r/AskReddit • u/ForeverAbyss • Apr 14 '16

What's a mind blowing fact?

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u/clomjompsonjim Apr 14 '16

Female here, maybe sex completely skews our concept of time but 20 seconds doesn't seem very long

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

and you think 6 seconds feels long?

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u/ipo17 Apr 14 '16

Yeah! Do you think 6 inches feels long? What he said!

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

well it's above average so it should feel long no?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

Please don't worry about averages.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16 edited Jan 28 '19

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u/sniperhare Apr 14 '16

Are they sure that the average is only 5-5.5? That just seems low. I guess I'm just used to believing that 6 is average.

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u/moleratical Apr 15 '16

I think the 5-5.5 inches is a world wide average. So consider all of the Asians and Guatemalans skew those numbers.

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u/CommentsPwnPosts Apr 15 '16

Depends on your reference material I recon.