US man issues challenge to disprove his claim of having world’s smallest penis to raise micropenis awareness
3mon 19d ago by lemmy.ca/u/FTonsilStones in nottheonion from www.theguardian.com
North Carolina’s Michael Phillips revealed that he had a 0.38in member in bid to reduce stigma of the condition
Damn, that's impressively small. Also bro's got some confidence, respect.
Aint got much dick, but dude has balls.
O'O
By way of metaphor and ratio! Dude's packing confidence and balls
Yeah if he is correct I wouldn't want to shout that out myself but congrats on him for bringing awareness to an issue that I'm sure many men's lives have been worse for. Not like we can control the size of any body part but it would make for difficult relationships. Yes I know size isn't everything but that's a bit different category of issue is all.
I think the full phrase is "size isn't everything, its how you use it" but bro has nothing to use. As disabilities go, its one of the easier ones to have - able bodied and normal-looking with all five senses. It sucks that he misses out on sexual relationships, but so do loads of people with much worse conditions.
I'm not sure he misses out on sexual relationships at all though. Strap ons are a thing, and can be very effective (ask a lesbian, or a trans man!) and there are LOTS of ways to have sex that don't involve the traditional act people tend to reduce it down to.
Also, disabled people also have sex. The idea that they don't is ableist AF.
Of course many do, but many also don't/can't - I can declare that as an objective fact. Ableism indeed.
The worst part is probably all the small dick jokes. I know that would fuck with me.
Yeah the jokes are universal too, there's no getting away from it. Feminism has stood up against body shaming (with limited success) but even amongst many feminists there's still small dick jokes
Also when you get older sometimes even as a guy you may not be able to perform, it happens. So as long as you have an understanding partner you can get around those times. Mean I'm unsure on actual performance issues but really penis in vagina, while most common (I think?) is only a bit of what couples can do for fun in that area. Hell I think there's so much more besides that but not for this topic.
He said he was in a good relationship recently
Ironic big dick energy.
Dick size horseshoe theory
I think this is probably alarmingly accurate
Unironic major example of how "[size] dick energy" is a really stupid, and inherently body-shaming, expression in the first place.
Yeah that took balls.
I read a blog post years ago by a trans dude about how seeing how little the winner of a smallest penis contest gave a shit helped him not give a shit about his own dick situation.
so, i guess it's nice for insecure people to see stuff like this?
I read a blog post years ago by a trans dude about how seeing how little the winner of a smallest penis contest gave a shit helped him not give a shit about his own dick situation.
I'm convinced body dysmorphia is linked to a lack of some public nudity at beaches etc where you can see fat, short, flabby etc all on display and realize you're kinda normal, our only interaction with nudity is the body types seen in porn.
I live in an area of Germany where nudist beaches (FKK in Germany) are very popular, and it doesn't seem to help body dismorphia at all
Get nuder.
You do occasionally see flaccid cocks in media and IRL, but only from guys confident enough to show it in the first place, which skews public perception a fair bit.
I went to school with a girl who'd only ever seen erections drawn. To her first boyfriend, she said "is that it?" the first time she saw a boner. It was a perfectly average cock, but she'd been expecting something the size of a cucumber
You do, but sometimes those aren't real. I remember watching some behind the scenes stuff for Spartacus, which has a lot of flacid cocks on screen, and some of the actors wore prosthetic cocks instead of showing their own. I assume that larger men were more likely to show their own, and smaller men were more likely to have a prosthetic (though I have no evidence for this), so it still skews things.
Its not specific to nudity at beaches, but more of a general thing. Expectations about what a body should look like and the extreme focus on a binary gender is incredibly harmful for everyone, since it creates boxes were everyone tries to fit into. When we AS society collectively work on demolishing these boxes it remives a lot of stress for everyone who previously had been excluded by these boxes. Realizing, that bodies are different and that it is no shame to look different from some arbitrary beauty standard, that's unreachable for most people, is one of the best things that can happen to you.
"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for him."
Seeing the insane amount of giant pickup trucks Americans drive, this guy is just a waterdrop in a giant ocean.
