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A bill proposed to the Ohio statehouse will make male ejaculation without intent to have a baby, a fineable offense of up to $10,000.

The bill has been proposed by State Representatives Anita Somani and Tristan Rader, who wrote it to point out what they see as the absurdity of rules that control women's bodies but do not control men's. It has not been formally introduced to the House Floor yet.

Per Somani and Rader, men would face a $1,000 first offense, $5,000 second offense, and $10,000 subsequent offense fine to "discharge semen or genetic material without intent to fertilize an embryo."

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 153 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We could pay down the national debt in about 4 hours.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A lot of men will need ~~bank~~ spank loans.

New business opportunity!

New fintech startup, Wankr, provides loans at 2400% to pay your wank-fines.

....Now to get $300 million in Series-A funding.

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 9 points 4 months ago

A few nation’s debts

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 95 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Which is great until you remember that the religious right is okay with that idea

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 42 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It'd legitimately be hilarious if they introduced it on the House floor and the general response was, "Oh, yeah, this is perfect!" and it somehow passed.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hilarious, but awful. This has cursed monkey paw wish written all over it.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago

I don't live in the USA, so I would be very amused to see these things pass.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It's already happened. Not this exact bill, but a "inception begins at ejaculation" bill. Forget which idiot Congressman proposed it.

I believe they actually did it before these people started to attempt to use it to troll people.

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[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Yah, the at times almost universal male genital mutilation in the US goes back to religious nutjobs like Kellog & co to stop boys from masturbating. It's also what motivated Kellog, in his quest for the blandest food, to invent cornflakes, because, apparently, spicy foods make you naughty. Good Glob, I wish I was kidding.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 81 points 4 months ago (5 children)

These performative bills are so dumb; you can't shame the shameless. Republicans are open hypocrites. You think they care about this?

Push laws for actual protections against people being hurt

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Absolutely will not happen in Ohio, the only way the statehouse could do anything beneficial for it's citizens would be to have a massive gas leak

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 7 points 4 months ago

They are too busy hurting people.

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[–] Biggles@lemmy.myserv.one 80 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'll never financially recover from this.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 14 points 4 months ago
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I'm already several hundred thousand in debt.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 74 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Every sperm is sacred,
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Fucking Spoogspeare over here

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

the fake christians of America prove why freedom of religion also means freedom from religion.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ansis@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

the term "moneyshot" gets a whole new meaning

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 22 points 4 months ago

Would be nice if we had an actual opposition party to, you know, put in bills to oppose the massive abuse of power that's been going on for a while now. Instead we get frumpy faces, folded arms, an occasional angry letter, moral victories, and of course the "that'll show 'em" bills.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That just makes having a wank more thrilling, getting close knowing you're about to reach a 100 grand fine that day.

America, edging its way to a theocracy.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

"Your Honor, I was trying to get the Kleenex pregnant."

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

This week Im going to petition the Michigan government to build a yuge wall between us and Ohio. I don't want any more chronic masterbaters roaming our streets, they belong in Cleveland.

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

if they pass this law, people would go out jerking off everywhere in protest

[–] HandsomePotatoe@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I mean, what about people with vasectomy? Do we just get the death sentence?

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

There would be a national day of gooning.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

I can't wait for it to pass

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Well, there goes my retirement.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Gun owning Americans, not being allowed to jerk off.

That's probably fine...

Right?...

[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I discharged in the direction of Ohio earlier...bill me later

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The poor agents that will have to watch the recordings of proof of discharge in order to charge these men.

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