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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

so it's looking to ban masturbation in mississippi.

[–] Kyrrrr@mander.xyz 14 points 2 days ago

Nah, edging is still legal

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 15 points 2 days ago

This is taking No Nut November to a whole new level

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

LMAO. are they seroius?!!!!!!!

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

100% of men are murderers then

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(a) Donated or sold to a facility for the purpose of future procedures to fertilize an embryo;

This means it's legal to pull out and fill a jar to donate to such a facility.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Whether they accept donations from the bank of Cream and Loan is another story though.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

The target obscure British comedy group named after the pet snake of one of their WW2 generals wrote a song about this exact situation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 12 points 2 days ago

Cue the cast of Monty Python singing, ”Every sperm is sacred...."

[–] brosaph@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

With the last exception being for sex while using contracteption, what's the point of this bill?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Culture war idiocy. That’s it.

Edit: Merp, the bill is actually satire. It’s an actual bill, filed in an actual legislature, but the person who filed it is a Democrat, and it’s pretty obvious it’s intentionally worded to be absolutely absurd (coming from a Democrat, to be clear, because I’d take them at their word if a Nationalist Christian wrote it).

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good! We need to STOP KILLING KIDS (unless it's with Gun Control!)! Wait a Democrat wrote this? Just kidding this is STUPID!

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Life began about a billion years ago and it's a continuous, ongoing process.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I kept looking for the Onion link and never found it.

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

From erection to resurrection?

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[–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This could absolutely be used to keep prisoners in prison, and also probably criminalize gay men.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is Mississippi, what did you expect? Mississippi is one of the core Southern states.

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[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Makes sense. They're all a bunch of dicks.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This will only effect incel wet dreams

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

..... So is he trolling or what?

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

He's screwing with conservatives, yes.

[–] MidRomney@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't this make more sense as "conception"?

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not if you understand what satire is.

[–] dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

To be fair, the article doesn’t give his party affiliation and if you’re just scrollin’ on by this sounds like it could easily be from a RWNJ who believes masturbation and sex for funsies are sins and the bible should be law. Wikipedia says he’s a dem; I know nothing about him but the quote from him doesn’t read to me as ‘every sperm is sacred.’ Then again it is Mississippi so before reading the actual bill I was only 51% sure it was satire.

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