They say in the article 0.6% of men. That sounds like a small number, but if you have around the usual 300 Facebook friends, then you know someone.
I never had to give my size to anyone. How do they know everyone's size to come to the 0.6%? That's only the known cases. The penis-size-compensation trucks say otherwise.
As with all things, you can arrive at trustworthy estimates for things by surveying a sampling of people and then applying statistics. You don’t have to ask every person on earth. This is called the law of large numbers.
Also, they are defining micropenis as 2.6 inches so there are probably even more people who don’t meet this definition but would like more size.
But in general, people with a small penis add a few centimeters when asked about their size. Some also add a few inches but no one knows what that ancient system works like. So when I hear a penis size in inches it already sounds small.
Yeah. We’re on a different topic now from “how do they know - no one asked me.”
I would hope they made this very anonymous to reduce any incentive to lie. But I am sure dudes even lie to themselves, so it is probably difficult to get good numbers. Maybe someone has studied how much people lie about this and they used that to adjust the estimates?
Probability is bullshit. If you have 23 people in a room the chances of 2 of them having the same birthday are mathematically 50%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
edit: I keep forgetting you can't make jokes without explaining them to redditors.
I even italicized "mathematic" out of reverence.
Can you explain the math?
Adding one more person adds more than one comparison. Assuming birthdays are evenly distributed (they aren't), 2 people have a 1/365.25 chance of sharing a birthday. But adding a third person adds 2 more chances. Adding that 23rd person adds 22 more chances than adding the 22nd person. 1+2+3...+22=253 separate checks, of which only one needs to match.
So does this apply to the problem: 0.6% of people have micropenis. How many friends do you need to have before you’ll know someone?
It doesn’t seem to, because there isn’t any element of comparing them between each other. It’s just a straight percentage chance.
Maybe is you ask the question like this:
If a person with a micropenis is in a room, how many men are needed in that room to have a 50% chance of someone else in there also with a micropenis? And how many women in that room are needed for a 50% chance a woman has a bigger clitoris than that person's micropenis?
Or:
How many men in a room are needed to have a 50% chance someone else has the same penis size?
Yeah that would turn it into more of a birthday problem.
It would also make it downright weird.
It would also make it downright weird.
So you mean a room full of men talking about their size, or a full scale measuring contest?
Both would be fucking weird though xD
No I was making a joke and everyone decided they were gonna do a full autism about it
Ok boomer, maybe it's time for a little nap. What's wrong with my autism?
I think the point is not how quickly can someone Google it but can he actually explain it, because he brought it up in a situation where it doesn’t apply, meaning he doesn’t actually understand it (ie can’t explain it).
Canconda’s original comment did not have the wiki link which is why I replied. Honestly, dropping 23 possible birthday pairs to reach >50% probability is still not intuitive to me.
Of my OG friend group of ~12 there are two matching birthday pairs. One coincidental and one pair of twins which don’t count.
To grasp it intuitively, I think of it like this.
With the first person, you have 1/365 chance the birthday will be on any given day.
Each person you add to that adds not just another person but also another day that can be a match.
After two people, you still don’t have a match but now you have two days. The third person can match either of those. That’s a lower bar than person #2 had to meet.
By the time the 15th person walks in, the question is: “what are the odds that you share any of these 15 days as your birthday.” And remember, it’s not that that person’s odds are 50%. It’s everything from the original 1/365 chance on up to that fifteenth person, cumulatively, that has a 50% change of a hit.
See how this already sounds a little more likely than just narrowing in on the final final result of two people having the same birthday? The way the problem is phrased makes it sounds like more of a bullseye than it truly is.
So I think part of it is just difficult to grasp intuitively, but it’s also phrased deliberately to throw off your intuition.
I can see it kinda. At the same time you are reducing the unique dates and increasing the people you could match with.
I can't because probability is bullshit lol.
Damn you guys have no sense of humour.
If that was your idea of a joke, I’m afraid you have no idea what’s funny. More likely you are just attempting to laugh off your embarrassment.
