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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget to menorewind when you're done. It's the right thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

So that you can comfortably menostart whenever you want.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's latin. Pause literally means stop in latin.

[–] Alk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's the meno mean in Latin?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

In this case, apparently, month. As in, period

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

It's called Menopause because your periods will return in hell.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Maybe it's actually spelled menopaws because men can't keep their paws off us.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Or they named it after the Irish doctor who documented it, Men O'Pause.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

This is fake news, he stole the research from Jane Menopause who goes uncredited to this day

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it was named after the French village Mini-Opuasé where it was discovered in the 1800's.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's a portmanteau of "Minnow Palls," because doctors used to believe it was caused by a cloud of small fish surrounding those experiencing it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, it pretty much stops at that age 😂

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

"Or sooner. Much sooner."

-Leonardo DiCaprio

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Don't associate men with us furries! We're way more respectful.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The board of directors decided that indefinite pause sounds better than stop

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

And vasectomy should instead be called misterectomy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Isn't there hormonal treatments that puts you in menopause, and then there is a menoresume if you end the treatment?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I don't think God asked Mary for permission and he will make you preganent if he wants to.