.

Apart from that a high ejaculation frequency reduces testosterone levels. That means you are less motivated but your immune system is stronger.

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comment by L29Ah · 2015-02-02T05:17:37.774Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think there no good reason to think that every ejaculation has the same effect.

Why do you think so?

comment by RowanE · 2015-02-03T18:59:59.536Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Wow, you're getting slaughtered here. I've updated towards LW karma being more about "this follows community norms/is "very LW" than about rationality.

That said, this does seem like something more suited for the open thread, especially as sparse as it is, and could do with being more mature/formal wherever on LW you posted it because that's just what we do here, we only let the smart and mature façade drop for the occasional anime reference.

comment by hg00 · 2015-01-30T06:39:39.104Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Prolonged abstinence from ejaculation dramatically improves my social confidence. I went from a stereotypical shy male nerd to someone who enjoys parties and is intrinsically motivated to pursue women. I think porn may be the cause of the whole "nice guy" internet phenomenon; see Philip Zimbardo on how these problems seem unique to recent generations.

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comment by Username · 2015-01-31T03:57:17.211Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

If we're sharing anecdotes, I didn't ejaculate until a point in my early twenties after which I ejaculated daily. I noticed no side effects whatsoever.

comment by L29Ah · 2015-01-31T11:39:09.471Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

LessWrong community fails at tabooed topics it seems.

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comment by JoshuaZ · 2015-01-31T23:26:01.137Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Or we need a compelling reason why this topic is worth having a discussion over to the point where it overrides basic taboos. Signaling matters.

Reasons to downvote or dlslike this post as is that are either independent of or compounded by taboo concerns:

1) This could have easily been an open-thread question rather than a discussion post. 2) This only applies to half the population but that wasn't even addressed in the post. One is thus heavily implicitly assuming that all readers are male. 3) No apparent effort was made to find out anything else about the question before posting. 4) Unlike breaking some taboos, there was no attempt made to present an argument that this might be a taboo worth breaking. 5) The language used signals immaturity; "good fap" is not mature language. One can do a much better job breaking a taboo or getting people to tolerate it if one doesn't come across as immature. 6) You mentioned a Wikipedia article but didn't link to it other than to use a small, out of context quote where you didn't even give enough information to figure out what protective effects it was talking about. 7) You are a very low karma, relatively unknown user. We'd like to pretend we're good about looking for content more than who is posting, but realistically people are going to give substantially more benefit of the doubt to established users who they recognize as producing good content with decent ideas. 8) Implicitly assuming that ejaculation, orgasm and a satisfactory masturbatory experience are functionally identical (there are people here with significant others among other issues).

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comment by L29Ah · 2015-02-01T07:02:26.544Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

2) This only applies to half the population but that wasn't even addressed in the post.

I've addressed it in the topic. Also it applies to 90% of the lesswrong readers, according to the polls.

4) Unlike breaking some taboos, there was no attempt made to present an argument that this might be a taboo worth breaking.

I don't see any arguments that this taboo might be one that worth including in one's set.

5) The language used signals immaturity; "good fap" is not mature language. One can do a much better job breaking a taboo or getting people to tolerate it if one doesn't come across as immature.

Can i haz ppl addressing the essence of my messagez?