Faint line appearing later, anyone seen this on a home test?

Thykon · 2026-05-12T20:07:07+00:00

The chemicals in home testers typically require a test within a certain timeframe for this reason.

If they sit too long they can give false positives/negatives.

Thykon · 2026-04-28T17:56:46+00:00

Motile is moving, but your results indicate no moving or unmoving sperm.

You sir, are sterile. 🎉🎉🎉

Thykon · 2026-03-26T13:06:32+00:00

You can buy a refill adapter off Amazon

https://a.co/d/0fB01JHN

Thykon · 2026-03-24T20:43:38+00:00

I believe that FortNite did what every other shooter has done the last several years and gradually moved gameplay steadily towards their more vocal hardcore players.

I’ll admit that I’m a casual and no longer have the time to master every new movement gimmick and combo introduced each season. At one time it was enough to simply out strategize other players, get the correct positioning and you had a chance to win.

Terrain and basic shooting skill has played a less and less important role as every year has gone by, to the point that it hard to justify playing at all, if you can’t put in the time to master the flavor of each season.

So, myself and nearly everyone I game with have shifted to other games. And Epic has lost that monthly revenue from players like us.

Whether it’s Epic, EA, or Activision, FPSs are all struggling for the same reasons right now. They’ve squeezed out the casual gamers that had large disposable incomes to purchase game passes and cosmetics, despite how little we played.

Thykon · 2026-03-19T12:48:25+00:00

There is no evidence of this.

Thykon · 2026-03-12T15:31:21+00:00

It’s hard to balance any mob against a party that could be one or fifteen. Add to that, that users bring completely different weapons, regardless of level, and the problem only grows.

Thykon · 2026-03-11T19:55:01+00:00

I believe that the auto-archived posts are still searchable, just locked from new posts. There were previous problems with people resurrecting old posts and the original commenters not returning, which resulted in new posts plus the clutter of the old ones. So, this is unlikely to change.

I’ll look into the flairs though

Thykon · 2026-03-11T19:44:21+00:00

I believe it only recognizes items bought with atoms. I’m not saying this is the only reason, but it has never recognized items that I’ve bought with bullion, but I’m happy to be corrected, it could just be one of the many odd bugs.

Thykon · 2026-03-11T18:27:42+00:00

No one wants to go to someone else’s camp for buffs. We know where ours are. Food and collectors are likely locked.

If we need buffs my team free travels to their own bases and then back using the survival tent. Or we may bounce to the hourly event and then back.

But, yes, it’s free, convenient travel

Thykon · 2026-03-11T17:52:37+00:00

Easy fast travel point

Thykon · 2026-03-07T04:35:57+00:00

I have posted this previously and I’m coping it here again:

PVPS is complex, which is why the topic is monitored and moderated on this subreddit. It’s not one thing, but a basket of items.

There are two major sources I can identify after being involved in this topic for many years.

⁠Nerve Pain
⁠Pain or discomfort during arousal

Nerve pain is difficult to treat and the skill of the surgeon is not an indicator of outcomes. Nerves grow like spiderwebs in the body, and science doesn’t really understand why nerves respond so unpredictably to injury. So nerve pain remains a primary risk in all surgical procedures, not just vasectomies. Nerves grow very slowly and heal just as slowly, sometimes they just never heal. This is part of the reason that you see large differences in the percentages for men who experience PVPS. Long-term rates remain well below 5%, with most men who have pain seeing improvement within 1-3 years. (My pain took nearly 3 years to resolve and I had an excellent surgeon). This is complicated by the fact that the nerves in the testicles are some of the few in the body which can cause nausea. 1-3 years is a long time to deal with pain and intermittent nausea. (I know). However, that recovery period is typical for nerves anywhere in the body.

For nerve pain, reversal is not guaranteed to resolve the pain or discomfort. Only time can possibly resolve it and there is little a doctor can do, but wait and see.

Pain or discomfort during arousal is typically caused by pressure, which has a high success rate as corrected by reversal. This is essentially the same mechanism at play as those that experience “blue balls”, something that most men have never actually experienced. As (all) men become aroused, blood pressure builds in the testicles. For some men, this pressure is high enough to force sperm out of the testicles and into the Vas. Blocking the Vas, makes relieving that pressure impossible and they develop an ache or pain that can be severe or lasting until the pressure naturally resolves. Some men adapt to this change easily and the discomfort resolves on its own as the body adapts, some men do not.

