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Average Sex Stamina For Californians Is Less Than Three Minutes, According To This Weird App
California averages 2 minutes, 38 seconds in the bedroom, according to a new study put out by Nerve. While that sounds kind of brief, we're far from the bottom: we rank 32nd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia when it comes to sexy time.
The map is the end-result of data collected from Spreadsheets, a delightfully-named app that tracked 10,000 users across the country to see how long they get down. New Mexico is firmly on top of the list, with the average sex duration lasting just over seven minutes (there's a Breaking Bad joke in here somewhere). Alaska proves that it's not just the weather that's cold up there, ranking dead last with an icy 1:21.
But before everyone gets up in arms over the data, note that the app does not track other aspects of sex, such as foreplay. In addition, it's just an average of sex times, so maybe one too many two-pump chumps muddled the data for everyone else. I mean, that totally could have happened, right?
Hopefully this will serve as a catalyst for us to top our statewide average. Come on California, step up your game!
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