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tenebricola 14h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aestheticmiscellany/116251347463517397

'most adolescents grow out of the habit...'

Short of losing your hand, it’s not something one tires of...

#masturbation #onanism #selfabuse

Eliza MB Nov 26

Thank goodness - I was so worried: houses worth >£2M are going to be subject to an annual tax of

wait for it

£2500.
A fiver a week.

Edit: decimal place error - £50 per week

It'll cost slightly less to administer than it'll raise.

#UKBudget
#onanism

Dave Muth Jun 30, 2025

Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the question of what it means to be human. Un-existentialism focuses on what to do with the mess afterwards.

#Philosophy #UnPhilosophy #Facetionalism #Onanism

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tinydoctor Jun 2, 2025

@TheBreadmonkey Yes, you are correct about the biblical Onan. The sin was spilling his seed upon the ground. #Onanism is also a euphemism for excessisve masturbation, which doctors well into the 20th century thought was really debilitating for the wanking man.

MasterOfNone May 3, 2025

Mental Health Awareness Month (May)

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/43e911e5-9b17-4b5b-8d7a-8db07656682a/

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #VictorianSexAddiction #Onanism #PublicDomain

‘Representing the Last Stage of Mental and Bodily Exhaustion from Onanism or Self-Pollution’ from The Secret Companion, a Medical Work on Onanism (1845)

“Representing the last stage of mental and bodily exhaustion from Onanism or Self-pollution”, a coloured engraving from <em>The Secret Companion, a Medical Work on Onanism</em> (1845) depicting the deleterious effects of self-love stemming from a wanton waste of semen.

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