Yeah, I don't think it's people saying they don't want men to have birth control. I know a lot of women support the idea too, and lots of guys would want the option obviously

Actually not that frequently. I read a chart about how long and how hot to sterilize for X days/months. I think the data was gathered in India.

I think the pharmaceutical industry would jump at the opportunity to charge men for something on the long-term like birth control, honestly

Oh, that's good if I'm misremembering. I remembered it being a pain

And there were also underwear that would help but I don't remember the detail of those either

There is a leaf the Malaysian government was studying for male BC. It is available now as an "herbal suppliment".

Next time I am in Malaysia I'll procure seeds. 😇

"Suspensories" is the underwear. I kept thinking "suspenders"

Nice!

Eh honestly I want something studied and approved by the FDA, I'm not super willing to risk 18 years of financial responsibility on what amounts to a home remedy

Here is some info on the different methods, although very basic https://www.livescience.com/54105-which-male-birth-control-works.html

Yeah, I hear you

I trust good science more than the FDA. The government is swayed by politics. Science is science.

Wouldn't the government jump at the chance to reduce accidental children and thus state dependence?

I trust science too, but there haven't been that many studies done on these methods, although they seem to work if you're doing them consistently

I do not think the government jumps on anything because it is good. They do it because the politicians decided it is in their personal best interest.

Otherwise, explain to me why it is illegal to cut hair without a license in some states.

Well, I understand being ginger about methods that seem too "home-remedy-ey"

Are you serious? What states?

https://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2015/01/is-it-legal-to-charge-friends-for-haircuts.html

Oooh, it's fine if you do it for free

There are raids. People get arrested. It benefits no one but the industry that lobbied for it. It saves no one.

Yeah, technically tons of things are illegal to do for money without a license

Doing it for free doesn't make it any safer. Being safer is the premise for requiring a license.

Nah, it's to protect the industry

That is like saying you can own a nucnear bomb as long as you built it yourself.

I had a friend who was a wedding photographer. She charged too little and got into trouble for it

She had the license and everything but other wedding photographer complained that it was unfair competition

Also the industry protecting itself at her expense.

Yeah

Same kind of thing, and stupid. They wanted the right to overcharge

She ended up switching to taking pictures of babies, apparently people are less annoyed about competition in that field

At least there are clever ways around it sometimes. I like that Uber has killed the taxi monopoly.

We just need better tools to cut our own hair.

Depending on the haircut, you can get a trimmer that does the job fine

Harder if you have longer hair though

I go to one person for a haircut. I trusted her for years.

I tried that once. The result was not pretty.

10 bucks (15 with tip but still).

I had long hair. I wanted to cut it myself real bad.

I will surely try again sometime. Preferably on a weekend so I can still save myself before Monday morning.