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[–] 31 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Not a urologist, but I've got a bladder issue that has given me insight on this topic that I've discussed with several urologists.

In short: yes, penis havers piss slightly faster than non-penis havers. But only on average.

All sexes have a urethra, the tube in which pee comes out of, penises just contain a few extra centimeters of urethra on average, compared to non-penis havers.

These extra centimeters, on average, allow the piss to naturally "cycle" around the urethra a bit more, leading to a naturally higher velocity on exit.

To answer your question, there is a device that measures the flow rate of a stream of urine. This device is placed into a toilet, looks like a portable fan, and is pee'd on to determine the strength and speed of your flow over time.

It's used by urologists to determine if you're peeing good or bad, but 100% generates accurate information on the velocity / speed of your piss.

Not intentionally, but I did very well on one of these tests, literally pissing "off the charts" which lead to several conversations with my urologist on who the best pissers out there are. (Horses, Swimmers, Etc). Eventually confirming that men do (on average) pee faster.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Non penis havers

    Can we PLEASE just start calling it men and wonen again? Yes, we all know what people mean, no, it's not meant to exclude, yes, trans men with a penis can for this just be considered men (wouldn't they want that anyway?), its all fine, and yes, this is really REALLY over complicating simple things.

    It feels like people are walking on egg shells with words because dear god what if you accidentally misgender someone or use a word that makes 2 people in the world feel excluded? Peepee? Men. No peepee? Women. Simple.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago*

    Said it this way because I thought it was funny based on the way OP phrased the question as if penises were some kind of gun attachment. Not because of egg shells. It is just a joke. Should be fairly obvious now that I've pointed it out. And bonus: it's very inclusive and specific.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Honestly penis haver gave me zero friction, what's the issue exactly?

    Like it just covers all cases and is explicitly about the subject at hand. Men and women is vague, full of exceptions.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Please get some real problems to care about. Couple questions:

    1. How does this phrasing affect you in any way?
    2. How is you bitching about this less eggshell walking than other people bitching about non gendered language? Now people have to take your preferences into consideration. Or you could grow up, read the perfectly legible sentence, and move on.
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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 60 points 3 months ago* (22 children)

    The velocity is proportional to bladder pressure and inversely proportional to the square of the diameter of the urethra. The shape of the body parts outside the urethra is irrelevant.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 3 months ago (21 children)

    This isn't true because I can squeeze the tip of my foreskin and the pee will start spraying everywhere super fast. Similar to covering the end of a hose with my thumb.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Similar to the hose, your feeble attempts at restriction only make the stream stronger.

    There is a fundamental pressure being restricted. IF she has a bigger urethra than you, she'll wreck you. If she has a narrow urethra, she might be in the same support group as Hank Hill.

    Either way, the fundamental limit of how much pee can flow will always follow a basic function.

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  • I used to think that women had larger urethras than men because female catheters are larger. A post similar to this one caused me to do a bit of reading though. Women's urethras are actually a little smaller on average. They can use larger stiffer catheters because their urethras are much shorter and almost straight. Men's catheters have to be narrower because they have to be flexible to go through men's longer curvier urethras.

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I don't even think you know what you're talking about let alone what I'm talking about.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    Because of the inverse relationship between velocity and diameter.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 3 months ago* (9 children)

    Damn crazy. Do you think the shape of someone's genitalia has an effect on that velocity and diameter?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    The optimal genitalia for urination has zero length. Imagine a frictionless laminar flow from a razor edged hole in your torso!

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I've definitely seen public bathrooms where the previous occupant may have been utilising this technique

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Laminar flow means exceptionally smooth and directional without any turbulence or spray, so this would make sense if you visited a bathroom that was spotlessly clean

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Hyc3MRKno

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You are doing a great job at showing everyone you have no idea what you're talking about. What you replied to says there wouldn't be any splatter etc.

    This post very single reply you've made here has only ticked more boxes on the list of showing your idiocy, ignorance and inability to understand basic concepts.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (2 children)

    In theory, maybe. Yet in the real world, enough foreskin to interfere with the flow makes for a smoother flow with no spraying.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You should try a twist tie, wrench it shut like it's bread you want to actually keep fresh instead of just twisting it up and tucking it under the loaf like most men do. See what happens!

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    I’m going to just say this. I hear my wife pee sometimes and it sounds like a water faucet. She has me beat at least.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yep, my now ex-gf would regularly come into the bathroom to pee while I was in getting ready. I knew what mine sounded like and she definitely always had more force behind her stream.

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    [–] 18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Likely slower due to the friction the fluid have to go through the length of the barrel. The benefit however is the accuracy it has and lower in decibel, as it act as an aiming device and a suppresor.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Your penis makes noise when you pee? The only noise I've ever heard is when the urine hits water/leaves/grass..

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It sounds like a lawn mower in a kiddie pool full of spaghetti. Yours is silent?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    Now I'm sitting here wishing I had rifling in my barrel so the pee would come out spiraling like those nozzles on some power washers.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I want my dick to work like one of those tshk-tshk-tshk sprinklers

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    A long time ago I read somewhere that the human penis is indeed rifled.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    It's wrong. The stream twists because of the shape of the urethral opening.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    This is a toilet thought, please ban me mods.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Finally, a proper shower thought!

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Time to harass my wife and compare speeds based on the sound of our pee streams. ✌️

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 3 months ago

    Caution advised, I have just received a theory from one of your scholarly peers that a phallus may act as a scilencer thus making your method ineffectual. Perhaps pee upwards at a 45 degree angle and then measure the height of each stream to derive velocity?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I thought most mammals had basically the same time (where diameter scales with bladder size) from a full bladder. I'm not sure if I'm misremembering that.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    It works for shitting, not sure if the same applies here but it's possible

    defecation duration is constant across many animal species – around 12 seconds (plus or minus 7 seconds) – even though the volume varies greatly

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-of-poop/

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    pew, pew!

    I have no idea but the next time I pee PEW PEW

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    Of course there are other factors (how full and how big the baldder is etc.) but I do wonder if the diameter of the pipe is smaller in a penis, and maybe less stretchy/flexible, compared to vulva urethra.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Mine comes all the way from my head so the pressure is intense.

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  • [+] -11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    "People with a penis" do you mean Men? 😂

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