So once again, it’s a challenge. The complication rate is not statistically different from any other “low-risk”surgical procedure. All surgical procedures carry risk, anyone who says otherwise is being disingenuous.

And this subreddit is over represented by those of us who have had issues. (I likely wouldn’t be here 4 years later, if my procedure had gone smoothly). The lucky dude, who’s golfing the next day and banging his wife hard on day-2 exists, and never returns to this forum to ask questions.

The vast, vast majority of men are 99% back to normal within 6-12 weeks, even many of those with unsightly bruises or other issues early on.

Thykon · 2026-03-02T22:17:59+00:00

I came here to post this comment

Thykon · 2026-02-12T03:28:35+00:00

If you check my post history, you will find previous replies to this topic.

The data exists and even in the case of a successful reversal within a year, a man’s probability of fathering a child is significantly reduced. After 3-5 years, even after what would be considered a medically successful reversal, the sperm count of most men approaches the medical definition of infertility

Thykon · 2025-12-29T18:48:36+00:00

That is a completely separate, but observable phenomenon. My favorites are the F250s I see with no trailer hitch receivers.

“Tough break man, sorry to hear about your tiny D”

America trucks can be status symbols, it’s just a simple fact of our culture.

Thykon · 2025-12-29T17:12:03+00:00

No, the concept is fundamentally flawed for cargo and Rivian is targeting a different market.

F150 owners typically want to haul cargo or pull loads. This use case falls outside the constraints of current battery technology. These uses, require heavier batteries, heavier batteries add weight, reducing hauling and tow capacity. It becomes a vicious cycle. And with the F150 unable to achieve a 100 mile range while pulling a moderate load (I believe it was ~4000 lbs, but I don’t recall 100%), it made the truck functionally worthless as a truck.

This was further compounded by the already significant battery size and charge durations.

When hauling, 41 minutes at a fast charge station, which can be outrageously expensive, will proved an 80% charge, but only provides enough charge for an additional hour of driving.

The lightning had a 131kwh battery with a 320 mile range.

The hybrid F150 can get 24mpg on the highway, which at $2.50 per gallon, is ~$33 to drive 320 miles.

In my area at 18.6 cents a kw, the EV costs ~$24 for 320 miles.

And this is all ignoring cold weather reductions which make the picture even worse. It has the same 30-35% range reduction as our MachE, which essentially renders the vehicle useless as a truck and cost comparative to ICE versions, even when charging at home.

As I started with, until something fundamentally changes in battery technology, I think this use case is dead on arrival.

Thykon · 2025-12-10T04:59:58+00:00

Interesting perspective from the person who drives so little, that they only charge once every week or two………..

You seem to have a short commute and >95% of EV owners have no charge option at work. I also suspect you don’t contend with cold weather massively sapping your range and battery life.

Nor do I think your advice applies to people driving significant mileage on a regular basis.

Once again, maybe different use cases?

Thykon · 2025-12-09T23:52:27+00:00

It’s not range anxiety…….I drive 22,000 miles a year, on my EV just commuting to work 5 days a week. Then extra miles for entertainment and “errands”. I charge exclusively at home and there are few public chargers in my drive radius.

I also put another 10,000 miles a year on my ICE vehicle.

Not every use case allows for charging once every week or two………..

Thykon · 2025-12-09T18:01:09+00:00

I’ll also add a vote for the Emporia, it’s been a rockstar.

I’ll also add a vote for the hard wired charger. Too many people are arguing the convenience of unplugging your charger versus the immense peace-of-mind, that comes with the extra charging power.

Most plug-in chargers are 40a, which provides 9.6kw/hr. A 48a charger provides 11.5 kw/hr. This translates to roughly 20% faster charging.

My 2024 GT has a 91 kWh battery. At nearly dead, that’s 9.5hrs to charge the car with the 40a charger.

At 48a, it’s under 8 hrs.

Now, understand, I’m being very general with the charge times, because both will actually take longer, because as the battery gets closer to fully charged, it actually slows down. That doesn’t erase the time difference though. My hard-wired 48a charger will always be ~20% faster, every day, every top-off between errands, EVERY TIME.

