# End of Men Pondered, parenthetical I wasn't getting any anyway

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**Created:** [December 14, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-men-pondered-parenthetical-i-wasnt-getting-any-anyway/279806 "2004-12-14T17:03:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-men-pondered-parenthetical-i-wasnt-getting-any-anyway/279806/1 "2004-12-14T17:03:43Z")

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From [NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4225769)

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> Some geneticists think the Y chromosome is now little more than a genetic wasteland that will eventually just disappear. If that were to happen, it would certainly spell the end of sexual reproduction.

:eek: Must hurry! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-men-pondered-parenthetical-i-wasnt-getting-any-anyway/279806/2 "2004-12-14T17:38:44Z")

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> [@SiXSwordS](#):
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> From [NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4225769)
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> :eek: Must hurry! :eek:

Just because we’re unnecessary doesn’t mean we won’t be kept around to ‘scratch an itch’.

{humming to oneself}We’ll make big pets{/humming to oneself}