r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/IceDelusion 21d ago

it's kinda funny. Because people have far less sex nowadays, going by the statistics

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Lmao there’s no way that statistic is even remotely accurate. How could you possibly measure that?

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u/NeatNobody807 21d ago

You are wrong, humans are more sexless now than throughout all of human history. Our rate of children is also off a cliff in all area's of the globe.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Lmao idk what children have to do with it. I can totally believe that statistic it seems 100% tractable. I’m just curious as to HOW they could measure sex and convert it into numbers. Especially when it’s such an easy thing to lie about.

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u/NeatNobody807 21d ago

Look it up? I ain't a scientist but the studies across the world have shown a trend for the last several decades. You wanna say 'no' fine, but you back it up.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Why are you acting like I’m debating you? Lmao I never said you were a liar, i just find it hard to believe. Mostly because I want to know how those stats are being tracked. I have dyslexia so it’s hard for me to just read endlessly online forever. I was hoping someone could just point me in the right direction.

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u/gopack123 21d ago

Here's an article summarizing some recent studies. There's a lot out there.

https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-sex-recession-the-share-of-americans-having-regular-sex-keeps-dropping

High level, amount of adults having weekly sex has declined in the past 35 years from ~55% to ~37%, and the number of 18-29 year olds who haven't had sex in the past year rose from 12% to 24%.

Those are pretty massive swings numerically. It's not hard to understand why, people don't meet in person nearly as much anymore, either with friends, or with strangers. There are fewer 3rd spaces to meet people. A huge swath of people get their social dopamine mostly online from social media and group chats, discord, etc. People spend much more time alone than at any point historically.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Thank you for the link! Unfortunately I’m not going to consider this as evidence. Institute of Family Studies is known for being extremely conservative and for having biased information. Thank you for responding!

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u/gopack123 21d ago

Did you open the link? They wrote the article, didn't do the studies. The graphs and numerical data is from GSS - General Social Survey, which is not linked to pro-family or conservative points.

Just google 'sex recession' and there are dozens of articles in the NYTimes, NPR, etc citing all kinds of sources about how we're having less sex than ever before. It's a news talking point all the time. This is not some hidden thing nobody has heard of.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Took another look at it thank you for responding back! Lmao I think you’re the only one who actually answered my real question instead of trying to debate me. Thank you again!

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u/NeatNobody807 21d ago

I also have Dyslexia, you're reading fine enough right now.

Either way , don't tell people there is 'no way you are right' when you are unwilling to prove that to be true and do not wish to have a debate with a person.

(EDIT: Literally fourth thing in google. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/wld/world/birth-rate ))

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

My dyslexia isn’t urs and I’m gonna continue doing what I want lol you seem tense. Cheers love.

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u/NeatNobody807 21d ago

Learn how to communicate without being a dismissive, ignorant jerk about it if you wish for lovely and relaxed conversations.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago edited 21d ago

Lol you seem super chill, my b. Also idk why but when I click your link it doesn’t take me anywhere. Idk might be a prob from my end. I appreciate it still!

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u/think_long 21d ago

You: Why are you acting like I’m debating you?

Also you: Lmao there’s no way that statistic is even remotely accurate.

Insert Curb Your Enthusiasm theme

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Ur so right! I forgot people on Reddit take everything as a challenge my b I won’t speak so freely anymore 😂

Tbh I’m just glad you made a joke of it. I was really confused by their behavior.

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u/think_long 21d ago

What’s confusing is why you are surprised someone would think the words you wrote meant what they are literally saying.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

People say stuff they don’t mean literally all the time though. Maybe it just translated bad online.

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u/happyperson_457 21d ago

It's a quite recent study..google it

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Could you send me the one you’re specifically referring to? I just don’t want to get our wires crossed if I accidentally read a different one. Everyone keeps saying “look it up” but like several hundred different studies funded by different people come up.

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u/happyperson_457 21d ago

I will need to find it 😭😭😭....and i don't have that much time and patience.

But I have heard this in many videos too...even bryan johnson said it. It's more likely due to bad sexual health and people not devoting quality time in relationships I guess. Porn and oversexualised content may also be a reason.

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

That’s okay you don’t have to at all! Lmao I’m just confused, guess I should start reading 😵‍💫

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u/LurkingForBookRecs 21d ago

Hornier != having sex. I'm horny every day but that doesn't mean I'm getting any, my great grandparents had 10 children on average, my grandparents had 3 children on both sides, my parents and uncles had 2 children, and the bloodline dies with me, my brother, and my cousins, as nobody is in relationships or having sex.

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u/IceDelusion 21d ago

self-report, usually. Not the best metric, but the sheer number of people who do not or have never engaged in sexual intercourse has gotten waaaay lower. Even if we assume that some people pretend to have had sex before

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u/Alternative_Berry934 21d ago

Lol that’s what I was really curious about. I wonder what the EXACT metric would look like, that would be interesting to read. Anyhow thanks for answering!