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parpol@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Browse something like r/nofap. If that is a joke, a lot of those commentators have a Leslie Nielsen level straight face.

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  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nofap is honestly reaching cult like status.

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    • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s especially ironic when it’s been proven that regular (not excessive) levels of masturbation is actually good for your prostate and similar.

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    • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      NoFap was reaching cult territory five years ago when I found it. Its insane side is already ingrained in their identity and probably has been since its inception.

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  • AdmiralShat@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    r/NoFap is unironically just a bunch of undiagnosed ADHDs realizing what happens when you stop relying on constantly flooding your brain with dopamine as a default

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  • Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know someone who religiously follows it, because he constantly discloses when he’s doing it (all the time). It’s very real

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• T156@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It might have started off that way, but it could easily go out of control and become a genuine movement.

  Flat Earth originally started as a joke arguing for something silly and easily disproven, and look at how that’s gone.

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  • gaifux@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you still think you live on a magic twirling space ball or what?

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  • JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As I understand flat earth is a religious thing.

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  • theworstshepard@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Looks flat to me 😮 You saying it’s not?

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