Hunderts of onlookers cheered wildly as teeny-tiny egg cells zoomed across minute racetracks enlarged 100 times on a big screen in Los Angeles Friday evening in a picture that resembled science fiction or perhaps just popular world culture.
And who is the architect behind such a egregious sight? Eric Zhu, a 17-year-old high school student, raised more than a million bucks to produce his strange dream come true, all for raising awareness about men infertility, according to AFP.
According to Zhu, it is alarming that sperm counts have dropped by half in the last 50 years, which is putting a world in danger where, as he puts it,” no one will be able to make children.”
Zhu told AFP,” I just wanted to make people think about sexual health in a way that they weren’t ignore.”
A contest for consciousness, pipettes, and a microscope
A man in a bright coat delicately arranged candidates ‘ penis examples onto two-millimeter-long paths during the show’s climactic time. The film was piped through 3D animation software and streamed life to a screaming group as the eggs began their minuscule run.
Felix Escobar, a 20-year-old bystander who was shocked by the awfulness of it all, said,” There’s no way actually tell if this is true, but I want to believe it is.”
After the contest was over, a custom drew on 19-year-old UC student Asher Proeger to drench him with a substance that appeared to be penis, causing howls from the crowd.
No Musk moves around.
Zhu kept his distance from the burgeoning pro-natalist activity, whose members include liberals and famous people like Elon Musk, despite the event’s focus on reproduction.
Zhu strongly stated,” I have nothing to do with this. Elon Musk, who I don’t want to regenerate the Earth, is certainly my type.
As a father of more than a few children with many women, Musk, a Trump supporter, has officially warned about the dangers of people decline.
Zhu, however, chose to focus on making specific health decisions rather than political decisions.
You have the option to go to sleep before. You are free to stop using medication. You are free to choose what you eat much, he said. All of these affect the motility of your eggs.
Technology, sarcasm, and silliness are all intertwined.
Reports that provide inconsistent data are also contested by researchers regarding whether sperm counts have actually decreased. However, experts like sexual epidemiologist Shanna Swan, who co-authored a groundbreaking study on the subject, caution that “hormonally effective chemicals” in the environment are most likely to have an impact on fertility.
However, Friday evening’s performance danced on the verge of absurdity and foolishness. While visitors made off-color gags and offended contestants live on stage, some of the guests wore elaborate costumes, one of which was a portrayal of male genitals.
More than 100, 000 people watched a YouTube video of the screwball scene.
Alberto Avila-Baca, 22, shrugged,” I didn’t say I learned anything I didn’t understand before. but undoubtedly memorable.
