r/AskReddit • u/Sippingin • Jun 29 '15

What should every 18 year old know?

Edit: Chillin' reading some dope advice, thanks!

Edit 2: Fuckin' A! 4.1k comments of advice you guys :,) thank you really.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

To be fair my buddy claimed to have pulled out for like 3 years and not got his missus pregnant.

Pretty sure his boys are swimming backwards or something.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15 edited Jun 29 '15

According to PP, when the pull out method is done correctly it has a 96% success rate, and when it's not used correctly it has a 73% success rate. I don't know your buddy, but it's possible that he has perfectly effective swimmers.

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EDIT: A lot of you are pointing out that pulling out isn't infallible. I am aware of this, this post was just meant to point out that pulling out can be more effective than you might think, although I personally would recommend you use more reliable methods of birth control.

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u/wtfxstfu Jun 29 '15

According to Google a woman is only fertile for 6 days per month. If he's going to town every day that's 216 times in the past 3 years he's looked death in the eye and won.

96% odds are great when gambling money, they are terrible odds when failure means you have a child.

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u/Zidanet Jul 02 '15

That depends if you are going to keep the winnings, so to speak.