70% of statistics are made up on the spot

Pretty sure I heard the lead poisoned generation saying this about millennials, too, back in the day.

Big erectile dysfunction is covering this up

47% of people that listen to Noah Smith have a hard time with statistics and they can’t get a boner

I’m surprised he didn’t blame seed oil

not *quite* a full third-- more like 30%.

one of america's most thoroughly cooked brains

I searched for any stuff online this 30% might have been quoted from and lo and behold there WAS a 30% number from a nonrandom sample of young Swiss men who filled out a survey during medical screening for the military www.researchgate.net/profile/Andr...

Counterpoint: How many Zoomers have you tried to arouse?

Noah is a local SF legend. Ask him about the time he complained he can't walk around the streets without getting punched (true story!)

But paul have you considered that he’s heard not one but TWO anecdotal stories about this? That seems like an extremely rigorous scientific process to me

This is literally him making his own problem A Discourse

Small if true

Not even "30% of zoomer girls say", but "[all] zoomer girls say 30% of zoomer guys" as if each of them has run the numbers.

@ Noimpotence

A slightly more attractive zoomer girl told me that the number was 29%

You can tell it’s a fake stat because it’s not “31.2 percent.”

50%, no one’s gonna believe that… 10% is too small to get people to care… 30%? Oh, THAT’s a problem! Now I’m leaning back in my chair and putting my feet on the desk and I am for sure going to clasp my hands behind my head with a big ol smile

69% of zoomers can only cum if they're watching those "zoom zoom" mazda commercials

They really should have chosen a number that didn't end in zero.

10% sounds like a lot actually, for young people! Just not internet bait large

It's not the size of the statistic that counts but how you use it.

zoomers can’t get boners and you’re SMILING?

Actually it’s 69%.

Nice

It also means he’s talking about sex with a female aged somewhere between 15 and 24

seems weird that an economist would know not to use anecdotal evidence to make such claims. Then again, maybe it makes perfect sense.

That's not even anecdotal evidence. That's just someone making up a number.

We have no idea whether she's claiming this was a study or if she just means out of ten partners she's had! Which would be the much funnier option imo

No, it's true! As a "Zoomer" myself, I am cursed with a large, throbbing erection 70% of the time. I go through sweatpants faster than most people use up duct tape! Please help me!!!

Does he understand the joke about Dr Strangelove? I don't think he does.

The gen Z guy I used to sleep with said it was pretty common

The more believable "1/3" was right there! "Hello man who's twice my age, we've completed the grant-funded study and have corroborated the finding that approximately three tenths of the guys in my class can't get it up"

"My cousins best friend told me people don't get boners no more after watching porn. So sad."

Isn't 30% also the proportion of the country that's Republican? Coincidental I'm sure.

Let's get that number up. For science

Every time I see that account its lying about something stupid.

At least this time it’s not about dead kids

I fully believe that a lot of Gen Z dudes can't get or keep an erection 100% believe it's due to the massive amount of dudes with hormone issues, obesity, depression, and other environmental factors. Porn gives you ED like watching the NFL tears your ACL

60% true every time.

so he has an anecdote from an anonymous woman who implicitly claims to have enough statistical data? well we can pack it up then, he’s clearly solved it.

"the kids today do sex wrong" is something old people love to hear for some reason

all else aside I think we can say that the kids today do jokes right. whoever that “Zoomer girl” is, she’s a god of comedy and she knows it. just an absolutely hilarious thing to tell no opinion. “oh yes, old man, I swear it’s true! the boys have no erections”

The reality is that for all time sex has always been terrible/great

Not unlike bacon covered chocolate

@vrunt.social

Those grapes are probably sour anyway, said the fox.

86% of statistics are just made up.

the Dr. Strangelove avatar combined with fretting about the precious bodily fluids of American men is excellent synergy

The ED angle is new to me. Normally conservatives like to fret about falling sperm count, when they end up talking about the virility crisis.

Have you seen Dr.Strangelove? Thats what the entire conflict hinges on, i really recommend it

I had Siri translate. “One girl with BO and rotten teeth told me that she can still get 2 out of 3 guys hard.”

“It me!”

All the girls got together and crunched the numbers on all the boys.

I feel like I’ve heard that in a boner pill commercial something like “1 in 3 men experience erectile dysfunction..”

They jerked till they couldn't jerk no more. Rendered the little thing completely useless.

"A zoomer girl told me, in a hipster coffee shop..."

While the most likely explanation is that he made it the fuck up, I choose to believe the funnier explanation which is that she really did say this to him, but it was a "this happens to lots of guys" type situation.

30%?!? Why that's one out of three penises!

One in every 3.3. Those .3 penises deserve their recognition

I was rounding to the nearest schlong

Micro schlong erasure

Especially since it’s apparently ragin’

Is this the Nambla Noah? I can’t keep track of these tedious assholes anymore

Why do I feel like this guy is going to be running the FCC by the end of next week?

I'm beginning to suspect people are going on the internet to say things that aren't true. I am very disappointed in all of you.