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  1. He said the country is under birthing, its American duty to bring those numbers up.
  2. Younger generational males are too weak to take on the duty.
  3. Women are reaching fertility 6 years younger.
  4. Older men 65+ are better capable of doing duty.

There is a narrative here folks, and it's all sorts of wrong.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

This says more about the glory holes he visits.

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yeah I'm sure THAT's the reason no one is having kids and not the fact that no one can afford to house said kids, or can afford to feed an extra mouth or two, or afford everything else thats involved in raising a child.

yeah, got it, the sperm count is down.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, sperm count is down and it is a problem. But it's not the reason people aren't having kids.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

and it is a problem

Debatable.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

yeah aren't they worried we are rolling in abortions?

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 days ago
[–] handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Why do I believe he’s actually done extensive first hand research on this?

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every time I think they can't get any more stupid, they do.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 27 points 2 days ago

He looked about him, felt the air, looked deep within, and came to the clear realisation that what the people really deserve and crave in this political moment, is clarity and leadership on doing big cums

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Allow me to buy a house where I live and I’m down to have a kid or two

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

But will you obsessively monitor their sperm?

[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh god. I don't want to know how he conducted this research.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 28 points 2 days ago

Taste test.

[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Visual, he can tell the you the sperm count of any individual at twenty yards with uncanny inaccuracy.

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They really are obsessed with what people do in their bedrooms.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, because if people aren’t fucking and producing kids then they lose labor and potential profits. They also lose the help of the youngsters to ensure that they have all the lovely care to make their passing as wonderful as it can be.

It’s fucked.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Can dude get anymore creepy!? WTF?!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still doesn't excuse the pedo in chief going after teenage girls

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How do you think they got the data?

(I'm sure it wasn't all just teenage girls)

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.

You can't debate that. Mostly because it's just illogical altogether. It would like trying to convince someone that pasta doesn't taste like clay bricks. There's no logic to the initial argument, you can't logic that away.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's got a bit confused. It's the birth rate, and it's not a percent. You need a birth rate of 2.1 per person to keep the population steady. It's nothing to do with fertility, but more personal choices, like when a couple look around and think "nah, I'm not going to subject my kids to these fucking idiots".

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

If I wasn’t already not having kids I definitely would have done it just to spite Paul Ryan

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah. Leaving aside his getting the units wrong, he's interpreting the fertility rate as is it's a direct measure of sperm viability. There might be a causal connection between the two, but conflating them like RFKJ does is idiotic.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this AI generated? It seems like such a string of random elements… I can’t help but being impressed somehow. Like, wow, this pigeon really succeeded in shitting all over the chessboard!

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 1 points 22 hours ago

Is this AI generated?

Man I wish it was. It'd make more sense.

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 27 points 2 days ago

RFK suckin off preteen boys and being confused.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

I guess there’s your reason why people aren’t having kids. I guess should should start tackling the micro plastic problem first…

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

I'm guessing his boss should know plenty about minors...

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

Given present circumstances I can't rule out this as astroturfing a justification for pedophelia to up birth rates.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I miss when stories like this only came out of North Korea.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Me, too. BUT, when we read an absolutely idiotic statement from NK, we had to ask, "Wait, did the translator get that right? Nobody is that stupid, right?"

This way cuts out the middle man. Yes, they absolutely are that stupid, no question.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.

Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

I very strongly doubt that the limiting factor on the total fertility rate is male infertility.

EDIT: Also, RFK, Jr., it's not "3.5%", "1.6%", and "2.1%". It's "3.5", "1.6", and "2.1", as in, children per woman. Okay, maybe that's being pedantic, but I'm also not the Secretary of Health and Human Services with speechwriters and a ton of experts advising me announcing focuses in national policy.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

Makes sense. The 65-year-old man is a man, while 50% of the teenagers are girls/women.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Lol take that mathing and get outta here!

[–] londos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago

Trump: Yes, send the young girls to the White House, we would do everything right.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't the obvious answer because old men Are so unhealthy they cant get hard anymore vs teenage boys which keep their sperms levels down through rigorous activities?

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Rotate the stock