Viewed my sperm cells for the first time :P

[Fakesmile]

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Why would he have to prepare the slide in the same place he viewed it?

Exactly. I never said I got my sample in the lab. I went to washroom with a glass slide for the microscope and prepared my slide there.

Well that's what I'm assuming, since he said the lab was empty. I don't care where he did it, I still think it's extremely weird. If someone were to ask him what he was looking at, it would've been pretty awkward.

I wouldn't take the risk to do that in the lab because one or two people occasionally came in. It's crazy how you would think I actually did it in the lab lol..

I hope that you didn't simply rinse off the slide and send it off to be reused by some poor chap.

We discard all biological slides into a special bin and rarely reuse slides (they're cheap).

 

[bold text]

Well if he got an early start would he have time to finish?

If he works vigorously and he plans ahead so there is no friction in his schedule, he can finish quickly, but if he doesn't he won't finish until after the stroke of midnight.

 

[MediCynical]

LMAO, As soon as I read the thread title, I spit my water out all over my desk...

I know a miscer when I see one 👍👍👍

 

[lostking243]

If he works vigorously and he plans ahead so there is no friction in his schedule, he can finish quickly, but if he doesn't he won't finish until after the stroke of midnight.

At the end of the day, he might be more qualified to talk about seamen, even though you're in the Navy.

 

[bold text]

At the end of the day, he might be more qualified to talk about seamen, even though you're in the Navy.

Yeah, I'm surrounded by seamen all day, yet I will never fully understand them and thats a hard pill to swallow.

 

[nlax30]

Exactly. I never said I got my sample in the lab. I went to washroom with a glass slide for the microscope and prepared my slide there.

Hahaha..... Had to aim pretty carefully I guess.

 

[lostking243]

Yeah, I'm surrounded by seamen all day, yet I will never fully understand them and thats a hard pill to swallow.

Well apparently learning more on how to deal with it comes with med school, per #5

 

[Chemdude]

Damn! They got us fooled. We are on a slide.

 

[LizzyM]

I could also see the sperm's thick "neck" where loads of mitochondria are believed to be stored for energy. I was so impressed with what I saw that I stared at them for 20 minutes. It was like watching a movie.

Please tell me this isn't the climax of a paragraph in your PS about your fascination with the human body.

 

[Chemdude]

On a more serious note, would this count as research experience?

 

[LuciusVorenus]

Please tell me this isn't the climax of a paragraph in your PS about your fascination with the human body.

🤣

 

[niblet]

You masturbated in a lab, i.e. a public place. How do you not find that strange? If you got caught, I'm sure whoever found you would think it was gross and wrong.

If masturbating in public is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

 

[LuciusVorenus]

If masturbating in public is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

I don't know about other states, but in California it's a perfect way to get on the sex offender registry

Might raise a few questions during background checks...

 

[niblet]

I don't know about other states, but in California is a perfect way to get on the sex offender registry

Might raise a few questions during background checks...

It will raise more than just questions.

 

[loua0731]

So I saw the title of this earlier today, but was hesitant to click on it so I didn't.

Came back just now and noticed that it's still at the top.

I'm so glad I clicked. 🤣

Best. thread. ever.

 

[morning]

Can we sticky this thread?

It's already sticky 😎

 

[FlowRate]

Please tell me this isn't the climax of a paragraph in your PS about your fascination with the human body.

👍👍


I see OP as a future fertility doctor.

 

[raab32]

I'm sure you used the female anatomy section of your textbook to get the job done, you freak.

You masturbated in a lab, i.e. a public place. How do you not find that strange? If you got caught, I'm sure whoever found you would think it was gross and wrong.

Well that's what I'm assuming, since he said the lab was empty. I don't care where he did it, I still think it's extremely weird. If someone were to ask him what he was looking at, it would've been pretty awkward.

Damn, a lot of hate from these dudes. To each his own, you're no doubt entitled to your own opinion. But all I'm saying is... doesn't it get tough taking things so seriously? I mean I guess it would for me. But we all have different experiential understandings of the world, a different sense of Heideggerian being-in-the-world, so my perception of things is necessarily going to differ from yours. That's something I can conceptually grasp but damn, I just can't relate to how seriously you guys are taking this kind of thing. Rock on though, one can learn a lot from opposing viewpoints. What specifically do you think is so terrible about this dude's story?

I know a miscer when I see one 👍👍👍

You mean THE misc? We talking bout THE misc?

 

[BBender716]

Funniest thing I've read on SDN in a looonnnng time.

Glad I came on this thread. Then again with a title like that I guess it's very hard not to come.

 

[MexicanDr]

Some of you guys make such a huge freaggin deal! Honestly, I have done it before and it was super cool to see my sperm... lol

You know some of you guys want to do it and have thought about it...so chillax...

But yeah dude..lol...pretty funny..

 

[Bernoull]

I lmao'ed, at first I thought OP was referencing delayed puberty/first masturbation experience...

Definitely a classic thread, I laughed so hard...
OP I assume ur lab has no cameras...

 

[FrkyBgStok]

I don't care if you are a troll. This is the greatest thread ever.

 

[Narmerguy]

What a champ 👍 You gotta experience science to really understand it.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

10/10

 

[bold text]

I just came to see if this was still up.