Buddy if you tell jokes to make other people laugh... sorry that sucks. Wouldn't' wish that on my worst enemy.
I'm lmao and y'all are shitting bricks about math
You suck at math and we are lmao at your attempts to hide it.
THATS THE JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you daft ass mf
Chill, bro, I’m just joking!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Very easy to google ngl.
Hello - the birthday problem is interesting but it has no bearing on a simple percentage probability. The reason the odds of two people having the same birthday don’t rise linearly with the number of people is that every time you add someone to the set you also add a new possible birthday to match. You get to compare them to every other member of the group for a chance to match. You’re not just adding 1/365 each time, trying over and over to hit one date. You’re adding new dates to hit as you go.
This doesn’t apply in a simple probability like “0.6% of people have a micropenis so if you know 300 people, odds are you know one.” You really are just adding 0.6 every time you consider one more person in the set.
So… your comment is bullshit.
Damn must suck to be born without a sense of sarcasm.
Oh I was born with one of those. Also a bullshit detector, which is going off at your “I was joking” defense.
This dude was interviewed on British TV a while back. It was amazing how open about the whole thing he was.
He wanted to raise awareness because if he had sought medical help when he was young, the likelihood of medical intervention being successful is greatly increased.
He wants other people to go get help if they need it.
It was amazing how open about the whole thing he was.
Influencers gonna influence. My man found his niche and he's cashing in on it.
Well at least his influence is probably gonna help some people mentally and physically without dispersing any toxicity. So if some influencers are gonna cash, happy for it to be him rather than toxic fucks like Tate fuck for brains or the creepy smile mr beast
See also: Jesus
Idk. If he's just going to be the Colmes to Tate's Hannity...
Any time I see a UK or US publisher run its "Look at these weirdos" segment, its typically as a prelude to do something incredibly gross. Like the time Tucker Carlson tried to convince a bunch of young men to take testosterone and sun their assholes.
I hope it makes some people feel less insecure.
I fooled around with a guy who had a pretty small dick, that thing got hard as a rock, it was pretty cool.
Yo!
I'm feeling large and in charge right now!
Is this a subtle way of getting the rest of the epstein files released?
Well played
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm pretty sure this dude is lying about how small his dick is.
We'll need to investigate further to find out the truth. He must jork it.
How wide is it though
In the words of Ron White, "I might not hit bottom, but I'm gonna stretch out the sides".
Tuna can dimensions.
Red Stripe peen
Would
I've seen dick as long as my foot and as thin as my toe. Lance dick.
Does anyone enjoy long and thin?
injection penis
Intraosseous insemination
Ducks?
Ducks?
Don't Google "duck penis."
🍾
Edit: That was supposed to be a corkscrew joke but sparkling wine doesn't need a corkscrew. Oops.
Yeah, use a better search like Bing or duckduckgo. googol sucks and was never any good.
I like to think of them as little impellers.
Ah the one that makes you feel like you’re getting stabbed in the coochy
Cheese wheel.
The chode!
World's smallest penis competition
Is going in the pool considered doping?
It'll be measured at standard temperature and pressure to ensure consistent results across the board. If you're too cold they'll wait until you come back up to temp.
What is the consistent pressure of a micro penis?
What if we accidentally walk a scantily clad pretty lady/man through the backstage area. Would that skew the results
Honestly, that's probably a part of the test. 😏
Id have won the micro penis contest if it wasn't for those meddling asexuals.
Just microwave it if you're in a hurry.
Instructions unclear. How i put penis in microwave and turn on?
You can't turn on a microwave, silly. They don't have a penis.
The article says the medical definition is when you stretch it while flacid
It's a smart way to get your micropenis some exposure.
oh, that's mrbeast
Is this jimmy from mr beast
The one and only
.38 special baby, I bet that thing is electric
There's a "hold on loosely" reference to be made here that I'm not witty enough to come up with right now.
Oh my fucking god raise taxes on the rich and end rent seeking. Peace be with my lil pp gang. The guardian what are you doing bb
The guardian what are you doing bb
Click-bait farming.
