[2012-Mar-23] Erectus Nocturnus

[Lethal Interjection]

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db ... 2558#comic

Now, I don't want to get all personal, but this problem isn't constant. Does it happen fairly regularly? Yes. But I think the graph over-represents the amount it and consistency of it happening.

Also, the graph was wholly unnecessary for the joke. Though I suppose that Zach needed some pictograph to represent. I think the whole thing would've been funnier from "fact:" on, including the votey.

[Ron Swanson]

Assuming the density of soft tissue to be approximately 1 gram per cc (the density we usually use in radiation calculations).
That much wang on the surface of the moon has a force of 38.1 GN, or 8.75 billion pounds-force.

[Nicholas Cage]

It is around 0.0016% of the mass of Mars' smaller moon, Deimos.

[bdbc78]

[bdbc78]

Edit:

Oh, and fun fact: To test whether or not a guy has ED because of mental issues, or because his wang actually does not work, a doctor will sometimes order a sleep test. During this test, the technician will wrap electrodes around his dinghy to record the 'change' in the night. If there's no change, then he has honest-to-jeebus ED.

[Boredman]

There would be no change in gravitational forces, since the matter used to enlarge the penis is already present in the body and is just redistributed. Variations in sleeping position would also render matter displacement virtually nonexistent.

[Bean]

Just to be as nit-picky as possible, remember that there isn't some mysterious mass-generation involved in the erection process. All of that extra volume is the result of the displacement of mass from other parts of the body to the penis, which means that the net gravitational effect of nocturnal erections on the moon is basically zero.

[Bean]

And damn. Beaten to the punch. =P

[bdbc78]

[DonRetrasado]

Nuh uh, my penis absorbs radiation from the sun and grows over night.

[Guest]

But if you're facing up, it redistributes the mass to be slightly closer to the moon, increasing its pull.

[DonRetrasado]

Ah, but not everyone is on the side of the moon! It'd depend on the time of day and where the moon was. GWA GWA GWA NEEEERD

[Guest]

Only half of the world has night at a time, though.

[bdbc78]

[Apocalyptus]

I'd like to say that never before have we had such a serious and spirited discussion regarding boners, but I'm not sure I'd be right.