 

[EMS5]

lets just hope to god he didn't use the same slide to do a cheek swab and look at epithelial cells

 

[LizzyM]

lets just hope to god he didn't use the same slide to do a cheek swab and look at epithelial cells

And then of course there's using a cheek swap to look at sperm cells!

 

[EMS5]

And then of course there's using a cheek swap to look at sperm cells!

"hmmm, for non-keratinized tissue, there sure is a lot of movement. and a lot of protein...wait a minnutttteeeee"

 

[PanicAttack]

I just came to see if this was still up.

I see what you did there.

 

[BBender716]

I see what you did there.

 

[thedoctor8706]

Greatest thread ever. Especially the puns

 

[DocBell]

Greatest thread ever. Especially the puns

👍👍👍

 

[McBatCommander]

I've always wanted to do something like that. Maybe not in a public lab or anything, preferably at home. But I don't have a microscope, and don't really know how big those little guys are to even see.

But I salute to you OP, doing what other are afraid to do.

 

[KTownGT]

I know a miscer when I see one 👍👍👍

You aware, brah?

 

[Tarabara]

omg i could not stop laughing through this whole thread, its amazing! haha I dont know why so many think its so gross, there's a lot more gross things in med school than that! I kinda wanna see it!

 

[chman]

The only problem I have with this is how you "obtained" your sample. If you had brought it from home then I would be all for it. But jerkin it in the bathroom is a bit, well, odd.

 

[orthomyxo]

The only problem I have with this is how you "obtained" your sample. If you had brought it from home then I would be all for it. But jerkin it in the bathroom is a bit, well, odd.

Exactly. That's just effin' weird. I also feel bad for the person who went in the bathroom next, cause you definitely missed the slide a little. They probably slipped, fell, and died....and now you're a murderer.

 

[bold text]

Exactly. That's just effin' weird. I also feel bad for the person who went in the bathroom next, cause you definitely missed the slide a little. They probably slipped, fell, and died....and now you're a murderer.

He never stated exactly how he obtained his sample, so let's not assume. Someone could have given the OP a hand or he could be very flexible. For all we know, the sample could have been a previous mishap. At the end of the day, we're all on the same team guys. Most of us have scientific backgrounds, we should not frown upon curiosity. We should be proud of the OP for using his head. There are too many people in this world that don't want to use their heads in the name of scientific advancement. We have to be the change we want to see in the world. We should all use our heads more often.

 

[lostking243]

Exactly. That's just effin' weird. I also feel bad for the person who went in the bathroom next, cause you definitely missed the slide a little. They probably slipped, fell, and died....and now you're a murderer.

Slipped? He probably increased the friction in the bathroom for other people.

But I think bold text has really hit this whole thing on the head. OP, was this whole idea something that you got off the top of your head?

 

[chman]

He never stated exactly how he obtained his sample, so let's not assume. Someone could have given the OP a hand or he could be very flexible. For all we know, the sample could have been a previous mishap. At the end of the day, we're all on the same team guys. Most of us have scientific backgrounds, we should not frown upon curiosity. We should be proud of the OP for using his head. There are too many people in this world that don't want to use their heads in the name of scientific advancement. We have to be the change we want to see in the world.

Actually he did. He said he did it in the bathroom.

 

[FrazzleSnazzle]

Argh!!! Why are you guys ruining a perfectly good thread by discussing bathroom etiquette when you could be spending that time making more semen puns?

 

[bold text]

Actually he did. He said he did it in the bathroom.

I'm not referring to the where, I'm talking about the how. For the record, I'm not trying to bump heads with you, let's not resort to flinging insults at each other.

 

[marble30]

Argh!!! Why are you guys ruining a perfectly good thread by discussing bathroom etiquette when you could be spending that time making more semen puns?

👍 MOAR PUNZ!!

 

[lostking243]

Actually he did. He said he did it in the bathroom.

Actually he said washroom. Is that also considered a bathroom? Either way, I assume he ended up going to both after he finished his work. Things can get hairy when doing work with such hard material.

 

[45408]

He's just following in the great footsteps of Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the amateur scientist who is considered the "father of microbiology." He studied the spermatozoa as well. It's not easy. The work is long and hard.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek

 

[bold text]

👍 MOAR PUNZ!!

Isn't it amazing how much a simple literary device can come in handy. It's not hard to come up with some or your own. You just have to play around with the words.

 

[orthomyxo]

OP if someone caught you in the act, you would've had a stroke.

 

[brooklynblunder]

so many spur of the moment things just to see a sperm, for a moment, swim

 

[bold text]

OP if someone caught you in the act, you would've had a stroke.

QFT. If I got caught trying to pull something like this, I would have to find the nearest elevator, pry open the doors, and throw myself down the shaft. I have good aim so I would definitely hit all the right spots on the way down.

 

[Fakesmile]

He's just following in the great footsteps of Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the amateur scientist who is considered the "father of microbiology." He studied the spermatozoa as well. It's not easy. The work is long and hard.

lol we learned about him in lecture during the first week of our microbio course.

OP, was this whole idea something that you got off the top of your head?

I've always wanted to try this ever since I was in like middle or high school but couldn't do it because I didn't have access to a microscope back then.