TBF if I may: trans men have been doing lord's work on this issue for a while now
Hopefully The Donald drops trousers so we can compare and contrast.
why would he do that. his whole body is one giant penis.
now those hands....those are baby hands. kinda makes sense why he's into little girls if that's what he's been jorkin with all his life.
Specifically he wants to raise awareness of the fact that he's got one, for the benefit of enthusiasts.
I hope he did anyway cause he's gonna get sought out.
Enthusiasts?
Netanyahu would like a word
I'm pretty sure most new born boys have a larger penis than that... I struggle to believe that his tool would really be THAT tiny.
I looked it up, it's just short of a centimeter. There are women with a bigger clit than that.
So of new borns often have a ~90mm flaccid penis at birth, and he is 1cm erect...
I wonder if he was born with an even smaller penis, or if his penis just literally never grew.
I'm about to sully my search history and look this up, but I would imagine there are hormone treatments you can get at a young age.
Edit: short answer. Yes it can help in some cases. Micropenis is often detected in infancy. And seemingly often caused by very low testosterone levels during development
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17955-micropenis
In the US, due to a shitty health care system, men usually self-medicate at a later age with a giant pickup truck or a douche sports car.
Being in the epstein files, or buying tesla/twitter.
"or" should be "and" as Musk is also in the files.
Idk if Bill Gates bought a tesla though
I feel sorry for his exwife.
I feel sorry for his victims.
Yes, that too.
I was hoping to find a picture, because it's fascinating. It can only have been the result of a major medical issue, I assume. With most major medical issues, a doctor will try to do something. But, did he never show it to a doctor out of shame?
It is often due to very low testosterone levels during infancy. And seemingly often detected during birth.
Hormone treatment can help in some cases.
Though it's worth noting, his micropenis is significantly smaller than other men's micropenis. There are those that very much can have penetrative sex. And then there's this guy...
"Chef, where can I find the clitoris?"
"Well, Stanley. In this man's pants is something resembling that"
He said he was recently in a satisfying relationship that really only ended because it was long distance. Yet, he confided, it still all “affects me as far as, like, confidence and wanting to approach new people, especially females”.
I don't think your micropenis is entirely to blame here, chief edit: so are we not concerned by calling women females anymore?
I think this commenter is pointing out Mike's cringey use of "females" and is just imprecise with their communication. Or am I one of their alt accounts defending myself from this ratioing? You be the judge. (I'm not)
Hm I mean as someone that had partners of multiple genders I also refer to them with male/female/nonbinary/trans partners when I objectively talk about something and I am not an incel. So for me this conclusion feels off tbh
Look, I get the incel version on fEmaLeS isn't liked. But male/female is a perfectly valid way to refer to the 2 sexes. And if you aren't doing some incel putting down women shit in using the word, I think acting like using female is the same as referring to someone as the n word is just stupid. There was nothing in that statement that sounded disrespectful to women.
FEMALES!
I'm sorry, but I this just isn't true. Calling women females is definitely an incel thing (although admittedly has come more into mainstream (male) lexicon because of the algorithms).
Female/male is an adjective. Woman/man is a noun. A woman is female (not in a TERF way, lol), but she isn't a female any more than she is a short.
While I've not done a deep dive into the origins, incels pushed the female thing it seems largely because they don't see women as human and want to make them sound like they're a different species. It might have even started off from incels calling women "the female species" because that's a term I've definitely seen before in those communities.
thank you for explaining it better than I could.
It objectifies the woman in question, showing that you have no respect to her as a person, and that you just see them as mating material, or a specimen.
Even outside incel context: bad.
You are definitely being downvoted here by men who realize that they've used females as a noun and don't want to admit why that was wrong. I'm sure I will be downvoted too, so let's be friends!
Yeah! But I was going to say something stupid, then thought about why the thing might be, so I reached this conclusion.
Flood of dick pics incoming. He’s gonna need to build an ark
We don't care about the size, now we want to know if he has chosen F350 or Hummer for support.
If engine size is inversely proportionate to penis length, what does that say about cyclists?
