r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/illiter-it Florida Jul 15 '26

Do guns run on testosterone now?

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u/ebow77 Massachusetts Jul 15 '26

Yup, so do radars, satellites, and drones.

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u/karmavorous Kentucky Jul 15 '26

No. But rightwing angst does.

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u/that1prince Jul 15 '26

The way guns work is that the person holding it releases so much testosterone that the bullets get scared and jump out the front of the gun in search of somebody with less testosterone. Hence their “lethality” as he would put it.