When I am soft, my cock is tiny. Yet when I am hard, it is long and thick. I have asked girlfriends about this and none has ever seen such a change. In your vast experience with male organs, what can you tell me about growth?
–Wiped Out
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“Many factors, such as stress level, play a role in the quality and quantity of people’s feces,” said Dr. Barak Gaster, Savage Love’s resident medical expert. What’s up with the soft serve? “People shouldn’t underestimate the power of the mind-bowel connection,” said Dr. Barak. In other words, perhaps your poo is smooshy because you’ve convinced yourself your poo is smooshy, i.e., you’re laboring under a self-fulfilling smooshy-poop prophecy. How can you firm things up? Dr. Barak advises a high fiber diet and to “stop worrying about your stool so much.”
I’ve noticed that many of your recent columns have been dedicated to a series of reader responses, and your responses to those responses. Sometimes a column appears with responses to responses to responses. What gives? When did you turn into Ann Landers? Have you been corrupted by E-mail? Or are you just lazy?
–Jess in Virginia
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