North Carolina’s Michael Phillips revealed that he had a 0.38in member in bid to reduce stigma of the condition

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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            Of course many do, but many also don’t/can’t - I can declare that as an objective fact. Ableism indeed.

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            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

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          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.

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    Seeing the insane amount of giant pickup trucks Americans drive, this guy is just a waterdrop in a giant ocean.

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      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.

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              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).

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                I can’t because probability is bullshit lol.

                Damn you guys have no sense of humour.

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                  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.

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                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.

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                  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.

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          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.

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              Oh I was born with one of those. Also a bullshit detector, which is going off at your “I was joking” defense.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.

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              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?

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    I never thought I’d say this, but I’m pretty sure this dude is lying about how small his dick is.

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      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.

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    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?

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      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)

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    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