From other causes. Never from lack of procreation.
OK thanks.
Most species extinction events aren’t sci-fi. I suppose human extinction would be, by definition, regardless of the cause. So, yes, sci-fi, by definition.
Or do you think humanity will last forever?
I’m sure there are guys who hit the hundreds too. I know I referenced this board in my OP but I was mainly thinking about my college buddies who would make this exaggerated claim at all of 21 - 22 years old.
Even for older folks it’s still hard for me to believe. Even a different woman every month which is only 12 women a year doesn’t sound like a whole lot but to keep that pace up for 10 or 20 years? I mean come on. There were no relationships during all that time when said stud muffin stayed monogamous for a while? If one really has the wherewithal to keep up such a crazy pace for decades, I think that makes you a borderline sociopath.
Chip on my shoulder or no, that’s a hard pill for me to swallow.
Or we’re all crushed dead by an errant joke. 
Too many for what? For me to sleep with? For someone to avoid being stoned as an adulterer? To avoid serious chafing issues?
As other people have said there are a lot of factors playing into the calculation, but as a general guideline, I’d say N+ 20%, with N being the number of partners the person making the call has had.
Look, I had a roommate in college who would bring home two different girls per week, almost like clockwork. He was a DJ at a local club, and he was very successful at picking up whoever was left at closing time Friday and Saturday nights.
That was a school year – nine months, roughly – and a ‘count’ of maybe sixty or more that I personally saw doing the Walk of Shame Saturday and Sunday mornings. I have no trouble believing he racked up a lifetime number in comfortable triple digits by the time he was 22.
I suppose it’s possible they were all only holding hands in his room overnight.
And don’t forget threesomes and foursomes. Those bump up the total in a hurry.
Yes Bricker, if you read my post, there are exceptions.
As som have mentioned, I think it has to do with the age of the person making the call, as well. I might be surprised to learn someone at the age of 25 had already had 50 partners, mostly because I’d wonder where they met them all (maybe this says more about my social life than theirs.) But at age 40, I don’t think that’s an especially high number. The thing about sex, IMHO, is that you get better at it the more you do it. You know what you like and it gets better every time. If you have a lot of practice, good for you!
Well, yes. But:
The tone of this post suggests that you view the possibility of an exception as extremely low.
Your later qualifiers never really disclaim this – you admit to the existence of exceptions, but never suggest you might have been in error with this approach.
Dammit–is my humor-o-meter on the fritz again? What’s the warranty on this thing?
Out of 10 guys who claim this, I’ll believe maybe one of them actually did. And yes, that’s a completely arbitrary number/.
I probably have been. I just go by the “rule of thumb” method. I might make more of an effort of separating the wheat from the chaff if this were something that actually mattered in life. But really, bragging about how many women you’ve banged is just a form of objectifying women.
So I hope you’ll excuse me for not taking the “high road” for taking people at their word on such an asinine subject.
Just curious, do you always think it’s bragging? If it comes up in conversations (ok, so it probably doesn’t a lot) do you ever think it’s just a statement of fact?
If the subject is asinine, what do you care what people say about it?
I don’t think I agree with your implicit claim that it’s always bragging, though. I grant you that an unsolicited announcement certainly fits with braggadocio, but this very thread is an example of soliciting the information. If my old roommate were a Doper, he might well have an opinion to share on the question presented in the OP, and his contribution would not necessarily be driven by bragging – especially if you ascribe to Dizzy Dean’s philosophy concerning bragging.
I don’t know that I could give a specific number, but after around 10 I think the likelihood of STDs would scare me.
Unofficially, the reason my personal number is so low (6) is because condoms are worthless to me. I feel nothing when I use them, and my prospects “shrivel” as soon as it gets out of the wrapper. I don’t know why, but that is how I am.
You’re getting grief for what you said and the way you put it. What you meant might have been reasonable. Let’s break it down:
Fair enough. Yeah, both men and women exaggerate, in the opposite direction. No foul here. I also agree that it’s a bit silly to brag. I don’t see much bragging going on in this thread, though.
I see no room for exceptions here, and you’re calling them douches. Not exactly the high road.
Supposition. Probably wrong, but harmless.
Now you’re assuming your supposition is correct, and that you know how women think.
This is true. But your post is so full of bile, you’re the one who ends up looking pathetic, even though you probably had a good point to begin with. Let me try to phrase it:
Men who brag about the number of women they’ve slept with are usually exaggerating, and nearly always a bit pathetic.
If you’d said that, I doubt anyone would have disagreed.
I don’t see why it’s so unbelievable. I think we all know of at least one person like that. One of those guys who just seems to get more ass than a toilet seat.
Pretty much, whether it be intentional or a subconscious brag.
Your OP for example, you said your number “is much higher than any of these” and you went on to say that you only divulge that information to let people know you’re not judging anyone for having high numbers.
Yet, you can still get that point across with out having to share that information. So yes whether the statement is true or false, or whether the brag is intentional or not I perceive it as a brag from the perspective of the person telling it.