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Re:Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revol... by mynameisvlad on Monday May 29, 2023 @03:58PM (#36117443)
What hypothetical? The one where men can turn off reproduction? Congrats, that already exists. The one where laws are made around the ability to do so? Congratu-fucking-lations. It exists.

There is no hypothetical when the things being discussed already exist. That's not how hypotherticals work.

Next time, don't have a shit argument that can be broken down in a heartbeat and then whine about your precious hypotheticals not being respected.

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Re:Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revol... by dragonwriter on Monday May 29, 2023 @04:06PM (#36117533)
> This is relatively new; previously Visa/MC prevented their merchants from doing this but it changed recently.

Not that it is the biggest point in this chain of people arguing badly past each other, but you have confused “hypothetical” (which assumes a condition independent of what is true in reality) vs. “counterfactual” (which assumes a condition contrary to what is true in reality).

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Re:Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revol... by mynameisvlad on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:37AM (#36121189)
Gotta love replying to a thread you had nothing to do with with both an incorrect quote and a definition that isn’t accepted by most major dictionaries.

That’s like peak “I know what I’m talking about” material.

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