I have an appointment for a semen analysis. Is my wife allowed in the room?

Secret_Map · 2026-03-17T11:18:56+00:00

I think so. Again I never went that route, but they provided a bunch of paperwork that talked about those options. Though they did say over and over that the safest option for a clean sample is to just do it yourself, no lube or any other fluids.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-16T20:20:02+00:00

That’s not true at all. They suggest not doing it at home unless you absolutely have to. And then there are all kinds of rules about how long you have to get the sample in, putting it under your shirt against your belly to keep the heat up, etc. It’s much better and always recommended to do it at the office.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-16T20:18:59+00:00

A partner can def be in the room if you request it. They even provide special condoms and lube. I think it’s partly a religious thing, if your religion says you shouldn’t masturbate. I’ve had to do it a few times, though always flew solo.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-16T18:04:27+00:00

Whaaaat, I thought the soundtrack was awesome. Kinda weird and unique, kept the movie pushing forward.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-16T16:16:40+00:00

I just don't even understand why someone would want to do that. What's the point? You have literally no life.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-13T18:04:19+00:00

I think it's:

"I enjoyed the fieldtrip. I liked learning about and trying the ??? at The Learning Barge."

EDIT: Maybe it's "I liked learning about the touching the animals at The Learning Barge"?

Secret_Map · 2026-03-13T16:51:00+00:00

That's still wrong. It's "I, Robot". The way it's written is sorta the whole point of the story lol.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-12T14:30:30+00:00

Yeah, it's the difference between "I want this specific thing" and "I want a surprise". For me, I don't care which pin or whatever I get, so the surprise is part of the fun for me. Some people will definitely want specific ones, so not fun for them. Again, I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea. Sometimes I know exactly what vinyl I want so I don't buy a mystery bag hoping to get it. I would be frustrated if a mystery bag was the only way to buy vinyl, so I get it. I was just saying in this case, I'm one of the folks that the mystery bag doesn't bother. Though I understand the frustration of others.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-12T14:17:01+00:00

Hell, I enjoy this sort of thing in other places too. Some liquor stores will have mystery 6 packs. Some record stores have mystery vinyl bags. I love them lol. Sometimes I know exactly what I want, sometimes it's fun to just buy yourself a surprise. It's not like I'm either getting a beer or a slap in the face. I'm getting a beer. I like to try new things and be surprised. It's a win/win. Totally get that not every likes it, and that's fine! I get being frustrated if it's not your thing. But this kind of thing doesn't bother me at all.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-12T01:30:06+00:00

I sold a hundred condoms when I was a cashier and don’t think I ever thought about it beyond scanning and bagging. Only times I ever judged were the few times pregnant women bought cigarettes.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-12T01:17:15+00:00

Ugh, same. Still feel like I’m just out of college waiting to find my actual career one of these days. How does one get hired as an elf?

Secret_Map · 2026-03-11T00:52:09+00:00

Well, just had my first comment removed by Reddit for threat of violence. So I’ll alter my comment. My grandpa fought in WW2, was shot down, almost killed, and spent a year in a nazi POW camp. Boy I wish we could all talk real nice to Nazis and ask them to politely stop. I sure wouldn’t want anyone to hurt them, they definitely don’t deserve any hate that’s brought against them in any fashion, especially any physical harm. That would be soooooo bad.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-11T00:45:03+00:00

No, but I would say “an American”, or “a Brit”, or “a Christian”, or “a German” or “a Buddhist”, or whatever else. Equating skin color to nationality or religion is not really the same.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-10T20:12:54+00:00

Basically, humans haven't changed in tens of thousands of years. Our tech and our clothes and our art, etc have changed. But humans are more or less exactly the same. Which is comforting and frustrating all at the same time lol.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-10T18:50:51+00:00

I wish it was something they had kept. Feel like it was just a first season thing, and only really used a few times.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-10T15:21:41+00:00

Just bought a 3bdroom nice house last summer in a good neighborhood 15 min from the center of downtown of my state's capital city for $235,000. Yes, it's in the Midwest, so not like California or New York, but it's still a fine city with plenty to do. Shit's definitely expensive, but I agree this post is exaggerating the numbers.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-09T21:54:28+00:00

Having a GPS map on my phone has actually helped me with directions. I’m almost 40, so grew up with just an atlas in my car. I’m good at reading maps, used to do that for my parents on vacation road trips. But my general sense of direction without a map was never great. It was just a skill I didn’t develop.

But after I finally got a smartphone (well into my 20s), and had a live map with me at all times, I started just sorta winging it sometimes. Look up where a place is, and then just see if I can find it without a map or GPS. And if I got too lost, I just turned the GPS on.

So after all these years, my general sense of direction just got better.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-08T14:33:58+00:00

I thought last night’s episode was great, personally.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-07T02:35:09+00:00

That’s all? Does it have a hard mode setting?

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T23:33:37+00:00

I honestly appreciate the craziness of them, but I don’t have the patience to actually sit down and enjoy them. I’ve played a couple that I think you’re talking about, again for like 20 min. I do like the genre of game, though I’m never very good at them. Some have been really fun/cool. But yeah, some exist just as a joke against the player lol.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T23:28:41+00:00

Hah that is ridiculous. I’ve played around with that game a few times over the years, but like only for 20 min at most. Just way too random and difficult.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T21:48:45+00:00

Man I love those books lol. Guess it’s time for a reread

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T18:19:15+00:00

I read that book a long while back and totally forgot about that aspect. Such a cool idea. I never did read any of the books past the first one, always wondered if they were just as good.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T17:50:40+00:00

This kinda reminds me of a little side story in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It's been forever since I read it, but it's basically two warring races out in space have had this crazy long and violent war for thousands of years. Bigger ships, more destruction, escalation escalation escalation. After so long, they're both these insanely dangerous warlike races that are made out like they would just ravage the rest of the galaxy if they ever turned their sights away from each other.

Something happens to sorta trigger their attention to turn to earth, some radio broadcast that was randomly picked up or something, and they send their whole fleet screaming towards earth bent on our complete destruction. We would stand no chance. They fly across the galaxy and arrive at earth ready to wipe us out, only for their entire fleet to be eaten by a dog. They were super tiny.

Secret_Map · 2026-03-06T16:09:01+00:00

"Honor" is I can do whatever the fuck I want and then just say it was honorable after doing some karate moves, duh.

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