[Whisperzzzzzzz]

worry, on 20 November 2017 - 10:38 PM, said:

Regarding penises, I think the accidental boner thing is kind of cartoony, and dudes try to get away with the perception that it's an automatic, unstoppable response to stimuli and they just can't help it.
It's mostly not true!
Typically the scenario would be a dude is reminded of sex by some stimulus OR his mind wanders towards sex "before he knows it" -- speaking generously -- and thus he'd get a boner in inappropriate times that he might want to claim is accidental or unintended. But that whole process isn't an automatic response, like sweating or whatever...it's closer to normal letting yourself get distracted and being careless (again, speaking generously -- it can also be just plain creepy in certain contexts).
There are contexts where it's closer to reflex, but I am saying if a dude gets a boner at a weird time it's because of what he's thinking, not because of something that has happened to him. And any dude who's like "oops, how did that get there?" is trying to pull a fast one.

This is not true across the entire gender. Inadvertent triggers for erections are rife — anything stimulatory can act as a trigger, sexual or not. And individuals' minimum levels of stimulation to achieve erection vary wildly based on both environmental and hereditary factors.

There's a reason the trope is so widespread.

[Malankazooie]

I once got a boner riding in a golf cart for the first time. The cart path on the back 9 had a lot of washed out ripples on the path from recent heavy rains. They are commonly known as "washboards" because they mimic the old timey washboards back in the day that were used to clean clothes. You guys may know them as a hillbilly musical instrument too. Anyway, as we were driving over these "washboards" the vibration was just right to give me a raging erection. I didn't lose my goo or anything, but I found myself in the awkward situation of sitting in the cart until things "settled down" before I could have a go at my next shot. I played it off like I was figuring out mistakes on my score card until things were back to normal. No one was the wiser.

[EDIT] TMI?

This post has been edited by Malankazooie: 21 November 2017 - 01:38 AM

[amphibian]

The thing though is that TV doesn't present poker players as standing up free of the table so that there's equal opportunity to present wet from bodily fluids clothes to the public.

It's also a charity match between people who are ostensibly friends. Doing biologically based stuff like this to a friend (who isn't nearly as rich or powerful within the industry as you) in a televised charity match is gross.

Charlie Rose is grosser for the harassment and people he drove out of the industry, but that doesn't mean what Alexander did isn't gross even if you don't view lactating as anything bad. It isn't, but playing the odds on making a woman do it just to get a rise in a charity poker game is gross. She's being televised, Alexander is a long time industry star, and if she loses her cool visibly, bad things could happen to her career the way Hollywood and society is set up now.

[worry]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 21 November 2017 - 01:04 AM, said:

A: This is not true across the entire gender. Inadvertent triggers for erections are rife — anything stimulatory can act as a trigger, sexual or not. And individuals' minimum levels of stimulation to achieve erection vary wildly based on both environmental and hereditary factors.

B: There's a reason the trope is so widespread.

I'll agree both A and B are true, just not that A is the explanation for B.

[D'rek]

worry, on 20 November 2017 - 10:38 PM, said:

Regarding penises...

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 21 November 2017 - 01:04 AM, said:

This is not true across the entire gender. Inadvertent triggers for erections are...

Malankazooie, on 21 November 2017 - 01:38 AM, said:

They are commonly known as "washboards" because they mimic the old timey washboards back in the day that were used to clean clothes.

worry, on 21 November 2017 - 01:52 AM, said:

I'll agree both A and B are true, just not that A is the explanation for B.

[Tiste Simeon]

I am a MAN with a PENIS, AMA.

[Aptorian]

Does it have a name?

[koehkont]

Alternative Goose, on 21 November 2017 - 01:02 PM, said:

Does it have a name?

Ghee Buttersnaps

[Malankazooie]

koehkont, on 21 November 2017 - 01:49 PM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 21 November 2017 - 01:02 PM, said:

Does it have a name?

Ghee Buttersnaps

Imagine Dragons

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 21 November 2017 - 10:21 AM, said:

I am a MAN with a PENIS, AMA.

Is it attached?

[Malankazooie]

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 22 November 2017 - 04:36 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 21 November 2017 - 10:21 AM, said:

I am a MAN with a PENIS, AMA.

