I swear I read somewhere that if a male masturbates more frequently, he’ll have fewer wet dreams.
Since I’m not a man, I can’t say whether or not that would be a good thing-I guess it depends on what you prefer.
Anecdotally, this is absolutely true for me. If I go four or five days without orgasm of some kind (masturbation or sex with another), I’m almost certain to have a wet dream.
That’s only the first effect.
Second you get the Oriental Crud.
Thirdly it falls off.
Then you go mad, Mad, MAD, MAD I TELL YOU! MAD!
You end up looking like this.
The unfortunate man in that picture did not get like that by masturbating. It is much more tragic. Do you remember your mother/teacher telling you that if you made a face, your face could stay like that? Well, this poor guy did not listen to his mother when he was child. His face has been like that for over 25 years. Doctors on four continents have been unable to help him.
I think all the humourous answers posted above are just efforts by your fellow dopers to advise you not to get too heavy about this.
There is an old joke that a nymphomaniac (or a satyriac) is anyone who likes sex more often than I do!
Three or four times a day seems a lot to me, but human sexual appetites can vary ENORMOUSLY and still be within the normal range. First of all, how old are you? Males reach their peak of horniness around 19.
My only concern is that all this flogging the meat might be a cover for some other emotional lack in your life, perhaps lack of friends, of sex partners, lonliness, shyness, whatever.
I have a friend who, in addition to very fequent sex with partners, masturbates five or six times a day, and he says that the fifth or sixth time can be almost painful. That last part gives me the impression that this is an addictive behaviour, namely, when you wish you could stop doing something but can’t.
In his case, it is very clear that he was an unloved child and suffers from very low self-esteem. The feel-good of orgasm is like a drug he needs to “inject” several times a day to feel worthy and loved.
So the problem is not so much the masturbation as what it might be a cover for. For the sake of your own happiness, maybe consider that angle.
But if you are just a horny motherf. . .cker, Master Bates, milk the snake all you like, with all our blessings. Gentlemen start your engines!
Well, olive oil is frequently labeled “extra virgin”. I think this was a deliberate joke on the part of the character’s creator. The way I figure, Popeye and Brutus were always so busy fighting over her that neither had time to do the deed 
Oh, and another answer for the OP: Repetitive Stress Injuries. For a while I was experiencing what felt like a strained ligament or tendon, combined with numbness in one finger of the hand I use to masturbate (left hand). Of course, it’s the same hand I use to grip things at work, and I also use my left hand to hold the neck and finger notes on my bass guitar.
I’ve always wondered if I’m unusual in that I’m right-handed, but I masturbate with my left hand. I also hold it with my left hand when I urinate. So maybe it’s just my version of the “eating hand, dung hand” tradition of some cultures.
I’m uncircumcised, so I don’t have to deal with friction issues. Got my own built-in roller bearing
You have to remember that Olive Oyl and her family (Brother Castor, father Cole, and mama who eventually acquired the name “Nana”) were the original stars of Elzie Segar’s Thimble Theater. Popeye was a bit character who came in and took over the strip. So it’s unlikely that Segar had a pun about “extra virgin” Olive Oyl, at least with respect to Popeye. It’s conceivable that he did with respect to Olive’s original swain, Ham Gravy, butr I doubt it. People weren’t given to risque humor, especially not in family comic strips, back then.
Well, I guess ya learn something new every day!
So Popeye was sort of the original Fonzie/Steve Urkel?
Link is A Savage Love column
I didn’t read through the other threads on te subject, so I’m not sure if this was covered.
Some yoga exercises are partially designed to help the individual redirect sexual energy in various ways. It is probably necessary to practice these for months/years without fail in order to achieve this kind of effect. I’ve been practicing yoga for 16+ years and it’s never had this effect on me. If anything, I’m hornier after yoga.
They also have methods for masturbating to orgasm without actually emitting any ejaculate, which is believed to be the part that “saps” your system. These involve pressing on a certain area of the groin to stop the flow of semen. While I’ve never tried it, it sounds like a downer to me.
It’s believed that the loss of semen results in the lethergy that a male (in particular) experiences after orgasm. I guess that semem is considered a a very rarefied kind of matter that requires a lot of energy from the body to produce. The more you force your body to produce, the weaker you get. Also, retaining it causes it to be transmuted in some way to contribute to overall spiritual enlightenment.
Of course, all of this could be considered a crock of shit. If you want to take on yoga, do it because it feels good in its own right, which it does, and will leave you flexible and ready for any new ideas your lover may have, even if your lover is only yourself.
Well I, for one, have never had a wet dream and my sexual activity has ranged from several times a day to once a fortnight.
Starting threads all wrong on The Straight Dope General Questions section.
There’s hope for you yet…
Last but not least of the consequences of over indulgence.
Urethral tunnel syndrome.
>I swear I read somewhere that if a male masturbates more frequently, he’ll have fewer wet dreams.
>Since I’m not a man, I can’t say whether or not that would be a good thing-I guess it depends on what you prefer.
As a man I’m glad to be able to clear this up: Kleenexes are way cheaper to throw away than blankets.
You start thinking you deserve to get laid for real. Think again.
Yes, I heard of this view from the eminent Jack D. Ripper myself. :dubious:
Males continuously produce sperm without regard to whether or not it is being used. Nevermind the transmutation of sperm to spiritual enlightenment…
Never heard of him
The point, of course, would be the waste of semen inherent to ejaculation.