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Tag: overpopulation

  • Dan waves, his head and shoulders peeping out from underneath a white duvet.

    [Bloganuary] Live Long and Prosper

    I'd love to live as long as I can do so in reasonable health, and I'm happy for that to be longer than I'm predicted to. But if everybody lived longer, what would that mean for the world?

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    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2024
  • World population curve

    Playerbase growth is exponential! Surely this can't continue?

    AltWorld population curve

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    • Repost
    • posted 9 October, 2013
  • "Happy Vasectomy" card from Liz and Simon.

    The Snip, Part 2

    Dan is rendered sterile, and takes a picture of the removed parts of his vas deferens to share with you, along with his write-up of the entire procedure. Aren't you lucky.

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1843 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 6 December, 2012
  • Doing my bit. Now if only I could persuade a few billion other men to do the same.




    No children. My vasectomy's next week. Took a little persuasion to get my doctor to sign off on the operation, but got there in the end.

    My story (in a self-post because I don't want to look like I'm reaping karma for doing something that billions of men should consider).

    Thanks for helping to remind people โ€ฆ

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    • posted 27 November, 2012
  • The "F" is for "Fuck me you're going to put a scalpel WHERE?"

    The Snip, Part 1

    It's been a long time coming, but next week, after years of promising, Dan is finally going to put his genitals where his mouth is and get himself a vasectomy. Here's why...

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1143 words)

    • Article
    • 22 comments
    • posted 26 November, 2012
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    Seven Billion

    In a little over a month, the world population is expected to reach seven billion. Seven. Fucking. Billion. Dan thinks that we might already have too many humans, and - even if we don't - we will pretty soon, and explains how this realisation has impacted on his decision to not breed.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1431 words)

    • Article
    • 41 comments
    • posted 31 August, 2011

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