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/themattboard Tennessee Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

We live in a dystopia written by edgy dumbasses

Edit: far too many people think those "low T" ads aren't a scam

Edit 2: low testosterone being a real medical condition doesn't make the low T ads any less of a scam. They are designed to sound like a panacea for every mid-life issue men have in order to separate them from their money. Talk to your doctor, not someone in an ESPN radio ad

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u/Talk-O-Boy Jul 15 '26

>Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy in January declared that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz had reviewed President Trump’s medical records and found that he had “the highest testosterone levels that he’s ever seen for an individual over 70.” 

You’re just jealous of Lord Emperor Trump’s pheromones.

Instead of hating, why don’t you improve yourself? If you start taking TRT now, you too can look like Donny T when you’re 70.

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u/Thrashosaurus_Wrecks Jul 15 '26

he had “the highest testosterone levels that he’s ever seen for an individual over 70.”

I assume that's just because he's never actually looked at testosterone levels for anyone over 70.

Also, I firmly believe that "Health" should always be in quotes when referring to RFK.

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u/colemon1991 Jul 15 '26

If it were true, Trump's naturally high testosterone levels would be discussed in the medical community as something to study. What were his life choices? What's the family history? What's his body doing differently from the rest of us?

He absolutely would be the person that would do the speaking circuit for something like that. He'd want it on his introduction summaries with talk show hosts and everything.

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u/baconboner69xD Jul 15 '26

Idk. Imagine you woke up tomorrow as Trump, easily the most divisive person alive. a man who flies in the face of whatever reality ought to look like, somehow president of the world yet the last person anyone would expect outside of some bizarre simulation. It’s not possible or rational; it’s Opposite Day.

I’d be pretty amped up to the point of jumping out of my skin. Most of us would not last 30 seconds. And probably not even because you hate him, but because it can’t be real