Poll: Comparing penises in the shower.

[Wondermint13]

A friend I go to the gym with actually insists on comparing penises.

And no, he's not gay. Has 2 kids with his Mrs, but he sure as hell like to keep track on his friends' goods.

I got nothing to be ashamed of so I might awsell.

 

[wammnebu]

of course, my wife and i do it all the time

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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Ok seriously what kind of backwards fucked up area in you grow up in. That is seriosuly pretty fucked up in my mind and no iv never even heard about this before now.

Maybe its an American TV thing then? I don't know why, always got that impression.

It seems he was deceived by a lie - we all were.

ahh i see, i will admit american media definitely can make facepalm worthy things seem "truthful" to non U.S. citizens, I will clarify that definitely does NOT happen anywhere within the midwest of america (I have lots of friends in college who are from alot of different states and oddly enough we have had conversations about this kind of crap before.)

What about the south?

i don't really know many people from the south, a few family friends at most, and they moved down there from here when they got older, do you live there/does that happen there? just curious cause i have never heard of this actually happening..

 

[Jonluw]

Yeah I'm getting confused. 'Secondary school' here starts in Year 7 when you're 11 and ends in Year 11 when you're 16. And it's 5 years of HELL! *dramatic music*

Seriously, it's a pretty uniform opinion that Years 7-11 of British education are Hell on Earth due to douchebags being assholes to you. And if you don't think that then you were one of the douchebags.

Ah, yeah, there are some differences.

First of all, the school year starts in August, and your first class is then composed of children in the district that will turn 6 that year.
For example, I turned 6 in September '99, so I was in a class with some people who turned 6 in January, and some people who wouldn't be 6 until December '99.

For the first seven years, you stay in one school. This means that those born in the early months will be 13 before they quit year 7. Then you go to some other school for three years, year eight through ten. This is the school I refer to as middle school.
When this is over, some will be 15, and some will be 16 already.
After that you apply to some other school. You are guaranteed to be accepted to a school, but not necessarily the one you wanted, or on the line of studies you wanted.
You hang around there for three years, year 11 through 13. By new years eve in year 13, all students have turned 18, so in the spring, major celebrations start. The graduating students dress like this for a week or so while drinking a lot. The stereotype also includes a lot of sex.

In some areas it is also tradition to get a hold of cars or minibuses to heavily modify.

The front says "Frustrated (under)pants".

So yeah, it's hard to discuss school across borders.

And yes, years 8 through 10 are generally the worst years.

 

[ZeroDotZero]

I had a friend like that. He used to "pretend" to hump guys against a wall because "it weirded them out".

Oh, god. That's just like middle school. There were this whole... may I call it "humping-culture" among some of the boys in class.
Practically every recess they were going at it, humping each other, moaning. It's completely astonishing how these guys were not looked down upon.

This guy was in secondary school. He did it the ENTIRE 5 years he was there. Secondary school ENDS when you're about 16. How he thought humping other 16 year old men was in some way "just fun to mess with them" is fucking beyond me. Also beyond me is how he never got his arse royally handed to him on a platter accompanied by a note reading "fuck you".

Essentially, this guy, despite only being bisexual "because its conveniant" was the gayest person at our school. And this is a school that I went to! Me! The guy who dressed in skinny jeans, waistcoats and scarves whenever possible!

We're still waiting for him to just admit he doesn't like boobs at this point, we really are.

Discussing stuff like this across school systems is hard. When I say "middle school", I refer to what we call "Ungdomsskolen" which starts the year you turn 13 and ends the year you turn 16.

Yeah I'm getting confused. 'Secondary school' here starts in Year 7 when you're 11 and ends in Year 11 when you're 16. And it's 5 years of HELL! *dramatic music*

Seriously, it's a pretty uniform opinion that Years 7-11 of British education are Hell on Earth due to douchebags being assholes to you. And if you don't think that then you were one of the douchebags.

I guess that makes me a douchebag? You should try it sometime, it is fun, enjoying High School (or at least, the last three weeks I have left).

OT: I have never compared my private parts with another man's physically. But measurements, sure.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I had a friend like that. He used to "pretend" to hump guys against a wall because "it weirded them out".

Oh, god. That's just like middle school. There were this whole... may I call it "humping-culture" among some of the boys in class.
Practically every recess they were going at it, humping each other, moaning. It's completely astonishing how these guys were not looked down upon.

This guy was in secondary school. He did it the ENTIRE 5 years he was there. Secondary school ENDS when you're about 16. How he thought humping other 16 year old men was in some way "just fun to mess with them" is fucking beyond me. Also beyond me is how he never got his arse royally handed to him on a platter accompanied by a note reading "fuck you".

Essentially, this guy, despite only being bisexual "because its conveniant" was the gayest person at our school. And this is a school that I went to! Me! The guy who dressed in skinny jeans, waistcoats and scarves whenever possible!

We're still waiting for him to just admit he doesn't like boobs at this point, we really are.

Discussing stuff like this across school systems is hard. When I say "middle school", I refer to what we call "Ungdomsskolen" which starts the year you turn 13 and ends the year you turn 16.

Yeah I'm getting confused. 'Secondary school' here starts in Year 7 when you're 11 and ends in Year 11 when you're 16. And it's 5 years of HELL! *dramatic music*

Seriously, it's a pretty uniform opinion that Years 7-11 of British education are Hell on Earth due to douchebags being assholes to you. And if you don't think that then you were one of the douchebags.

I guess that makes me a douchebag? You should try it sometime, it is fun, enjoying High School (or at least, the last three weeks I have left).

OT: I have never compared my private parts with another man's physically. But measurements, sure.