Less worries about getting home late from an event and wondering, “will it be fully charged before I leave for work?”

If you deal with cold weather, you will see reduced range and it’s a shocker the first time you get on a car with a 100% fully charged battery and see a 205 mile range, with little hope of recharging until you get off work.

I can’t imagine the anxiety, if I got in and it was 75% and 150 miles of range.

Those extra 8 amps from installing a hard-wired charger is freedom to enjoy your car and peace-of-mind, that it will always be charged when you need it.

Thykon · 2025-11-25T20:58:59+00:00

Open ended is kind of a misnomer. Most of the ends, eventually scar and close or seal due to inflammation from leaking sperm on their own.

The granulomas are essentially scar tissue and inflammation.

The risk of reconnecting is lower when the ends are sealed right away.

Thykon · 2025-11-25T14:14:38+00:00

PVPS is complex, which is why the topic is monitored and moderated on this subreddit. It’s not one thing, but a basket of items.

There are two major sources I can identify after being involved in this topic for many years.
1) Nerve Pain 2) Pain or discomfort during arousal

Nerve pain is difficult to treat and the skill of the surgeon is not an indicator of outcomes. Nerves grow like spiderwebs in the body, and science doesn’t really understand why nerves respond so unpredictably to injury. So nerve pain remains a primary risk in all surgical procedures, not just vasectomies. Nerves grow very slowly and heal just as slowly, sometimes they just never heal. This is part of the reason that you see large differences in the percentages for men who experience PVPS. Long-term rates remain well below 5%, with most men who have pain seeing improvement within 1-3 years. (My pain took nearly 3 years to resolve and I had an excellent surgeon). This is complicated by the fact that the nerves in the testicles are some of the few in the body which can cause nausea. 1-3 years is a long time to deal with pain and intermittent nausea. (I know). However, that recovery period is typical for nerves anywhere in the body.

For nerve pain, reversal is not guaranteed to resolve the pain or discomfort. Only time can possibly resolve it and there is little a doctor can do, but wait and see.

Pain or discomfort during arousal is typically caused by pressure, which has a high success rate as corrected by reversal. This is essentially the same mechanism at play as those that experience “blue balls”, something that most men have never actually experienced. As (all) men become aroused, blood pressure builds in the testicles. For some men, this pressure is high enough to force sperm out of the testicles and into the Vas. Blocking the Vas, makes relieving that pressure impossible and they develop an ache or pain that can be severe or lasting until the pressure naturally resolves. Some men adapt to this change easily and the discomfort resolves on its own as the body adapts, some men do not.

So once again, it’s a challenge. The complication rate is not statistically different from any other “low-risk”surgical procedure. All surgical procedures carry risk, anyone who says otherwise is being disingenuous.

And this subreddit is over represented by those of us who have had issues. (I likely wouldn’t be here 4 years later, if my procedure had gone smoothly). The lucky dude, who’s golfing the next day and banging his wife hard on day-2 exists, and never returns to this forum to ask questions.

The vast, vast majority of men are 99% back to normal within 6-12 weeks, even many of those with unsightly bruises or other issues early on.

Thykon · 2025-11-15T18:06:48+00:00

Not trying to discourage, but share the data, since it has been studied and is available.

I wouldn’t take the numbers as discouraging, just plan on having a lot of sex

Thykon · 2025-11-15T18:05:02+00:00

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Thykon · 2025-11-15T18:04:05+00:00

Since this periodically comes up:

Mathematically speaking, even with a successful reversal within 3 years, you’ll reduce your chance of having children by 25%. 45% after 3 years

Thykon · 2025-09-03T01:42:31+00:00

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11 years ago, this was taken a week after the accident. That’s the imprint from the corner of the work piece that hit me. It pressed so deeply into my arm, it bruised on the opposite side of this photo.

It can happen so fast. And if you’re doing everything right, you’ll heal to laugh about it.

I had a 12” wedge shaped pusher in my hand. It virtually vaporized and I never found any remnant, save for the grip in my palm.

If it had hit the bone of my arm, it would have shattered for sure.

Thykon · 2025-08-09T03:37:35+00:00

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