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Re:Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mo... by smallmancontrov on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:21PM (#50430348)
Google doesn't have big muscles, what would it know?

I kid, but only slightly: bro-science does not come from researching things on google or anywhere else. In theory it comes from personal experience, in practice it is usually made up on the spot or reverse-engineered from desires or self-interest.

Re:Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mo... by rubicon33 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:28PM (#50430481)
I mean, I sort agree... My interpretation of "bro science" is a combination of some dude getting questionable advice from another dude at the gym, but also on Reddit.

That's effectively what I mean by "Google" in the bro science context. Even there you'll be hard pressed to find anecdotes from TRT supporters who claim it improved their head hair growth. I find a lot that note it increases hair everywhere ELSE but not the head.

Re:Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mo... by smallmancontrov on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:54PM (#50430961)
Even the remote threat of being fact-checked does wonders to keep people from making up bullshit. I don't know that I've ever heard "TRT improves (head) hair" online, but I probably hear it roughly once a year in the gym. I work out less than an hour three times a week, so we are talking about a fairly high amount of presence for such a specific piece of bullshit.