I would try it but I'm out of high school and now firmly entrenched in the territory of the social inept loser. Plus I couldn't have tormented anybody back then given I was the shortest and weakest guy in my year. Are you really gonna be intimidated by a 5ft 3-ish skinny guy in fancy shirts, skinny jeans and a scarf?

Didn't think so.

And I think comparing measurements is fine, it's just when you actually look at their cock and visually compare it to your own that it gets creepy. Just telling someone your length and comparing that way is pretty common with me. I have about 8 male friends in my life and I know how big 6 of their dicks are, despite only seeing 1 of them 'in the flesh', so to speak. Plus I have 3 vastly contrasting 'alleged' measurements of a 7th friend so fuck only knows with him.

Also: It would appear that I, despite not really being interested in making out with dudes, have certain gay personality traits. Praticularly when it comes to clothes. For example, I think waistcoats are bloody fabulous. It's a pity I'm absolutely horrible at composing outfits and such.

I always thought waistcoats, fingerless gloves and scarves are fabulous. So I wear them pretty much all the time. Even in summer, you'll often find me in them. And frankly I'm short, skinny, dress like that and (allegedly) casually flirt with most guys I meet.

Yet it somehow took me telling my best friend for him to realise I was gay. And took him telling the school for THEM to figure it out. Either I'm not as gay-looking as I realise or I'm just surrounded by oblivious morons.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

What about the south?

i don't really know many people from the south, a few family friends at most, and they moved down there from here when they got older, do you live there/does that happen there? just curious cause i have never heard of this actually happening..

Im Canadian but my aunts family is american and her father always uses the south as a scapegoat for all the retarded stuff that the US does.[/quote]


mehh..i will say there are more "1 in a million" idiots in the south than there are in the north generally, but that one idiot (or 20 in the case of some areas) shouldn't be speaking for the whole southern states.


still, amongst friends we do make fun of the south all the time (in a joking way of course), and i do see alot of southern jokes online, so i'd like to think that most of it is jokes that are taken in a literal sense by people who don't realize they are jokes

 

[FamoFunk]

I've never heard of a group of guys doing it, nor have I ever whitnessed it, thank god.

Does any good come from having the biggest manhood of all your friends?

 

[M Rotter]

Eh ive seen it, not in showers but in changing rooms for band and ROTC, though it was always an isolated thing between max three people. The changing rooms being co-ed was the main impetus though.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Does any good come from having the biggest manhood of all your friends?

You get the most juvenile level of respect imaginable.

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

I strongly suspect it's a generational thing.

Younger generations rarely even take showers after PE and such anymore and they seem to be a lot more modest in general. Also it makes even more sense in this case since the old question of whether you were normal or how well you compared to others can be answered with a simple google search.

The fact that it's faded as a practice isn't necessarily indicative that it never was one though. And given Escapist demographics, I doubt you'd see very many votes representative of any older attitutes.

The amount of melodramatic "oh thank god no, that would be awful" in this thread is pretty indicative of current attitudes I think.

 

[FamoFunk]

Does any good come from having the biggest manhood of all your friends?

You get the most juvenile level of respect imaginable.

I see. I don't have one so don't know. Let's hope they know how to use it then, or the woman will and can shatter that respect.

 

[Anchupom]

I've heard of a couple people talking about the practice, and I have to say, I don't think it's anything short of incredibly weird. (And slightly homo-erotic. But only slightly).
Needless to say I've never partaken in this activity, and hope never to experience such a situation occuring near me.
It's the pseudo-masculinity that gets to me. If you want to look at another man's junk, fine by me. Your preferences and all that. But wanting to look at a man's junk and pretending like it's a manly thing to do is bullturd, in my opinion.

Also, OP, you get +1 internet for including a Michael MacIntyre clip in the thread.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Does any good come from having the biggest manhood of all your friends?

You get the most juvenile level of respect imaginable.

I see. I don't have one so don't know. Let's hope they know how to use it then, or the woman will and can shatter that respect.

Yup. Many a man has suffered a tragic fall from grace after his girlfriend publicly announced that despite his size he was like a blind man looking for a nickel when it came to sex. I've seen it happen, it's awesomely hilarious.

Makes me glad I'm not of abnormal or remarkable size.

 

[PhoenixOnly]

You guys have never lived. Back when I was in school we all used to compare our cocks in games which was always the first lesson of the day. We even gave each other nick names from it- spots, the ape, the tripod. It was great fun. Then afterwards we'd have a sword fight but it would often end in injury. Running around on wet floor is not a good idea.

 

[floobie]

I've never heard of this specifically, and have definitely never engaged in such a practice. After a sweaty workout, I generally opt to stink for the rest of the day and shower at home instead.

However, the existence of such a ritual doesn't surprise me at all. Team sports and jocks in general can get really homoerotic. Some of the hazing rituals I've heard of are way more disgusting than this. One such story involved a cracker, reserved for the newest member, and the team masturbating all over said cracker.

 

[OliverTwist72]

No one actually compares penii (penises?) in a locker room or whatever. It's not even that big of a deal. It's only a big deal if you're self conscious about your body but its not like other people stand around staring at other dude's junk in the locker room. Cause that would totally make them gay, and I think most high school boys think that being gay is not cool.

Another thing, I've never actually measured the length of my penis which I suppose every male has done also right?

 

[Sporky111]

Freud was right.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Another thing, I've never actually measured the length of my penis which I suppose every male has done also right?

Not every male, but that happens a lot. Pretty much every guy I've gotten into such a discussion with has done it, most of them do it on a regular basis to see if they've grown.