Fleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agoDo people with a penis have a higher exit velocity of their pee compared to those without because of its barrel-like shape?message-squaremessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareDo people with a penis have a higher exit velocity of their pee compared to those without because of its barrel-like shape?Fleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square84linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoA long time ago I read somewhere that the human penis is indeed rifled.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt’s wrong. The stream twists because of the shape of the urethral opening.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoDoesn’t that count?
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI don’t think it’s a twist so much as an oscillation
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoNo, rifling is spiraling internal grooves. The urine stream twist happens because of the opening shape and water’s surface tension.
A long time ago I read somewhere that the human penis is indeed rifled.
It’s wrong. The stream twists because of the shape of the urethral opening.
Doesn’t that count?
I don’t think it’s a twist so much as an oscillation
No, rifling is spiraling internal grooves. The urine stream twist happens because of the opening shape and water’s surface tension.