Talk about cocky.
2 words, cycling shorts.
They leave very little to the imagination...
He literally addresses this at the end of the article.
RAM or GMC 3500HD also add virtual inches.
He sounds like a decent emphatic person, that's willing to please his lovers, so I doubt he will choose tesla.
You just have to "Git Gud" at oral. They ladies won't really care if you can do that.
Wut
Enthusiastic women have been having sex without a penis involved for all of human history my friend. If your pp no help, use hand and mouth.
I know that. My question, more clearly stated, is: what is the definition of 'git gud'?
Git is a software versioning system, originally created by Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux. If you 'git gud', you have mastered git. If you did not master it and your software stack became a mess as a consequence, you better 'git out'.
How does that apply to cunnilingus?
git gud = get good. Practice and become better.
If you git gud, a lot of people will find you cunning to let you lingus.
Become skilled.
Get good needs a definition? Learn -> (hypothesize -> practice -> look at results/ask for feedback -> improve hypothesis), repeat?
get good > improve your skills
The vagina licking version of "Hawk Tuah"
Learn where the clitoris is. A good chunk of women, perhaps the majority, do not orgasm from penetration alone. Clitoral stimulation is what you are looking for.
The other part is communication. “Do you like that/does that feel good?” Start with circular motions. Some don’t like direct stimulation on the clit more in the area around. Everyone’s body is different, and something that drives one person wild might be uncomfortable and annoying for someone else.
I know where my clit is, thank you.
But do you know where mine is?
He said sexual satisfaction cums in all shapes and sizes
Even this topic brings out the political divide.
He also said using the bathroom can be difficult because “it goes everywhere and stuff like that”.
Just sit down, dude
If it's just a nub, then it would point at the seat.
He probably needs to use one of these:
Hear me out: I just want one of these for the bedroom. I want to be able to pull it out of a little drawer and then it flushes somewhere so I don't have to get out of bed.
You should email them and let them know there's a new market segment.
Also, I can't imagine what this guy's ads look like. Ykies.
The hangover 2 when Chow was passed out under a bunch of shit on the floor and the wolf pack is like "What is that? Is it a mushroom?"
Is micropenis something that's genetic?
Doubt it; I don't think a micropenis is impregnating anyone
I'm busy.
America. What a land of opposites. The man claiming to have the smallest dick to electing to biggest dick on the planet president.
having a disproportionately small/large organ of any size can be a medical issue that can lead to diminished life quality or expectancy without management or care.
Having a micro penis is a medical condition, it's not a joke, and having medical solutions for it is something doctors have worked on for at least a century, this isn't just someone has a below average penis size or wishes they had a very above average size, it's a penis that's medically significant in reduced size far enough away from average it requires a solution so the individual can function in a typical way.
A smaller penis is actually preferable as it's easier to have your partner deepthroat. Meanwhile I'm over here only getting half stimulated. You know dude has a mean cunnilingus game.
Edit: More men should.
Deepthroat? Can you even feel something on...that?
Trade you my totally average one. Hell, I'd go construction dump-truck size if it didn't risk passing out the microsecond that I started getting horny.
Guys who are hung are lucky, and ones who complain about it don't know how good they have it.
E: doubly so if yours wasn't mutilated at birth
You both misspelled "I have a tiny penis" or "I'm a huge internet troll"
I'm often a big dick online because I have a tiny dick in person.
O.o not sure where either of those came from but alright chief
Everyone has micropenis until proven otherwise.
That's just crazy talk
No, that's just how the internet works, no respect for anyone.
Fuck you too! ;)
He said he went in the opposite direction in part to speak out against the oft-invoked notion that people who have road rage, park incorrectly or drive “jacked-up trucks” do so because they are overcompensating for having micropenises.
“In reality,” Phillips said, “I believe that has nothing to do with it.”
Bro I know you got a micro-penis but you ain't gotta cock-block our jokes like that
can you cockblock a micro penis? feels like it'd be too small, it'd get around you like the golden snitch. Dude could have penetrative sex with the dimple on a golfball.
ok I'll stop