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“This is a great big fat ‘Oh, no,’” Anawalt said in reaction to Hegseth’s announcement. “We’re turning the clock back on rational healthcare. … I’m worried about the ethics. I’m worried about the health consequences. I’m worried about unnecessary evaluations, incorrect assessments, and incorrect diagnoses that lead to inappropriate prescriptions of testosterone.”

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[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pete wants rock hard cocks from sea to shining sea. Glistening, veiny, throbbing, and FULLY erect. Give Pete bricked up dicks, or give him death. It's super fucking hetero, godammit. He's totally into tits and pussy, but he wants those giant, stiff peckers at full fucking mast. AMERICA.

[–] epicshepich@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

This reads like an emojipasta without the emojis.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Hegseth is one of those guys who has to work his fetishes into everything.

[–] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man you Americans really are dumb as shit to vote for this in november.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

For the third time! There is like a 90% chance.

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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 135 points 3 days ago (10 children)

nothing will put fear in your enemies like declaring your army needs more testosterone...

[–] randompasta@lemmy.today 70 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It just means that Hegseth really likes hanging out with manlier men...For reasons.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Clearly these men have convinced themselves that they aren't manly enough, whatever the fuck that means to these losers. Conservatives love inventing things to be scared about just throw it on the pile...

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nothing like giving your soldiers an insecurity that they're not manly enough and that they have to take a prescription for it.

I'm sure that won't have any psychological consequences on the battlefield.

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

yea.

the fucking stupidity and incompetence of everyone he appoints is mind boggling

there will be more suicides, and no one will do anything about it

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[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this science news? I'm not asking to be nice. News from USA is such a shitfest, and it sucks when it spreads.

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'd be curious about science if even adversarial memes help spread the lambasted meme. It seems like "calling out this insane nonsense" helps the insane nonsense to actually spread.

But until we have hard scientific evidence for this, moderation couldn't possibly

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's that... Gender affirming care?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's closer to gender and health wrecker do it's probably in line with Trump policy, except that it reduces fertility

[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 81 points 2 days ago (1 children)

An over-fixation on "manliness" and "heroism" in the military is also standard fascism playbook. Everyone's made up to be a hero for their country, no matter if true or not. This sort of propaganda-fueled glorification of soldiers and war maybe helps recruitment of future soldiers for whatever future war the fascists are going to start. That's probably the only upside.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 days ago

It also lets you shout down any criticism with "that man is a HERO how DARE you accuse him of anything"

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 107 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Funny how they're suddenly fine with gender-affirming care ...

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 89 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Quoting myself so I don’t have to keep rewriting it:

This isn’t gender affirming care, it’s gender coercive care. Forcing people without symptoms to get a test for low testosterone is clearly pressuring people to “fix” their T levels, regardless of whether that makes sense for them. If it was about health they’d let their doctors address it on an as needed basis.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

conversion therapy but they're converting people into himbos

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Himbos are lovable. They're converting them into blind rage machines like themselves

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's that thing that conservative media and politicians have been lying about. Saying that children go to school one gender and are forced to change their gender. So that's a lie. It never happened. But now, conservatives are doing the exact thing that they were so concerned about before.

What is it that they say, every accusation is a confession?

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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't give them a year before ranks are determined by balls size and weigh.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exogenous testosterone usually leads to balls shrinking.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

There are going to be excruciating decisions for military personel in the years to come...

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Closeted tanuki furries are destined to obtain the highest of ranks.

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[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

He's a complete moron that wants to run the military like he is in a cheap 80s B-Movie

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What the hell does testosterone have to do with anything? It's a hormone, just like any other in the human body. Both men and women produce it. It needs to stay within a healthy range for the body to function properly. Too much is harmful, just as too little is.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 8 points 2 days ago

MORE MANLY MAN MEN

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago

Just wait. In another 10 years (if we're still around by then), the VA will be ignoring a ton of testicular cancer cases in veterans.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

crime ring full of mental basket cases.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I served in the bacne and rage unit.

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[–] Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What this is, is another ridiculous ploy by Beta-cuck Hegseth to have homo-erotic fantasies about his big burly, tough macho men in tight uniforms.

Just get drunk again, Pete, and come out already!

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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

In 4 months they'll be indiscriminately issuing amphetamine stims to service members. I mean, it worked for the SS. Probably. At least for a little while. Actually, I have no idea, but it seems like something Keitel and Goering would be all about to claim they had a chemical edge over all the subhumans occupying their lebensraum.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Those stims were amphetamines, and they were given to soldiers to be prepared for those Blitzes. It also stunted their humanity and made them literal monsters.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The US military never stopped using amphetamines. Honestly, the list of militaries that don't use the stuff is probably shorter then the list that does. The job isn't exactly conducive to their health in the first place.

I remember an uproar about this topic in the 90's, but it never stopped. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240314-the-drug-pilots-take-to-stay-awake

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 21 points 2 days ago

They have 2 reasons to do this:

  1. To drug the soldiers.
  2. To put the blame of failure on individuals.

The purpose is to have an army of cannon fodder when they take on NATO and to push through the inevitable failure when doing so.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The troops are not hot and sexy enough for King Don. He wants troops like in Starship Troopers, except maybe a few years younger.

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 25 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The same "germs aren't real" Hegseth who caused a flu outbreak on a military base by reversing the vaccination mandate for service members.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

High testosterone in men is associated with male pattern baldness and low sperm count, among other conditions. Not sure why he'd want that, but ok.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's because all the men he stares at in the gym tell him they're taking it. /edit: sentence structure

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Testosterone can lead to less impulse control, bad idea for people with guns.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Good idea for a country that specifically gave those people guns and trained them to shoot people without thinking too hard about it. They'll want it for the police soon, too.

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hilariously, F2Ms will pass his test for “manliness”.

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