Why Can?t Men Aim?

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Men taking a piss seems to be a very complex, intense situation.

This is what I'm feeling from the thread.

You know what women feel up to reaching the big O? Reduce that down into 15 seconds or so.

We live intense

 

[retrofish18]

Because nobody has invented a laser sight that fits around ones penis. Yet!

 

[trollnystan]

Every single male I've lived with has been able to aim properly - with the exception of my father but he was an alcoholic so yeah - so I've never really had this problem. Heck my brother-in-law even sits.

What I don't get is how when I go into a ladies' restroom there is sometimes pee all over the place. How can a woman miss?! Seriously, I don't want to know what they do in there to manage that... Or even worse, blood. Just ewww. Wipe it up ladies, wipe it up.

 

[RandallJohn]

Men are much better at aiming if we have something to aim at. Apparently this was actually experimented with in Amsterdam: http://nudges.wordpress.com/the-amsterdam-urinals/

Off-topic: When I read the title of this thread, I automatically thought of this video:

Spoiler

 

[Shade184]

Spoiler: Hidden cause it might gross you out - do not read it if you are squeamish - but here's a detailed explanation:

When a guy takes a leak, the foreskin's often in the way. Even if he pulls it back, it's not always easy to get over the head. And no, we can't just pull it back and leave it like that all day, that can chafe.

Anyway.

Pull back the skin, let it all out. But if even the slightest bit of foreskin is in the way (which, 90% of the time for uncircumcised males, it will be), it'll throw off the aim by a mile. Imagine sticking your finger into the stream of water coming out of a garden hose, even the littlest bit stuck in will make it spray everywhere.

And if the foreskin IS pulled completely out of the way, it'll jet out really quickly and if you're pointing even the slightest bit off it'll go everywhere.

Also, other things to take into consideration are physical pressure (that affects the stream more than you'd belive), how hard the penis is, how cold the bathroom is, and a lot of other things.

 

[Logic 0]

For me it's because I usually have a "split stream" or it goes in acute or obtuse angles.

 

[Shraggler]

There are various reasons, however if alcohol is involved, hopefully the reason for the apparent lack of aiming skill is obvious.

Sometimes the skin at the very end of the urethra (the exit hole) sticks together naturally in order to keep things out of course, and it doesn't separate immediately upon urination, causing the aforementioned "split stream" and the "toilet seat touch-up" occurrences.

Sometimes the weener appears to be "shrunk" and tucks itself closer to the body. A normal stream can be controlled no problem because the pressure tends to remain the same, but when one suddenly has to urinate (such as in the morning) the urethra does not have time to adjust to the change in hydraulic pressure and acts like a runaway fire-hose before the stabilizing muscles at the base of the penis realize they're being called into action and adjust accordingly.

When I'm drunk, I tend to go wee outside. Inhibitions are low (if that's an issue in the first place), it's usually dark, the amount of urine generated whilst intoxicated is exponentially greater than whilst sober, it's exceptionally convenient, etc. I have been approached many times by police and have always discussed the situation and have not been reprimanded - mainly because I'm not just pissing on the street, but have found bushed/forested area far enough away from the public not to be a nuisance. That being said, I've only been approached by police in my own home state and Vancouver, B.C. So maybe I'm fortunate to be around reasonable people and law enforcement that realize some guy relieving himself in bushes 20 yards from the sidewalk is less of a public danger than the male currently leaving the bar, clearly drunk, and screaming at the top of his lungs that he intends to come back and murder everyone at the establishment. Who knows?

There are many more situations than those described above of course, and every grown-up male should be well aware of them. Anyway, if someone doesn't clean up their "mess" just toss one of their shirts on it.

 

[HentMas]

Men can aim, it's just that the trajectory of the piss isn't always too predictable.

females cant understand the stress of waking up with halve an erection (natural reaction of the body) halve asleep, halve blinded by "rheum" and in some cases un-circumsised, make it fairly impossible for some of us to actually know where the hell the pee is going to begin pouring

sometimes it goes straight to the cover of the bathroom, others in the floor, its just impossible to know where its going to go!

and why dont we clean up? hehe, i have never met a single man that cleans his own batroom... but thats just me, people are just lazy i think, and well, "its just pee" is what comes to mind on most of us.

 

[Glexn]

Women don't understand the potential difficulties because they always shoot from point blank range.

 

[EllEzDee]

Hey, you don't have to use the guy-toilets in public places, so quit your whining. If it's not someone "forgetting" to flush a turd, it's someone managing to turn the white toilet paper yellow.
Let's not forget the people who mix the two points above...

 

[AntonicKnight]

lets see you try to piss from a fleshy tube while standing 17 inches away from the toilet bowl....

 

[crudus]

This is why I like to just pee on a wall in the shower. I can always hit my target there.

Oh, and the infamous "split stream". That one's always delightful.

And that fun time when I peed at a 90 degrees angle to my junk. That was hilarious.

 

[Sojoez]

I'm a guy and I sit when I pee. But only at home and at relatives/friends. Why? Because I know those toilets are clean and I would like to keep them that way.

Also, it takes less time to sit then it takes to clean up (if you stand up and mis). Not to mention that the splatter effect is reduced when you take away the 2-3ft drop.

On saying that it isn't manly. ..Sigh, whats manlier? Having manners, or being a pig?

 

[open trap]

Why can't Men aim while going to the toilet? Drunk or sober?

After living with more Men then Women all my life (Family/Friends/Relationships) I've always had to enter a bath/toilet room with piss on the floor and toilet seat. This happens 90% of the time in the mornings I lived with a few Men in a house (and more often when alcohol has been involved) I nearly fucking die sometimes because of slipping.
Why does it never get cleaned up by the said Man?

I don't quite understand it, I'm I just unlucky? (although, a lot of people do agree, even Men themselves)
Do some Men think their penis is longer than what it actually is, so stand too far back?
Is it just lazines?
Or, do you have your own explination as to why you/other Men do it?



Note: I'm not saying all Men are like this, I just want to know why it does happens in cases?!

You mention mornings being particulery bad, well that can be in part due to morning wood and an extra amount of fluid in the bladder. Not only is it harder to aim, but your in a great rush to relive your self.

 

[FamoFunk]

Jesus Christ guys, I didn't realise it was that hard to take a simple piss.

It's not something I've questioned 'til now.

*Takes hat off to you*

 

[easternflame]

Well once I did a piss and it went out horizontally, how the hell it did that I have no idea.

YOU WIN THE THREAD.
OT: Pee trajectory is quite unpredictable specialy (I think) without the circumnsition (my case) but I always clean up the mess

 

[Major_Tom]

Because dicks have no iron sights.

 

[Pebblig]

Mmmmm, Sometimes you get unexpected streams, sometimes I piss on the seat if I'm feeling far too lazy to lift it...but I always wipe whatever's on it off to make it clean. I have to say I've never managed to piss on the floor though lol =p

 

[Jacob Haggarty]

Men can aim, it's just that the trajectory of the piss isn't always too predictable. Sometimes the stream just goes in a different direction than you had expected. Orifices aren't that predictable.
Have you ever tried pouring water from a glass, only to find that the water runs down the glass instead of going straight down? That might happen towards the end of a peeing-session, when pressure is sinking.
Oh, and the infamous "split stream". That one's always delightful.

I always clean up if I make a mess though. Anything else would be gross.

You know, sometimes I wonder why I don't just sit.
[sub]Men are supposed to stand, damnit! That's just what we do. We are gifted with the ability to stand, and we'll be damned if we don't use it to its fullest.[/sub]

This is essentially everything that needs to be said.

The thread can end now.