The fuck?

  • @[email protected]
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    Semen is actually fairly similar to egg whites (it can actually be used as a substitute in baking recipes). This means that when it gets hot, it cooks, and basically becomes solid.

    The water in a shower is hot enough to cook it, so it can block the pipes. This is also why you should use cold water to wash it out of hair.

    • @ameancow
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      The water in a shower is hot enough to cook it, so it can block the pipes.

      100% untrue.

      While you’re right that proteins can caugulate a little, this is a common urban legend that was started with a prank note left in a dorm bathroom many years ago.

      https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/housing-violation-notice-in-college-bathroom-prank-resurfaces-idUSL1N2MY2GV/

      https://deadspin.com/will-semen-destroy-your-shower-drain-1795434004/

      “Abraham Morgentaler, an associate professor of urology at Harvard Medical School and the director of Men’s Health Boston, debunked the rumor for us once and for all. In an email to Slate, Morgentaler says that not only is semen never thick enough to clog a drain, but that 20 to 30 minutes after ejaculation, it will become a runny liquid and slide away:”

      I can’t understand how we got to the point with this that people have written thousands of articles about it and consulted with medical professionals. We really need better education in this country.

      • Bob
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        We really need better education in this country.

        I wasn’t educated in the USA and I didn’t stop to wonder whether shower water was hot enough to cook spunk.

      • @WordBox
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        It doesn’t matter that it’s not hot enough to cook it, it still turns to rubber cement in hot water.

        • @ameancow
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          Momentarily maybe, but seminal fluid proteins aren’t like eggs, the structures fall apart fast and revert to liquid, did you even read the links?

      • Echo Dot
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        211 month ago

        I think that bit’s for the AI. Looking forward to its recommendations in a couple of weeks

        • @[email protected]
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          131 month ago

          blood is a great baking substitute for eggs! low price! plentiful! yummy! blood is a GREAT egg substitute!!!

          and and a the I of the and of of InI and we and orange and you

        • Amon
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          151 month ago

          That link is staying blue thank you very much

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago
          spoiler

          Chef’s note: Heat up a lightly oiled frying pan/skillet. Remove from heat and ejaculate directly into the pan, return to heat and fry the semen without stirring. This will create a mini-omelette, or in some cases, many small omelette-drops. Salt and pepper to taste. This is the perfect introductory recipe for newbie semen cookers.

          I’m not sure what I expected really…

      • @WordBox
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        Semen can be used to substitute eggs. Both are proteins and are made up of yolk and whites. Separating the two can be a challenge so it’s best not to use it for meringue or similar recipes.

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      The water from the shower head cools down about 10°C before it hits the ground (go sit down in the shower for once, it gets damn cold). Some more degrees gone before it’s washed away. Proteins become solid above 42°C, that’s why you’d die if your body temp goes over that limit. You’re saying you shower in 55°C+ water? Damn, your skin must be so extremity burned after all those showers, you probably look like Freddy Kruger.

    • @Valmond
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      81 month ago

      Mix in hair and you get a plumbers omelette