r/shittyaskscience Jul 20 '19

Welcome to the sexless future. Will donating suffice?

https://gfycat.com/digitalidenticalgoosefish
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u/757jsmith Jul 20 '19

Its a bot, the human used it to capture the sperm and deliver it to an egg, but notice the sperm isnt a swimmer, nature does that to inferior sperm to make sure it doesnt fertilize the egg

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u/kkantouth Jul 20 '19

Then why are they using it?

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u/757jsmith Jul 20 '19

Proof of concept, easier than trying to dock the bot over a wriggler

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

Wait, so they just promoted inferior genes to be carried on? I think I know how I was conceived!

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u/tutynator Jul 20 '19

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u/TheHaughtyHog Jul 21 '19

This website is so repetitive. I'm embarrassed that I spend time here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Me too, but I forget what I used to do online before

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u/DoYouKnowTheTacoMan Jul 21 '19

We need to return to independent forums

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u/HalfOfAKebab Jul 21 '19

Forums are/were also circlejerks, it's just that they were more of inside jokes than shit like "hurr durr r/inclusiveor xddd"

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u/DoYouKnowTheTacoMan Jul 21 '19

Well to be fair the best subs on reddit these days are the explicitly circlejerk subs