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by BossingAround 741 days ago
I don't know how people imagine viagra working - it's not like you take a pill, you continue browsing the internet, reading news, and suddenly, a boner lifts your desk.
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That's pretty much how I imagined it working.

Was news to me to read in a sibling that it also requires mental stimulation. I thought it was purely a physical inducement by the drug, as many drugs for other purposes induce a physical response without requiring mental effort.

Me too. Even xkcd helped spread missinformation about the topic ..

https://xkcd.com/779/

>it's not like you take a pill, you continue browsing the internet, reading news, and suddenly, a boner lifts your desk.

Aside from the lifting the desk part, that's exactly how I imagine it working - and how it should work. You mean it also requires special sexual arousal? Well, even that it shouldn't be that difficult.

I imagine some just need a stiff breeze
For unstimulated desk lifting erections, there is trimix https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimix_(drug)