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[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 125 points 3 months ago

its theorized that's why human penises are also shaped the way they are

[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 64 points 3 months ago

This implies that there's some sort of evolutionary advantage to getting sloppy seconds. I don't know how I feel about that.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 32 points 3 months ago

Everyone loves a good underdog story.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Everyone loves a good raw dog story.

ftfy

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well, do you think women consent was at thing back in the early days of homo sapiens?

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago

Yes I do. Do I think every sex was consensual? No. Do I think at least 1% of women had at one point consented to sex? Yes.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

nah poligamy were just the norm

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[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 months ago

Oh, so that's why it's such a turn on, it's evolutionary advantage!

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[-] 4lan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

We are animals, monogamy is not a part of humanity like it is in penguins.
Our penises reshaped over millenia of orgies just to get all the other guys cum out. We are sluts of the animal world, like rabbits

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 3 months ago

Huh... This whole time I've just been using my tongue.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

They do be shaped the way that they are

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Ducks have a screw, cats have barbs, dogs have like, a stopper that blocks other humpers.

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[-] antifa@infosec.pub 65 points 3 months ago

There's some thought that this is also the reason for the shape of the human penis

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/147470490400200105

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Which really makes you think, shouldn't longer-penised individuals have an reproductive advantage over short-penised people? Longer penises can scoop deeper in the couchhole to get out other people's jizz. Why hasn't the human race evolved such that every male had 20 cm (7.8 in) penises?

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 months ago

We kind of have. Human penises are waaaay bigger than those of other primate species, and many other mammals (relative to overall body size).

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Poor, poor gorillas, they never stood a chance.

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[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why hasn't humanity evolved such that every male had 20 cm (7.8 in) penises?

Oh dear, no one tell him he got the short end of the genes..

Joking, of course.

I would assume penises didn’t need to evolve to be that long on average since vaginas are not that deep on average? So there would only be so much depth to reach in the first place. Possibly girth would also affect it - having a long noodle dick might mean no matter how deep you go, the penis might not be wide enough to effectively “scoop” it out.

Again assuming, but after a certain length (bottoming out), width would become more important

[-] null@slrpnk.net 28 points 3 months ago

Longer penises can scoop deeper in the couchhole

VANCE!

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[-] antifa@infosec.pub 27 points 3 months ago

The longer the penis, the larger the fraction of women who will find sex with that person painful, and at some point the reproductive advantage of scooping out others' semen will be nullified due to the fact that no woman wants to sleep with you. I think I read that four inches is the length that most women find comfortable, but I don't remember where I read it.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Four? 😐 That's under average!

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Average size != average comfort level

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[-] Sas@beehaw.org 17 points 3 months ago

Iirc humans already have way bigger penises than other apes

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago
[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

So does JD.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Or make it up with more strokes, so longer intercourse.

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago
[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

And I was having such a good day too. Why would you do this to me?

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

What's wrong? Did you want your lady dragonflies to be filled with someone else's jizz?

I learned about this from a book I really enjoyed called Nature's Nether Regions. The part about spiders was pretty weird as well.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Soo... They share jizz? I mean, what else would you do with a flying shovel penis?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 3 months ago
[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Interesting. Yet another thing I didn't need to know, but interesting regardless.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

I adore that they make a little heart shape

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

what else would you do with a flying shovel penis?

What WOULDN'T you do with such a marvel?? 😂

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