What's the context? That vasectomy is inherently mockable? Let's try the tweet again without the vasectomy:
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Replying to @agent_scruples @o_guest and
Once when I was in grad school, a professor at a journal club reception went on and on about the ball pain and swelling he had due to his treatment for testicular cancer. I told him I was happy his wife wasn't having any more of HIS kids.
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Replying to @agent_scruples @o_guest and
LOL I'd have shot back with a detailed story of my 30 hour labor. I can upstage pretty much any testicular cancer story with that one.
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Replying to @agent_scruples @o_guest and
I mean, it's probably TMI to go on about your health problems at a party. On the other hand, I would usually consider it rude for someone to trivialize someone's pain or tell them the world is better off with them sterilized.
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Replying to @agent_scruples @LoriKFenton and
Talking about your balls at work would get you fired pretty much anywhere except academia. Get a grip.
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Replying to @o_guest @agent_scruples and
This wasn't about cancer then, it was just about a vasectomy. Either way it's inappropriate to discuss it in a social setting, let along a professional setting. How best, then, to let a boss know they're being inappropriate without incurring their wrath or dampening the mood?
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Replying to @agent_scruples @o_guest and
Sometimes I move sideways, rather than address the issue directly. So here I might start discussing my kid's arduous birth, partly to illustrate the inappropriateness, partly to derail him, partly to upstage him, and partly for the humor (look at the crap we do for our kids).
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Replying to @LoriKFenton @o_guest and
Yeah, there is a time and place, and that definitely wasn't it. Frankly I've yet to find the proper setting to discuss chronic testicular pain due to vasectomy. It's unfortunately something you can't bring up without getting mocked.
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Replying to @agent_scruples @o_guest and
That sucks. Uncontrolled pain isn't good for anybody. Maybe there are support groups around? Or a family member you can confide in?
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Mocking you is awful. You bring it up in a new conversation with your friends and they don't support you? Rough. 
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Replying to @o_guest @LoriKFenton and
I think that, generally speaking, people find it very difficult to be emotionally supportive when you have any chronic pain syndrome. Pelvic pain is particularly hard to take seriously. Anyway, you're right though. I didn't appreciate the context or realize it was a work party.
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Replying to @agent_scruples @LoriKFenton and
Thanks for say that. And yes, I have some chronic (pain) conditions too including some that involve the same area. It's tough but my friends are generally supportive. I really hope yours step up.
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