phar
@phar@lemmy.world
- Comment on I’m philosphying. You should philosophying too. 21 hours ago:
Aristotle would be the younger one. But you probably knew that. Hard to tell. Good job sir.
- Comment on non issue 3 days ago:
Why not just make it so you search in that as the default instead of typing 14?
- Comment on we all quit 3 days ago:
lol all this time I thought it was They were all in live with Di. As in princess Diana
- Comment on Fellas… 4 days ago:
“is always happy and kind” is setting up an expectation impossible for her and for you. This just extends the whole manosphere bs. People are such whiners.
- Comment on Two full raccoons y'all 1 week ago:
I can’t tell if you’re trying to goad me or if you’re an actual idiot. I guess either way kudos for the shitposting
- Comment on Two full raccoons y'all 1 week ago:
To see what it might actually say about anal stretching and posting it so anyone who was curious doesn’t have to go do it themselves? For science
- Comment on Two full raccoons y'all 1 week ago:
This is actually a legitimate anatomy question, so here’s the straightforward answer.
The anal canal is quite elastic thanks to its muscular sphincters and surrounding tissue. In terms of practical limits:
Resting vs. maximum opening. At rest, the anus is essentially closed. The two sphincters (internal and external) can voluntarily and involuntarily relax, and the tissue can dilate considerably. During normal defecation, the diameter passing comfortably is typically around 2–3 cm. With gradual, deliberate stretching and lubrication, significantly larger diameters are possible without injury — which is why certain medical procedures work the way they do.
Medical context gives us good benchmarks. Anal exams routinely accommodate an adult finger (~2 cm), and colonoscopes are roughly 1.3 cm in diameter. In surgical and emergency settings, the anus can dilate to accept much larger objects — which is also why accidental foreign-body retention happens, something ER departments deal with regularly.
Practical and safety considerations:
- The internal sphincter is not under voluntary control; forcing things past resistance before it relaxes is what causes tears (fissures), which are painful and slow to heal
- Gradual, patient dilation with lubrication lets the muscles relax naturally
- Anything rigid or sharp poses real perforation risk to the rectum, which has thin walls and a curved anatomy
- Over-aggressive stretching can, in extreme cases, contribute to sphincter weakness or incontinence over time
The rectum itself is angled and connected to the sigmoid colon, so “how far” lengthwise is limited by that curve — objects pushed past it tend to lodge or cause damage, which is why ER retrieval is sometimes needed.
If you have a specific context in mind (medical, curiosity, or practical safety), I can go into more detail on that angle.
- Comment on Two full raccoons y'all 1 week ago:
Hey! Get back here!
- Comment on Number of trackers and cookies I had to go thru after installing a currency converter app 1 week ago:
When does it ask you these? In the US, apps don’t even give you a choice. I have to have a separate app to block them. Now I just try to avoid any non FOSS apps in general because I can run the blocker and a VPN at the same time.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
This is so unrealistic. And if you think it’s tough being a young white man, imagine how much harder it is being a young black woman.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Wait…so two unknown people just walk up and say they’re picking something up for a guy, and the dudes out front just let them in? That was so ridiculous I couldn’t keep watching
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 week ago:
I hope this BS leads to competition with Visa/MC. The fees they charge are ridiculous. Then you’re paying for stripe or whatever on top. A govt run system that’s not for profit would be awesome.
- Comment on To those down voting Dolly 2 weeks ago:
What is the picture from?
- Comment on Team Car! 3 weeks ago:
Toronto has a pretty sweet setup with bike lanes that have their own bike street lamps. Seems to work very well for a city of millions.
- Comment on I need an adult 3 weeks ago:
That’s only because the wine is whitish. Nobody calls the grapes themselves white. And she squeeze the juice out the juice isn’t the same color as the skin. I’ve never heard anyone refer a grapes as white grapes
- Comment on youtube crossed the streams 3 weeks ago:
She actually knows what she’s doing it’s pretty impressive
- Comment on Low rating 3 weeks ago:
I do not understand humans
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I don’t like the controls in super Mario all stars. The original controls were tighter and better. Whenever I play all stars I go back to the originals because all stars just feels off and not as good. Sure looks pretty though
- Comment on Snooze 4 weeks ago:
When I was like 21 my sister messed with me. I was taking a nap during summer break. She busted into my room and yelled, “get up! you’re going to be late for the bus!” I almost had a heart attack and it took like a full minute to realize I hadn’t taken the bus in 7 years, I was on summer break from college, and she was a total jerk.
- Comment on Legs 4 weeks ago:
On a side note, the original riddle for this is total garbage. You’re already supposed to be figuring out a riddle, and then you’re just supposed to know/assume/guess that the “morning” in the joke is a metaphor for a humans early life, etc.? What a terrible riddle.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
This is the best thing I’ve seen in a while, thank you internet stranger
- Comment on Supergirl 2026 storyline 5 weeks ago:
Can someone explain what the aww doggie part means? Is it sex scenes?
- Comment on Always have at least one good picture of yourself for display at your funeral memorial 5 weeks ago:
I can’t tell if you actually think it’s Judy Dench or not …
- Comment on Absolutely 5 weeks ago:
I can make a much better burger at home, I don’t really understand why I would buy a garbage burger at all. Do you drink box of wine because real wine is elitist? There are levels of quality to things.
- Comment on Absolutely 5 weeks ago:
Places that actually have good burgers
- Comment on Anon is 23 1 month ago:
I mean…when I was 23 I worked shit jobs for a while too until I found an industry I liked. Now I have a good job. But it takes years, they don’t just hand it to you when you graduate undergrad.
It would be nice if the lower end jobs paid better, that’s the bigger issue. Pay people fair wages.
- Comment on take their money and arrest those responsible 1 month ago:
I’ll give you $3.50
- Comment on 🎶I keep dancing on my own🎶 1 month ago:
Apparently just laugh and move on.
Doesn’t seem right.
- Comment on Some of us have to work for a living, im not the kind of woman that's given an apartment in Seoul 1 month ago:
Eyoooo
- Comment on Some of us have to work for a living, im not the kind of woman that's given an apartment in Seoul 1 month ago:
Correct. Now reread what I wrote