Is it attached?

You can have them attached now?

[Tiste Simeon]

Alternative Goose, on 21 November 2017 - 01:02 PM, said:

Does it have a name?

Wee Willy Winkie

[Gust Hubb]

Penis. Just like my balls are named right testicle and left testicle.

[QuickTidal]

Oh, David O. Russel should already be on this list. In fact from what I understand he belongs high up near the top with Weinstein with his history.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

worry, on 20 November 2017 - 10:38 PM, said:

For the record, I originally brought it up as a reply to Abyss worrying about Seinfeld cast members, and because I had just seen the twitter thread the day before. I wasn't equating it with Weinstein's deeds, and I didn't expect it to blow up in thread focus, it was more like (alongside Jerry's teen bride and Michael Richards' n-word meltdown) a "don't trust any of them!" half-joking response (though I'm 100% earnest about my feelings on what he did).

Regarding penises, I think the accidental boner thing is kind of cartoony, and dudes try to get away with the perception that it's an automatic, unstoppable response to stimuli and they just can't help it.
It's mostly not true!
Typically the scenario would be a dude is reminded of sex by some stimulus OR his mind wanders towards sex "before he knows it" -- speaking generously -- and thus he'd get a boner in inappropriate times that he might want to claim is accidental or unintended. But that whole process isn't an automatic response, like sweating or whatever...it's closer to normal letting yourself get distracted and being careless (again, speaking generously -- it can also be just plain creepy in certain contexts).
There are contexts where it's closer to reflex, but I am saying if a dude gets a boner at a weird time it's because of what he's thinking, not because of something that has happened to him. And any dude who's like "oops, how did that get there?" is trying to pull a fast one.

I’m not weighing in on the argument, but this isn’t how penises work. Involuntary and random erections are super common, especially for younger guys. That doesn’t excuse acting like a creep, but saying that almost all erections are because of a conscious thought process is false and contrary to basic human biology.

[Malankazooie]

Has anyone ever cracked the secret of morning wood? I still think science is trying to figure that out. That first pee in the morning is always a doozy for most guys.

[Traveller]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 25 November 2017 - 07:28 PM, said:

worry, on 20 November 2017 - 10:38 PM, said:

For the record, I originally brought it up as a reply to Abyss worrying about Seinfeld cast members, and because I had just seen the twitter thread the day before. I wasn't equating it with Weinstein's deeds, and I didn't expect it to blow up in thread focus, it was more like (alongside Jerry's teen bride and Michael Richards' n-word meltdown) a "don't trust any of them!" half-joking response (though I'm 100% earnest about my feelings on what he did).

Regarding penises, I think the accidental boner thing is kind of cartoony, and dudes try to get away with the perception that it's an automatic, unstoppable response to stimuli and they just can't help it.
It's mostly not true!
Typically the scenario would be a dude is reminded of sex by some stimulus OR his mind wanders towards sex "before he knows it" -- speaking generously -- and thus he'd get a boner in inappropriate times that he might want to claim is accidental or unintended. But that whole process isn't an automatic response, like sweating or whatever...it's closer to normal letting yourself get distracted and being careless (again, speaking generously -- it can also be just plain creepy in certain contexts).
There are contexts where it's closer to reflex, but I am saying if a dude gets a boner at a weird time it's because of what he's thinking, not because of something that has happened to him. And any dude who's like "oops, how did that get there?" is trying to pull a fast one.

I’m not weighing in on the argument, but this isn’t how penises work. Involuntary and random erections are super common, especially for younger guys. That doesn’t excuse acting like a creep, but saying that almost all erections are because of a conscious thought process is false and contrary to basic human biology.

Not my basic human biology apparently. The notion of an 'involuntary' bone is alien to me. Frequent, yes, ill timed, yes, but always with an identifiable trigger. Never just 'what's that doing there?'

[Macros]

Nah
The fellow pops up by triggers, yes, but also randomly. Massively awkwardly so at times.

Morning wood afaik has been dealt with scientifically, something to do with dreams and bed sheets rubbing against skin.

[Macros]

To quote billy Connolly

'he can't tell the difference between a vagina and and number 37 bus'